Everyone's Talking About the World Cup!!

Hey Fam!

This week has been great - honestly! It's been amazing and Elder Riley and I are getting along fantastic and the days and weeks just go flying by!!!  We`ve already been together for four weeks, starting the fifth one now! This week we start the 5th week of the 6 week cycle, and then you don't even wanna know how long I have left in the mission! Hahaha!

So yea, this week's been kinda crazy... everyone's talking about the World Cup!!! And how Mexico totally beat Germany!!! Even our Sunday School teacher totally used it in his lesson about why we're here on earth and everything!! Hahahaha! So yea, it's a big deal when Mexico plays here!  

This week was great. We've seen a really cool thing happen here in la Revolucion. One of the people we're teaching has a daughter. She's 12 but if you didn't know, you'd think she was like 16. When we first showed up at her house, her mom (a member) told us that her daughter wasn't gonna want to talk with us about the gospel. So, we did a dynamic in the teaching to get her in the room listening to us. Then we left and came back a few days later, and when we got there, the daughter was in her room watching TV.  So, we invited her to come out just to see a magic trick. She came out to see it, and stayed for the lesson. Then, she went to church Sunday, and when we came back to teach a third time, as soon as we got there she came out and sat down and listened to us, and when we asked if someone wanted to read a scripture, she almost shouted out MEMEMEMEME and we were like woah okay, cool, you read it!!! :D It's been amazing teaching her and her family and she should get baptized soon :)

But yea, it's been amazing here, super hot, but amazing. We're happy, we're good, and we took some fotos!!! Soooooo that's kinda all I have for this week! :DD

But I love you guys, I hope youre well!!!!!!!!!! 

Stay goooooood!!!

Till next time,

Nicki

God Loves His Children!

HEY FAM!

Okay, So, Jose got baptized a few weeks ago - which was so great - but, afterward I was secretly nervous because I'm training, right, and we had NO other people to teach... sooo we were out there contacting and I was wondering what else to do. I prayed a lot for help, and the Lord came through, we got a call from the bishopric in our ward... AND THEY HAD A REFERENCE FOR US!!!!! 

A sister that had been inactive for 4 YEARS called them and said she wanted to get back on the path! So she asked them to send us to her house!  We went, and we meet her, and sons, P, who has been baptized and her younger son, JM, who is INCREDIBLE.  He's only 10, and hasn't been baptized yet, but he is amazing!  When we went to their house the first time, they were so happy, and just so kind. We asked if we could sing a hymn with em, and they totally had favorites and knew all the words, they even knew the page number of the hymns and they don't even have a song book. They're incredible!

THEN this sister tells us that her sister ALSO wants us to visit her!! It's been just incredible seeing God work miracles here! 

... AND THEN my buddy, Elder Hostman, passes us a reference -- Another amazing person that wants to be baptized... Sooooo yea, we're teaching and working a lot now!!!!!!!!!!  Our prayers were answered and we're busy and happy - and sweaty, and happy, and sweaty... and happy... and sweatttyyyyyyyy!! Hahahahaha! :D

But it's good! It's always cool to see the Lords hand in our lives.  I'm especially grateful as I see God work through us here in the Revo (Nick's area is called 'Revolution'), and recognize everything He's done for us. He's really helping us out, and it makes me realize how much God loves His children - people really matter to Him. Pretty neat :) But, that's about it so I'll send ya some pics :D

I love you guys, I hope youre well, 

Hasta Prontooooooo!!!!!!!!

Nicki

I'm 20!!

I'M 20!!!!!!!!! 

That's cool! :D I'm not a teenager. NOT ready for that! Hahaha! And now we're in June soooo that's weird. Time keeps flying!!!

I'M TRAINING and we've been together two weeks already!! My new companion is Elder Riley from Idaho Falls. He's a cool kid, big kid, fun dude. We are enjoying ourselves. And we are burnin up here in Delicias, and well, I've given up on the don't sweat thing, now I just kinda embrace it! Hahaha! Let's just say I totally sleep without a blanket. It's hot, like 92 or more degrees in the house hot. Hahahaha!  But I love it!!!

We had another baptism here too!! The same family as the last, the son J got baptized two days ago!  Elder Riley did the ordinance! They were both just sooo happy and it was really cool -- it was really sweet. Good stuff!!

What else, umm it's been forever, but I'm just gonna send pics because it's been like overwhelmingly long. 

But, before I go, we learned something cool... a way to make sure your spiritually healthy, like your pulse is an indicator of your physical health.  So, consider your spiritual pulse.  To make sure your physical heart is healthy you have to:

eat right

exercise

get plenty of rest

drink plenty of water

pay attention to your body

To make sure your spiritual heart is healthy you need to:

pray

use compassion and understanding

lose yourself in service

rely on the spirit (holy ghost)

emulate the Savior

If you do that your spiritual pulse will be strong! But yea here's a few pics for ya! Hahaha!

I love you guys!! I hope you're well!!! Till next time!

Nicki

My last Sunday with Tommy Boy!

(I very well may be 20 but I'm such a kid! Hahaha!)!

Mothers Day SKYPE

Mothers Day SKYPE - BEST-MISSIONARY-MOTHER'S-DAY Gift EVER!!

Even Lauren and Julian were able to FaceTime in to say hello and have a little chat with our Missionary!!  These are pretty priceless moments!!

Zone PDay Fun!!  Temperatures are soaring are air conditioning is sparse... the best activities let you burn off energy and cool down all at the same time!!  Haha!!

A Baptism... These are the moments that make the rest worth it!  "A Missionary:  Someone who leaves his family for two years, so others can have theirs for eternity!"