December 15, 2014- Christmas Devotional

This week was awesome! Started the week of with P-day ( Still one of my favorite days... sorry bout it) then we had our Christmas Mission Devotional. The simplified it a lot this year, last year it lasted all day and watched a movie and stuff. This year there were 3 zones at our and each Zone did some musical numbers and a Christmas reading. Then we watched a slide show of pics from the year, then ate cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate then went home and that was it. I thought it was gonna be boring but I liked this years better it was all focused on Christ and the true meaning of Christmas.

  Chad is still doing well! We had a lesson with him last night, he started to get nervous about his date and wanted to move it back. But he is keeping it he remembered that's the last Saturday before transfers and wants both of us there. He is awesome and has a lot of faith!

  We had a Ward Christmas party this week. And a family is coming back to church because of it and a Guy thats friends with Brother Crowther in the Bishopric is wanting to be taught by the missionaries again and says hes ready to go through with it this time. Hes been taught twice in the past and committed to baptism but never went through with it, so thats exciting.

  The ward members are convinced that im just finishing out my mission here. I wouldnt mind that it would get old after awhile, but Found out today our mission is getting split again!! The north half with become the yakima mission. So I needa stay in the southern part so I stay with President Ware my whole mission. Its gonna split the beggining of July so Ill only have a month after but Ill wanna stay with President Ware.

   Thank you all for Christmas packages and letters! There will be Christmas cards sent your way just gotta catch up on all of em.

Love,

Elder Bubba Nelson

December 8, 2014- Christmas season=steroids for the Work

December has been awesome! They made new pass along cards for us this month the #HeIsTheGift like the ones that came in this months ensigns. They are expecting big things to come about it. People are alot more open to it and us sharing a Christmas message. So we get to share Christs message with alot more people!

   HIGHLIGHT of the week. Chad Morris is getting Baptized on December 27th! Im so excited for him! He has been ready for so long, but is now moving forward and being baptized. He is super excited, he loves the atonement, Best of all he has recognized it in his life and how much  he has changed.

    Went to the Temple on Wednesday that was great as always! One of the best Temple trips ive had. Starting to understand it alot more and able to focus on the spiritual feelings.

  We have our Christmas devotional tomorrow. We dont gettta watch a movie this year, they are really focusing on keeping us on purpose and focusing on Christ. Each zone is doing a musical number. We are doing 2 our mission president wants us to sing "We'll Bring The World His Truth" because we are the only all Elder Zone. We sang it for him at a Zone Conference put him into tears;) We changed some of the words in it. Like "We are NOW the Lords missionaries". And "Daily we'll learn BECAUSE we are called" it sounds pretty sikk!

  I love Christmas season.

WElp love you all! Hope everyone has a great week!

Love,

Elder Bubba Nelson

November 25, 2014- Elder Arnold #humbled

 So I'm emailing today because our P-day got switched because Elder Arnold of the 70 came and spoke to us yesterday.  He did 3 zone conferences before us and the word on the street was he was gonna throw down on us.  He did a leadership meeting with all the leaders before all the zones and in there I was expecting some hard core rebuking because thats how we heard it was in other ones.

But, when he got in there he had a question "Whos not gonna get embarrased today?"  He wouldn't move on till we raised our hand.  Then he said "Good we aren't here to chastize or rebuke we are here simply to Love, Encourage, and teach because thats how the Lord works he loves and teaches never puts us down.  Through out the meeting he told us how the feeling was different in this one then all thee others.  He told us we were blessed to be the last ones so they new how to address it and helped us understand it better.

  He mainly focused on how we need to remember how we have been taught to teach, we have gotten outtta the routine of really using the B of M.   He told that he was with Elder Bednar for 3 days and he really learned how to teach from him.  He said they were teaching some people together and E. Arnold read a scripture and about to explain what it ment and he felt E. Bednar sit up in his seat and E. Arnolds hair stood up on the back of his neck so he didn't explain it.  Later that night E. Bednar told E. Arnold that if he would have explained it he wouldn't have let the Spirit teach them.   So he told us  "You'll never explain what a scripture means again!  You will let the Holy Ghost be the teacher!"

  Also talked about finding by the spirit as much as we teach by the spirit.  He kept saying you get up under those rocks walk into the stream and pull the people outta there!

  I hope to be able to teach with as much power and conviction as he does.  It was awesome to hear his Testimony.  He started off.... "This I KNOW that Jesus Christ lives!" that was the strongest part of the meeting.  I know that as well and hope all you do as well.

Love you all!

Love,
Elder Bubba Nelson

November 17, 2014- 5th Transfer here in Herm Town

Welp...I'm stayin another one!   Me and my comp are staying together for a 3rd transfer.  Greenie bustin' my greenie!   Also, I got called to be a District Leader kinda scared about that!

  Sasha did get baptized on Saturday it was awesome!  She got a picture of the San Diego temple for a present, that's the temple they want to get sealed in.  We have an appointment with her tonight I'm excited. She got confirmed on Sunday and we got to stand in.  Chad came to her baptism, so I think that helped him not be so scared about baptism.

  Our bishop got a call from Salt Sake the guy that called, said his brother was dying and he lives in Hermiston.   So he asked us to go to give him a blessing.  I'm always nervous doing that.  That's my second one on my mission!

  We had Zone Meeting on Tuesday, that was pretty good.  It was on the D.o.C ofcourse but I always learn new things!  What stuck out to me this time is that I need to have more faith in the work and believe that miracles can happen in this area.  And also about repentance.  That it's just not going to your Bishop or Mission Pres., but really just turning to the Savior and goin' towards Him and walking with Him.

   Our whole zone is turning around, everyone is being more obedient and adopting this new mission culture, even though it was hard.  I was one of the last to accept it, but the whole zone has now and things are starting to happen in the zone pretty cool to see.

  Thanks for all you guys do for me! Love you all!

Love,

Elder Bubba Nelson

Plexation

Sasha's Baptism

Sasha's Baptism

It's Here!

Stake Conference Week

What up Everyone?

 This week went pretty well. Things seem to be slowin down teaching wise, it might be because we are focused on Sasha. Her baptism is on Saturday and preparing for that. Stressin me out haha. Went on exchanges with Elder Wilcox had some fun and some good lessons. 

  Stake Conference was this week, it was broadcasted from salt lake. President Monson spoke, Elder Anderson, Elder Richards, and the primary president spoke. It was pretty good! They were all taking about letting our light shine. Making sure that we are sharing the gospel with everyone. And the Saturday night one was about hastening the work with family history. And also to be sharing the gospel with people around us. They called some youth up to share their experiences alot of it was directed to the youth. They invited everyone 12 and up to the adult session.

  Sounds like everyone is doing well at home. Cant believe Chaylee is going on a mission thats crazy! Guess I wont be seeing her for 3.5 years haha but thats ok.

Well thanks for all you guys do for me! I feel your prayers!

Love,

Elder Bubba Nelson

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Willie $ Nellie Railroad

November 3, 2014

Hey!

We had Specialized training on Tuesday and the training was on how to implement the Book of Mormon more in our lessons, so that has been our focus alot this week as well as talking with everyone!  It has helped our lessons alot knowing what we want to share out of the B.of.M before we go in to the lesson.  People get more out of it and the Spirit is there more.  "If you want the Holy Spirit in your lessons 100% use the Book of Mormon, if you only want it partially there use a mormon message.  The Book of Mormon tells 100% percent truth to what the Spirit can testify"- President Ware.   Pretty bold statement haha, but its true. He has also been pushing us how to apply the Doctrine of Christ more in our life which is FAITH, REPENTANCE, BAPTISM, THE HOLY GHOST, and ENDURING TO THE END.  I never got what they ment by applying it to our work.  But I finally got it and it has changed my mission around these last couple of weeks!
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Halloween was pretty good. Had to be in by 6 and then we just passed out candy.  Daylight savings started.  This crap is stupid, I hate it.   haha there is no point to it 1000 reason why AZ is #1.

>   Sasha is still doing good! She made her Baptism facebook official so it serious haha.  Chad is doing good too. He is praying about a new date for baptism where he thinks that he will be ready!  

>   Thanks for everything you guys do for me!

> Love,
> Elder Bubba Nelson
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Elder Bubba Nelson
8202 W. Quinault Ave. Ste. D

Kennewick, WA 99336

October 27, 2014

What up Family/Friends?
> This week was a good week.  Not alot of lessons taught, but the ones we did teach were awesome!  We met with Sasha (on date for Nov. 15th) 3 times this week!  I met her for the first time on Monday and when we got there she started saying she didn't know if she wanted to keep investigating.   She asked some of her in laws why they don't go to church anymore.  That kinda discouraged her, but the real problem she was scared of changing her life.  We just sat and listened to all of her concerns then addressed them.  Eternal families are very big to her thats what got her interested.  And we took all her concerns and asked how does that compare to being able to have an eternal family.  She said " well being worried about not being able to drink my coffee or alcohol seems pretty stupid compared to that!"  We just laughed and said yes it kinda does huh?  She knows whats right and re- committed to read and pray about the Book of Mormon.  And met with her again on Wednesday and once again she said she read before homework and it went easier for her, her day went better and she was just happier!  Blessings of the Gospel!
>   Chad is still doing good!  still as of now getting baptized saturday.  Hasn't gotten his answer yet we have a lesson with him tomorrow and if he hasn't gotten it we will probably hold off for a couple of weeks. But we talked about taking one more step of faith each day and he agreed to so I know he will get his answer sometime.
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>   Sounds like everyone is doing good!  Except for Chase imma hit him!  He talks to this chick every night and hasn't emailed me in like a month?  Wooooow! Low blow haha.  Well hope it all works out for him!  I thought of something I want for Christmas.  Some Brown eccos and brown belt or some sikk sweaters ( have Kyle or Jacque approve:)  I guess he doesn't trust my taste :-(  Or just gift cards to Walmart.  I don't need all of them just one or the other.
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> Thanks for all you guys do for me!
> Love,
> Elder Bubba Nelson
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> Elder Bubba Nelson
> 8202 W. Quinault Ave. Ste. D
> Kennewick, WA 99336