9 Months!!!

Hi everyone!!! 

this week was so hot! We hit 110 almost every single day except this weekend when it rained which was so cool because as a stake we fasted for rain and it instantly came! There was Thunder and lighting and a complete down pour. Just shows how much Heavenly father loves his children!!

This week was super busy. We headed up to Albuquerque for a meeting with the leadership and even though it was only a day and a half I feel like it took up the entire week. It was really good though. I got to see Sister Hazen, Sister Plitt and Hermana Thompson. 

I don't know why, Heavenly Father must have known I was having a rough couple weeks because I got to hold so many cute animals and just snuggle with them all week. Also yesterday as we left the apartment I told sister Olson I wanted chocolate peanut butter ice cream and at dinner they had it! I freaked out. So I had to take a picture because miracles like that do not happen all the time(Abby you understand).<---- Sister Nye's version of a tender mercy. 

Transfer news came and we are staying here. President switched up our districts so my District is all sisters now except our district leader and his companion. hahaha poor elder is over a whole group of sisters!! 

We are teaching some awesome people right now. Sadly 4 out of the 5 people we had on date needed to come to church to make their date and they didn't come so they aren't on date anymore but that's okay. We just need to keep working hard and not get discouraged. I just want to help these people and I know this would make them so happy but I can't make the step for them. That's the hardest part about being a missionary. 

We have had a lot of training on divine identity the past couple of months and I am so thankful for it. It has helped me teach the people here who they are and how they can gain hope and peace. This is super small but this week we were stopping by someone and they weren't interested in our message so I asked before we left if we could say a prayer with them. They agreed but what was cool to me was how normal that felt. I hit 9 months on my mission this week and it is so cool to look back on how much I have grown as a missionary. I remember at the beginning of my mission when my trainer would ask random people to pray I would feel so uncomfortable but now it comes naturally and its because I know how important it is. I love being there when random people pray. I know they are feeling the spirit even if it is a little uncomfortable for them at first. ahhh... I love this gospel.

I love you all so much!!!

Love,

Sister Nye

 ICE CREAM MIRACLE

 Socks the cat....my new best friend

Our MLC picture too! Youll find me in the front right sleeping! Love you all!

Hello Loves!

Hello everyone!

This is going to be a super short email. 

We had a super busy week full of meetings and some really awesome lessons. We had zone conference which was super fun! President Guffey lives so far from us down here in the South so it is always such a spiritual boost when he comes. Sister Olson and I gave a training on using the Plan of Salvation pamphlet as a tool(hopefully we did't mess up to bad). 

On Thursday we had the most powerful lesson with our investigator JJ who is on date for July 8th. She came to the conclusion on her own that she needed to stop smoking which was the perfect segway into the word of wisdom. Right in the lesson she decided to stop drinking coffee and tea and smoking. She then grabbed her last cigarette and smoked one last time. She was crying and laughing but she looked so happy. All the sudden this terrified look came over her face. She looked at us and asked what would happen to her tattoos. We hadn't even taught anything about that yet. We all just looked at each other and that is when my heart was ripped out of my chest. JJ's whole countenance changed. A little background information: JJ started getting tattoos when she was 12 and she would do them on herself. She did not have an easy childhood and her tattoos are what got her through those trials. Tears started flooding down her face. She knew that she wasn't going to be able to get anymore and I felt so heart broken for her. She was so willing to stop though. She kept telling us she knew this is what God wanted and that is was a simple thing he was asking her to do. My faith grew so much that day because of her example. She is so prepared and has so much trust in her Savior. 

Side Miracle: JJ's two boys came downstairs and wanted to learn so we taught them and now they are also on date for the 8th. We had been praying that we would be able to meet with them and God answered our prayers in the best way.

Things like that keep happening. Miracle after Miracle. I know God has a plan for all of us. This work gets a little tricky sometimes but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I am praying for all of you! 

I love you all sooo much! 

Love Sister Nye

Relying on God

Hi everyone! 

This week I was all over the place and it got pretty hard but I really tried to rely on Heavenly father. All the Sisters and Hermanas got sick so Sister Olson and I were on exchanges pretty much all week. We were together close to 24 hours total. You don't realize how much you love your companion until they are gone and you see them again and you just feel a sigh of relief. 

While on exchanges in our area I had to go drop David. It was the seconds hardest drop of my mission. I was just crying and I'm sure he was wondering what the heck was going on. He told us again that he knows this church is true but he doesn't want to act. We had to tell him we couldn't meet anymore because we didn't have a direction to go in but that we hope to see him at church. As we walked away I just felt a peace come over me and I had a feeling that he will be baptized soon.

To be honest this week has been one of the hardest on my mission but I am so thankful I know this gospel. After a lesson I was driving home with a hermana and we were talking about how perfect this church is. There was a couple times in the last few days were I felt useless but I would read my favorite chapter in the Book of Mormon, Alma 26 and I could feel the Holy Ghost testify of the truth of Ammons words. In verse 12 he says

 "Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever."

My testimony is super simple but I know that God is my loving Heavenly father and that he is with me every step of the way and that he has a perfect plan for me. It brings me so much comfort that I can constantly become better through repentance. I have so much to work on but just like Ammon said, I can do all things through Him. I know this church is true. I know that Jesus Christ is my savior and redeemer and because of Him my family can be together forever. I know the Book of Mormon is the word of God and by reading it we can come closer to Jesus Christ. We have the true church on Earth and we have every reason to rejoice.

I love you all! I hope you have a great week!

Love

Sister Nye

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 Hi everyone!

This week was just full of craziness and up's and down's. Sister Olson and I have been working so hard to help our investigators progress but man it is pretty tricky when everyone you teach goes across the border every weekend to Mexico.... Juarez is a black hole and when they go in they never come back. 

I'm trying so hard to think of what happened but my brain is a little fried from the heat! GUYS IT HAS BEEN 100 DEGREES. I was not prepared for this.

Anyways, I talked about David last week and how he was doing awesome, well that changed real quick (David is still awesome just not the situation). He told us this week that he knows everything is true and God told him to be baptized but he told us he is stubborn and no matter what answers he gets he will continue to say no to baptism. My heart broke. The whole tone of the lesson changed and we were speechless. All week we were praying to know what direction to go in with him but we still aren't that sure. He came to church yesterday though so that made me happy.

On the other hand three of our investigators got on date this week for July 1st. The first two are sisters and I love them so much! Jackie and Mia are 11 and 12 and they live in the complex right next to us. Jackie is so sweet and she always talks about how happy the gospel makes her and when we taught her the plan of Salvation she had the biggest smile on her face. Vanessa is 15 and once again just loves this message. I love the youth.... they are way more willing to change and listen to us than anyone else we teach. 

Okay one last story. We were having a real hard day (right after David) and no one was home but at 8:30 we decided to stop by a former named Micheal. The sweetest 60 year old man. we talked to him on his door step for an hour and he told us about his life. His wife passed away 6 years ago and it was so hard for him to into their home because of all the memories that he sold their house and all their furniture and started from scratch. As he was talking about her he started crying. I asked if he had a picture of her and he told me he did but that it was something he kept very close to his heart. As we walked back to our car sister Olson and I just talked about how we hope our future husbands love us that much. He made our day and turned everything around. 

I hope you all have a great week!

I love you all so much!!!!!!

Love Sister Nye 

Shirls sent us American flag sunglasses so we have been rocking them all weekend.

Exchanges with the Transmountain Hermanas this week!

After a lesson last night with our new investigator Tury. (Sister Olson, Brother Torres-ward mission leader, Jeremiah-Brother Torres son, and me)