December 18, 2017

HELLO EVERYONE!

I made it in one piece to Albuquerque the land of... not a lot of Hispanics. I just came from a place where two sets of Spanish missionaries cover the same area as one English ward and now I am in ABQ where one set of Spanish missionaries cover two ENTIRE stakes. How the tables have turned.

This email is going to be real quick update! So far I love it up here! The missionary work is way different but the members are really nice and want to be involved a ton. We had a family signed up to carol with us every night last week so that was really cool. I haven't been here to long so I can't say to much about how teaching is going but we has some potential investigators and a couple solid investigators that we just need to make the time to see and contact.

Ever since I got here I have fallen asleep praying every single night because I am completely exhausted but I wouldn't have it any other way! My new companion Sister Peterson is a sweet heart has has been such a big help! She really loves the people in our ward and branch! that alone makes the work so good. When you have a love for the people it is so much easier to give everything and serve them! 

Hopefully next week I will have more to report on but for now just now I am loving this time up here in the freezing cold.

I love the church. I love that it is the same and just as true anywhere you go in the world. It is a testimony to me that our Lord is at the head of this church and he loves all of us regardless of where we are. I know Heavenly Father loves us so much and that is why he gave is His son for us. In Luke chapter 2 it talks about Heavenly hosts coming and praising God. I know we were present at that event. This week is a time to celebrate our Savior because he did what he said he would come and do! BECAUSE of HIM we can overcome anything and everything!

I love you all so much!!! MERRY EARLY CHRISTMAS!!

Love,

Sister Nye

Sister and comps up at NM mission office on Wednesday night

Sister Peterson and I

 Crazy Christmas house that blinds you as you go by

December 11, 2017

HELLOOOOOO!

Well the time has comeeeeeeee! I am leaving El Paso and heading up to Albuquerque! I will we serving in the Woodmont ward and West Mesa YSA! My new companion will be Sister Peterson and I have had a couple opportunities to meet her and she is so sweet so I am really excited. I leave Wednesday for the trip up north. I am going to flippin freeze to death because I heard it snowed up there this week and I don't know how I am going to handle that. I get cold in the 70's now.......

And I apologize now for whatever will be typed in this email... I am all over the place because of how excited I am for this week and Christmas!!!

This week was hectic and awesome! Xochi got baptized and she was soooo cute! She was so ready to be baptized and a lot of the ward came to support her so that was really nice. Buddy S and Killian T surprised me this week!! Having them both in the same room was super overwhelming so I obviously started crying which is funny because then Buddy gave me a note that said "to: the emotional one". He knows me so well. They are doing so good and I cant believe it has almost been a year since they were baptized. Buddy should be taking out his endowment soon and Killian will be after his deployment. I am just so grateful for them and that they chose to cling to the gospel. ahhh it makes me want to cry just thinking about it. 

Another cool thing we did was go Christmas caroling as a zone in downtown El paso at the Plaza. We passed out over 300 pass along cards! Christmas this year has been a lot different than last. First, it is going by way faster.(they are not kidding when they say the last 6 months of your mission flies by). Second, my testimony of Jesus Christ has evolved so much. Every time I read King Benjamins prophecy in Mosiah 3 I feel so grateful for our Savior and how much he loves us. It says:

5 For behold, the time cometh, and is not far distant, that with power, the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth, who was, and is from all eternity to all eternity, shall come down from heaven among the children of men, and shall dwell in a tabernacle of clay, and shall go forth amongst men, working mighty miracles, such as healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and curing all manner of diseases.

6 And he shall cast out devils, or the evil spirits which dwell in the hearts of the children of men.

7 And lo, he shall suffer temptations, and pain of body, hunger, thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, except it be unto death; for behold, blood cometh from every pore, so great shall be his anguish for the wickedness and the abominations of his people.

8 And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning; and his mother shall be called Mary. 

This prophecy was given 124 years before Christ came. He knew what he would face when He came here, maybe not to the full extent of pain he would feel, but he loved us enough to suffer for each of us personally. 

I know my Savior lives and loves all of us. I am grateful for his sacrifice and because of him we can have joy! 

I love you all!

Sister Nye

HOW IS IT DECEMBER?!?!

Helloooooo everyone!!!! 

I cannot believe it is December... time is going way to fast. Also it is still hot and there has been no sign of a change of season down here so it feels wrong to be singing Christmas hymns but at the same time so right.... 

This week we had so many awesome meetings and really cool miracles happen. Our zone conference was On Tuesday. We gave a training(discussion) on the daily schedule and how we can use our time more effectively! I hope someone got something out of it. Everyone in the zone gave a training so it was really cool to see the greenies that came out when I got moved to this area 7 1/2 months ago giving training's and now they are like missionary pros. 

Elder Christofferson came to our mission and it was one of the coolest experiences of my lilfe. We had to show up super early and line the hall way of the building so when he came in he could shake all of our hands. As you can see from the first picture I was the first person in line and I was so excited and nervous. He walked out of the stake presidents office, stopped, looked and us and got the biggest smile on his face. An apostle shaking your hand and saying your name while looking straight into your soul is the coolest thing ever. I could literally feel the spirit radiating off of him. He spoke to us for over an hour and testified so powerfully of the savior. He emphasized that we are the only people in this part of the world that has the authority to teach repentance and baptize and without us this work would not be able to get done. In the leadership meeting that night elder Cornish talked to us about how to balance our lives and the responsibilities we have in the church. He told us to give all our heart in whatever we are doing so if your are cleaning floor you give your all and if you are relief society president you make sure you are the best relief society president you can be. When you are a wife you are the best mom and when you are a mom you are the best mom. And you enjoy every second because life moves fast and we don't have enough time to mope around. We can choose to see the blessing in our lives and make the most of everything we have been given.

Also we have a miracle baptism. A couple weeks ago we were teaching a man named Sam and his 8 year old daughter Xochi. Well Sam fell off date and it was getting hard to meet with them during all the thanksgiving craziness. Well Xochi went to Mexico with her mom for 3 weeks and when she was there she turned 9 so now she is our investigator and SHE IS GETTING BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY!!! She is so cute and excited! Her mom is a member so she knows a lot about the church already but has been less active most of her life. We are just so excited for this little chicka!! She has been so fun to teach!!!

Transfer call are this week so I will probably be moved but I'm excited to see what will happen! I hope I stay in El Paso for the rest of my mission but I'll go where the Lord wants me to go!!

I love you ALL!!!!

Love,

Sister Nye