Hey another week and another letter. Nathan sounds great. Reading Nathan's letters makes me happy. Not the fluffy happy from eating a candy bar or ice cream but the all the way to the bottom of my heart happy. I love knowing that he is doing the right thing at the right time and he likes it.
Sounds like the MTC is a little brutal. Nathan please becareful. Those other men at the MTC are younger than you :)
Well Week Seven (Sefen) is now officially over!
Woot!
To sum up with last week is quite simple, pain. I've picked up more knocks and nicks this last week then I have since I was playing football in high school. I think most of them come from the time I've been spending in between the cross bars during gym. I've started to play goalie during the soccer games and I actually do okay. I think though, that this work has me picking up some bruises and others knocks. The worse came on last Thursday. I don't remember how it happened but I got up after one time diving for the ball and my foot was killing me, the big toe to big exact. I walked back to the apartment and the pain was incredible to say the least probably the worst I've had for some time. We went to the MTC clinic and they thought it might be broken so we then ended up going to the BYU Health Clinic here on campus. Luckily enough there was no break and it is probably just a sprained ligament or tendon in the toe. I've had pain and discomfort since but nothing so bad that it wasn't bareable. They said that I should be fine for leaving on the scheduled departue date. The next night I woke I had a pretty awesome(horrible) cramp in my calf on my left leg. Although not the most comfortable week I've see had a really good and enjoyable week to say the least.
The devotional this last Tuesday was from Elder and Sister Kendrick from Baton Rouge LA. They spoke on obedience and on faith. Both were excellent talks and I enjoyed them immensely. Probably, the funniest part is when Elder Kendrick asked, "Does anyone have a girlfriend out there?" after a short pause he said he wanted to address our concerns about whether or not they would be there when we got back and so he followed up with, "Don't worry, they will be gone when you get back. Girlfriends do not hang around for two years, although internal companions might, a girlfriend that couldn't make it through two years would never make it through eternity. With his southern accent and the people around it was quite an amusing moment. I wonder sometimes about the devotional speakers. They must truly all be inspired as we've yet to have someone come that didn't speak on something that was important to us in some meaningful way. The devotionals are amazing.
As you can see everything is going well. Thank you again for all the letters I appreciate them immensly and I enjoy them all. I try to respond to everyone, but if I've neglected I'm sorry and I'll try to do better next time!
One Love,
Elder Nielson
Thanks Nathan for making my day and my week.
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