the district

Yesturday was P day for our district so we had them over for lunch. We have 2 elders and 1 sister leaving  tomorrow on transfers. I will miss them it seems we just start to know them and the are transfered. But it is all good because the next ones that come are just as wonderful.

What is missionarie life like

What is missionary life for me like at this point in my mission? It is filled with a new adventure each day not knowing what each day will bring. It is filled with serves and the Holy Ghost and new people we meet. Oh and a exciting new road to go on. Its filled with a companion I love and I am learning more about her each day and what an amazing life she has had and continues to have. It is filled with prayer for a list of people we have learned to love and care about. It is filled with a desire to do everything we can to help other feel the joy we have and they can have by coming unto Christ and his gospel. Its becoming friends with someone we have just met that hour and already loving them. Its going with the Elder to different people to give discussions and sharing your testimony. It is going to district meeting and many other meetings and driving long distances where ever we go. It is serving in the elementary school, Mops, the hospital, meals on wheels, church and more each week. It is visiting people  every single day. Its kneeling each night praying that you are doing everything you can to bring others to Christ and praying you have done all you could that day. It is praying for your kids and love ones back home but knowing God will watch over them. It is building a stronger testimony and love for the lord each day.  It is worth any thing I might have had to change or give up to be on a mission. A mission is a wonderful blessing in my life.

Phoebe

We take a little girl (Phebe) to church every other week for activitie days she love to go and always has lots to tell us on our way to and from the church. Which is around 20 minutes each way. This week they carved punkins.

Hyawatha sister

Womens conference for the witchita mission was a lot of fun and learning. We got to visit with other older sisters that is serving in our mssion.

On the left is my companion Sister Cochrane, in the middle is Hyawatha Sister and then me. 

Kara

Womens Conference was yesturday for all the sister missionaries in the Witchita Mission. It was a wonderful Conference, we left for Witchita at 7:30 am. and returned home at 6:00pm.
This was the first time I have been able to see Kara Webb. She is having a wonderful mission she says. She seems very happy and excited.


     

Sights

As we traveled to take some new bapized members for lunch she told us as we went through a town named Hartford they had a old out side jail that they still use. She said she was told they still have the pisoners stay in it for a few hours. I have no way of knowing if that is true but you certainly would not want to go to jail there if that was true. Of course you would never want to be in jail any where!

                                                   

Judy

Today we took Judy to Kansas City to see her sister that came from Colorado to visit her brother and Judy. We talked about the Church the whole way, We dropped her off and then went to the temple for endowment session and  initiatory after picking her up we took her to the temple to see it. Also we went and showed her the church next to the temple and walked her through it and explained what different things where used for in the church house. I hope it will make a difference on Friday when she meets with the Elders. She is a wonderful lady I hope one day she will be a member of the church. Since it is a drive to go to Kansas City  it took us all day. We left at 8:00 am and arrived home at 8:30 at night. It was a wonderful day.

We have a picnic at the park tonight (Thursday) every week for investigator, new member and any  branch member that would like to come. This week is pizza and pot luck we knew we would not make it so we gave our Branch mission leader money for 4 pizza's some punch and cookies and he will take care of it for us.

I hear that my address is not Listed  in the Sunday weekly ward Sacrament program with the other missionaries I have no way of knowing why but for those that want it my address is: Sister Nielsen  511 Garrettson Street Burlington Kansas 66839.
Or you can just send a email to me at: paulanielsen51@gmail.com

I love my mission each day is a new adventure in serving the Lord and I enjoy the journey. I do miss all of you I pray you are all doing well.

Hospital

I had a great week but really every week is wonderful. I work at the hospitals on Thursday mornings. I am at the desk so when people come in I greet them and give them directions or a room number of a patient that sort of thing. Any way there is a blood pressure machine that is by me and anyone can use it. There was no one in the gift shop across the hall so the lady running the gift shop came over to take her blood pressure. I started talking to her. Before long I was telling her about the gospel I told her about the pre existence, Joseph Smith, the three degrees of glory, what the temples are for and much more. The neat thing about it is someone would go to the gift shop and she of course have to leave and could of easily not come back but she came back each time and would tell me where we were on the discussion and we would continue. She has my number and said she is coming over to look at her genealogy  which I had talked to her about. It is wonderful how the Holy Ghost tells you what to say.  
                                                           
                                                               

Burlington Hospital is called Coffey Health System 

Dinners

If the Elders are going to dinner at someones house far away we usually are invited too because then the Elders can go with us and save there mileage on there car. Because the Elders can only drive so many miles each month. Some times we are invited just cause they want us to come even if it is not far or  is far or what ever.

 Brother and Sister Nichols who have only been married a couple of weeks took the Elders and me to dinner at a hamburger place. Then we went and seen there dairy farm. Elder Cota wanted  to taste raw milk.

Adam Ondi Ahman and temple

A couple of weeks ago we went to the Kansas City Temple and then we went to Adam Ondi Ahman. We went with some sister from Hiawatha. It was a wonderful day.

Adam Ondi Ahman

Adam Ondi Ahman