Email from 04.20.10

Today is transfer day and Ster is staying in the same place. We are really happy about this and so is he! Here is his email. I'm not lying, I laughed hard on this one:

Well hey guys it’s your son Elder Nisson.

So Elder Jarvie and I are going round three baby woot woot, so we are going to try to get all our progressing investigators baptized. Well that has always been the plan but you know, stuff happens.

So I just want to say that I didn't like slam any of you when I was giving that talk about the family I was just using you guys as examples of the perfect parents, so just wanted you to know that nothing I said was in any way bashing on you guys ok. Oh yea, I also told them about how no one in the family was allowed to ever say “NO” to mom, lol, yea, our family is so awesome. Because you know I love you all and I look back now and just think of how much love you two show for all of us. I really hope that someday I can be as good a parent as you two are. Writing that talk was kind of a humbling experience for me and how I kind of underappreciated you both and the family in general. Seeing all these other families that we teach sure makes me realize how blessed we are, as your children I mean, to have parents that really care and love their children.

I am doing fine. P-days are pretty boring we shop we clean we write letters, sometimes we do other things like sports but not often, that’s about it. Then at 6 we start teaching again. I still haven't driven. lol. You have to sign a paper and I haven't got around to it. Plus you know how much I don't like driving so I may never get around to it... hehehe.

Teaching pool is slowly dwindling away lol. But we do have 4 dates. Maddie and Shelly Manasse, and Maggie Casmir, and possibly JB Manasse. We have others but they are not progressing very fast.

Spiritual stuff is going good I am still reading the Miracle of Forgiveness and I'm not sure if I'm going to make it lol... ugg depressing, any ways. Also, I'm still marking my book of Mormon whenever it mentions Jesus and all his other names, and whenever Jesus is speaking, either himself or through his prophets. And I’m concentrating on Isaiah, if I can figure out that guy then I can unlock the mysteries of the Universe whahahahahaha. Yea its fun stuff.

Here is a story I would like to tell that actually happened last night. We went to see a member to talk to him and the TV was on, and all the sudden naked women appeared on the TV. Elder Jarvie and I just stared at each other and hurried and turned the television off. Lol Then we decided that what we were going to teach changed, we now turned our attention to the law of chastity lol. So we started to talk to him about it and we came to find that he was really struggling with a few things pertaining to chastity, and we talked to him and told him we need to get all the bad things out of your house so they don't tempt you anymore. He wasn't too happy about that but with some gentle persuasion and the spirit he said ok. So after about 20 min Elder Jarvie and I have two bags in our hands that are just filled with pornography. So here are 2 missionaries with a large amount of dirty movies in our hands lol and we then say a prayer lol. Elder Jarvie said " Elder Nisson I think I can safely say this is the first time I have ever prayed for a man in his home holding pornography" lol so funny, that whole thing was just hilarious and sad at the same time, no joke. Then, while we were driving home we had to call the sisters in the ward where this guy goes to church and I had to tell them what happened. Needless to say I would rather look for and throw away pornography and then help this man with other problems than ever have to tell sister missionaries about this stuff on the phone, oh my goodness, so freaking embarrassing. I’m pretty sure I was very red. So any way, there is a funny and sad story for you.