SEEN. SOME. MIRACLES.

Hey Everybody!!

Well, we have seen some miracles this transfer. We were able to get two more of our investigators baptized this week. One of them had a wedding on Saturday and after she got married, we were able to baptize her. It sure was nice to see them getting baptized and then receive the Holy Ghost yesterday. Sure am glad for the priesthood that we have here on the earth. 

This week we received a family to teach and we started teaching them.  The lady of the house works on peoples' feet for a living.  We found out that a couple weeks earlier they were sitting in front of their house, and she was working on some guys feet.  Six guys appeared in front of them with guns and started shooting, and killed this guy right in the front on them. A girl in the family got shot as well, but she didn't die.  The girl had to have surgery and a bunch of stitches. We taught them a couple times already and they are already progressing quickly and said they are liking it a lot.  It makes me excited and happy to bring the gospel into their lives.  We know that the Lord can heal all wounds and take away our pains and sorrows. 

I just found out that I will be staying here in Camaçari for another transfer.  My companion and I will be staying together for one more transfer. The weather here is starting to change and is starting to rain... but it is still really hot and humid after it rains.  Then the sun comes out again almost worse when there is rain.  Haha, so I don't know what is better.

That's about it for the week.

Here are some pics of the baptisms we had this week. Hope all is well with you guys. Talk to you guys soon. Love ya all.

Com Amor, 
Elder Nickerson

WEIRD. SPEAKING. ENGLISH. NOW.

Hey everybody!!

This week has went well for us here. First off, we were able to have a baptism. We have been working with some less actives and this week we met with him.  He said he wanted to baptise his son, so we were able to help him and we were able to get him baptized. 

This week we were able to find a lot of people at home and were able teach a lot of people. We also did a split with our zone leaders and I was able to stay with an American.  It was nice to speak some English throughout the day....it's kinda weird speaking english now.

We also have two more investorgators this week that have a baptism date set.  The last time we talked to them everything was going well, so I hope they will follow through.

That's about it for the week. Sorry, I dont have much time today to write. Next week we will have transfers again and not sure if I will leave or stay. I have been here longer then my companion. Be safe with all.   Talk to you guys later.

Love, Elder Nickerson

BLESSED. TO. BE. MEMBERS.

Hey Everybody!!

Well this week has been really good for us!! First off, last P-Day we went to the beach with members and got to enter into a turtle project. There were a bunch of turtles these people are taking care of. After the beach we passed by a little fruit farm that a member has, and we picked a bunch of mangos and coconuts. It was really cool.

This week for missionary service went pretty well for us. We had a Zone Conference in Salvador Tuesday. I got to see some of my old companions, so that is always cool. This week we were able to talk to and find a lot of people at home. And we were able to get a few people with baptism dates, so I hope they keep progressing until they get baptised. And were able to have a some people at conference.

I sure am grateful for the living Prophet that we have in our church and his Apostles. I really enjoyed watching conference and I was able to watch it in English. I hope everybody had the chance to watch conference this past weekend. We sure are blessed to be members of the Lord's church and we should look to share it with others in all moments of our lives. 

That's about it for the week, We are teaching some families right now, sure hope they decide to follow the gospel of Jesus Christ. I hope that you are doing well. There are only 2 more weeks in this transfer, so it will end really fast now. These pictures are from the beach and the fruit farm we visited last P-Day. Talk to you guys later. Be safe with all. 

Com Amor, Elder Nickerson

Now is the time for members and missionaries to come together, to work together, to labor in the Lord's vineyard to bring souls unto him. 

Keep trying. Keep trusting. Keep believing.  Keep growing. Heaven is cheering you on today, tomorrow, and forever.

WEEK. OF. SERVICE.

Hey everybody!
 

Well, this week has been good and bad for us here. Easter is a cool time of year! But here it was worse for us then the Carnival. These past few days have been full of loud music in the streets and a lot of people drinking. So it was kinda hard to talk to very many people. But we were able to find a lot of new people to start teaching, and were able to have 9 investigators at church, so that was cool.

This week we also had to leave a few investigators behind, they didn't have much a desire to follow the things we believe.  This week we were able to help twice with service here.  We put a cement ceiling in a house and switched the tires on a car of a member.

 

Well, that's about it for the week. After lunch we are going with a member to the beach again with my new companion.  That should be cool. I am excited for General Conference next week. Hope all is well with you guys. Talk to you guys later.

 

Love,

Elder Nickerson
 

True happiness comes only by making others happy - the practical application of Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it.  David O Mckay

Here are a few pictures we took this week with service and with members at church.

STAKE. CONFERENCE.

 

Well, it's the start of another new transfer here in Camaçari. My new companion is Elder N. Nascimento. He is from Fortaleza and has just over 4 months in the mission. And things are going pretty well for us here.

 This week we had stake conference here and Elder Francisco Granja was there, from the Quorum of the Seventy. He gave a really good talk about keeping the sabbath day holy. It was a really spirit filled conference. And we were able to have a few investigators at church.

This week we talked with a lot of people in the streets, so hopefully this week we will be able to find them at home. This week we should have a baptism and there will be a wedding here in the church. After we get to baptise the lady she will get married.

Well, that's about it for the week. Thanks for all the support.  Talk to you guys later.

These are a few pictures of my new companion and our zone yesterday at stake conference, and with a family here in our ward.

Com Amor,

Elder Nickerson

“If we were looking for some program to cure all of the problems that presently beset our world, we might well find it by properly observing the Sabbath day. The importance of the Sabbath is prefigured in the account of creation. In programming the seven creative periods, God set aside the seventh day as his Sabbath. And then in our interests he especially blessed and hallowed this one day out of each week, which he ordained to be our Sabbath day. And what a magnificent day it is when it is used as he intended.” Sterling Sill

LOTS. OF. OPPORTUNITIES. TO. USE. THE. PRIESTHOOD.

Hey everybody!! 

Well this transfer has already ended and I will be staying here in Camaçari. I will be getting a new companion from Fortaleza, a state here in Brasil. I am glad that I will be staying!! This week went well for us. We were able to have 7 investigators to go to church and have some baptisms coming up this transfer.  I am glad I get to see the work pay off. It is still hot as ever here, haha!  I think it is getting hotter everyday. But it should soon get into the raining season, so I am looking forward to that.  It should help cool it down a little.

Yesterday we were able to visit a member here that has a sickness that has no cure. He was able to go to church. It is always cool to see him at church. Yesterday we were able to give him a blessing. That was a neat experience for us.  

Sure am glad for the priesthood in our lives. We had a lot of opportunities to use it this week. That's about it for the week. Glad to be here, and sad my time is starting to come to an end. 

Here are a few pics of the beach last week!  There was a monkey that almost climbed on my shoulders. Well, I hope you all are doing well. Talk to you guys later. 

Com Amor, Elder Nickerson

Each of us has been entrusted with one of the most precious gifts ever bestowed upon mankind. As we honor our priesthood and live our lives so that we are at all times worthy, the blessings of the priesthood will flow through us. I love the words found in the Doctrine and Covenants, section 121, verse 45, which tell us what we must do to be worthy: “Let thy bowels … be full of charity towards all men, and to the household of faith, and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God; and the doctrine of the priesthood shall distil upon thy soul as the dews from heaven.”

As bearers of the priesthood of God, we are engaged in the work of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have answered His call; we are on His errand. Let us learn of Him. Let us follow in His footsteps. Let us live by His precepts. By so doing, we will be prepared for any service He calls us to perform. This is His work. This is His Church. Indeed, He is our captain, the King of Glory, even the Son of God. - Thomas S. Monson

PEACE. THROUGH. EARNEST. PRAYER.

Well . . . . it's been another fast but good week.

 

We don't have much time today.  After we finish here we are going to the beach that is 30 or 45 minutes from the city. So that should be fun today.

 

This Sunday we were able to have 6 investigators at the church and they all seemed to like it! I hope some of them will get baptised here soon.

 

This is the last week in the transfer already. Can't believe how fast time is always passing out here. These past few weeks we made a contact with a guy that lost his mom in December, and Sunday was his first Sunday at church, I sure hope he decides to get baptised.

 

I sure am grateful to be here on my mission and the plan that our Heavenly Father has for all of us here. Hope all is well with you guys, Talk to you guys later. Thanks for all.

Love, Elder Nickerson


There is terrible suffering in our world today.  Tragic things happen to good people. God does not cause them, nor does He always prevent them.  He does, however, strengthen us and bless us with His peace through earnest prayer. - Rex D. Pinegar