January 4, 2021

 Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Ok well I'm feeling quite slothful on this wonderful Monday so its gonna be a shorter email. Sorry fans. 

I learned how to reband and add links to watches and I got the tools I need to do it so I'm slightly salty I paid 15 bucks to have a guy do it before I went back to Kansas. 

So we message lots of people on Facebook and needless to say there are some funny interactions. One certain interaction went as follows after he told me he was gay and that's why he isn't too interested in religion. 

Guy: ...idk I don't really have much of an interest in religion. it just isn't for me

Me: ok that's okay! If you change your mind or need someone to talk to let me know!

Guy: well thank you I appreciate that. I know you aren't gay but tbh you are kind of a cutie lol. Not trying to be weird I'm just a super honest person. 

Me:... haha thanks I guess 😂 I'm not gay but I respect the honesty. I think your dog is a real cutie! 

So my pull game is NUTS. Take that Zac. Speaking of Zac it's his birthday next week on January 11th which is an amazing day ;) if you know Zac tell him happy birthday

Well last funny story. We were trying to be good little missionaries and take cookies to members. Well we were going out to some members we had never met. It had just rained and we turned down a dirt road and about 30 yards down we were stuck in mud about 9 inches deep I'd guess. We tried backing out but we had zero luck. We weren't moving at all.  Well unfortunately we didn't have service so we were on our own. Of course we said a quick prayer and we tried again! And GUESS WHAT. We didn't get unstuck. Nope. This isn't one of those stories that end up that way. I realized I was going to have to get out of the car and push that little Corolla while my comp drove. Looking back I should have made him get out but it is what it is. So I took off my shoes and socks and all my nicer clothes till i was left in my white shirt and slacks. After about an hour and a half of pushing and sliding all over we made it out! However I do believe our prayers were still answered because I know I couldn't have pushed that car by myself. I guess the little spiritual lesson is sometimes we are required to put in a little effort to get ourselves out of certain situations. And after we've started putting in effort the Lord will send people or angels to strengthen us and help us through. I'm sure I coulda made that sound a lot nicer but people are waiting on me to go play spikeball 😂 priorities right? I will be sure to attach pictures of the aftermath of our car. 

I hope everyone is doing well! The church is true no doubt! 

Warmest regards, 

Elder Nixon 

December 28, 2020

 Pro Bowler?

Well, I really don't have much to talk about so sorry if you liked last week’s long email 😬 

First thing, my bowling skills are definitely improving! Last Monday I was sitting at 65 in the 8th fame and I ended that game with a 103. But then the next game I bowled a 128! Which I think is the highest I've ever bowled! So, if we have plans to go bowling once I'm home you better watch out! 

Let's see as for main content there ain't too much! But I had a thought earlier this week to message one of my former golden investigators from my first area Great Bend, but I decided not to because I thought it would be kinda weird reaching out after so long so I didn't. Well yesterday I got a message from one of my friends who is in Great Bend right now asking if I could reach out to her because she has their number blocked and won't accept their friend requests on Facebook. So I sent her a simple message just asking how she was doing and how her Christmas was. Well she responded almost immediately and said something along the lines of "never fails that when I think of going back to church someone from the Mormon church messages me. Not a bad thing I guess." I couldn't believe it! I just wished I had reached out when I had the thought earlier in the week, but i was glad the elders in Great Bend had the same thought. So I guess the moral of the story is don't put off thoughts to reach out to someone. It's not going to hurt either one of you! 

Well that's all I got for the week. I hope everyone had a good Christmas! Mine was good! Ummmm yep that's the email. 

Warmest regards, 

Elder Nixon 

December 21, 2020

 Who Wants to Win a Million Dollars?

Well, if going home taught me one thing it was to email more. Not sure how it taught me that, but it did cause here I am writing another email for my devoted fans. Love you all ❤ I'll try my best to give y'all the content you deserve.

A few things I'll mention but not in great detail. 1) I woulda made my momma proud with the 99 I bowled last p day. I think my grandma would have expected more from me. sorry grandma Tekla 2) Judge all you want, but milk is better with ice in it. don't @ me 3) homemade rice heating packs do not have strong seams. See pics for more info. 4) Jesus loves you :) 5) we went to a Methodist church Sunday for kicks and giggles. They had a rock band. It was dope. Too bad they're not the true church.

Okay now for the bulk of the email. Tuesday I got the special opportunity to travel 2 hours outside of my area to go to the Topeka zone conference! I missed the one for our zone and the Christmas zone conferences are always special so my comp and I were allowed to attend the one in Topeka. That was a good time because that was my last zone so I got to see a bunch of pals from there and they were all hyped and excited I was back so that was fun. Big takeaway from zc and I wish I could tell you all about this experience but this isn't the time or place. (mom and dad don't ask about it when I call or I won't call again). But the big thing I took away is that Jesus loves me. And he loves you. Now this was never directly said I don't recall, but it was just one of those things that the spirit told me as I was listening to the conference. And there was not denying what I had felt. I will happily testify of that truth. We also got to watch "It's a wonderful life" but with all the kissing and gross stuff edited out of course. I remember I used to hate that movie because my parents forced us to watch it every new years. Turns out its actually not that bad of a movie! Who woulda thought. Also you know I had to hit bdubs with the pals after. Cripes this email is already long.

I've got the million dollar question. How can someone believe Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God, believe in the Doctrine and Covenants, read the Book of Mormon, and then still deny that coffee was an inspired part of the Word of Wisdom? Well that's what I'm experiencing with Patricia who I think I've talked about. pray for her 🙏

We did a little service for the McPherson county Christmas project which provides a Christmas to around 200 families in need in the area. Good times.

Boy if you've made it this far and you're not family give yourself a pat on the back. Y’all are the real ones. Last thing I'll talk about. We were doing some cold calling of previous investigators and we actually had a little family show interest so we set up a lesson and taught them and hopefully we can continue teaching them. Dustin and Ashely are their names in case I write about them in the future.

Cripes well this very well may be the longest email I have ever written in the history of ever so you are all welcome. I hope everyone has a very merry Christmas :) 10 bucks says you won't share the Christ child video with someone this week 🤷‍.

Warmest regards,

Elder Nixon

December 14, 2020

 Was I Ever Really Gone?

Now be honest. Most of you didn't actually realize that I hadn't sent an email in about 3 months... but that's okay. I don't hold it against anyone. Feel free to send me packages and/or letters just so I know my fans are still out there. (1517 East Kansas Ave. McPherson Kansas 67460) But good news I'm back and better than ever. After a short time home, I'm so excited to be back in Kansas serving the Lord! 

So, I'm currently serving in the great town of McPherson Kansas with my old companion Elder Robinson! Most of you will remember I trained Elder Robinson back when we were in Great Bend together so it is SO good to be back together. He is such a good missionary and a hard worker which I'm grateful for. We have done some good work here in McPherson. We're teaching a lady named Patricia who is pretty cool! She loves the Book of Mormon and most of what we teach. She's had a cup of coffee every day for over 70 years so she's not too fond of the idea of giving it up, but we got her a coffee substitute that we're hoping helps. We had a sweet experience with her yesterday. But I need to preface this story with a story. We had a devotional Saturday night from Brother and Sister Swinton who used to preside over a mission in England. Brother Swinton was telling us about the experiences of some of the converts in his mission. In a majority of their stories they all told about how they felt peace when they prayed about the church. We were then counseled to point out that as a feeling from the spirit if our investigators ever said that. So today whilst talking to Patricia she mentioned she felt happy and calm when reading the Book of Mormon and I asked her if she felt peace to which she responded she did. I remembered what we learned the night before and I bore testimony to her that those feelings were all confirmation from the spirit that what we have been teaching her is true. It was a tender experience with the spirit there to once again testify of truth. 

Well, I'd say that's pretty good content for only being in Kansas a few days! Till next time 

Warmest regards,

Elder Nixon

Enjoy this pic I took right before bed last night so I could have a picture to send with the email.

August 3, 2020

 What Can I Say Except You're Welcome

Back again for another weekly email are we? I'm impressed we've all made it this far honestly! So yes the rumors are true. I have been out for a year so that is exciting. I never thought a year ago I'd he chillin in Lawrence Kansas with my good friend Elder Scroggin! It's been a crazy journey and not at all what I expected but I've loved it! 

We haven't had too exciting of a week honestly. We've taught a few lessons with John who is progressing very well! I'm thinking he will get baptized this transfer which is exciting! 

So on my one year mark we went out to our Bishops house and they fed us dinner and then we burned a shirt which was good fun! 

Yep that's my email! Sorry it isn't too much, but enjoy the pictures!

Warmest regards, 

Elder Nixon 

July 27, 2020

 Past Few Weeks

I've been called out by my good friend Thomas Anderson for not writing weekly's. In his words "Snix you never send out emails" so here I am sending out an email! 

It's been a minute since I've written and honestly things are going just about as good as they can all things considered. We've done lots of service for members and other random things around town. 

We've been teaching this girl named Kathryn who is super cool! She came in as a referral from some Elders in Arizona and she is so cool! She loves the Book of Mormon and is so ready for baptism. She just wants to know that she knows so we are helping her with that.

Another dope person we've been teaching is John. He came in as a referral from some sisters in the Independence Missouri mission. One of the sisters is actually a girl I went to high school with so that's fun! Anyway John was raised Roman Catholic and he has been doing lessons with us and he knows our church is true but he doesn't know how to tell his mom he wants to join our church and not be catholic anymore. He's 19 and just graduated high school, but he's cool.

We had transfers recently. I'm staying in Lawrence with my companion another transfer. We went from 8 missionaries to 14 here in Lawrence because of all the reassigned buddies. There are only 4 OG KWM missionaries in Lawrence now which is so weird. One of the Elders is Elder Rogers who I was friends with in high school! 

Umm ya that's about it for content. There's probably gonna be a lot of pictures so enjoy! 

Ooh also I hit my year mark this week so that's kinda fun I guess!

Warmest regards, 

Elder Nixon

July 13, 2020

 I Took a Lot of Pics to Make Up for Lack of Content

Hello my devout fan club. Not much going on in the 785 honestly. 

We've done lots of service recently which has been fun! We have been helping a member from another ward in Lawrence get his backyard all prepped to put a pool in so it's just lots of manual labor. Let me tell ya, 2 hours of manual labor at 2pm in July in Kansas is not a good combination. It'll wear you out pretty quick and give you heat exhaustion too... anyway I went sicko mode with this metal pole. I broke up and removed a lot of the cement in the picture you'll see. My hands took a beating but maybe by the end of it I won't have soft hands...

The only really cool thing that happened this week was when I got a phone call from a kid named Jaymz Bischoff who used to be a missionary here in the KWM. He served in the area I'm currently in and he told me that he had a former investigator reach out to him and express his desire to be baptized and become a member of the church! So that's crazy flippin awesome! We're gonna meet with him soon to make sure he knows what he's doing and everything but that was definitely a miracle for the week! 

Well that's all I've got... but like I said, I took lots of pics to make up for it!

Warmest regards,

Elder Nixon