May 10, 2021

 I Called 911?!?!

What's up everyone! Look at this, two weeks in a row on the email! Thank me later.

Monday was spent playing LOTS of sports. Good times. 

Tuesday wasn't exciting until like 10pm when our C02 detector randomly went off. Well when they happens they tell us to call 911 and get it checked out... so next thing we know we've got a giant fire truck pulling up to our apartment and firemen all decked out going to check our CO level. It was all normal and we didn't die, but that was exciting. 

Wednesday was cinco de mayo so we had a party with our district. It was fun. 

Thursday my comp and I had a great idea to do a bible trivia video on campus where we walk around and ask random college kids bible questions. I was so hype for it all morning...and then we got to campus and I remembered how introverted I am. For those of you who don't know I am VERY introverted, so to just walk up to random people and talk to them is absolutely terrifying and I didn't do very good at it... thankfully the weather was beautiful that day so I didn’t mind. 

Saturday I got to go to the baptism of someone who I taught in Hutch over a year ago, so that was neat! I don't feel like I had the biggest part in his conversion, but it was still sweet to see him baptized!! 

Also this week is transfers and I'm not being transferred which I'm happy about. My comp is going to Italy sometime soon tho so I'll get a new comp soon enough. 

Thanks for reading.

Warmest regards, 

Elder Nixon

May 3, 2021

 My Comp Ditched Me

Well I figure if I don't get my email written early it's going to be hard to do later so here I am. This week has been a blast in all honesty. 

Things are still going well with Dylan who is on date to be baptized June 10th! So I'm hoping I'm still around, which I think I will be! 

My companion flew out to Utah on Tuesday to go sign for his Visa which means he'll probably head out to his original assignment of Italy in the next month or so. I'm happy for him but sad because I like him a lot and was hoping I wouldn't need another comp the rest of my mission but I guess I'm out of luck. I got to hang out with some other Elders who live close by who I love very much so it was a grand time being with them! I stayed with them all of Tuesday and all of Wednesday and then got Elder Jackson back late Wednesday night!

Friday was another busy day. I got the great opportunity to watch the funeral for my grandpa who passed away this week. Bless up for technology and making that possible. Later in the day we had some training meetings and if you've ever served a mission you know that often times those start very late. So our two Assistants to the President (APs) show up like an hour late to start training. It made for a long day and now we have to get on zoom training Friday since they were late. 

When I read emails from home most people talk about wanting to go to 2 hours of in person church. Well lemme tell ya, its nice. So nice that we actually do 4 hours of church. We do 2 hours with the family ward we cover and then 2 with the YSA branch we're in as well. By the end of the day we are always just WIPED from all that church. I love getting to be there in person though so I don't mind. 

Let's see... I think that's all for this week! As I shared my testimony yesterday in church I was reminded of the simple yet powerful truth that Jesus is our Savior. There is no question of that. What a beautiful thing to know, that no matter what life throws at us, we can ALWAYS rely on Jesus Christ for strength. So if you're feeling down... trust God and know he has a plan and rely on the strength that comes from Christ for the time being. Things always work out in the end and if they don't, it's not the end. 

Warmest regards, 

Elder Nixon

April 12, 2021

We Got the Cops Called on Us

Ciao a tutti! That's Italian (I think) in honor of my comp who is supposed to be in Milan Italy. Kansas is far better though. This week has been baller but I'll keep it brief-ish

Monday was solid cause I got to play spikeball for the first time in a FAT minute. I may or may not have bruised my bone but it's fine we power through. 

Went on exchanges Thursday which was fun.

Saturday was a great day! We had Ethan’s baptism!! I don't remember if I mentioned Ethan last week, but we kinda just walked in on his baptism. kinda nice tho. The last two Elders put him on date and then both got transferred out so Elder Jackson and I got in, solidified a few things then got him dunked on Saturday! The other Elders who taught him were able to come so that was nice for them. Ethan is super cool too! He's 22 and is actually looking at serving a mission which is amazing! Yeah that's Saturday 

Sunday... boy for a day of rest there was not much rest for me. We went to the family ward sacrament meeting at 9 since we help them out a little with missionary work and then at 10:30 we had branch council for our little YSA branch. That lasted a fat minute and we had sacrament meeting at 12 for the YSA branch. We get to go to both hours so that's nice. The afternoon was just studying and all that jazz. 

Ok now to address the title... I feel like it's the best clickbait I've had in a while. Well here’s what happened. The Sisters we share the family ward with were picking up dinner from a member for all of us, so we were chillin on their porch waiting. Well they had made the comment that we could try to get onto their deck which is on a second story so naturally we took a look (With all my climbing expertise I'm sure I could have done it but their downstairs neighbors back door was open so we decided against it). So then we started seeing if there was another way we could get in so naturally we checked the front door and looked for a spare key. We discovered it wasn’t too hard to get onto the roof but we decided we better not do that. Well last resort was a window that we assumed was for their apartment. It was unlocked but there was a blanket over the window and we weren't 100% sure it was to their apartment so we again decided against entering. Well fast forward 3 or so minutes and there’s two police officers pulling up and in that moment we realized how freaking suspicious we looked so we just sat there like innocent little boys. Thankfully the sisters pulled up and we grabbed our food and dipped before they came and talked to us. Moral of the story. Don’t try to break into a window unless you're 100% sure it goes to the apartment you want. The end. 

Warmest regards,

Elder Nixon 

April 5, 2021

 We Get Fed Too Much

Hello everyone! Terribly sorry about last week’s email. I know it was short, but it was also to the point. Regardless I will repent and give the people what they deserve! 

This week was pretty baller! We had transfers on Wednesday and as the Haiku said I was being transferred. So I pull up on Wednesday and see all my friends and it was a good time. I get told I'm going to the Rock Road YSA here in Wichita! It's the YSA that covers WSU so I'm pretty stoked! Mi compa is Elder Bo Jackson from Portland Oregon.  (No doesn't play football or baseball) he is AWESOME though. He is originally assigned to the Milan Italy mission so we'll see if he leaves me at some point. We whitewashed in which means we are both new to this area so our first few days has just been getting to know everyone and trying to get situated! It's been great so far! We walked into a baptism on the 10th so that's pretty sweet! The dudes name is Ethan and he is just so ready and excited for his baptism, and so are we! And unfortunately I don't have much else to say because the week has just been lots of getting to know people and the area! We get fed an excessive amount here. And no it's not from the broke college kids. We ward share with a family ward and I'm fairly certain the only reason we do is so we can get fed. I've been here since Wednesday and have already been fed like 9 times. So yes more than once a day. Its baller! 

How about conference tho! It was so good! I love hearing the words of our Prophet and apostles! It was just so powerful! President Nelson's address in faith was especially powerful in my opinion. He listed 5 things we can do to strengthen our faith that are absolutely amazing! If you missed it, be sure to check it out when you can! And 20 new temples!! Wow! Super sad none were in Kansas, but we'll get there! 

Things are going great out here! OH also note my new mailing address ;) 

Warmest regards,

Elder Nixon 

1770 S ROCK RD APT 906 WICHITA, KS 67207-5177

March 29, 2021

 Transfers   

This week was average 

I will be transferred Wednesday

This is a haiku

March 22, 2021

 New Hair, Who Dis?

Well I ain't got much to say unfortunately. This week flew by though! We have been doin LOTS of service which has been nice because it gets us outside and the weather has been SO nice so I've been loving that. I'm getting excited for summer and 100 degree weather with 100% humidity. just kidding it sucks but that's okay! The work has been a little slow here unfortunately, but Louis who we baptized has been doing AMAZING! He is going to get a temple recommend next week and he told us that yesterday he spent 4 hours doing family history and we didn't even ask him to!! It is awesome seeing him progress in the gospel! 

Uh yeah I think that's all I've got unfortunately. I was joking with one of the sisters in my district who gets her emails off consistently every week and writes a lot that it'll wear off eventually and once you miss one week of emailing it just gets easier and easier to not email. 

I did have a cool spiritual thought I guess. I was reading 2 Nephi 24:16 stuck out to me. I reckon there will be a day when we see Satan for who he really is and quite honestly I think we'll just laugh at him and probably say something along the lines of "bro you really the one that caused all my pain? You're a chump." Now I'm not sure if it will be exactly like that but everyone remember that Satan truly has no power of us and we have all power over him. All we gotta do is consistently choose the right! No wonder that's what we teach the primary kids! 

Yep that's all I've got! Hurrah for Israel!

Warmest regards,

Elder Nixon 

March 8, 2021

 This is Every Missionary's Dream

I should specify every missionary serving in Kansas or anywhere in tornado alley   this will be a shorter email since not much happened.  

I guess the cool thing that happened this week was on Sunday Louis was able to give his son the priesthood! It was super cool because last week I gave him the priesthood. I had to help him with the wording but it was still an awesome opportunity for him and a great blessing for their family! Seriously love them so much. 

So onto the title. In Kansas every Monday there is statewide testing of the tornado sirens at noon. So you can imagine my surprise when I hear the tornado siren going off on Tuesday as well. My first thought is oh that's weird. The weather outside is nice. Certainly no tornado. Well then I get a text to my phone. I'll attach a screenshot of the text. It pretty much said it was not a drill and to take cover immediately. I was like "oh yeah here we go" so naturally I go outside to look for it and nothing. It was a BEAUTIFUL day. Not a cloud in the sky and I was like what the heck is going on. I hopped on our local fb page and everyone was talking about the siren and the text. Finally we figured out they were testing some new tech and the text was automatically sent because the siren went off not on Monday. So for a brief moment I really thought I was gonna see a tornado. Twas a shame.  

Oh also we had zone conference this week which was great!  

Yep that's all I've got! The work is good! God is good! Hurrah for Israel!  

Warmest regards, 

Elder Nixon