Numero 2: April 26, 2010

Tyler wrote to a friend of his, Anneke, about an experience he has had teaching a convert. Tyler thought it would be enjoyed by all and asked Anneke to send it on.

Anneke,
Wow, that sounds like a great opportunity. i hope everyone goes well with that, and you are able to take up the spirit of temple work. i wanted to tell you about a converso that i had the opportunity to teach and baptize, his name is Mauricio Raul Bernal Jara. he has a family and is about 47 years old. this is a man that has really experienced a change of heart. before he was a man very orgulloso, o sea, prideful. i have never seen a man make such a change, and be so humble of heart. the spirit has wrought a mighty change in his life. and now i think he will be the next stakepresident. well its very cool to teach this family. right now they are all focused on getting sealed in the temple as a family. in less than a year they can do it. and the cool thing is if im still on the mission i will be able to accompany them there, an opportunity not many missionaries have in our mission. so i am very excited for them and the steps they are taking. thank you for writing, it means a lot to me to have your support.
Your friend,
Elder Nelson

April 26, 2010

Hey Family!! i hope everything is going good and that everyone is healthy and enjoying life. i love the mission and the opportunity we have to serve the Lord. i am doing great and really enjoying the mission. my comp is great and we are working hard and finding people to teach. i hope you're all having family scripture study and family prayer everyday, and family night. i have a great testimony of these things. they work, i have seen them save families and marriages. the gospel is true and Christ lives. i have felt his love and his sacrifice for me in a way so personal and so real, that there is no way that i can deny it. through the atonement of Jesus Christ comes the power to change, to purify our hearts, and be clean and worthy to receive all of the blessings that God has in store for us. i love you guys, and your influence as parents and as brothers and sisters, has made me who i am, and has helped me be an instrument in the hands of God. the other day i found this quote of Joseph Smith, y me gusto, it says:

“I am ready to be offered a sacrifice for this people; for what can our enemies do? Only kill the body and their power is then at an end. Stand firm my friends. Never flinch. Do not seek to save your lives, for he that is afraid to die for the truth will lose eternal life. Hold out to the end; and we shall be resurrected and become like Gods, and reign in celestial kingdoms, principalities and eternal dominions.”

we are truly in a great work. Never flinch. never be afraid to share you testimony with others, to help them receive the truth, and the happiness that we enjoy. thank you for your prayers and the support that you all have shown the Obra misional. les amo!

Con amor,

Elder Nelson

April 19, 2010

Hey, Family!! i have been doing great, and it is great to here from you all. it sounds like you all have been really busy. thats good. and still going to church! thats even better!! i love you guys and its always great to hear about how your week has been going. i hope dad is doing well, and that his health is good. i am having a great time here in chile. my new comp. is tongan and a big guy. and he can eat like no one i have ever meet. he is really funny and we have a good time. we are really recieving the blessings of heaven here and we are working hard in order to help the people here in chile. i love you all and thank you for all the support you are showing me and all the missionaries around the world.
Love,
Elder Nelson

April 12, 2010

Hey hows it going? things here are great. right now i am very focused in the work. and am very excited to be an instrument in the hands of the lord. i am glad to hear that dad is ok, i have been worried about him and he is in my prayers. i know you have not been giving me information because you want to keep me focused, and thats good thank you very much for that. i will just have to trust that God will protect my family while i am away working in his vineyard. we had transfers today. i am still in the same sector as before, at the end of this transfer i will finish 6 months in independencia. 4 1/2 months was with the same comp. we had a lot of success together, and i will be sad to leave this area and my converts here. this ward has been very good to me, and i have made a lot of friends here. well it sounds like you are all doing well, i hope your family scripture study is going well:) thank you for everything that you have done for me. You and Dad, Jessica, chad, breanna, all of you. i find great joy in the fact that we have a family that can be together forever. i love you all and will talk to you next week.
by the way my new comp. his name is Elder Hola, from fortworth TX , but he is Samoan.

April 5, 2010

Don't have much time but, im glad dad is ok. You gave me quite a scare, and im not sure what to think. you are all in my thoughts and prayers always. also some members for a lunch one day threw a party for me, and i thought you might like some pictures and i will try and send some videos too. A member in the ward took all these.

March 29, 2010

Hey, its great to here from you thanks you the letter, i did get the package, thank you very much it was perfect. i did write the scotts, i wrote mom and she said that she printed out my email and sent it to them. so hows work been? hows your health? i have a great testimony of the importance of being obedient with exactness. when we make promises with the lord, and we comply with our part, God is able to bless us. for example, me and my comp,
decided that we are going to every day do some things perfectly obedient, like a promise to God. and as we have completed, God has pored out blessing upon us. and it has been in ways that we never expected. for example by
doing 20 contacts every day, without flt, god has put families in our path, families of gold. that are prepared to accept us. i have a great testimony of obedience. one think that is very very cool, and i am very excited about. one of my converts, here in this sector, his name is Bryan, he is 13 years old, and reminds me of chad just a little more shy is going to receive the priesthood, on the 11th of April. and we are talking with him about his mission right now. to help him have the desire to serve. its incredible the tender mercies that the lord shows us and the fruits that we are able to see right now. i love this work, i love being able to be an instrument in the hands of the lord. and this young man reactivated his mom, and its only a matter of time till his father is baptised. i love this ward. i was blessed to have my birthday on a sunday. and i was really able to feel the love of the members here in this ward. in fact the dad of another convert of mine,who is not a member but shortly will be, gave me a gift that i didn't want to except, a watch, of Mercedes-benz, and he accidentally left the price tag, it is a limited edition 100 dollar watch. needless to say i dont think i will be using it, but will keep it in the case. i also received other things very cool, i feel very loved here in chile. well thank you so much for everything, for your example to me as a worthy priesthood holder. i hope you are working Chad into the ground, the times that i was working with you and doing all those things with you, were the best times of my life, and i will never forget the thinks i learned and the good times i had. i love you, and am praying for you health. thank you for everything.
Your son,
Elder Tyler Nelson
p.s. if you could send this to mom, i don't have time to write again. sorry mom!!!! i love you

March 22, 2010

Thanks for the fotos! its good to see that you guys are enjoying the cabin. we have had some aftershocks but they have been down in the south where the earthquake hit. so they were not very strong here, there hasnt been much damage here where i am. just people freaking out. life is pretty much back to normal for us. its a country of earthquakes, and they kind of expect them here. but things are going great here, i have been having some great experiences, and we can really see the hand of the lord in his work. i have been with Elder Fuller for 3 transfers at the end of this one, (4 1/2 months) in the same sector also, i am enjoying every minute of it, and am learning tons every day. i have a big testimony that if we do our part that the lord will always complete his part. God is always willing to bless us, we only have to give him a reason to do so. i love you guys and i pray for you always. Sean firmes en el evanglio, y en su fé. hagan sus oraciones y lean los escrituras, y puede recibir la fuerza para superar sus desafios. hay gran poder en la expiacion, si estudiamos y aplicamos la expiacion en nuestros vidas, tendremos el poder de cambiar, y purificar nuestros corazones. les amo muchisimo, y hay esta los fotos!!!!!!

Con Amor,

Elder Tyler Nelson
Sorry, i couldnt help it! :)

(Spanish to English Translation: Be firm in the Gospel and in your faith. Say your prayers and read the scriptures and you can receive the strength to overcome your challenges and trials. There is great power in the Atonement. If we study and apply the Atonement in our lives, we will have the power to change and purify our hearts. I love you all very much. Here are the pictures!!!!!!)