Welcome Home Elder Nelson!

Tyler will be home in only a few days.  Can you believe it's already been two years?  We couldn't be more excited to see him and welcome him back home after a fabulous mission.  Please join us if you can!  Thanks for all of your support over the last two years.  

July 11, 2011

Hey,

Hows everyone doing?

i am doing great!! we are here working hard, im not going to lie, its hard to remain focused in the last week. but we are doing our best and this last week i will leave with a baptism, i feel great and am very exited. im glad to hear that everyone is doing great. today i am visiting some of my converts and people that i have known. in the morning we visited someone that i baptized named Bryan. we reactivated his mom and baptized him, but his dad has never wanted anything to do with the church. well we have always gotten along, and when i visited he gave me a gift wrapped up. (i think as a joke but at the same time serious) i still have not looked at it, but he hinted as to what it is, and i think that it is a bottle of authentic Chilean Wine. so now i have no idea what to do with that.

well i think that this might be the last email that i will write in chile, but all good things must come to an end.

I love you guys and thank you all so much for the support that you have shown me. love you all and will see you soon.

Love Elder Nelson

July 4, 2011

Hey, mom!!

 yep, 2 weeks left. but im working until the end so don't worry. on the 11th i get to say goodbye to my converts so i am excited for that. i am glad that Chad had a good time at EFY, what a stud! it sounds like it is hot over there. it is still pretty cold here. it freezes in the morning. we are teaching some great people, and i really do love the people here in Curacaví. i hate it when we have to go into Santiago every week cuz i love the small town feeling. our ward is struggling, we have been working a lot on that- trying to help out the leaders. it is interesting how much the members, and people who are not members depend on the missionaries, and what they have got to say. the other day someone told us that he felt that if the missionaries left Curacaví, the town would be lost. a little dramatic i know, and i laughed a little when he said it. but it does help one feel the weight of their calling.

 

our new president has invited us to restudy the life and teachings of Christ, and i have loved it. it has really helped me a lot, i have found. and President Essig taught that if one really whats to become like Christ, one must know him. its true and i invite you to do it also. i know you are basically like Christ being my Mom and Dad, but its helped me a lot. i thought i would throw that out there.

Love you guys and cant wait to talk to you guys next week,

Elder Nelson

June 27th

Hey hows it going?

it sounds like everything is going great!

I am sure Chad will have a great time in EFY, well i didn't like it that much, but he is a lot cooler than i am.

i am sure that he is a lot better than i am on the wakeboard, is he still using my board and bindings? thats why he's getting good! just kidding, i cant wait to pick it up again.

we are working great here in Chile. Presidente May goes home tomorrow and president Essig is the new President. it was nice that for my whole mission i was able to have the same Pres., i already had my interview with him last week, which was strange because normally you do that the last day of your mission.

thank you for your prayers for the people here in Chile.

Love you guys,

Elder Nelson

June 20, 2011

Hey, Como Están?
we have had a very rainy week here in Curacaví and its been cold. i forgot how much i love the heat and the sun. my companion is loving the weather here because he is from Alaska. thanks so much for taking all that time to help me out with my classes, i know its a pain. If you could try and make sure the classes can transfer, just in case. not much is new, just working hard and trying to get people to go to church. the level of dedicaion is a little low here when its cold and rainy out. especially if its fathers day, not even the members in our little ward went this last sunday, much less the investigators. but thats life on the mission. i hope that you injoyed the camping trip. On the Lake? Did you do something for fathers day?
Well i love you guys and i will talk to you next week,
Love,
Elder Nelson


Hey, Happy fathers day!!!
i wanted you write you and let you know how much i love and appreciate everything you have taught and done for me. 
i personally am so grateful for you example. that example has helped me so much as a missionary and i have used it to help the lives of my investigators. 
i hope to become like you and that i can have the same relationship with my kids. 
you have been there always and have sacrificed much for your family. your sacrifice does not go unnoticed, and your Children love and respect you.
i  have unfortunately seen many families destroyed and torn apart for lack of a good father figure. 
I had to leave and go to another country and see the problems of other families to realize how good i got it.
Love you Dad,
Your son
Elder Tyler Nelson

June 13, 2011

its good to know that your not counting down! jk 
i am really excited to see you guys again also, so dont worry about it. but we are working hard and trying to work the hardest that we can to finish well, and baptizing!!! 

the work moves forward. i found out that President May will still do my last interview to thats great. i heard about the fires there in Arizona, they are even here on the news in chile and all the members have told me about them, knowing that i am from Arizona.
we are working with some great people here and the ward here is progressing a lot.

i love missionary work, and hope that it is a part of me my whole life. 

love you guys and am always praying for you. 
Love,
Elder Nelson

June 6, 2011

Hey,
sounds like things are going great.
first things first, i got your package so dont worry. and thank you so much for what you sent, it was great to see the pictures and i was dying to eat some beef jerky.
Also i got the flight planes last week. i dont remember everything but, i leave monday the 18th in the afternoon and get there the 19th in the morning in the airport. i dont remember the exact times but next week i will bring the paper with me to let you know.
so stevan came back to the valley. thats great!! i cant wait to see him. is he going to asu to study or wheres he going?
here in curacaví we had changes today, my last change before going home. i got a new companion, and left on really good terms with my old comp. so i feel good about it. my new comps name is Elder Clark from Alaska, which is awesome and a problem because we will be talking about hunting and fishing a lot.
i learned that Presidente May leaves the 28th of june, so my last interviews will be with the new president, that is a shame, but thats the way things go sometimes.
i love you guys and thanks for everything!!
Elder Nelson