8/21/13 Wheh, finally time to write my letter home

8/21/14 --- Wheh, finally time to write my letter home

Mom and Dad :)

sorry yesterday was super hectic, and we didn't have anytime to write! But i loved the photos! :) I put some photos on Drop box of some investigators that we have :) They are super awesome, and the Dad of them all is going to get baptized on Saturday, and we are marrying them tomorrow! :) sounds like you guys had a blast up at island park! i cant wait to get back and play golf again with dad and ash and grandma! :) those were awesome time! :) I cant believe the Bishopric has been changed! How crazy! My votes for Bishop: Dad, Ryan Colton, Curtis Reese, and Russ Cruise ;) hahaha :D anyway I'm excited to hear about what will happen! :)

A cool kid from Masayas

So change meeting is coming up in two weeks, so i have two more weeks to prepare and take in as much as I can! Elder Watteyne is heading home to, so "I'm going to kill him" as we say in the mission! :) I'm happy I'm killing him, he is super awesome with the investigators and always has a great attitude about situations! We work really well together, and I'm learning a bunch about how to listen better to the investigators, and respond and teach according to what they say, rather than just teach what we had planned! the influence of the spirit is so much strong when i teach like that! I had a really cool experience with that family i mentioned last week, Elvis and Yasmina this week! we showed up, and we had an alright lesson, we taught the restoration, but we just could figure out how to relate this to their lives, and so we finished teaching, and they really understood the lesson, and the main points, it just wasn't as spiritual as we would've liked, but then i felt like i should just testify about what we had taught, and we finished the lesson, and left. We came back two days later, and verified if they had prayed about what they had read, and Yasmina told us that she prayed, but she felt the spirit hit her really hard as i was testifying the other night, and what she was hearing was true! it was really great to be able to see her receive an answer from the Lord by using my testimony :) super awesome!     

Anyway, my week in the office was pretty crazy! we had like a money emergency here in the mission, so took up a ton of time, and then at the end of the whole thing, it all worked out, and wasn't as bad as i thought! :) Everything in the office, just keeps on getting more and more normal haha. but now we are planning for the change meeting that is coming up in a few weeks! This is the week that we will not sleep, because we are up all night preparing food, the change papers, new missionaries, old missionaries..etc. it will be pretty crazy! Usually changes only happens from Monday to Thursday, but this week we have a huge mission reunion on that Friday too, and I guess a general authority is coming down, so that will be a week of 0 sleep!!! I'm kind of freaking out! But I'm sure everything will work out good! :)


So tomorrow we are marrying a family, and then we will be baptizing the husband on Saturday! :) That will be really awesome! His name is Arnoldo, and his Wife is Veronica :) Veronica will be baptized in the coming week, she doesn't feel ready, so we are giving her one more week of preparation to be ready! In that same house we should be baptizing two more families in the next month! :) they are super awesome! :) We have been teaching a new family, that i mentioned last week, and we taught them the Book of Mormon yesterday, and they totally felt the spirit and totally accepted the book :) It was really awesome! They will definitely get baptized in September! that is an awesome family of 5 too :) wooooo hooooo big families :)

Other than that, we are just helping some new people get to be positive and go to church, and try to revive the fire in the old Investigators :)

I love you guys a ton! I hope everything is going well! :)

Elder Naisbitt

August 20, 2014 - Pday too busy to write

August 20, 2014 - Pday too busy to write

Mom and Dad! 

You guys had a pretty crazy week it sounds like! I miss Yellowstone A  LOT!

Sounds like you guys had a really awesome week!  I cant believe that it is Yellowstone time already! I miss golfing a lot too!! :) Oh well! I feel like time is just flying by!

Hey Ill finish up the letter tomorrow, I dont have anytime, but tomorrow in the morning I will!!!! Sorry! we really dont have much of Pdays anymore! but I love you and look for pictures tomorrow and the letter!! I love you a ton!

Elder Naisbitt

August 13, Financier in the Office / Tracking in the evening

August 13, Financier in the Office / Tracking in the evening

Mom and Dad :)

First week that I have been Neglected :D JK hahahaha I know you guys are up at Island Park and im sure you dont have Wifi! hahaha Ill look for your email later in the week! :) I saw the photos of Ash and the Kays! :) I miss Yellow Stone! I saved that Picture of ash next to the sign! He looks so awesome! :) did Laubs go with you guys too?? Ill look for more photos later on the week too! :)

So basically my week was really really simple! hahaha office work has slowed down, So Elder Watteyne and I have been our area a lot more this week, which has been really really nice! The first week here in the office, I was so excited to be able to work like this, but now i do everything I can to get out of the office! I usually get everything finished and organized before lunch time, and from 12-4 I just sit around hoping that something happens haha. So we have been more focused in the work this week which has been really awesome!

We have been trying to build up possibilities for the month of September, which is going really well! We put a Baptismal date with a new family, which has four members in it! They are super awesome! There are 2 kids, and three adults! :) The two parents are, Elivs and Yasmina, and I cant remember the daughters names, and then the other adult is the sister of Elvis, named Marise :) They are super awesome! :)

Im picking up new vocabulary here in Nicaragua too! hahaha its pretty funny! People here always say "Ni Quiera Dios!" "God Doesnt Want that" hahahaha its pretty funny! haha So like when we see something that we would be like, wow that is awful! We say Ni Quiera Dios hahaha :) Its a nicaraguan saying, that i didnt hear it outside of managua, but now that im here the words and says are completely different haha :) its funny :)

I put some photos up on drop Box of my new soccer/playing shoes on Drop Box! They are sweet Nikes that i got for a sweet deal! :)

Thank you so much for everything Mom and Dad! You guys are great! :)

Love

Elder Naisbitt

August 6, 2014 - In the Office/Tracking in the evening

August 6, 2014 - In the Office/Tracking in the evening

Hey Mom and Dad :)

I'm happy that you guys had a good week! I'm sorry mom that you are on the stupid Steroids again! Cancer Sucks!! Hopefully you can get off those as soon as possible! Sounds like you guys had a great time at the baptism of Naughty Kanaughty! :) I cant believe she is 8 years old now! I remember when she was born! Time goes by so fast! That's cool Laubs got to go out on the field and carry one of the flags for the Real game! I have decided that when I get back i need to get more into Real and the Jazz too! I think I'm going to save my money for some season tickets for the Real games haha :) just a thought :) I don't know how many times you are going to have to go back and get that dang tooth fixed! I swear you have a new "better" tooth every 6 months haha!! *pig noise mom always makes when she frustrated haha* :) haha anyway I really hope everything is going good at home! and that everyone is doing good :)

Sorry last week we didn't have much time to write, but this week we are doing better with time haha :) so I didn't get a chance to describe the photos haha. Sooo The photos I put up last week with the guy with the tattoos, is one of our super awesome investigators named Jorge! He is super awesome! He should be getting baptized this week or will be getting baptized the following week! He told us that he is wanting to change his life around, and he has made some serious changes in his life to get where he is at right now! 

The other photos are us eating dinner with one of the recent converts in our area! Her mom always makes us this really awesome pasta! That night she made us spaghetti! :) Super Delicious! Her Name is Arlandys :) Shes super cool too! She always comes with us on visits with her friend, who is in the photo there too :) haha They seem to animate the investigators really well so we always teach with them haha!

Like  I said above we should be baptizing this coming week, and maybe this Saturday! It depends on if Jorge passes the interview, and gets home from a trip in time!

This Sunday was a really awesome day! We brought 4 families to church, which is 8 people! Three of these families were new and are really excited about church now! :) The one of them is really awesome! Their names are Victor and Marta :) Victor used to be a hard time thug and would rob buses and went to jail and stuff! But now he is wanting changes in his life and really wants to be a better person! It is awesome teaching them! They sell donuts and they are really great too! :D haha 

Anyway we are doing really great here! Sorry for the lack of photos! Our area is really really dangerous! like i wish i was kidding. so now i don't carry my camera, or anything expensive anymore. We have had some pretty close calls here, but we are really well blessed from the Lord with safety! I will try and take photos when i can, and I have my camera. we haven't been robbed yet, and i don't think it will happen if we are smart and follow the spirit. 

The Office is pretty calm now. Im just constantly talking with missionaries haha :) everyone in the mission calls me Elder Fachenta or Elder Rich haha. Which was funny the first day, but now its like, I don't have any money, I just move it around! haha :) But these few weeks have been pretty crazy because none of the new missionaries have received their mission credit cards yet, so we have to put all of their money on their companions cards, which has been an awful mess haha but we are coming along haha. 

Hey what I was thinking would be awesome for a package would be Utah Gear haha like a T-shirt and like basketball pants to play in. All of the missionaries have BYU stuff, and I'm feeling like i need to support my team haha :) President doesn't care about the team stuff, and one of my old basketball shorts have a sweet hole in them, and I was wondering if you guys could just look around for some Utah shorts and a Utah T-shirt :) I have looked in the malls and stuff here in Managua, but they don't have anything Utah haha :) thank you!!! I appreciate it! 

I love you guys so much! I'm

really grateful for the support that you give and the prayers that you send towards me :) Have an awesome week! :)

Elder Naisbitt 

 

July 30 - 2nd Week in the Office (Financier)

July 30 - 2nd Week in the Office (Financier) - no photos this letter 

Mom and Dad!

DAD SHOT A HOLE IN ONE!! haha! That is so sweet!! :) I loved the video and everything! I remember that hole really well, but that is the first time I have seen the flag sit on that left side like that! Usually it is behind the sand trap or way up on the hill! I was laughing so hard when I saw that your name was in the newspaper! haha! How awesome!  Sounds like everyone is doing really well and that the 24th was a great day! I want to go to Dave and Tam's new house! It sounds super awesome! :) I can't believe Ash and the Kay kids made that much money doing the lemonade stand! Hahaha I remember I use to pass by there and buy like a lemonade from Ash, and give them 5 bucks for a glass of lemonade haha :) Good time! I really hope everything goes well with your Brain MRI Scan and Echo, and all of your tests mom! I'm always praying for you and hoping that you will be alright while I'm gone! Hopefully the scar tissue has gone down and you can get off those stupid steroids!!

Loving the office! :) It is pretty crazy and we are constantly running around and answering telephone calls and helping missionaries change houses and fix big money problems. At times it is super stressful, but we are coping! haha....    We are just working all day haha! The time goes by really fast and the best part is that the office is air conditioned, so that is really nice!

The house is really awesome! There are four of us living there, and the four of us have a lot of fun together because we are basically together all of the day, minus the hours that we get to go out and work! Our area is pretty sweet, minus that it is the most dangerous area in all of Nicaragua haha :) Its called Hialia, and it is pretty wicked here haha. My comp got robbed like two weeks ago, and they took all of his money and phones. But now we made friends with all of the people in that area, so we have this one group of people, basically a gang that is watching out for us. :) So everything is good now, it is just a little dangerous in the night,  but we are blessed and no one bothers us.

I'm doing really awesome and i'm super happy! I love you so much!

Elder Naisbitt

July 26, 2014 - In the Office

July 26, 2014 - In the Office

Hey mom and Dad!! :)

 

So I had changes this week.... to the office of the mission! I will become the new financier of the mission when my new companion, Elder Watteyne goes home in 6 weeks! I now will have p-days on Wednesdays usually, but this week we didn't have p-day because it was the day of changes and we all were up all night long driving people to the airport. We have had like two days with barley any sleep! It is pretty crazy here! There are four of us Secretaries for the mission. I'm in training for the new financier and the financier right now is my Comp! One of the Other ones is the Material Secretary, and the other is Just a General Secretary. 

So Basically to tell you what will be happening in my life now, I will be in the office of the Mission from 9 in the morning till 4 or 5 in the afternoon working with the other secretaries. So all of us are missionaries, and we will get out into the area around 5 and work till 9! It is pretty crazy! We usually get good nights rest and all that, but when, for example, we have changes, usually we are up all day and night for three days driving to the airport and back, bring new missionaries, and dropping the old ones off.

me in my office as the financier hahaha :) pretty sweet!

Elder Roney( He came with me from the MTC) and Elder Kersey! They are the two other Secretaries. My comp is sleeping in the office of President, because it has carpet, and feels really awesome to lay down on! hahaha like I said, we dont get much sleep somenights, so we are pretty tried sometimes haha :)

This photo and the three below are just a few photos of the office, and the different rooms 

So my job as the financier is being in charge of anything that has to do with money. Paying missionaries their allowances, changing houses, The mission Vehicles, Paying bills for the mission, buying food for big meetings, transportation, etc. Its is pretty stressful sometimes, but right now I'm training, so my comp. is helping my get this whole Financier stuff down :) This is a huge responsibility, and I will probably be in the office for 6 to 7 months, which means past Christmas and into January most likely, Anyways, I will look forward to talking to you guys in Wednesday! If you have questions, which I'm sure you do, just ask them haha :)

me again in the office 

I  love you guys! Thank you so much for the support! Write me back if you get this email today with in the next 40 minutes! :)

Elder Naisbitt

Week 30 - July 21, 2014

Week 30 - July 21, 2014

Mom and Dad!

E. Naisbitt - baker?

Loved the Pictures of Wicked and Mom and Nanc and Grandpa and Mom packing up his house.   Man,  I love Wicked too! Grandma was telling me about the boys trip to Idaho! How awesome! She was saying they are going shooting BB guns and going to drive 4 wheelers! It's a sledgehammer.... Hhh....Shocks, pegs, LUCKY! Have you taken it off any sweet jumps??? :) I don't know why driving four wheelers made me think of Napoleon Dynamite, but funny! Any who! I'm going to miss St. George, too mom! How sad!!! That pool was my favorite! Maybe the pool in Arizona is good too!  I will miss how easy it was to visit Grandpa in St. George. AZ is SO much further away!  

E. Naisbitt making a Milk Torta (cake)

..... I am super Jealous that it is time for Little E over again! Maybe you guys should try to go to the "Grand" over again! ;) j/k   hahaha But I do miss the #6!!! My cheese Enchiladas! Ya for sure tell Aunt Jack to send that milk shake through airmail! Priority! :) hahaha Sounds like everyone else is doing great! I finally got Ash"s letter! :) I love that kid! I will be sending my letter to him tomorrow in the morning, so it should be there in a few weeks! :) Surprisingly, I miss mowing lawns. I never thought I would, but I miss it a lot haha :) I hope Bill is reading this hahaha :) But seriously, I don't know why I loved it so much, but it was awesome and the time went by so fast! haha :) 

So yeah, changes are this week, like on Wednesday. We will see what happens. I think that I will have changes, but we will see. Everyone is my District thinks that I will Either Swoop up and become District Leader or I will receive a "son" :) Idk what will happen, but I'll just keep working hard no matter what haha :) My comp and I are doing great! We went today around the zone and took a bunch of photos and saw some of the cool stuff before we have changes. :) I will let you guys know what happens :)

Sweet Ray Ban's $8

Sweet, Nica shirt, he sent Ash one also.

Fried Fish for lunch!  He likes it, he really likes it!

So this week we are on a bit of a baptism break for another two weeks. A lot of our investigators in the past didn't go to church so we had to move their baptismal date. But we are teaching these two awesome ladies, one is named Arelis.  Arelis is lady who is in her 30's and has two kids. She is really positive, and we practically dragged her to church this week. We showed up and she was like, "I don't feel good, I cant go to church." So I was like," Listen sister, If you don't go to church you will never receive more blessings from God, and God wants to bless you and you need these blessings in your life!" So she got ready and after that she was all happy and ready to go to church....haha. The other lady, Andrea, hasn't gone to church  for two weeks now so we showed up at her house Sunday in the afternoon, and she was telling us that she slept in again for church. but then she told us that she was reading the Book of Mormon and told us that she wants and needs to be more Like Nephi!! We were happy that she said that because then after that we didn't have to machete her that hard. We just told her 

"imagine if you slaved all day on a backing a cake for your sister or Child, and you put all you had into this cake, and when finally your sister came to eat it she never said thank you just got up and left. How would you feel? Well that's how God feels when he blesses us with everything we have and we don't thank him. One of the greatest ways of saying thank you is keeping the  Commandment of Sabbath Day."

It was really great. She felt really bad and committed with God in her prayers that she would go no matter what happened this Sunday to church!! Super awesome!

Yesterday, we found this really awesome family who are Catholic but don't practice it. They are just Catholic because it is a tradition, but are looking for something more centered in the family and that will help the family be more unified! We put a baptismal date for the 23 of August! I just hope I don't have Changes because I want to baptize them and keep helping them!!!! :)

Anyway that is basically my week! hahaha I wish there was something more, but not much happens Tuesday to Sunday hahaha :)

I love you guys so much! You're so awesome! I don't want to say that I don't miss you, but I'm  so into the mission, that I really don't think to much about other things hahaha. Sorry that sounds bad, but I really love you and I really can't wait to be home in 17 months, but I love the mission!

Have an awesome week! Ill talk to you next week about changes! I hope I don't leave! :)

I'm sure you loved Wicked! We eat lunch everyday with the family of the Bishop, and we have dinner with his family 2-3 times during the week! :) Yeah dad told me about the Outback! I'm sure Lauren was traumatized!

Cool Baptist Church close to E. Naisbitt's house.

This is to show you that EVERYTHING in Nica is short.  Even the stop sign!

The Bishop's daughter (Breesa)

Love

Famous statue of Sandino - part of Nicaraguan Revolution.  Google to find out more info.

Elder Naisbitt