Sunday, December 20, 2009

December 14 2009

It’s the most wonderful time of the year... how is everyone? I hear the Utards got a lot of snow yesterday. Sorry but we didn’t get any, maybe someday.

Well sorry if you were looking forward to my letter last week. We got caught up in some stuff and I didn’t have time. But this week was a great week. We have two baptismal dates set for the day after Christmas and we are way excited. Maybe even too excited. No, you can’t be too excited to get someone to be part of this church.

Elder Brimley and I have been having a blast teaching the Floridians. Some are not very nice but some are and they are the best to talk with. What else? This week is my 6 month mark and it has come fast. I have enjoyed serving the lord thus far and look forward to another 18 months.

Well kids of America, I gotta run. Have a great week. Remember the church is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you...and so do I.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

November 30 2009

Hi everyone. Just to start off my letter, the Utes should have won. But it’s okay. I won’t hold that against anyone.

Well it was Thanksgiving last week and the Lord gave us lots to do. We got a family that we should be baptizing this next month. And we got another family with 5 people that should also get baptized. That makes 7 baptisms for the month of December. I am way excited because these people we are working with are very cool and they will be good members that the Lord needs in Florida. Oh what else. Thanksgiving was awesome. We went over to a member’s house and watched a movie and ate a good dinner made by yours truly. The member doesn’t cook often so I told him I would do it because I love cooking. Anyway this was a really good week and I am so grateful to be out here serving the people of Florida.

Have a great week everyone; I know I will :)

Friday, November 27, 2009

November 23 2009

Hello everyone. I just wanted to start out by saying that I hope you all have seen the New Moon movie. Everyone at church talked about it yesterday and it sounds like it is really good. And for all those girls, I have heard that Jacob is a hunk of man meat. hahaha.

Well let’s see the update. We have dropped a few investigators this week; but the ones we have are very strong. Two little girls want to get baptized and they have only heard the first lesson, so we have to wait until they finish. But they are really excited. Another guy is not as wanting to be baptized, but he is really smart and a devout Catholic so we will work with him. But he likes the Joseph Smith story, which is rare. So we take advantage of that. hehe.

Oh I forgot to mention that Thanksgiving is this week and I am pretty stoked. I am very grateful for the chance I have to be out here in the hotlands. It has been an awesome experience thus far, and I am ready for the future. It’s an amazing thing that future. Well have a good turkey bowl men. We get to do it too. I thought it was just a Utah thing but, hey, it’s at least nationwide, which is pretty cool.

Well gotta go. The Lord needs his servants. So I’ll catch ya'll later. Have a great Thanksgiving and know that I love you all!!!!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

November 16 2009

Hello everyone. How is the motherland? It’s great down here in here in paradise. Yes, it is paradise now cause the temperature is down and so is the humidity. It’s great.

The work this past week has been booming. That baptism that moved called us last night and she was baptized in Georgia. It doesn’t count as one for us but we are glad that she was baptized. What else? Oh my talk and singing went very well. I think I’m going to sing instead of talk when I get home because I was less nervous when I sang. Weird I know. And we now have 15 investigators. Hopefully they will be baptized. It would be cool to have 15 baptisms. President Colton thinks we are paying people to get baptized. Not really, but he is very pleased with our progress in Bonita Springs. We are in the top three for areas and producing investigators. So we are very happy about that.

Well I have to go do the work of the Lord. We are mucho busy this week.but I wanted to say thank you to everyone that has helped me. It has meant a lot to me these past 4 months. I love this gospel. I love the opportunity to be out here and I love the Lord. And I love all of you. Have a God-blessed week.

Monday, November 16, 2009

November 08 2009

Good morning everyone! How is the world? In Florida, it’s great! The heat is leaving and there is a hurricane out on the coast so it’s windy and really cool. I love it. This is why people come to Florida.


Well let’s see, this week my companion and I got assigned to give talks in sacrament meeting for next week. And I get the lovely opportunity to sing a song. It’s going to be an Elder Nielson sacrament meeting. It’s all good though. I’m excited to be apart of the ward. Let’s see, what else. Oh yesterday we found a part member family that wants to get baptized, which is awesome. The ward is growing and it’s my pleasure to be able to be a part of it. Still doing good. The members love us and we are working hard.


Well I have a message for you all in these perilous times. The message is that God is a third watch god. For those of you who have no idea what that even means, I’ll tell you. Heavenly Father does make it easy for us to do things. He waits till the last moment when we are ready to give up on all hope and then he blesses us for being faithful saints that can endure to the end. What I’m trying to say is do what you can to follow the commandments, even when it’s hard to do it and it feels like you’re all alone. I can testify that God is watching and he is waiting for the right time to bless you in your time of need.


I love you all and hope that the life out west is good.


Elder JT

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

November 2 2009

Hello everyone!

Congratulations to the University of Utah for their win. It’s okay BYU fans, you might beat the U…but probably not…:). Hehe.

Let’s see what happened this week. Oh. Halloween was good. We got absolutely no one that knocked at our door. We also had to be in by 7:00 because of all the crazy people that come out and beat up missionaries. So, we were home early. What else. Um. We did reconstruction on the area this week. We dropped all of our investigators and got 7 more new ones. Hopefully they won’t bail on us. Let’s hope!

Well I got an assignment to speak in church in two weeks. It’s the bring your friend to church Sunday, so hopefully lots of people will be there. But I hope not. I hate speaking in church. I get really nervous as most of you know.

Well kids, I hope all is well in Zion. The work in Bonita Springs (where I am) is doing great and progressing. Thanks for all your prayers. Remember the gospel is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you. I do too and don’t you forget that:) Have a great week.

Monday, October 26, 2009

October 26 2009

Hello and good morning to everyone.

Halloween is coming up. I bet you can’t guess what I’m gonna be. That’s right--a missionary! Actually, we are allowed to be normal people on Halloween, so we may do that. Hope everyone had a great week; mine was pretty awesome. We got like a million contacts and a butt load of potential investigators. So we set ourselves up for a great next week.

I’m very excited because one of our investigators has committed to get baptized on November 17. She is very excited and will hopefully not move before that date. But she will get baptized no matter what she does so that’s pretty cool.

Let’s see. Yesterday we actually helped people out that got in a huge car accident on the freeway. It was like an 8 car wreck and we were there to witness it. Kinda scary, but we stopped and helped and gave a couple blessing. And I don’t think anyone died. I hope not. But it was fun to use the skills I have to save lives.

Well everyone have a good week. I’ve gotta go spread the good word of God.

October 19 2009

Hello everyone. How are you? I am doing ok. This week was a downer for us. At the beginning of the week, we were working with 9 people. Now we are working with this many—0. I am not enjoying it.

But the mission is going good. We have a baptism on Friday. Have no idea who it is, but I love going to baptisms. They feel nice.

Well sorry that this week is so short but not much has happened. So, I am going to share a special message instead. “About a week ago, I was listening to a talk by some guy. (I know that’s so obvious who it is.) He was talking about how his dog was the best dog there was and he would always brag about how good it was. One day, he was with his friends and he wanted to who how amazing his dog was. So, they went to go herd some sheep and his dog was just lame. She wouldn’t do anything; and he was feeling embarrassed about how his dog was not obeying him. Then he told her to fetch something in a ditch. She hesitated and didn’t go. After he forcefully put her into the ditch, the dog still did nothing. So he knew something was wrong. He got down into the ditch and lifted up his dog. He felt a wet cold thing on his dog and it was blood. He was so worried about impressing his friends that he didn’t notice that something was wrong with his dog. He took his dog to the vet and the vet told him that something had cut her open in a spot where stitches could not be placed. The dog had to wait it out. She could not do anything that would stress her for a few months so she could heal on her own.” Then he went on to talk about how he wanted to take her out but couldn’t until he knew she was ready. I have no idea how he wrapped it back; but he started to talk about how God is a third watch person. How our lives will suck and we will feel left out and not want to go on. But I can testify to all of you that if we can have faith in God and Jesus Christ and continue to do what is right, when we are at our low of lows God will lift us up and we can feel like all is well again. I can also testify that God will not give us any challenge that we cannot encounter. We may not be able to do it ourselves, in fact we can’t do it ourselves. But if we turn to the Lord in times of trials and suffering, he will make our weak thing become strong.


Remember the church is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you, and so do I. I love you all and hope that you can have a great week.

Monday, October 19, 2009

October 12 Update

What’s up Utah? It’s good to see that BYU and Utah won their games this weekend. This week was a great week. Elder Brimley and I got two new investigators—count it 2. They will hopefully be baptized before the month is over. I’ll make sure of it.

Well what else? It’s been really hot here; it’s sad. I hear that you all have snow in the mountains and I am very jealous. I wish it was cold her. I got a nasty burn this week. Ouch!!! We’ve been really busy this week visiting members, trying to make friends with them so they will give us someone to teach. I know it’s cheap but it’s working isn’t it. Hahahaha.

Well that’s all the goodness of the gospel brought us this week. We did catch a huge spider in our house though. It was scary!!! Ha.

Well I hope everyone has a great week. Remember the church is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you.

JT

Monday, October 5, 2009

October 5, 2009

Hello everyone,

Sorry. Today’s letter is going to be short. I have to be somewhere in a half hour. We would have had longer but a cop pulled us over (on our bikes). I’ll tell you about it in a bit.

This week was really good. Conference was awesome. I really love President Monson and President Uchtdorf’s talks. They are all so good. Bit I did miss sitting at my house. On Saturday, I got to sit on the church pews for 10 hours. We didn’t go anywhere in between sessions because we were on bikes. Then the next day wasn’t as bad because we didn’t have the priesthood session, but it was worth it. I’m sure all the men will agree and women you’ll have to wait until you can hear about it. Sorry:)

Well back to the cop story. So this morning as we are getting out of our house and heading to the library, a cop stops us and says, “Hey I want to talk with you guys.” So he takes our licenses. We tell him what were here for and he goes back to his car. There are three cop cars here at this point. So the guy takes 25 minutes to run us through the computer and eat a few donuts. Ridiculous! He comes back gets our address and number and says, “Okay, I just put in the computer that we talked.” It doesn’t mean anything except for the fact that we visited. So we left. Lame, I know. But the street I love on is long and dangerous. A couple of weeks ago (I don’t know if I told you) but someone four house down was murdered. We don’t exactly live on a good street. So, he wanted to talk with us to see if we were trouble makers.

Well kids that was my week. Hope all is well in Zion. Remember: the church is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you. And so do I.

September 28, 2009

Hello y’all,

How is the world? I hear Obama is organizing czars to head up some secret organizations…and they are from prison. So beware the second coming is coming.

I guess there was a youth conference in Cali and a general authority went and talked with the youth and said that these perilous times will end and good times will be here again. So don’t give up on life. I guess that’s good news.

What else? Um, this was a slow week. The week before transfers usually is. I am staying here in Bon Jenga (actually it’s Bonita Springs but Bon Jenga is the nickname). Elder Kirk R. is being transferred. There were 8 missionaries that went home because of things they did. Will not tell you obviously but yeah, so that shook up the mission a bit.

What else? Not much else. My new companion is Elder Brimley. We will see how cool he is :)

Well not much else is going on here so have a good week. Be safe and remember: the church is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you, and so do I. Have a good week

Tuesday, September 22, 2009


Well hello everyone,


How is the world? Well I’m sorry to say that BYU lost to Florida. But let’s be honest, Florida rocks–when it isn’t 100 degrees. Oh wait, it’s always hotter than heck here. Just kidding. Utah lost also so BYU is still ranked above them. So good job Carl.


This week was a pretty good week. We taught millions of lessons. We are getting close to the members so they will give us referrals and we don’t have to go tracting. jk. We still have to go but we don’t have to do it as much, so it makes it nice.


The story for the week is Saturday morning we get this call from one of the "retired" elders (that means they are old) saying that there was someone at the hospital and they were in the baby department (labor and delivery) and that they wanted a blessing. So Elder Reimschussel and I got a ride to the hospital. As we are making our way to the delivery rooms, there was a lady in the elevator with us. Before we get off, she says, "Do you know Brother Jondihusdui." Sorry I have no idea what name she said. And we said no. She goes aren’t you in the Fort Myers Ward. We are like, "No that ward was shut down. It’s just Haitian and Spanish wards." So she says, "Oh cool" and walks away. WEIRD. Anywho. We get to the security door, ring the bell, and ask if we can come in to see Andrea Johnson. They let us in and we go to her room and knock on the door. The lady freaks out a little bit and we say, "Hi are you Andrea." "Yeah" "Well we are the missionaries and someone called us and said you would like a blessing." She says, "No" and tells us to leave, so we did. Awkward and weird let me tell you.


Well that’s the good stuff for the week. Hope everyone has a great and fantastic week. And remember...the church is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you–and so do I.


Have fun y'all.

P.S. It’s my birthday next week Yay!!! I’m going to go by JT to see how that goes. When I become famous it will sound cooler than Jeff, so yeah!!

Monday, September 21, 2009

September 14 Update

Hello all!

How is Utah? It’s doing very well in Florida. From what people tell us there are hurricanes brewing and we might get one sometime. I’m excited. I’ve always wanted to be in a hurricane. Plus it’s great for missionary work. An even bigger plus is that I don’t have to wear a shirt and a tie!!! Woot, woot!

Anyway Elder Reimschussel and I are doing well. We are teaching out investigators and they are slowing progressing. But, they are progressing. We also go to see lots of members. They are the ones that give us referrals. So it’s good to gain their trust so that we can get referrals and more baptisms. So, that’s been going well.

This week we have about 20 lessons schedules. Now for those of you that don’t know, that’s good. We usually get 8 or fewer lessons a week. The mission as a whole averages 9 lessons a week. So 20 is awesome and we are excited to teach more.

Well, I hope you all are having fun and working hard. And when it’s getting to be 20 degrees and you are freezing, just remember that good old Jeff is in a sunny place, getting tan, and it 70 degrees. Haha. It’s okay. Maybe someday you can rub it in my face...probably not!! Haha.

Just remember, the church is true, the sky is blue and God loves you. So do I. Have a great week everyone.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

September 8 2009

Well hello everybody.

How was everyone’s uh holiday? I don’t really know what holiday it was but everything here was pretty much closed. It was a bummer considering that it was preparation day.

Everything is going good. It turns out that I am probably going to be staying with Kirk a.k.a. Elder Reimschussel the remainder of this transfer and am very excited to. He is a funny son of God. He has been teaching me some very good things to help make the work more fun but we are still working hard. Like the old people say "working hard or hardly working." Ha ha ha I crack myself up. We are doing some good things. Another investigator came to church on Sunday. So this week is the moment of truth--WILL HE GET BAPTIZED? I think he will but only God knows.

Well it’s been great out here the past almost three months and I am excited to be here for lots more :). Remember! The church is true, the sky is blue and God loves you!!!

Elder J

Sunday, September 6, 2009

August 31

Hello everyone.

I’m sorry to say that not much has happened this week, but we did get some new promising investigators–Abram Hepp and Allen. Abram is 16 and he is a lost kid. We are trying to help him gain a testimony so that he will get baptized. Allen is taking the lessons because his girlfriend wanted him to. He seems interested so hopefully that goes well.

Elder Reimschussel is getting his greenie this week but we don’t know what day yet. I will be going to Port Charlotte when he comes so fun stuff.

Well I love you all.
Elder J

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Update August 24

Good evening ladies and gentlemen. Tonight’s entertainment is...

Me sorry. I’m not as cool as Heath Ledger but he’s dead and I’m not so what now.

Well this week was a bit of a slow one. After moving down south and getting reunited with a familiar face, we went out to work. We did some long hours of tracting–most terrible thing ever, but it has to be done–and a few lessons.

Elder Reimschussel and I scheduled a great week this week. Hopefull we have about 10 lessons planned, and by the end of the week 2, count it 2, baptismal dates. It’s bee really fun so far working with Kirk, aka Elder Reimschussel. Kirk is just easier to write. And I am excited to continue the work. Have fun at school all you scally wags.

Remember, the church is true; the sky is blue; and God loves you. Goodnight everyone. I will be here next week.

Elder J

Monday, August 17, 2009

Update August 17 2009

Well howdie everybody,

HAPPY 2 MONTHS. It’s been a great two months. I gave my first blessing to a guy named Bryan. He is one of our investigators. I’m going to try to get a picture with him so you can see him.

Well as some if not all of you know, I am getting transferred to Bonita Springs and I will be companions with Chad's brother. It will be exciting. I don’t think he knows me so I can play some mind trick games on him. It will be fun. Well I will stay with him for three weeks and then go to Port Charlotte for the other three weeks. I am moving around a lot. But these are very wealthy areas and I love to humble the rich people. Sometimes you can even milk them. Haha just kidding. But seriously it will be awesome and I am very excited.

It’s kinda weird though. It was kinda hard saying bye to some of those people. I guess when your stuck in the middle of nowhere alone, you connect with people. Anyway I will probably go back there some time so no big.

I heard from a source that there is snow on the mountains. Haha there are no mountains here. The highest elevation in Florida is Space Mountain. So no snow for us.

Well I hope all is well back in the West. I love you all and hope you are happy with your decisions in live. Remember the church is true, the sky is blue, and God loves you.

Elder J

Sunday, August 16, 2009

August 10 2009 update

Hello my fellow Americans,

It’s getting close to school. I hope everyone is excited to learn. I am learning...learning that people who are Catholic are really nice when they reject you and others are not so nice. Haha. Oh well, it’s their salvation not mine.

This was a good week. We got one guy to set a baptism date. And there was a guy who went on the youth trek to help out and now he wants to "find out the truth for himself." So that is way awesome. And, I am loving the heat.

Our ward boundaries got changed and our area is now about 45 miles long, so we are getting some good biking in.

Well I hope the world is going good in the West. I love you all.

Elder J

Sunday, August 9, 2009

August 3 2009 Update



Hi everyone!

This week was not very productive in a sense. We knocked millions of doors and no one was interested. That’s okay though.

Funny story. We talked with a few kids (ages 16-17) and it was funny because they were all high. They were not good kids but we talked with them for a while and answered questions they had and then we continued on our way. As we walked down the street, we hear these black people yelling. We had no idea why they were yelling but we decided to go over and tell them that we had a special message about Jesus Christ and forgiveness. We talked with them for just a couple of minutes, and as we were talking I noticed that there was one guy rolling a [joint] and just doing it right on his car . So we left laughing. Then they started yelling again. But it was funny...black people are afraid of us. We are white guys with a church about Christ and they are a little superstitious. Well we also went to another church this week and they said that Satan was a woman, kind of funny.

It’s great here. Having a good time I am. Hope state swimming went well for all those who participated. I love you all.

Elder J

Monday, July 27, 2009

Weekly Update 7/27/09

I am doing great. We had a baptism on Saturday. It was awesome. Now we are going to try baptize the dad since he is interested in what his daughter is doing with her life.

Let me give everyone some advice. If you are going to go on a vacation to Florida...don’t. Ha ha, just kidding. Just don’t come in the summer or the fall because it is so hot here.

This week is bike week (we trade off–one week we have the car, one week we use our bikes) So this week I’ve lost ten pounds of pure sweat, no joke. It is gross.

Well, this week we had a lot of rejection. We did find one guy at the beach and he was interested. Too bad he lives in New Jersey. One of the Elders in my district at the MTC went to that part of New Jersey. So, I passed his information on to that Elder and hopefully he will get to talk to him.

Well that’s last week. We are looking forward to the next one with high hopes.

Monday, July 20, 2009

July 20 Update



The mission president sent us this picture of Elder Nielson's first day in Florida (July 7, 2009)

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Dear Fellow Americans,

I am doing good. It is getting really stormy. The lightning is awesome here.

Well this Saturday is the first baptism I have. Her name is Justine and she has been going to church for three years. Her dad wouldn’t let her get baptized until she waited a year. The year is up now and she is getting baptized.

We are going to see an old man today. He is pretty cool and we are going to convert him...I hope. I am doing well but the heat is still destroying me. I am a missionary though so I can do it. We shall see.

Well, I hope everything at home has been good. It’s been a month and it’s rockin!!!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Week Three

July 13, 2009

Jeff has asked that all mail be sent to the mission office. The missionaries change addresses frequently and mail will not be forwarded to new addresses. To make sure he gets the mail, please send it to the mission office at:

Elder Jeffrey Nielson
13153 N. Dale Mabry Highway
#109
Tampa, FL 33618

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Hello everyone. I am in Florida and am sweating from the heat as I sit here. It’s going pretty good. The missionaries who were here before me were kind of lazy and didn’t do anything. So, I’ve been tracting for the past five days all day. I do have an investigator and we will commit him to baptism on Friday, so that’s pretty cool. Other than that though there’s not much going on here yet.

I am in a place called Palm Harbor but it’s really close to Tampa Bay. It is about a ten minute drive from the beach. My companion is Elder Firth. He is from Idaho and I am older than him, surprise, surprise. I am doing great. If you want my address or anything, ask my mom. (See address above.)

Oh, I am living with a member and she is a crazy French lady but she is really nice so it’s okay. Plus she likes to watch movies. So, as I walk to the bathroom, I get a peak. You can imagine I go to the bathroom a lot.

Well, I am safe in Florida and no one has shot me yet so yeah...Elder Nielson

Thursday, July 2, 2009

July 2 Update

Hello again. It’s week two. I leave for Florida on Monday at 6:00 am so I’m getting really excited for that. As wonderful a place as this is, I can’t wait to leave.

I saw my 8th grade teacher here today. (Mrs. Brinkerhoff is serving a mission too.) It was pretty cool.

I am doing good in case anyone was worried. The food is still sucky but hey that’s ok :). I have a cool story. I was at the referral center getting inbound calls and it was so slow and so boring. Then someone called and I was ready. It was a 65 year old lady. It turns out it was a wrong number so she said sorry and I asked in a depressed kind of voice if she would listen to what I had to say anyway. She said sure. So I started talking and teaching her about the church. I talked her into receiving a Book of Mormon from the missionaries. It was pretty awesome. I committed her to go to church on Sunday, to start reading the Book of Mormon and to pray to know that it was true. So now I can say that I pretty much converted her. It was cool.

Elder Jeffrey R Holland came and talked with us on Friday. That was good. We saw President Monson and two other general authorities. I got a picture of President Monson leading a crowd of missionaries in singing "We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet." It was the best.

Other than that I have just been studying ALL THE TIME!!!! Well good luck to everyone that is swimming in red, white, and blue... and happy 4th of July.

Elder Jeff

Monday, June 29, 2009

MTC Pictures!

Hello!! Jeff is doing very well. He is feeling better than he was last week and he is loving the MTC. Yes he says it is boring but he loves how much you can feel the spirit there! He will be singing a solo in church next week so he's nervous for that because president Monson will be there! He will be leaving the MTC next Monday so a week from today. Here are few pictures he sent me from the MTC! Enjoy!



Jeff and His Companion at the MTC sign! The 34th District branch, Floridian Missionaries!


Jeff's tiny room! He got the top bunk! The other two roommates they share with!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Letter to Everyone

Hey! Ok so this was a letter inside one to me today! It is address to all his family and friends back home!

" HELLO!

Today was awesome!!! It Finally is all starting to connect! I feel like I could run a marathon! Aw guys I wish you could be here to feel this! It's Amazing! Me and my companion taught a companionship and we were teaching each other and where there for more than a half an hour! I was man, I can't even explain it! I miss you all and want you to hear and feel the spirit like I did today. Well it's late, I just wanted to say I love you all and Miss you lots!

Love, Elder Nielson"

Well I will keep posting these notes from him for you all! Remember missionaries love mail!!!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Hey everyone! Got a letter today from our Elder Nielson and he is doing well. He wishes he could be done at the MTC and head out to Florida to start converting some people...eager young missionaries :) He is doing very well health wise accept he has developed some sort of cough, but other than that he is very healthy! He says the beds at the MTC aren't very comfortable and that he misses his lovesac at home as well as family and friends. He and his companion get along great and have had lots of laughs (as neither of them are very good at basketball). The two of them are on a health kick right now...drinking only water (with occasional juice for the diabetic!) and working out alot. His companion brought some way hard marines workout they've been doing every morning and night so according to him they are both getting very buff :) Well I gotta go! more updates to come! Thanks everyone!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Pictures from the Farewell and MTC day!

Hey Everyone! Here are some pictures taken from Jeff's farewell as well as the morning he left for the MTC! Hope you enjoy!!

Elder Jeff and McKay @ farewell talk
Katie, Mooch, Stephen and Taryn @ farewell

Elder Jeff and his Primary class @ farewell

Full mission attire...with a goofy Jeff pose :)

Elder Jeff Nielson!

Wednesday morning! Make sure you have everything!

Elder Jeff and his best buddies!! Kyle & McKay!

All packed and ready to go!!!!!!

Last family picture for the next 2 years!

Unloading at the curb at the MTC

Say your final goodbyes!!!

There He Goes!!


























































Thursday, June 18, 2009

Day 1 at the MTC!

Well Jeff has officially entered the MTC! He was assigned an MTC companion named Elder Blake. He has already let us kow of things he has forgotten and was able to write his first letters today to family and friends. If you guys would like to write him the MTC address is

Elder Jeffrey Tyler Nielson
Florida Tampa Mission
Provo MTC P.O. Box 129-0706
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604

We Will keep weekly updates on this site if you wish to check it!! We will know his e-mail address in a little while and will post his emails on the blog each week or you can email him yourself! Have a wonderful day!