Nick's Still Got It!

They are working with lots of new people! One is Dakota. He wants to be baptized, but the Elders are teaching the whole family. Another is Jesse, a 19 year old who is going off to the military. He had been looking into the church about a year ago, and decided that before he leaves he needs the Holy Ghost in his life. Another is Ken, who's wife is a less active member. Ken is a crazy guy (in a good way) because he asks a lot of questions and is very blunt. Nick doesn't like it when investigators don't ask questions because he studies every day and can't possibly understand everything. So he doesn't understand how someone new to the gospel could not have questions.

The cool thing about Ken and Dakota is that they are from a ward that previously has had no investigators, so that ward is getting in gear!

President Cannon said something way cool to Nick: "you have been given a lot of referrals and blessings in your area. Those kinds of things that you are doing only come to the best missionaries." He said that Nick makes his job very easy and that is all that Nick has wanted to do for him.

Aaron O'Brien who had decided on a Monday to be baptized on Thursday, did just that. The chapel was packed with people and Nick said it was one of the strongest times he'd felt the spirit.

They had a lesson with a new family, the Woodalls. It was probably the best and strongest lesson Nick had ever been to. The mom has come a long way. She was telling them how she used to hate Mormons. But now she is great and has even said she's thought about being baptized just because of the great feeling and sense of belonging that she feels at church.

They picked up another new family to teach that is awesome! The dad is from Kansas City and loves sports like Nick does. The mom is cool too and the kids are the best! The boy is starting football so they want Nick to show him some stuff. They are a lot of fun.

On P-day there was a huge, legit basketball tournament at the mission office. It was amazing. Only the good players were invited and there was a draft. Nick's team won! It was the first time he's played real basketball in awhile. The toughest challenge for Nick was a guard from the New Jersey state championships two years ago. Nick just wanted to shut him down and he did. He's only been out two months so he has more stamina than Nick. Since it was the most intense he'd played in awhile, his knee was killing him, and he had to go home and ice it. But it was all worth it.