Dear Beloved Friends and Family

My dear beloved friends and family,

It has been a fantastic time here in England! I am now serving in an area called Wigan and is mostly central in the mission. I have my first Trainer!!! His name is Elder Domiciano and is 22 from Portugal. He speaks Portugese but learned English when he was 5 years old. I live in a flat that is very open and is not as... clean... as I’mm used to, but I can change that ;) I do have to say that it is so nice to hear from all of you!

Mom: you had alot of questions from your last email haha.. I think I answered the most important questions. Thank you for keeping my room clean and lovely, but it is there to use if anyone needs it. My BRP was fine, no problem. My trainer has been out for 7 1/2 months! BTW for sending packages, amazon is great but when you send the packages make sure you place it as a gift and make sure it is under 40 pounds. If you don't check those two things then it becomes a problem for me and the mission home haha thanks. P.S. for Christmas send the package 2 months early cause it gets crazy!

Connor: I just got out of the MTC on the 16th so just under 2 weeks!! The language was super insanely difficult... more than yours ;) well the MTC treated me well plus it had (a confirmed number) 64 people total! Everyone knew each other. Cheers!

Harrison: My fellow lad...i know a little of what you feel. My companion and i had a tea appointment with a man who is secretly gay and we found out by using (1) common knowledge (2) he had a friend over for 5 days... this mans flat has one bed with every reason for two people to be sleeping in it... Bleh!

Spencer: Cheers for going to the dance my friend! I think of you and all that you are doing... school, swimming and VIDEO GAMES haha its great to hear from you!

Shawn: I appreciate your email and i will heed your briliant words my friend! P.S. you are my favorite uncle... that lives within 5 minutes of travel time ;)

Cayden: its so lovely to email you and I hope to hear from you!

Sammy: I love you too buddy! ahh just think, we have two more years of this!!

To those it may concern: I know this email is super long and next time it will be shorter. I have had a splendid time in England and have already begun to adjust to life here! I love you all and I also love the gospel I am sharing with other even though most of the people hate us missionaries or think of us as Jehovah Witness kids, haha. I hope to hear from you all soon!!!

Love,

Elder Nichols

        

Havin' a lovely time in England!

9/9/15
Well Hello Family!!                                                                           

Ahh.. i can actually have some time to type a lovely Email!!

Dad, you are right "now the fun begins" haha. I have had a Marvelous time here in the MTC and its a little more than half way over!! also thank you everyone for the Emails! I enjoyed every one of them! i will have kind of a hard time typing an individual Email for everyone, but if i send an individual one that means you are very lucky (; Anyway, here in the England MTC the population of it is about 54 Elders and Sisters! so its super small and super chill and relaxed.

My First companion! Elder Weingartner (vine-gedner) he is from Friedrichsdorf Germany and speaks very little English so.... haha... its tough already, it makes teaching a pain :P ! The two of us share a room with some messy messy (i really mean messy) Elders who do not speak any English. (sigh) i wish they would clean their part cause they take up 4/5 space in the room. 

I am starting to really improve in my teaching skills and also social skills. I am loving the work that I am doing here in the MTC and cannot wait to get out into the field! BTW my MTC pres. does not allow us to use the words 'Awesome' or 'Cool' (try it for one day... its harder than you think) so I have to use lovely, brilliant, splendid, phenomenal, spectacular, etc.. well there is much to say and so little time. Today we all went to the Preston Temple and it was very amazing! I am enjoying all parts of the MTC and the food here, ohhhh the food!! It is different from the food in America, but it is better tasting and much more healthy! Kaitlyn, I have not tried crumpets so i am not quite sick of them yet (; Mom, Pictures of the MTC and of the Temple grounds will come soon! i will not Email back till 2 weeks on 21 Monday... why? Because I get out of the MTC next Tuesday and P-days are Wednesdays in the MTC but on Mondays in the field. I finally got over the crappy jet lag so I feel brilliant plus I am getting more rest than I would back home haha (: I love the family and can't wait to get back to you (through Email) soon!

Elder S. Nichols and Mission President & Wife

Elder S. Nichols and new companion

Love,

Elder Nichols

First Day in the Preston MTC

9/3/15
Dear Family,

Hey, whats up?!?!  How”s the fam way back in Utah? I arrived at the MTC with not too many problems haha. I was the only missionary all the way from Salt Lake City to Atlanta Georgia and all the way here to Manchester!! My seat from Manchester almost was lost due to over booking flights... i was the last person they let on to the flight! Anyway I found my way safely with only help by myself, now I hate flying haha. btw on my flight to Manchester, i had a pen in my left chest pocket in my white shirt that exploded for whatever reason so one shirt down and only seven more to destroy!! jk... it was not fun. I have to go now, I will email you all next week. This was just a 'how do you do' email to say that i made it A-OK! Thanks and I love you all! bye!!!

Love,