Chelsea Week One

Hey everyone! 



My first full week in Chelsea. One thing is for sure, this area is a lot  slower than in Ann Arbor. We're lucky if someone doesn't close the  door in our face out here. We did have a miracle this week though!  

Some guy came to our church on Tuesday and was like, I wanna  come to church, so we called him and invited him to church. We're  not sure if he came to church because we haven't talked to him  since... but, either way it was cool.  



I did give a talk in church this week. They texted me 2 days before  and were like, hey, give a talk on the Plan of Salvation. So, I was like,  bet. I really enjoy talking about the Plan of Salvation. It really is such a  beautiful plan and they definitely call it the Plan of Happiness for a  reason. I'll share the link to my talk for those of you who want to read  it!  



We had some "cool" things happen this week. To prepare for our  apartment inspection we got rid of the cans that were in the  apartment. There's a store that gives us 10 cents per can, we ended  up getting over $20..... there was a lot. Just to make it clear, none of it  was mine, haha. My companion also has a guitar so I decided I'm  gonna give it a go. It also snowed this week pretty hard so we had to  stay inside for that day. 



Spiritual thought for the week.  

“Being grateful in our circumstances is an act of faith in God. It  requires that we trust God and hope for things we may not see but  which are true. By being grateful, we follow the example of our  beloved Savior, who said, ‘Not my will, but thine, be done.’ “True gratitude is an expression of hope and testimony. It comes from  acknowledging that we do not always understand the trials of life but  trusting that one day we will.” 

—Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf 



Thank you for your all your prayers 

Elder Nickolas Kendrick  

Chelsea, Michigan



1. Learning to play the Guitar

2. Going to make me some Corn Bread Muffins 

3. Not my cans - but I got paid

4. Snow in Chelsea 

5. Best Pizza in all of Michigan

6. Jett’s Pizza - where you get the best pizza

7. Miracle Street

8. Downtown Chelsea








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