February 3, 2022

 Guten Morgen, meine lieber Freunde und Familie!!

Man what a powerful week that I've had! It's the very end of the transfer and that means that I'm out of training. The time has gone by so quickly. I've made so many memories already and have loved all people I've been able to meet in such a short time. 
This week was full of the spirit and wunders (miracles)! To start off I have an absolute amazing district! At district counsel we focused on the attributes of our favorite Book of Mormon missionaries. Mine is Ammon and as I was studying his story, there were many things that stood out to me that I didn't realize before. One example in verse 29 in Alma 17 is:
Now they wept because of the fear of being slain. Now when Ammon saw this his heart was swollen within him with JOY; for, said he, I will show forth my power unto these my fellow-servants, or the power which is in me, in restoring these flocks unto the king, that I may win the hearts of these my fellow-servants, that I may lead them to believe in my word. I was very surprised by this response, that Ammon was able to find joy in a situation where his life was on the line. This week I've tried to be like Ammon and find the good in unwanted situations. 
My zone had a goal this week to find 15 new friends, have 20 lessons, and we have a zone prayer list for all of our friends that we pray for every morning and night. The results were incredible. We saw our friends hearts start to be softened. This week we found 19 friends!! It was incredible and we also reached our goal of 20 lessons. 
We had a great zone conference this past Tuesday. I love being able to meet up with other missionaries and learn from president and Sister Hammon. There's an elder from Australia and he was so super surprised that I could do an Australian accent. Looks like all my reruns of H20 are starting to pay off haha. The next day we had interviews and that's always a good time. I love being able to talk to President and Sister Hammon. 
We get transfer calls this Saturday and we don't know what President will decide to do. On Saturday night I got a weird call from the STL'S in Frankfurt and they asked me how are day was, who we met with, how the wards are, and how falko is doing. It was a very random call and all in German. At first I wondered if they were trying to test my German, but now I think they were wondering about the areas. So we think I'll take over the area, but we don't know. 
On Sunday, the ZL's in our district had a baptism. Her name is Amy and she's from Mexico. Most of her family are members and her grandpa flew up from Mexico to baptize her. It was special and she's dating a convert of 4 months from the ward as well. They plan on being married soon, but we're waiting for the baptism. It was a really fun time. All of us missionaries and a few members surprised them by singing a child's prayer in Spanish. It was my first attempt singing in Spanish, but I think it went well. 
Another exciting thing that happened this week is that one of the Ukrainian missionaries joined our district. His name is elder Baggett and he's dope! He's actually from reno! In my district alone we have 3 people from Nevada. It's really fun and we're coming for the people who are from Utah. But he's been a good addition to our time clan. He's already learning German and has a really good attitude about the whole reassignment. He's just ready to go and that's really inspired me. 
Das ist alles für diese Woche, aber haben einen schönen Woche! Love you all!
Sister Nielsen 
1. The best district + elder Baggett on the very end
2. How's your day going haha
3-4. Rothenberg!!
5. All the Sisters in the zone with sister Hammon!
6. Sister Barden decided to float 


7. My first time trying Vietnamese food
8-9. Amy's taufe!!




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