You win some and you lose some

 Man this week has been crazy and I've been exhausted haha. It started off with interviews and distriktrat. I was in charge of the role play we had to give and I made the decision to pair myself off with President since I wanted to be nice. Needless to say, I about peed my pants being so nervous. I stumbled over my German and I hope the scriptures I chose made sense. But it's okay, we made it out alive! 

Zoko was really fun! It was 2 days long and therefore it was exhausting. We got to spend one day with the youth and the next day was with the young adults. It was fun getting to know all of them and having fun with them. We played lots of games and some of them made me feel really stupid because I can't think in German on the fly. I was really proud of myself and got the grundfarbe (primary colors) question right! It was a fun couple of days and it was so great to to hear the youth's testimonies. We have great youth in Germany! We also got to have a sleepover with the STL's and had some great late night chats:) it was so fun to feel like a normal girl again. 
Transfers are next week and we get transfer news this Saturday! This transfer has gone so fast and I have no idea where all the time went. It really is true when they say the time just keeps going faster. I have no idea what this transfer call will have in store for me but I'm a little nervous. I talked to President about my worries about not having enough time on the mission to reach my expectations and to become the missionary I want to be. They then soothed my worries by telling me that the lord has a lot in store for me and it will take me out of my comfort zone a lot. So I'm not completely sure what I'll be getting myself into but I'm ready for the challenge! I'm also pretty sure I'll be leaving Köln, which is sad. I've grown a lot here. I remember first getting here and absolutely hating it but it's grown on me. I have a feeling that I also need to leave in order for Karim to progress. He relies a lot on me since I "found him." So I think having someone new will be good. I'll also be really sad to leave Sister Schmale, we have become so close. Although it wasn't the easiest transfer, we had a lot of fun and I've learned a lot. We'll see! I would also love to stay a 4th transfer:)
Funny story from this week but also pretty sad. So hanif, the perfect referral that we received from Karim, hasn't been texting us back and has been acting really weird. So we decided to visit him at his work with some cookies that we made. We get there and as we're walking up we're both pretty nervous. We make eye contact, but just then this bee comes straight for me and German bees are mean, they don't leave you alone. So I run away a little bit to get away. When we look back, Hanif is GONE. He legit dipped and ran away from us. So we go into the store and look around for him but can't see him anywhere. We were both pretty sad because now we will probably have to drop him. I'm still convinced that the bee was a spawn of Satan. 
We were able to go visit this less active lady from turkey. We pulled up and she brought out dinner for us and everything, it was so nice of her. It was so cool to hear her story and her testimony. She has seen the lord work literal miracles in her life. I love being able to hear people's testimonies and how the lord has helped them. It always ends up strengthening my testimony. I also cracked my first funny joke in German. She mentioned her husband made salad really well but I mentioned how she cleans really well. She died and thought it was so funny. It sounds a lot funnier in German don't worry haha.
I love serving the lord and have grown to know him personally! I know that God loves each and everyone one of us. He knows our pains and our struggles and he is always there with his arms wide open. Love you all! Hab eine supi Woche!
Love Sister Nielsen 
- us throwing Schulz 
- us and camillo 
- we love our photo bomber
- getting shut down
- zoko

- I got mustard all over myself 
- me crying after Sister Schmale pulled a mean joke and told me she was going home 







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