Crazy week!!

So much has happened this week with zone conference, interviews, and general conference! 
Zone conference was so good! We did a hike with the whole zone. We hiked up to a tower which is said to have been the influence of the Grimm Brother's rapunzel. It was such a fun hike and I loved being out in nature. Our president gave a Thema about orbits and how each of us have our own orbits. There are certain people that fall into our orbits and need the light that our orbits give off. It was an amazing Thema and had made me more aware of the people I meet everyday. It was just another testament to me that im meeting the people on purpose and its not a coincidence that we meet. We had a great testimony as well as we shared our spiritual defining memories. It was fun to think back on all the times that God has helped me or I saw his hand in my life. Let me tell you, there's been a ton of spiritual experiences and they've strengthened my testimony so much. 
After we had SAP tausch. So I went on exchanges with the head STL'S and I was terrified! I learned a lot though and now know what I want to work on. We talked a lot about confidence and mission goals. It was good and helped change my view about myself and the success I've seen. We also played soccer in the coldest rain but it was really fun and I quite enjoyed myself. My sweatshirt might've still been soaked after 2 days of leaving it out to dry. 
General Konferenz was an absolute blast. We watched it in Spanish and German with English subtitles. It was awesome! We watched it with our Spanish family that we're teaching and they really enjoyed it! Yina mentioned how she could tell which speakers were apostles and which one was the prophet because there's a more prominent feeling with each of them. It was so cool that people can tell the spirit of God that the apostles and prophet carry with them. I loved the talk about the book of Mormon and how important it is. It was a great talk for a missionary and shows how important the book of Mormon is. The talk by Elder Olsen I believe about the sister missionary who wondered if her efforts were worth anything and if there's anything else she could've done gave me a lot of comfort. In the mission it's really difficult to see most of the fruit that comes from our labors. But the results are there and they help other people along the way.
Yina told us this week that she's not married to her husband so that's been a rough spot. We're trying to figure that out  and how it will effect her baptism in 3 weeks. So please pray for yina and that we'll be able to find a quick solution! 
I can't believe that I've been missionary for a year! The mission has gone so fast! I've loved every second of it. The lord has blessed me so much for this sacrifice I've made for him. I've learned and grown so much. I'm so grateful for thus time I've had to learn and give my efforts to the lord. God is so good and I'm so excited to give my all these last 6 months! Love you all!!
Love Sister Nielsen 
- temple 
- the cute young women
-The Pinkest sunset I ever did see
- 1 year surprise 
- general conference 
- the tower and zoko hike 







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