Busy, busy, busy.

This past week was a really busy one. We helped out with a zone conference every day from Tuesday-Friday. Tuesday was in Roseville, Wednesday was in Rocklin, Thursday was in Gridley, and Friday was in Chico. We have one more tomorrow in Redding and then we will be all finished. Elder Barney and I had to do a bit of training on our own in front of each zone conference, and it is scary! I get super nervous every single time I get up to talk to all the missionaries, and whenever I get nervous my teeth start chattering! I think I am getting better at speaking in public though!

We had a really solid lesson with Teresa last night. She is still working towards baptism and trying to figure out if it is right for her. She has been praying a lot but doesn't feel like she has received her answer yet. We talked about the good feelings she has had as she has come to church, prayed, and read the Book of Mormon. We expressed that these feelings do come from God. It was really neat, because we were able to explain that there would be no need for faith if Heavenly Father always told us exactly what we need to do with no questions asked. Teresa's good feelings are enough of an answer in order to give her confidence to continue to exercise faith, and the next step for her is baptism. We gave her a blessing of counsel after she asked for it, and it was powerful. She said she felt very happy after the blessing, and we continued to discuss how these feelings came from the Spirit. She is getting so close!

I love you all. Have a great week!

Elder Nielsen