Real talk

Hey everybody!

We had the director of proselyting from the whole church come out with us this past week. His name is Brother Hemingway. It was pretty intimidating! He came out with us last Tuesday, and we were with him in the evening for about five hours. He took us out to dinner, and it was actually pretty funny experience. He asked us where we wanted to go eat, but he gave us a condition that it couldn't be fast food and it couldn't break the bank. I had heard my companion mention Cattlemen's earlier in the day. I turned to him and asked if he wanted to go there? He said sure, so we ended up going there. Once we looked at the menu we figured out it wasn't the cheapest place to eat. Brother Hemingway just laughed about it and told us to get whatever we wanted. We went throughout the rest of the night after eating a really good dinner. We went to the lessons that we had scheduled, and then we went back to our apartment to plan for the next day. After planning, Brother Hemingway told us the things we are doing well on and then gave us a few suggestions on what to improve on. Overall, it was a very cool experience!

We were able to go walk around on the college campus for a little bit this past week. We were trying to hand out the "He is the Gift" pass-along cards. We really didn't talk to a lot of people but a couple of them said they would be interested in learning more! It was pretty cool. I still don't have the best ability to talk to people, but I'm not as scared to do it anymore. It is fun!

We had a really good lesson with one of our most solid investigators this past week. She is so close to taking the step for baptism, but there have just been a few things holding her back. She brought up her main concern with us in this lesson, so now we can really teach to her needs a lot more!

Love you all! Sometimes the Lord brings the slow so that he can lift us higher. He has a plan for you to be the best you can be. Remember that!

Elder Nielsen