So much.

Oh my goodness. This past week was jam packed. Here goes nothing!

So, basically this last transfer was one of the best I have ever had in my mission. We were able to get the work rolling more, get the members a bit more excited, and the zone I am in is just freaking amazing. All of the missionaries in my zone are awesome. I grew so close to them, and we all became like family. That is really never happened with any other of my zones, but it did with this one. There are only 13 of us. This allowed us to get to know each other a lot and support and strengthen each other. A few people in our zone are getting transferred, so I am sad about that. My own companion got transferred. It is sad to see Elder Inman go. I am looking forward to this next transfer though. I am going to make it a good one.

Elder Ewell, one of my favorite missionaries, finished his mission his past week. It was so cool, because I got to see him and Elder Benedict before Elder Ewell left. They had to drive a long way from up north so Elder Ewell could make his flight in the morning. They stayed with us Thursday night, so we were able to catch up a bit. Man, I love those guys.

So one of the biggest events of the week was Elder Inman and me getting sick. We woke up on Friday morning and started puking up everything we had. All I can say is it didn't feel amazing. We were pretty much bedridden for the rest of that day. Elders Zaugg, Biggs, Dunn, and Dresden came over and gave us blessings though. I'm so grateful for the priesthood. So that describes Friday. We were sick at home all day.

Saturday we did a blitz in the Antelope 1st area. We knocked on quite a few doors. We did end up getting into a seventh-day Adventists home. She was very nice, and we had a very nice visit with her. We left her the Book of Mormon. She said she would check it out. She also gave us one of her books that she reads from. It is like a biker's guide to Jesus. Like a motorcycle biker. Looked pretty interesting! I started feeling a little bit sick again. It was really weird because my neck and upper back started getting really stiff too. I was talking to another missionary and they said it could be meningitis. We went back to the apartment and I called our mission nurse. After making a few calls she figured it would be best if I went to the emergency room. So we went there at about 9:30 at night. We walked into the ER and everybody's heads turned to look at us. It looked straight out of an episode of "House" or something like that. Everybody was just staring at us with blank faces. Kind of freaked me out a little bit. I got my blood drawn, had to wait a couple hours, and then we found out I was totally fine. We celebrated that we could finally go home. We got back to our apartment around 1 AM on Sunday. It was a really weird night.

Love you all.

Elder Nielsen

The Antelope Zone, wearing the amazing shirts the sisters made for them.