Wednesday, I got transferred down to Narrogin. The elders from Narrogin drove up that morning and then Elder Richins and I drove down to the mission office in Perth. I had to get my working with children card because we are both in the young men’s presidency. After that we drove for two hours down to Narrogin. Our new flat is really nice but it looks super bad from the outside. It is three floors and it is over a restaurant on Main Street. The only way to get in is from the back alley. 
Anyway, Narrogin is a really small town and our area is huge. There are lots of farmland and sheep in the area. They have a branch here and they might make a new dependent branch down in Kattaning which is like an hour and a half from here. My companion, Elder Richins, is from Henefer Utah which is a small town northeast of Salt Lake. He has been out 14 months and been in Narrogin for 1 transfer so we are both new to the area. 

So this week we have visited a few members and potentials and did some tracting. One of the members here is Duncan Cowley who is the son of Matthew Cowley (he is a pretty famous apostle down here). Duncan told us stories about how he has been chastised by past presidents of the church. 
On Friday, we got to Skype in to district meeting which didn’t really work that well. The sound decided to stop working halfway through but that’s OK because the spirit is always there to teach you even when everything breaks. 

On Saturday, we went to the community garden and helped fill a garden box with dirt and pull weeds. While we were working I was attacked by a deadly Australian animal. JK I was walking along and a stupid bee ran into my hand and stung my poor pinkie. 

We found out that we would be getting a senior couple a couple weeks ago and today they came down to Narrogin. they asked us where the place to go get food was and we told them Coles because it is the only place. We then decided to go meet them at Coles and see how they were doing. The senior couple is Elder and Sister Bennett and they are from Oregon. They seem like a really good couple and we are excited to work with them. It’s also nice because that means I’m not the newest missionary anymore. later that day we went down to Wagin about 30 min away and did some tracting, after that we went back to the Bennett's flat to give them some info on the area. 

On Sunday, we had church at 9:00 but it started at super late. This Sunday, the entire stake decided to fast for missionary work and at church there were 30 people which is apparently a lot more than usually. I LOVE FASTING! #miracles. We had a couple less active families come from distant towns which was awesome. During second hour we taught gospel principles and for priesthood we were all together in the chapel. After church we went to an older ladies house to take her the sacrament in Wickepin. 

I am so excited to hear this weekend general conference. It’s sad to hear about Elder Hales. This upcoming week is going to be great. We have general conference and zone conference. I can’t wait to hear from all you and I hope you guys have a great week.

Love,
Elder Nelson

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