So today is the start of transfer 3 which means that I am no longer a golden (training) which is sad but exciting. This past Monday we had a Halloween Trunk'r'treat (which is funny because they call the trunk here the boot) as a zone. Our district dressed up as skeletons. Here in Australia Halloween isn't very big at all but this year they actually had trick or treating.

Anyway this week as a zone we were doing a pump up week to keep the numbers from dropping at the end of the transfer. the zone leaders would give us a challenge for the day. Things like most pass along cards or recite the First Vision ten times. So at the start of the week we were in Armadale (Kelmscott) and we did a lot of service. We got to cut down some trees in an older man’s yard.
Also this week we got to break into a members house because her keys were locked inside. Oh boy, if you ever need someone to break into a house "call the missionaries, they can help you." The rest of this week we have done heaps of tracting. On Friday, we went down to Katanning and the challenge for the day was to recite the First Vison 10 times to nonmembers and after hours of knocking doors we eventually did it. it was awesome because the very last flat we knocked was a family from Africa. We talked to them about the restoration and they said that they would love for us to come back which was awesome. #miracles
Anyway have a great week.
Elder Nelson


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