Gday everyone. Hope all is going well. This new year has been an adventure so far. So on Wednesday we headed down to Katanning and had some great lessons with investigators. One of the investigators we are working with has been wanting to come to church and hasn't been able to get a ride but we found out this week she was able to get a car. The Lord blesses us for our righteous desires (and sometimes with a car). After our lessons we were walking around and talking to people when we got a call from a member in Perth. She told us that Pres Monson had passed away. It was sad to hear but I know that he is able to be with his wife again and that we all will eventually be resurrected. 

Also this week we had to move three big motors into another shed. The motors were super old but had been restored and each weighed around 600 kilos (around 1300 lbs) They were heavy. 
Then later this week we were talking to another of our investigators. She lives with her partner and they aren't married which is pretty common in Australia. We were talking about how if she wanted to get baptized she would have to get married and that is when the partner was like, '' so that’s why she wants to get married" This led to us being able to talk to the partner about the gospel and invite him to church. We hope to be able to have a wedding and a baptismal service for both in the future. 

I hope everyone has a good year. 

Elder Nelson

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