So this week was awesome. So Tuesday was the last day of the trio and that night we had tried to visit some members but everything fell through and we had no idea what to do so we said a prayer. Then I remembered that one of the members had given us a referral and told us to visit them at 7 at night which is usually a pretty bad time in Australia to drop by someone’s house unexpectedly.  But we went and they invited us in straight away and were able to talk to them. I love prayer. 

The next day I got my new companion. His name is Elder Cooper and he is from Brisbane but is Maori (New Zealand). He is awesome. But at transfers they took the car and so now we are on bikes. So this week we have been meeting the members and with George our investigator. He is awesome and we invited him to a baptism and chapel tour this week which should be fun.

Also this this week I tried using the buses for the first time in the area and we had some fun. So we walked to the bus stop by our flat and hopped on the bus and right after we got on it took a left instead of a right and I realized I should probably have looked at which bus it was before getting on. So we hopped off at the next stop and walked back to the bus stop by our flat and tried again. So this time we got on the right bus but then we missed our stop and the next stop was ages away so we had to wait for the next bus and finally made it to the area we had planned to work in and it was all good.

Anyway I hope everyone has a great week and remember that our Father in Heaven loves us and wants to answer our prayers.

Love,
Elder Nelson

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