Elder Nelson's Mission in Perth Australia

So this week I dropped off Elder Cooper and had a meeting in preparation for training. Then on Thursday we got the goldens. There were 4 new missionaries that came in. So my new companion is Elder Alamoni. He was born and raised in New Zealand but his parents are from Tonga. He moved to Brisbane for a year though before he came out on his mission. He is super awesome. So this week we have been meeting all the members and doing heaps of finding.  We look forward to the adventures we have this week and hope everyone has a good week as well. Elder Nelson

This week has been awesome. So today is the first week of a new transfer and yesterday Pres Bennallack called us to tell us that Elder Cooper would be getting transferred to become a zone leader in the southernmost zone. I will be training again, which I am so excited about. So at the start of this week we had a lesson with one of the people we are teaching. We went to a cafe with her and the member family and answered a lot of questions she had about the church. Then later in the day we had a massive Family home evening with two active families from church, a less active part member family, and a family that weren't members of the church. We shared a lesson on how important it is to know that God is our loving Heavenly Father and that he has a plan and purpose for us living on earth. It was heaps of fun. On Thursday there we went to a funeral for one of the members in the other ward. It is a great blessing to be able to know that families are forever. Then on...

This week has been crazy. So on Monday, we had a family home evening with one of the families in the church and they invited a friend to come and we were able to teach her about the church and also answer a lot of the questions she had. The member asked if she would like to have the lessons and she said yes so we are so excited to share the gospel with her along side the member. On Tuesday we were able to meet our new mission president and his wife. they are the Bennallacks and they are Australian which is cool as. I am so excited to be able to learn from and work with them. They also announced that all of the missionaries in Australia will be receiving smartphones which is exciting.   Later that night we went to the chapel for the family history night and were able to work on our genealogy. Then on Wednesday we had exchanges and I went with Elder Gardner to work in a community garden and then we went and helped pour concrete for a member who is building ...