So it has been a really good week and a half. At the start of last week we had our zone conference. They talked about how to use the new area book planner app on the phones. It is so cool. So this week we have been doing the slow process of moving all the information from the paper records and putting it on the app. Also at the conference Pres Bennallack discussed finding the elect and the elect are those that will hear God's voice and harden not their hearts.
Then this past weekend was stake conference and they talked a lot about ministering.
On Monday we had a lesson with a part member family and we shared the gospel of Jesus Christ. We brought one of the members with us and it was awesome to hear his testimony of reading the Book of Mormon to gain a spiritual witness. We are hoping that we will be able to help the mother and daughter get baptized soon.
Another cool experience we had this week that strengthened my testimony of the Spirit was on Tuesday. So we decided to go and try to visit a member later at night. We knocked but no one answered so we were trying to figure out who to visit next when we felt like we needed to tract that street even though it was pretty late to go and knock on people's doors. But we started and at the second door the lady that open up told us she was a member and had been baptized in new Zealand before moving here. She had never been to the ward here but was keen to start coming with her children who aren't members. It was awesome and I am so grateful for the Spirit.
Today we had the opportunity to go to the temple and I always love the Spirit I feel when we go. It's cool being able to go to the temple with questions and to be taught from on high. 
Also at the temple I got to see my other companion that I trained so it was cool. 
I hope everyone has a great week and I look forward to hearing from you. 

Love 
Elder Nelson

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