This week was pretty awesome. So at the beginning of the week we did some service for a lady in the ward who is moving back to the UK in a little bit. The other missionaries in the ward came as well as another member. We helped her to organize and move a lot of boxes she had in her garage which took a while. During the service my companion and one of the district leader went on a mini exchange to visit with one of the boys we are teaching. They were able to teach him and he agreed to be baptized in 2 weeks. So that was exciting.

On Halloween we went to the stake trunk or treat at the chapel. It was pretty crazy. There were a good number of cars that were set up for the trunk or treat. (about the same number as back in the US) but there we were heaps of people that came through and a lot of them were nonmembers that showed up. So it was good and we were able to catch up with a lot of the members we haven't seen in a while. It was funny because over here they call the car trunk a "boot" so I think a lot of people had no idea why it was called a trunk or treat. There was also one member that brought a massive sail boat instead of a car which was cool as well.

On Friday it was my companions birthday and we also had interviews with the mission president. And so the district brought a cake and presents and we had like a mini birthday party while pres was interviewing us.

On Sunday we had ward council in the morning. Then during sacrament meeting we had a partmember family come who hadn't been to church ever while I have been here. It was cool because that morning we had prayer that we would see someone at church that hadn't been in a while and God defiantly answered our prayer. After church we had a couple meetings about a free carwash that we will be doing at the chapel next week.

Well that's about all. I today we have our district pday at the chapel and then a lesson with a partmember family.
Hope everyone has a great week.

Elder Nelson 

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