So this week has been very exciting. So on last Monday we had our zone p-day with all of the other missionaries in the stake. We went to a park by a lake and played soccer, touch rugby, and capture the flag. Then later that night with the part member family in the ward, the Anitereas, again. It was an awesome lesson on the Restoration and at the end both the mother and the daughter committed to be baptized on the 15th of December. It has been awesome working with them and so we look forward to next month when they are baptized.

On Tuesday we had service for one of the members setting up a fence and pulling up some pavers. Then later we had dinner with a Filipino family that joined the church just a couple years ago and we love going over to visit them and hearing their testimonies of the gospel. And they are both professional chefs so the food is always really good too. Then that night we had a stake priesthood meeting and it was nice to hear the stake presidency share their thoughts on the revelation from conference.

Then on Wednesday we did a heap of tracting. So we went and knocked on a couple streets and didn't really find anyone. Then at one of the last houses we knocked a couple times but no one answered. So when we were leaving I felt that we needed to knock once more so we turned back and knocked again. After a little bit a women answered and we were able to share a little with her and give her a copy of the Book of Mormon. She said we could come back in a couple weeks to share more so that was an awesome experience we had. Later that night we had a dinner with a member family that moved from the UK a year ago. 

On Thursday we had exchanges so I has with my friend from Kiribati again, Elder Tiaeki. So we went tracting together and met a lady who had family in the other ward and had met with the missionaries in the past but hadn't since moving to butler. So hopefully we will be able to work with her some more here. 

Then on Friday we had an appointment in the evening with one of the recent converts in the ward who is moving back to the UK. So for the past couple weeks we have been taking the bishops son Nathan with us to lots of our appointments that none of the other members can make. Nathan was serving his mission in Australia Adelaide mission which is the next state over until a few weeks ago when he came home after breaking his arm pretty bad. So for the few weeks he has been home we have made him our unofficial companion and so it had been fun taking him with us to lessons before he heads back out on his mission.

Then on Saturday we helped do some service for the member who is moving. And then later that night we went up to one of the members farms for dinner. They killed a pig and roasted it on a spit and then made some other islander food like chop suey and taro. That was good. Then later that night we got a call from the assistants telling me that I was being transferred. I am going up to Geraldton which is a branch about 4 hours both of us on the coast. I am excited to head out to country branch again but I am sad to be leaving butler. It has been an awesome 7 months here. I was really hoping to stay one more transfer here as there has been a lot of progress with the people here. I will miss the members of the ward but look forward to Geraldton. My new companion is an elder from Samoa who has been out for only 6 weeks so I am excited for his golden fire. 

On Sunday after church we visited a couple families to say good bye. The Elders quorum pres, Pres Hotai invited us by for dinner and I will defiantly miss their family. They are a great example of member missionary work. 
I hope everyone has a great week.

Love,
Elder Nelson

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