Hey everyone!!!!!

    Hey there all, so first of all it sounds like things are going super well for you all and that life is treating you good. What did the letter that president macdonald sent you say? he is so funny, on friday and saturday he and i had text conversations, about our push up contest. He said that i had raised the and he was gonna push it to match me. then the next day he sent me another text saying that he couldnt do it. he got 65 (our goal was 70) and i told him i got to seventy five, then he said "well i am still winning in the over 40 division haha but there isnt many contestants" it was funny, I love that man. Also i thought i would say thank you for the updates on sports, it is nice to get them, being a missionary people think i am a huge byu fan, and they tell me little about sports but it is nice to get an unbiased u of u fans opinion. haha.

   Well I will just start by saying that this week has been a week of miracles!!!!!!!!! LIke hard core. So to answer some questions, My district has become so so so tight knit. Last monday as a district we did a district activity and went ice skating. since then we have been way close. not to mention district meeting really helped. I will talk  about that in a sec. So remember how i said sister nelson has an attitude. well what i have heard is she has yelled at every district leader she has had haha. but she and her companion really like me. We call each other cousins. its pretty funny. I guess when the zone leaders were talking to the assistants about the district meetings in the zone, it was on speaker and president Macdonald was lilstening, and they were talking about mine, and they asked if sister nelson liked it and they said yes and president said "good cause that is the new standard" haha. (that night after district meeting the sisters called me and said like three times thank you and how much they enjoyed district meeting) so speaking of district meeting this week was the title of liberty district meeting. it was AWESOME!! I had elder foster dress up as captain moroni, (we got his costume made out of duct tape and cardboard, and had the releif society president help us make it) and made this amazing title of liberty, i will send you pictures of it. we spoke about the covenants we made to serve God, then we as a district made a title of liberty this is what it said "in memory of our god, as disciples of Jesus Christ, covenant to serve the Oregonites, and fulfill our purpose to bring them to eternal life" ok so i cant remember exactly how it went but that was kinda what it said. haha. i will send pictures. it was way funny, the day i got the stick for it, we didnt have the car so we were biking down the street carrying this huge stick behind us. it was awesome.

    so in my studies this week i came across a scripture Moroni 9:6 (i finished the book of mormon again!!!) haha. but i love this scripture because it just shows that when we labor with all our diligence, and heart we will destroy the enemy of all righteousness. i love it! so so so so so so so so so good!!

     so now on to the coolest part of the email...wednesday, the day of miracles. =) so on tuesday we went to see our investigator Daniel, but he was sick with pneumonia so we didnt stay, but we did have the opportunity to give him a blessing. then on wednesday we went to teach Daniels sister Charlotte, Daniel shows up out of no where, and keep in mind this was the next day!!!!! He showed up and he was totally healed, no pnumonia at all!!!! it was so awesome, he even helped us teach his sister the first lesson and we let him explain baptism and how hers was not necessarily correct and that it needed to be done with the proper authority. so we set a soft baptismal date with her. so so sick!! that night we had an appointment with Art Michener. He has been looking for a job, for like two months, and recently got threatened to be evicted. well on wednesday we went there and he told us he had two job offers after the interview, had another interview the next day and during our lesson, he got a phone call for another job interview. it was so awesome. this is a miracle, because when we first met him i promised him that if he met with us diligently and did all that his savior asked he would be blessed and his situation would turn around. so so so so so so cool.

      on Thursday the zone leaders sent the district leaders a text saying that we wanted to rally our districts to find 5 new investigators per companionship by sunday. so i would just like to inform you that this week my district found 32 new investigators...that is like what my whole district has found this entire transfer. i was so so happy. it was a total blessing. =) i fetching love this church and the opportunity i have to serve.

      i hope you all know that i love you and i love this church. The Savior lives. He loves us. Our Father in Heaven loves us more than we can comprehend, i have felt that love this week. I know without a shadow of a doubt this message i share (and we all share) is true. I hope all is going well and i cant wait to hear from you next week. I love you all to death. thank you so much for all you do. the love and support is always welcomed and felt. Your in my thoguths and prayers. Love ya.

      -Elder Nelson