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Hey Mommy, 

Well This week went pretty well. Our Baptism with Phillip did not go through, he is on this weird medicine that makes him very moody. So he pretty much hates us for some reason. We asked him to read a scripture, and he said he would rather not. We decided we are going to give him some time. We have some other candidates that we hope go a little smoother. Yeah Elder Johnson loves to run. If he doesn't get to run than he has a terrible day. It is crazy. I am not a runner by any means. I usually just work out, lift weights and things while he runs for a half hour. 

The ward that i am in is very wealthy. Most of them are doctors and Surgeons. The Bishop is a heart surgeon, the stake president is like a radiologist that deals with scoping. They are loaded. Their houses are massive! I feel unworthy to be in their home haha. So yeah, they are very wealthy but they do not support us much at this moment and they dont feed us much, but it is getting better. 

The picture you sent didnt come up, but i see that you are putting in a fire pit! what the crap? after i leave yall get good stuff in the backyard... you go on cruises... you have fun? what is this? hahaha i see how it is.  

Sorry about all the speeding tickets and the medical bills it seems like it is just all piling on! I will be fine if you need to send back the camera and stuff cause that is just too much money to be spending on me being stupid. 

Well here is the craziness of this week! 

So we had an investigator named Zetti that gave us a referral awhile back, we tried to knock on their door and they didnt answer. So this week we decided to go back. We knocked and a lady opened the door and a wall of smoke just BAM! Hit us in the face, she was smoking so much, she was drinking as well and i was thinking to myself, oh this ought to be good. She started to talk and she told us that she had been waiting for something like this to come to her. She said she wanted to stop smoking and drinking and she wanted to get back into church. At first i thought, there is no way that this women is sober, she must have no idea what she is even saying right now. But on sunday we went and seen her cause she didn't come to church, she said that she was really interested and nothing was going to stop her from coming to church next week. So we are excited for that. 

Also This week was a roller coaster. We had great things going, we had miracles happening. New investigators that seemed really solid. We invited everyone to church. We had 8 people that committed to come to church this week. We were super excited! Saturday night everything was still on for the 8 people, we had rides set up, everything seemed great. Sunday morning came, i was Fasting and Praying for someone to come to church. We went around to pick people up and not a single person answered their door or their phone. 10:00 came around and church started and 0 out of the 8 people were there. I didn't know what to think. I had prayed and fasted that morning, i had been praying this whole month that we could have a baptism and to mainly reach our goals. Praying for the Zone Goal, the District Goal, the mission goal... all of it. I felt really down during sacrament meeting, i was praying about what i needed to do better. This Sunday was the make it or break it Sunday, if we didn't have anyone to church this Sunday then we were not baptizing in March. I was hurt. But out of the Blue, a random guy named Stacy showed up to church a little late. I now know that God has a little bit of a sense of humor in scaring me like that. He lives across from the church and was interested so he came to church. It was a miracle. We went and taught him at his place with a member and we set a baptismal date with him after doing how to begin teaching. It was great. I know that God answered my prayers. We are going to fight for every inch, we are going to pray with faith because we need to Baptize this month. So that is the crazy week we had. We hope that this week goes a little bit smoother. 

Well thanks for everything! The story about Camden was hilarious! He is dreaming about me haha! Well i hope that you guys have a great week! Love yall! I will talk to you next week! 

Elder Nielson