Conference

Konichiwa minasan!

Hope all is well! This week I just wanted to share a few miracles that happened over the past week or so. All I gotta say is the gospel is TRUE! 

Hope conference was great! I cant wait to watch it this weekend. The relief society broadcast was amazing! I hope I can be like Tiffany someday. 

Thanks for the conference quotes mom- they were exactly what I needed to hear! I had the same question about my new companion that I am getting this week! Love you!

1. We have been teaching a lady who is a previous investigator. She has been meeting with missionaires for a few years now but hasnt been baptized yet. We decided in order for this to happen, we needed to be bold. So we set a date for her and decided to visit her every day of the week that we could. At our third lesson of the week she accepted our baptismal date! She also came to church on sunday and fasted! How cool. She bore her testimony in relief socity. She has a very tender and loving spirit. Her concern about baptism was not having any white underclothes! She is pretty old. We are working with her on helping her understand the atonment and her baptismal covenant. We still have a long way to go- but I have the faith to know that whatever happens, the Lord is concious of her and her needs. 

2. We went housing one night. It started to rain really bad but we kept on going. We ran into this cutest phillipino girl who spoke english and said we could call her anytime to meet with her! she accepted a book of Mormon and asked us for our information (that never happens!) she even gave us her meshi! (buisness card). 

3. Later that same night, we ran into this man taking in groceries to his house. When we asked if we could help after talking a little about the church, he was like no thats okay! and then he goes back into his car and gives us his umbrella! so kind! 

4.　On sunday, we were riding our bikes wayyyy far to go visit a less active and do some housing. on our way, we met this cutest little 17 year old nihonjin girl who spoke english! SHe taught herself on the internet. so cool. (that was her catch phrase after everything we said! haha). SHe wanted to learn more about the church and was way excited about the Book of Mormon. She is coming to america in december to learn english and about christianity. she is buddhist. Anyway, later that day sister sharps tire popped. we began the LONGG walk back to our appartment in order to make it there by nine. we were an hour out by bike...so walking would take about two+ hours. I prayed for a miracle. Welll we sure got one! on our way back, we met the same girl. She wanted to walk back with us because she lives by us so she was going the same way. We were able to teach her the message of the restoration. She really felt the spirit and I was able to testify to her that the spirit was testifying of truth. We are going out to lunch with her this week! She works at our favorite sushi resteraunt. she is going to give us a discount! haha shes so awesome. Heavenly Father really answered our prayer of finding people we could speak to. 

5. One of our investigators doesnt have a car or a bike. She lives like 40 min from the church walking distance. We had a lesson scheduled at the church with her, but the joint we were going to use who had a car was unable to make it. We biked to the investigators house and told her we could do the lesson at her house. she wanted to see the church so bad that she was like no we are going to walk! So we did! I am greatful for her example of faith. It was inspiring to me.

6. We got a billion apples from our ward members on fast sunday in our fruit basket for the missionaries that they do every sunday! so nice! also we got popcorn!!!!!!!!!! wahho!

THanks for your prayers, emails, letters and support. 

Dont fear, the lord is on our side!  Alma 7:15. 

love you!

Sister Nelson