This has been such an exciting week I don't even know where to begin!

So, Hermana Adams is my new companion! She is fresh out of the CCM and ready to show Fallon who is boss. She is from Minnesota (but she doesn't have an accent, she says that it's a myth) so she's been enjoying the snow here. It's only been a couple days, and I already keep forget that I'm supposed to be the one training her. 

Hermana Adams and I have already seen some great miracles together. One evening we went looking for a less active family, but apparently they moved, so we started talking to a woman named Maria who lives there now. She started to turn us away, because she is Catholic, but we asked if we could do anything for her and she asked us to pray for her son. We got talking to her for a bit, and eventually she invited us to come in! (She said that she never does that) and we were able to sing "Grande Eres Tu" (How Great thou Art) for her, and she said that she could feel something while we were talking with her, (clearly the spirit!) She still didn't want us to come back, but hopefully she will be more prepared in the future when missionaries come by again. 

Very exciting news: Our investigator Pedro can finally get baptized! He has been taking lessons from the missionaries for over a year now, and he has such a great testimony. We are so excited for him to take this step forward!

On Saturday, Elder Christofferson came to speak to our mission! It was the first time ever that our entire mission has gotten together. I was able to see all of my favorite missionaries, including my trainer Hermana Martinez! (We had to get a 3-generation picture of course!)

We had the opportunity to hear from Elder Christofferson, Elder Pearson and Elder Larkin. It was an amazing and spiritually uplifting experience (of course!) At one point he held up his scriptures and showed us that he didn't have a single marking in his scriptures (at least his traveling ones). He told us that for him, it makes him think about the scriptures more each time he reads them when they aren't marked. I think one of my favorite things that Elder Christofferson said was that "Our Heavenly Father is very easy to please, but very hard to satisfy." I know that our Heavenly Father is pleased with every righteous choice we make and every step forward, but he cannot be satisfied with where we are because he knows our potential. I know that as we continue forward in this life, we will be able to reach our full potential (maybe asymptotically, but that's what we have eternity for!) 

-- Hermana Nielsen