Alma 29:9

This week my new companion, Sister Neeley came to Elko! We actually came out in the same transfer, so we are excited to work together. Sister Neeley is such a powerful, focused missionary, and I am excited for all of the miracles that we will see this transfer! We got a bunch of new missionaries this transfer, so in the Elko zone, all of the missionaries are training a new missionary, except for us and the zone leaders. New missionaries are the best, so this is going to be an amazing transfer!

We have had a great week, and we have been able to visit lots of different people! Sometimes it is easy to get caught up in administrative missionary work (calls, organizing records, working with ward leaders, etc.) and really successful missionaries know how to use that time to make other proselyting more effective. However, when it comes down to it, I feel the most successful when we are talking to an individual. When we are in homes, or on the streets, the most important thing that we can do as missionaries is teach doctrine, testify, and invite the spirit. As much as I love efficiency, and as revolutionary as the assembly line was... we cannot and should not mass produce salvation. It is personal, and happens one soul at a time. I am thankful for each opportunity that I have to contribute to an individual's progression, because Christ truly ministered one on one, and we should do the same.

-- Hermana Nielsen

Pictures:

-Sister Neeley and I!

-Before transfers