Elder Nielson

January 27, 2014

hey family! this week was really great!

on tuesday it decided to snow a pretty good amount! so we couldn't drive so we walked and because theres no work here (or anything really, everythiing closes for snow) we had a great day and found a lot of people at home!!! which was great! we taught 5 lessons that day it felt so good haha

we have been working really hard and saw some cool fruits that took place this week! we got this super solid family referral and went to go see them and had a great lesson only to find out after they are just outside of our boundary haha so we passed them! but we went to church yesterday and a golden investigator just showed up and we were super excited about that! 

the work here and the ward here is all moving forward! its crazy to see and literally feel that the work is hastening! i can feel it in me too! it feels like my head is traveling 100mph haha and almost as if everything is a sprint! its crazy! just so many things happening and so many things to do! i'm loving it!

on friday i had a really good interview with President Riggs, he's great! i really look up to him a ton, just like it says in my setting apart blessing. 

then on saturday we had a great whole mission conference and elder s. gifford nielson came to talk with us. he's 6'5" so tall, president riggs is really big and tall but elder nielson made him look small haha! elder nielson is the one who gave the lord's game plan talk this past general conference! then after wards we had a small meeting with him and all the stake presidents in the mission, i really enjoyed that a lot! especially because it was such a small group of us with him! one thing i really enjoyed about the things he shared were just some of the simple ways that everyone can share the gospel with friends and neighbors and family. he shared a couple different stories of just how sitting by someone on an airplane and simply by starting a normal conversation then bringing up the gospel, it was really great. 

as i mentioned the ward here is doing really great, on saturday the ward had 3 baptisms and another one on tuesday and we just put 2 people on date in the next couple weeks so it really is hastening at a fast pace!

it was so good to read your emails and see the pictures! i've been thinking i should probably start getting a small plan of school and work so i don't decide at the last minute, i just have no clue still! so maybe you can help me out haha! thats one thing that has been crazy is that it feels that each month that comes goes even faster i told that to president and he was like oh yeah. 

but i sure love you all! and pray for you daily! hope all is well, let me know if there is anything i can do!!! 

con amor,

Elder Lifferth

ps lots of picts coming your way!

1-me bowling

2-me and the castaneda's

3-me and juan and teri Castaneda