A new place!

Dear Family!

Hello! I love you! So much! Thank you for your love and support.

So, the new transfer has come! I am going to serve with Sister Cook, who was my bunkmate in the MTC! We will be serving in Yeun Long, which is the most countryside place in Hong Kong (in the New Territories), and the only place where you can ride bikes! I'm so excited! It's also the only place you can knock doors. Anyway, Sister Cook is 6 weeks younger than me in the field, and I will technically be "step-training" her, but I don't see it like that because she is already so capable. Did I ever tell you that she is best friends with Hannah Garner, our relative? Also, Sister Cook loves to sing. We are going to have an amazing move together. Our Cantonese may be a little wobbly, but we are going to pray hard and look for miracles. Actually, I was really worried about the Cantonese before, because I still don't understand a lot of what's being said, but I know that Heavenly Father will provide. And I know that the gift of tongues is real.

So, I'm feeling overwhelmed but happy. And very much trusting in the Lord. I got a blessing this morning and I feel very much ready and at peace. Oh, did I tell you that Sister Nelson ( in the MTC with me) will also be steptraining our younger group - Sister Hintze? So, Heavenly Father wants us to learn and grow together, I think :)

Well, as for this past week, it's been a happy blur. We haven't watched Conference yet  - not till this weekend, so I'm looking forward to that. But, everyone is getting prepared for it and is excited.

As for the last work that I've done in this area, I'm amazed to see how Heavenly Father has kept giving us miracles, and has given me the chance to feel useful. I'm just in awe every day.

For example, this week, after District Meeting, we had planned to do some district finding in a place we don't normally go. Well, district meeting went overtime and we ended up with only 45 minutes to go contacting, but we decided to go anyway. So we took the bus to this area, got off the bus, walked about 500 feet, and found this girl named Cherry who was studying for a big test the next day. We ended up talking with her and teaching her a 45 minute lesson. Yup. Then we hopped on the bus and went on to our next appointment. I know that this was a miracle that Heavenly Father gave us. That girl was prepared to hear this message, Heavenly Father knew that we had made a goal to have a lesson during this finding time, and He knew that we only had 45 minutes in our day to do this. So He helped prepare this for us. This girl, Cherry, was just so happy to talk with us and loved the message we shared, and I know that she felt the Spirit. I have ope that she will keep meeting with missionaries.

I also feel like we've had so many miracles lately 1) to boost my faith in the fact that this is His work 2) to get these areas ready for the new missionary coming in. I know that Sister Yiu and this new missionary will do amazing things here.

However, it has been kinda sad leaving this area and these people I love. I think that the biggest help has been seeing how these people have loved me back. It's sweet and gratifying. I mean, I'd love them anyways, if they loved back or not, but it's just so sweet to know that what I did has made an impact. I really feel like I was in that area for those particular people, and I feel so lucky and blessed to have gotten to be there. I'm excited for all the new people I will meet in Yeun Long!

But yesterday, in my last lesson with Sister Ng, she teared up and said that she'd miss me, which kind of summarizes my feelings about this moving thing. I did not expect this from her, since she doesn't really show her emotions, but now I know that she's been impacted by what we've done. She's changed a lot. She's coming back to church now, and reading scriptures and praying, and most importantly, feeling the Spirit. She wants to change and be better for her son. It has taken her years to get to this point, and I'm grateful to have gotten to see this change. And I am grateful to have been a tool, in instrument, for Heavenly Father.

Well, life is exciting. Always. I am gonna keep praying and working hard. I hope you will all do the same. This work is important. It is the Lord's. I hope you'll all look for more ways to participate!

Also, Happy Easter. What a miraculous time of year :)

Love you! So much!

Love,
Sister Nielsen