Sister Nelson in Ecuador: November to Remember!

Hi family!! How are you all doing? I hope all is well! So last Saturday the 5th was Kyle's birthday and he turned 21 (if you didn´t remember) and Hermana Allen's sister turned 21 on the 7th so we decided we wanted to celebrate their birthdays! So Monday night we had a Family Home Evening at the Bishop's house and we bought a cake and we had balloons and candles and we made a birthday video for them! (see attachment). Just kidding it won't let me send the video but I sent some pictures.. I guess you will have to wait to see them until I get home. Sorry!

Well this week has been a lot of contacting, a lot of rejection and not a whole lot of new investigators. But that's okay it's all for our good! Guadalupe is progressing really well! Wednesday we went with the bishop to visit her and he was awesome! I think she was worrying that she couldn't go to church or we couldn't visit her if she wasn't paying tithing.. But he told her she is always welcome at church and she relaxed a lot. Then Thursday night we went with one of the Relief Society counselors and she was awesome too! She shared her testimony and helped Guadalupe a lot! Then Sunday we went to visit her as a zone. When we go on visits as a zone two missionaries share their testimonies and then we sing a hymn! So it went really well! I always love hearing the missionaries experiences! We had stake conference this weekend so she came to the adult session and the Sunday session! She loved it! Tuesday she is going to have her baptism interview and we are still working towards her getting baptized the 19th! Keep her in your prayers please!

Elder Uceda came to visit the mission this week and we had a zone conference with him this Saturday!! It was AWESOME!!! He is so powerful I loved it!! He taught us about the importance of staying together with your companion because 95 percent of the missionaries who have gone home enhanceable is because they weren't with their companion. And he talked about English being the language of the Restoration and the importance of the Latinos learning English. He mentioned that a lot actually. So when I have another Latina companion I am going to be better at teaching her English! But after the conference some of the Latino elders in my zone just busted out in English and it shocked me cause I had no idea! haha it was funny!

We made a huge Book of Mormon as a zone for the stake conference and my companion made some gold plates. I helped wrap the loose pages! haha It was fun! It turned out a little fatter at the bottom but oh well! Everyone loved taking pictures by it though!