Neil, Nathan

And this is the account of Ammon and his brethren, their journeyings in the land of Nephi, their sufferings in the land, their sorrows, and their afflictions, and their incomprehensible joy." (Alma 28:8) This verse sums up these past couple weeks for me, (mostly focused on the "incomprehensible joy" part)! This past week was Zone conferences, so we traveled to the other countries of the mission, gave and received trainings, and learned so much. The momentum here is amazing and every missionary here is so great! Seeing them all reminded me just how blessed I am to serve with such great missionaries, senior couples, and President and Sister Field.  Our friend Antonija will be getting baptized in a couple of weeks after General conference! She is doing really well and her testimony grows every time we meet. Please pray for her to continue pressing forward until her baptism and after! Our last lesson was so powerful, we taught about temples, eternal marriage, and the importa...

To be perfectly honest, these past few weeks have been a lot; our mission-wide conference with Elder and Sister Kopischke, planning transfers, meetings, conducting trainings, helping the group of new missionaries arrive and get settled, and of course finding and teaching! But I love it all! Sure, there were a lot of stressful, sleepless nights and last-second change of plans but God came through as He always does and everything worked out. And we are praying for, expecting, and seeing MIRACLES in our companionship and as a mission. There is a real new momentum in the work and in each missionary here and we all feel it! It's so exciting! There's been a few distinct times on my mission where I've seen God's hand the clearest. Each of those periods was marked with being placed in an uncomfortable situation and a feeling of hopelessness in my ability to succeed. I love how this verse in Ether identifies and describes these moments. "And if men come unto me, I will show...