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| Punt kicking the last can of coffee for Chris |
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| Fix'in a tractor |
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So some of
what happened this past week...
On Monday we
played sand volleyball for p-day and had family home evening with the Berry's.
The lesson was on modesty. Sister Berry taught the lesson and Elder Davis and I
just jumped in to say some stuff every once in a while. The Berry family
reminds me a lot of Cammie and Ben, Noah and Nathan:)
On Tuesday we
had interviews with President Walkenhorst. He shared with me Doctrine and
Covenants 121:45. We talked about what does "wax" mean. We came to the
conclusion of Wax and Wane (I don't know if that's how it's spelled) Then he
started talking to me about "dew".
"Elder
Olson, what time does the dew come?"
"umm...
maybe like 5 in the morning?"
"Well
what about 6?"
"uhh
yeah I suppose it could come then too."
"But
what about 3 in the morning?"
"Well
President, I suppose anything is possible."
Ha-ha, the
moral of the story was that some things take time. "Elder Olson, when will
you be a perfect missionary? I don't know. But keep doing what you're doing and
be patient." -President.
Wednesday, we
taught Lanita the Plan of Salvation again and she remembered most of it! Then
we went to teach it to her Sister, Wilena, that has recently been diagnosed
with Lupis. We also had an awesome lesson with our less active Tamara and her fiancé/
our investigator Mike. We read 3 Nephi 11. We did a little scenario with them.
We had them shut their eyes while I read Christ's words when he was descending
to them. It was so dang sweet! Mike started to tear up! We mentioned to them
the idea of them getting sealed in the temple next year on their anniversary
when they were planning on getting married. They thought that'd be a great
idea. Tamara asked if Mike had to be baptized to go through the temple. We said
yes, and she invited him to be baptized ha-ha!:) He said they'd have to talk
about it, but we are praying for them! That evening for dinner a member took us
to a Chinese buffet and I convinced Elder Davis to try sushi for the first
time. He did so and afterwards felt extremely sick:)
Thursday, We
drove out to Asher with Brother Devoss to meet a referral from church
headquarters. His name is Richard Webb. He recently lost his right leg and his
Mom. We decided to teach him the Plan of Salvation. He absolutely LOVED it. He
totally accepted it all. Our only problem is that he can't drive, no members
live in Asher and it's a 45 minute drive from Asher to the church. We don't
know what to do besides pray and fast. We also went to the Grays' house and
fixed JD's tractor and ate dinner with them.
Friday, I was
on exchanges here in Ada with the Zone Leaders. Elder Apedaile stayed in Ada
with me and Elder Davis went with the other Zone Leader, Elder Bender, to Pauls
Valley. No one was home and it was embarrassing to me cause it looked like we
didn't do any work. We tried an investigator, Angel, three times that day. On
the last try, she was home and we taught her the restoration. She accepted a
baptismal date and is very excited. Her friend, Taloa, was baptized my first
weekend here in Ada. She has a daughter, Avionna, that's 18 months old and
probably the chunkiest baby I've ever seen! Angel is planning of getting
baptized June 21st:)
Saturday was
pretty uneventful. I suppose it's cause of the holiday weekend. We got to visit
some people, but they don't listen very well and generally don't follow through
with the commitments we leave them.
I love my
mission.
Elder Olson
