Elder Duncan Olson: September 2015

Sister Robertson and Elder Olson

Well this is nearing the end of my two year mission to rescue some of my brothers and sisters and bring them unto Christ. It has been amazing. I have learned so much and have grown to love so many people. The people I have met are very diverse. I have gained an appreciation for life that I never thought I would. We all face what may at times seem unsurmountable challenges but if we pray and gain faith, God will help us to be victorious over all of it. I have given service at soup kitchens, farms, homes, and communities. I have shoveled snow and hid from tornadoes. I have loved people like my own family and then served as a pall bearer when the Lord calls them home. I have enjoyed the happiness that new converts have when they are able to attend the temple of God for the first time. I have prayed with the broken hearted, cried with the down trodden, and laughed with many. I have strengthened my testimony of Christ and His eternal atonement. I feel like Nephi, "I am encircled about eternally in the arms of his love." 2 Nephi 1:15

Brother Lusk is taking us out to Red Lobster today for lunch. I stinkin love that man! I ate at Red Lobster for my one year mark and now once more at the end. This past week went really well. We tracted into an amazing guy. He is fresh out of prison. He has been looking for change. He is trying to be a good person and transition into normal life. Last night we brought a recent convert out with us who has a very similar past and it went really good. They related with each other and the recent convert loved it. He told us he felt that he would fit in to a church but never knew where. He felt like he had found a spot to fit in that is by sharing his testimony with those people who had been or who are going through what he had been through.

"Avoid fear like your worst enemy, but magnify your fear about the consequences of sin."

-F. Enzio Busche

Love,

Elder Olson