Wow... I've only been here for three days
but it really feels like a week. It seems so long ago when we went out to sushi
before you dropped me off. Anyways, to answer your questions yes i have made
new friends. My companion, Elder Debenham, is awesome! We immediately clicked
and are really good friends. He is 18 and from Sandy , Utah .
He played football, basketball and tennis. I'll send you some pictures in
another email. Here it is non-stop spiritualness haha. Today is my first p-day
and i think i have another one on Monday. We are living in the Wyview section
of housing which I've heard is the best. We live with another companionship,
Elder Evans from Gilbert , AZ
and Elder Kelsch from Haremen ,
Utah . They are headed to Minnesota on their
mission. We met the MTC president on our first night here. I don’t remember
much of what happened haha. We met our Branch President last night, Brother
Stice. He is just like Jim Wilcox, in his looks and his personality both. The
1st counselor is Brother Gallacher and 2nd counselor is Brother Thayne. I was
interviewed by Brother Thayne who used to work as a Waterfront Park Ranger on Colter Bay
in Jackson Lake ! We talked about Jackson for a bit and then he sent me back to
the class. At the end of our 3 hour meeting with the branch president and his
counselors, Brother Stice asked my companion, Elder Debenham and me to follow
him to another room. We both knew what was going to happen. He sat us down and
told us he wanted us to be Zone Leaders and watch over the 22 missionaries in
our Zone and give an orientation meeting to the 16 new missionaries that will
come next week. We have a lot more meeting to go to and responsibilities. By
the way, a Zone Leader is the highest assignment a missionary at the MTC can
receive haha;)
We will be teaching our first investigator
later today named Bill. We were all told that it isn’t going to go well. The
investigator is going to be rude and not listen to us. But oh well! Our Branch
president quoted something last night that i think is going to be my motto for
my mission. "Where much is given, much is required"
With lots of love from your missionary,
Elder Olson
Thanks for sharing this! Love that boy!
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