Month 5 already...



Me and Elder Reynolds



The 2 sides of missionary work: temporal and spiritual service

Wednesday was mostly service for the Hands of Jesus Food Pantry. After service, we ate dinner at the Morgan's up here in Guthrie. Then we went over to the Rollins for FHE. We read the story of Abinadi with them and talked about it. Then for the activity, Sis Rollins took us to the bowling alley for 25 cent games! 

E Spafford thought that we should try to go see a family we recently met a couple weeks ago. They let us in and we talked and read about faith with them from the Book of Mormon and prayer. The wife told us how happy she was that God has helped her be smoke-free for over a month. Her 14 year old daughter isn't a member so we're going to try to teach her the lessons too and reactivate her parents! 

On Friday we had exchanges. E Reynolds, who came out to OKC with me from the MTC, came up to Guthrie with me and E Spafford went down to Edmond with Elder Halls. Within being here for an hour, E Reynolds flipped end over handle bars on his bike at a stop light in front of 15 stopped cars. I was crying I was laughing so hard! He ended up breaking his bike and having to email home to get money to fix it. So we walked a lot during the day. We saw Orlandress and read 2 Nephi 29 with him. His desire to come back to church is growing! Miracle --> as we were driving, a sad looking man waved to us as we passed him. Reynolds said that we should go talk to him. So I flipped the car around and we did. He and his wife have a couple of small children. He invited us into his house. We talked and were able to leave him with a Book of Mormon and he agreed to read it carefully and pray about it. He said that if it was true, that he'd submit and be baptized! Sweet!:) 

Sunday- Great day at church. The Stuarts gave talks on faith in God. I finished 2 Nephi this morning while studying. I know I've been reading it slowly! The Gardners fed us dinner. David, 11 years old, showed us his pet bearded dragon lizard and fed it a cricket for us to watch. It reminded me of us showing off our pet snake Kaa to the missionaries especially the missionary back in Avondale that was so scared of him that he ran out of our house! After dinner, we went to the Dickman's to eat the ice cream cake that they had had since Monday for Elder Larson's birthday. 

I know that this gospel is true. I love the Book of Mormon. I am eternally thankful for the atonement and repentance. I feel honored to be out here in OKC for two years to serve God. Love,

Elder Olson