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Howdy,
That's awesome attendance for the open house
of the Phoenix Temple
The work here is good. I love my companion
and we are working well together. We set four baptism dates this past week with
Scott (21 year old man who really reminds me of Eric Taylor), Cesar (15 year
old with Hispanic parents but is searching for a church with his older brother,
Angel), John and Henry Stoneroad (two Native American brothers about 55 and 57
years old). John, Henry, Paige, Derrick and Carmen all came to church
yesterday.
We bike a lot here but it's all good. I know
that God called me to a biking area for a reason and if I don't bike around
every day then I kind of feel like a failure for that day ha.
Here are a few excerpts from an article published in the Deseret
News last week about our mission:
A day in the life of Mormon missionaries in Norman, OklahomaA few weeks ago, thanks to the kindness and flexibility of President Stewart Walkenhorst, I was blessed to replicate the experience in the
What impressions did I leave in return? Once again, the similarities
between the work in diverse places drown out any differences. The spirit of
truth is fluent in all languages and recognizes all accents.
Truly the bar has been raised, and the elders and sisters in theOklahoma Oklahoma
City
And in the case of these four missionaries, they're flying on bikes.
Written by: Jason Wright
Truly the bar has been raised, and the elders and sisters in the
And in the case of these four missionaries, they're flying on bikes.
Written by: Jason Wright
Some parts from letters in September from
Elder Olson:
It's been stormy and rainy here the past
several days. Elder Buhler is getting transferred to Mustang and my new
missionary will be here from the MTC on Wednesday. I also get to see Elder
Debenham again! I'm excited to see him again. Have you seen the Meet the
Mormons movie yet? If not, you definitely should. We got to see it before it
came out in theatres. It is amazing. Va'a Nuimatalolo is the son of the Navy
football coach, he was in my family at EFY! He is in the movie talking about
his Dad. It was crazy seeing him haha.
Here is a quote from the last Mission
President, "There is no growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the
growth zone." So get out of your comfort zone if you want to grow!
Thankfully I don't have too hard of a time talking to strangers about anything,
that is a blessing. I have seen missionaries who are shy and reserved and it
looks painful for them to talk to random people. I wish I could just make
it easy for them. But if that is their weakness, the Lord will help them
grow and I'm positive he'd do a better job at it than me.
Our teaching is going well. We are constantly
trying to find more people to teach. We are also trying to figure out how to
progress from us doing the work without the ward, to working with the ward's
help, to us helping the ward do missionary work. That is the vision. Each Ward/
Branch doing all their own missionary work: Finding, fellowshipping, feed, FHE,
fasting, prayer and scripture studying. Elder Foster of the 2nd quorum of the
70 told us that on our own, as a mission, we could get 30 baptisms in a month.
With the help of the ward, we could get about 100 in a month. And with the Ward
performing their own responsibilities and doing what the Prophet has commanded
them to with just out help, we could achieve about 300 baptisms per month. So
how do we move to the next category?
I love serving the Lord on my mission. I love
the people of Oklahoma
Love
Elder Olson
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