This week has
been pretty awesome! We focused a huge amount
of time this week on finding new people to teach. We went around the
only apartment complex we have in our area knocking on doors and we were actually
able to find some awesome people to teach! One we found is Hillary, and she JUST moved in and had been looking for a
church! So we will see how everything works out with her.
We had another great week of training as well! Elder Thompson has been
doing great and adjusting very well. He is definitely strong at teaching and
has a good drive to get work done! We've
apparently made some cool connections with people we know from Spanish
Fork (his relatives) are family friends with my family! So that's
pretty cool! Hello to everyone in Cokeville! haha! It's already crazy to
think that we're now in week 3 of the transfer. The time
seems to be moving along quite well. But
overall, it was a pretty mellow, regular week. We tried finding less
actives and others, but no one seemed to answer the door. But we
definitely saw blessings for our efforts of talking with everyone.
Lately
it's been pretty nice, my back has hurt less the last few days. It is still
annoying, but not as bad! I'm still scheduled for the X-Ray, or whatever
they want to do with me at the end of this month. Although lately, my chest
has been hurting has well....It should be alright though! Thank you all for
the thoughts and prayers, I truly appreciate them and can feel and see
the difference!This upcoming week is going to be the busy one. We have our quarterly zone conference tomorrow, then we have a trainer follow-up meeting Thursday in Orlando, then we have exchanges Friday! We are going to have to squeeze a lot in, because we are down about 2 days because of these meetings!
Also, pray for us that we will find some new people to teach! We have some awesome people already, but faith in God is affecting some. This
week I've truly been trying to improve myself. We all hate not being
perfect. We always nit pick ourselves to be better. One things I've come
to realize this week is that through loving others, that's how we can
become better in the challenges we face in life. We become better as we serve one another as well as by following the commandment of "Loving Thy Neighbor"
President Gordon B. Hinckley said “Do
you want to be happy? Forget yourself and get lost in this great cause.
Lend your efforts to helping people. … Stand higher, lift those with
feeble knees, hold up the arms of those that hang down. Live the gospel
of Jesus Christ."It's
interesting the dichotomy between healing the body and healing the
soul. When we heal the body it's always an inward effort. We are always
paying attention to ourselves. When we heal the soul, turning inward
doesn't work. The triage of the soul is found in turning outward to
other people. We should always be trying to uplift and help one another, as the Savior did. That's how we truly help improve ourselves!
I
love you all, and hope you have an amazing week ahead of you! I miss
you all, and am always praying for you! Have a great one!
-Elder A. Olson
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