June 13, 2012

Dear Family,

 Man I'm tired!!!!!!  Can't even think to write!!!!!

Holy cow we have been super busy this week. I'm loving my new companion and new area. Its really really great. I spoke in church on Sunday(my first week here) super fun. hahaha. but it was OK and lots of people said i did a great job.

Calvert has every type of people. From White Trash to Super Ritzy people. Calvert is in the top 20 richest counties in America. so pretty rich.

President Matsumori said he is expecting alot from me this transfer, so I'm kinda stressed. I guess just do my very best at everything i do. hopefully we can get some baptisms this transfer.

I am sleeping so well here. the bedroom in our apartment is so dark. i love it..

well that's all i have to say. i don't know what else to say.

Um

love

Elder Olsen

June 7, 2012

Dear family and Friends,

Lots has happened...holy cow. I am now in a new ward called Calvert. And i have a new companion named Elder Jelitto. He is super cool. We still have a car thankfully. We have a super nice Apartment, above the Garage of a member of the ward. We Are in a Two man but Ive gotten used to them so it wont be bad. Elder Nisson is now training a new missionary and is now the District Leader. Wow I never thought in a million years that would happen. Surprise!!!! Another surprise is I'm now a senior companion. Wow. Elder Jelitto has been out for Four Transfers. We are a super Young Companionship. I guess President Matsumori and Heavenly Father think I'm ready for that? Today we are going to the Nationals Game....Yay!!!! It starts at 1 o'clock. I'm pumped.

Yesterday I met Elder Pearsons parents. They are super cool. We took a picture together and it was cool to see them. It was also kinda cool to watch them as they saw there son for the first time in 2 years. she said that she would send you a copy of it to you. so Ask her for it.

(The Pearson's are an awesome family from Alpine.  I taught their two youngest boys when they were in my preschool.  It was so calming to talk to Jodi, Elder Pearson's mom, about what a great experience her son was having in the Washington D.C. North Mission when Nathan received his call.)

As a mission we are reading the Book of Mormon in Two transfers(12 weeks). I want to challenge each of you to join me. Read 7 pages a day and you will get done. I know that it will help you as you do this. Just Do It.

Thanks for all you Do!

Love

Elder Olsen

May 31, 2012

Dear Mom and Family

Sorry i did not write yesterday. We had Killer Temple Trip and i got a super bad migraine after that. We got back at about 3 o'clock and i had to take the remainder of the day off. So frustrating but I guess It had to be done. Don't worry we have permission to email today Hahaha.

Well not much has happened this week. On Sunday one of the ward members invited us to a block party. The whole block was taped off and there was lots of food and dancing. hahaha not like i was dancing or anything. Just singing along with the music in my head and sometimes out loud. haha. but It was so fun and sooooo hot; man i love Utah Heat. The heat/humidity stinks out here.

We also had a memorial day picnic on Monday with the whole ward. There was lots of food and games. It was the hottest day of the summer so far. 95 so hot. The ward parties make me miss home and make me want to see my family. But i know that's not possible and that this is the way the Lord wants it. So I'm sucking it up.

Tonight is a big night. We have an appointment to start teaching the Dea Family at 7 o'clock. We are super excited and kinda scared at the same time. At least i am. haha. but we are going to focus on what they want to learn and how the can know if this church is true. Its going to be great. I hope and pray.

Also Stop Stressing BOUt me OK mother. I'm OK. don't stress Everything is going to be OK. If you need a blessing of comfort get one because it doesn't help me if your stressing back home. i know that i am out here for the right reason and that I'm doing the Lords Work. I know you, and i know that you Probably stress about me everyday. Just relax. I am OK.

Next week we will have transfers. Also we are going to get to go to a Nationals game. So our p-day is not going to be on Wednesday it'll be on Thursday. so don't expect an email until Then.

Love Elder Olsen(Your Son)hahaheehe

May 23, 2012

Hey Family,

Lots of miracles have happened this week.

First off The Dea Family Told us yesterday that we could come and teach them the lessons. YES YES YES I'm so pumped to be part of that. I yelled in the car for joy as i heard what she had texted us. Man i was so happy.

Second We had an amazing lesson with a part member family. The Sister Berger and Robert her non member husband have been coming to church together for several months. He has never taken the Missionary lessons But still comes to church even if his wife is absent. Super Solid. I have no idea why he has never had the missionaries over. Well on Sunday he came up to us and asked us his schedule for the week and we told him any day works for us. he told us to come over Yesterday so we did. The spirit was so strong there and we both bore our testimonies of the Book of Mormon and he committed to read sincerely and pray with real intent if it was true. He will get an answer i know it.

Those are just a couple of the many miracles that happened this week. Good week. over all.

We went over to a less actives house and my companion said that he was a crazy Belgium. Man Was he right. We ended up rebuking him because he knew that the Book of Mormon was true and he wasn't living up to the covenants he made with God. It felt like we were yelling at him but the spirit was there. Super weird. Kinda cool. At the beginning he fought back but by the end he was speechless and the message was understood. At the end of the rebuke he asked and where do we go from here? Our response was TO CHURCH. He did not like that... just made up more excuses and is still as suborn as always.

Im glad all is well back in The Great State of Utah. Thanks for all you do.

I love you and miss you all.

Love

Elder Olsen

May 16, 2012

Dear Family and Friends,

It was so nice to hear your voice on Sunday. I loved the few short minutes we talked. Nothing much has happened since we talked. I went on an exchange with the "capitol Elders." That was fun, I got a whole bunch of House ties from their apartment. Other than that nothing has changed. I was super tired Tuesday but i worked through it and am still trying my best to obey all the rules and such. still having a hard time waking up but I'm trying new stuff every week. sooner or later I'm going to find something that works. Thanks for all you do.

I love you.

Love/Elder Olsen

PS I sent Nate a present for his farewell next Sunday. Tell him to work hard and to never give up.

Bye

May 9, 2012

Dear Family,

Well this week wasn't so bad. except i am super tired as you can see by the way I'm writing my email. We had zone activity today. We had An Olympic day. with lots of events and such. It was OK Not a fan of taking my whole p day to do it but it was OK.

Miracle of the week-

So about a week ago we stopped by a less active in the ward named the Dea (Dee) family. we had no idea who they were or anything. We knocked her door and she let us in. come to find out that she never really gained a testimony and such. also she told us that she usually brushes the missionaries off never lets them in. so we get in and we just start chatting with her about life. Then we start being missionaries and we invite her to take the lessons again so she could develop a testimony for her self. We could tell she wanted to say yes but she said she would talk about it with her husband.

Well we leave and then on Sunday we see Her whole family(Two non-baptized kid included) at church and they stayed all three hours. She also thanked us for getting them there and that they will see us next week.YES!!!!!!!!

Bam!!!!!!!!

Miracle Baby. Love them.

Well got to go.

Love Elder Olsen

P.S. Elder Pearson is an Assistant to the President now. HaHa.

P.S.S. Tell Grandma and Grandpa Olsen That I'm sorry i haven't responded to them yet I'm just so engulfed in the work.

P.S.S. S. did you know that Sister Matsumori has a blog about us missionaries for the mothers back home?

May 2, 2012

Dear Mom and Dad,

The new area is going really well. The members are always super excited to do missionary work. This is the best ward so far for missionary work. When the members do missionary work it makes our job alot easier. Our job as missionaries is not to find people to teach its to teach people the members find. They are the finders and we are the teachers. we get fed every night and I have a feeling that I'm going to gain a little weight here in Bowie ward. well I'm In a place called PG county. Its notorious around the mission for being a scary place. Lots of crime. but i don't live in it i live in a place called Croften. its safe here were i live, our area just covers PG county.

Well my companion is interesting ill write a letter about him soon Just remind me next week if you don't get it.

Tell Whitney and Lauren Congratulations and i hope the best for them. Is Whitney getting married in the Temple??

well that's all i have time for today sorry we have lots of stuff we have to do today.

Tell dad to send me some of his old ties will ya?

K

Love you guys,

Elder Olsen

April 25, 2012

Dear Family,

Today i was transferred to Bowie Ward. I get to be in a car for the summer. Yay!!!! My new companions name is Elder Nisson. I haven't decided how i feel about him. Haha We only met each other at 10 this morning. So we will see how this is going to work. Another crazy thing is that we are in a two man apartment which means that we are the only Missionaries living in that apartment. This is going to be very interesting. But at least I don't have to be on a bike in the summer.

The french is going well. I know

"Don't Touch Me"

Na Tooch Pa

That's the coolest thing i learned on my exchange with the French.

As for Me I cried last night as i said good bye to one of my favorite people in the Quince Orchard Ward. He is a less active Marine. We have been getting him back to church for the past couple of weeks. I love that guy so Much.

In 10 days Elder Bednar will be here to "tour" our mission. I'm super pumped to be able to personally meet him and shake his hand. I guess the 70 that came a couple of months ago to tour our mission thought we were pretty amazing. Because Tours only happen like once every Year. Wow We feel Special.

Well that's all folks......

Love-

Elder Olsen

April 18, 2012

Dear Family and friends.
I will send pictures today or tomorrow family. guess what- tomorrow im at 6 months. holy cow its flying... kinda sometimes. hahahaha
well its been an interesting week for our companionship. on Monday night me and elder Bott were biking and he crashed pretty bad. we were going like 25 miles an hour.(i have an odometer giving to me before i left by Erynn) and he took a sharp turn and skidded on the asphalt for like 20 to 30 feet. we have been in doctors offices for the past couple of days and he has to get surgery on his wrist tonight. He has to get a screw placed on one of the bones in the wrist. so looks like i get to practice my french. I get to go with the french missionaries who are our roommates for tonight. Parla voo frans ex..... Hahah NOPE i dont so this will be a fun night.
well thats all the news for this week. Thanks for all you do. I love you guys so much.
Love,
Elder Olsen

Elder Olsen and Elder Bott help decorate for a Zone activity.

April 11, 2012

Dear Mom,
I am so sorry for that. it sounds super hard. I know that the Lord is helping you more then i could if i was there.
My week has been super Fast and a the same time super slow. I had two exchanges this week and i got to be in a car for both of them so that's a bonus. I think my DL and ZL are testing me to see if I'm ready to get a younger missionary. IDK though. We will see. I'm not sure if i want that to happen.hahaha
We went into DC today. and I'm so tired. we walked so much. wow.

but ya I'm doing great. Just super tired. Like always. that's about it. Tell Ryan when i get home for Halloween we are going to be Finn and Jake. I love you guys lots.
Love
Elder Olsen

April 4, 2012

Dear Mom-

Lots has happened this week. Some very depressing and some really
cool. Ill tell you a cool story first.
The guy I met at Walgreens is named Bruce Brown. His is an ex-marine
and loves to ride bikes. When we first went over there we had dinner
with him. i asked why he wanted to get back with the church Now and
not 5 years ago. why Now? he then told us how he had a staff infection
that went on for a year untreated. A normal man would have died in 3
to 4 months. He is a fighter. The doctors didn't know what was wrong
with him so they were pumping him full of steroids that were not
helping with the infection. so basically he Knows that Heavenly Father
has more for him to do on the earth. So he drove us to priesthood
session and to the first session on Sunday.
So here's the miracle. Last night we decided to call him and see how he
was. he seemed kinda sad or worried or something i was unsure at that
moment. he told us that he wanted us to come over but we had an
appointment. So we said that we would see if our appointment held(Most
don't) so we go to our appointment and he dogged us. so we went to good
old Bruce's house.
He said that earlier that day he had called the bishop to get a
blessing because he was showing signs of the staff infection again. so
bishop was going to call us to tell us to give him one. That's when we
called. That's right GO SPIRIT!! So we went there and gave him a
blessing. I preformed the blessing and it was amazing. The spirit was
super strong. By the end of the blessing He was in tears and i was
too. HE thanked us so much and bore his testimony to us and said
before his staff infection he had his testimony hidden under a basket
or bushel as the scriptures say. and that The basket is off and he is
changing his life. I love this guy.

K now for a depressing story. To end on a happy note. HaHaHeHe

Davids dad is not getting baptized anymore. The Spanish sister
missionary's dropped him. I was So sad when i found out. He will come
around i know it. The example that David is showing is great. He will
be baptised. Just not in the near future.

Thank you for the package with the mojo bars in it. Snacky food like
that is perfect. Just what i need.
K
Love u all

Elder Olsen

March 28, 2012

Dear mom,
Nothing new out here. Just going day by day trying to keep up with all the stuff missionaries do. Its super stressful but I'm getting it done. Well we had a zone activity today so I'm super exhausted so i cant even think about anything. My mind is so loopy its not even funny.

                                    Nephites Vs. Lamenites Zone Activity

I'll tell you a cool story that just happened...

We were printing out thank you cards at a rite aid and some guy came up to us and said that he was a member and would like to become active again. we said OK can we come by and see you some time? he says yes hands us all of his information and then leaves. Well turns out he is in our ward and hasn't been active in like 15 years. last night we had dinner with him and he is now coming to watch conference with us this upcoming sat and sun. The Lord works in mysterious ways. well that's all folks

bye bye now-

love Elder Olsen

March 21, 2012

Dear family and friends-
Well my area is pretty big. On Monday we biked over 30 miles in one day!!!!! Holy cow that was hard. My legs are getting so Big!!!! But ya right in the middle of our area is a place called NIST ( National Institute of Science Technology) You could look it up. We have to bike around it every day to get to the main part of our area. We have a sweet oriental market called the Grand Market right by our apartment. they sell lots of weird stuff like live lobsters and fruits and veggies Ive never heard of. Um We live with French Missionaries One from Saint George Utah and one from Belgium. That's fun. I'm learning a bit of every language we have a goal as a companionship to learn a GQ in every language. I'm currently trying to learn Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian. Those are all languages I've run into while talking to people on the street.
Its pretty sweet Tell The Rich family that I've been running into lots of people from Ghana. They speak English very well.
Elder Bott is from Lots of different places. He was born in Utah, Moved to Virgina and then moved to Denver. So ya he is sweet. He is exactly like me... Loud!!!! Elder Probst before he went home said that we were the loudest missionaries in the mission.
So our apartment is super sweet very fun!!! Its getting super hot already here. so i don't know how I'm going to survive the summer. Its going to be Death, i might die just to let you know.
Don't worry about the bike situation. I've inherited a really nice bike from my last companion he gave it to me. so I'm good with that.
Other than that I'm doing peach keen. Love you all. tell everyone hi for me.
Love Elder Olsen    

March 13, 2012

This week was great. I have a new companion Elder Bott.
David Sosa did get baptised on saturday.

                                          David Sosa's Baptism Day
It was so sweet.
His non-member dad came and was crying the whole time.(He dosent even
speak english, but the spirit does not speak through language) David
will hopfully get the Aronic Priesthood soon so he can baptize his dad
himself. So Sweet Hu?
David was baptised by a potential elder in our ward named jake griggs.

Jake Griggs, one of the young men in the Mission Prep. class, that was given the priviledge of baptizing David. 

We have been holding a weekly mission prep class because of
all the perspective elders we have in the ward. We had 9 boys come
last thursday and they are super pumped to be missionaries.

Elder Olsen with two of the young men in his Mission Prep. Class.

  
Elder Olsen took some of his young men to the
visitors center at the temple.


Lots of them participated in the baptisimal service. Danny Escober gave atalk, jake baptised, tony alverez baptised another guy named sabire,
and Sergio Oliva gave the closing prayer. We hope that by giving these
young men the opprotunity to be apart of this special day, they will feel 
the spirit of missionary work.  Its so great to see change
in not only investigators but members as well.
I dont know if i told you but Our ward(Quince Orchard) has two sets of
missionaries. one set are elders(US) and the other set are Sisters. so
they taught Sabir and we taught David.
Well thats been my week. Pretty Great! I hope i did ok this time with information. I
love you guys so much and i hope all is well. Until Next week...

Love Elder Olsen

March 7, 2012

Dear family,
Well this week has been really slow. My companion says that i am a head case. So that's really good. But I'm learning and growing as a person. I am a ball of clay and the lord is shaping me into a fine piece of pottery.
I am learning how to focus my mind and attitude no matter the circumstances may be. this is a huge challenge for me but I'm working at it. My teaching skills are lacking but I'm getting better everyday. We have a baptism on Saturday so I'm super excited.
We went to the temple today and i still love it!!never enough!
Tell Grandma to hang in there and that i love her very much.
Tracting is not effective at all here, in this area, that's what Ive learned this transfer. everybody is so set in there ways. "Hard Hearted". Its kinda depressing but you have to give them a chance to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. We don't tract very often. Its completely different than when you were a missionary, dad. You probability tracted every day. We don't. We focus on less active members and referrals and GQing.  (Golden Questions)
One of the guys that i came out with went home. he just wasn't working at all. So president Sent him home. its so scary for him. he didn't have a testimony before he came out on a mission. that's a No No. you cant preach about something unless you know its true. Because i had a testimony before i came out i have purpose. and that purpose gives me hope and drive.
well my ride is leaving. i cant write anymore. I wrote as much as i could mother. till next week

Love, Elder Olsen  

February 22, 2012

Dear family-
Sorry i didn't e-mail until now. It has been a crazy P-day. We went to the
Newsium museum today. It was really big and i got some sweet pics of
the Capitol on the roof of it. I got to ride on the dc metro for the
first time. That was really sweet tons of people, kinda scary. Brother
Weitzner came and took us out to lunch at fuddruckers!!! I didn't know
they had one in DC.so crazy.
The Weather is very fun to bike in. The best is when we get to ride
our bikes in a blizzard. Its so sweet. Slush up your pant legs, Rocks! 
Also its fun when your sick and you cant breath because of the cold air.
Such a fun missionary experience.
But seriously I'm doing fine i promise. I'm Handling it. I learned today
that 95 percent of the missionary's that go home is within the first 6
months. I'm almost there baby!!! I'm just past four. Its crazy to think
about how fast time flies.
K So my investigator David Sosa is super pumped to get baptised on
3/10/12. I'm super excited to see him get baptised. He has truly been
prepared to receive the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Ok cool...gotta run...Love you guys.
Love Elder Olsen

February 15, 2012

Dear Family and Friends,

This week has been super Busy!!! Wow. But with being busy comes A quick week. Such a Blessing. Well I'm getting used to riding bikes all over the place. It has been very difficult to get used to but i did it. My body adapted well to the challenges that it encountered.
Often i hear a mission also called the refiners furnace. I believe that statement with all my heart. The pressure and responsibility that comes with sharing the gospel is so intense. i know that the lord is shaping(or refining) me into the person that i need to be in this life and in eternity.

Well on to investigators-
David Sosa- David is a 21 year old short Hispanic dude. He is getting baptized for sure on February 10. I'm so pumped my first baptism!!!! there has been many miracles in teaching him. all of which are to long to tell you in one email so i wont.

Thank you for all the packages and letters i got this week. They helped me remember who i was and that i have people praying for me. YOU GUYS ROCK.

Well I'm out of time so talk to ya later

Love Elder Olsen

February 8, 2012

Dear Family!!
I'm doing alot better then Last week. I certainly felt your prayers this
past week. thank you so much for them. I had a major migraine last
Wednesday that's why my email was so negative. I'm doing tons better.
Being on a bike is really hard but I'm losing weight and building leg
muscle so that's good. My companion is good. he has a very different
personality. it kinda reminds me of myself. HaHa kinda funny. But ya
my area is cool i guess. Missionary work is so different when your on
a bike. We have been doing lots of GQing!!! GQ stands for Golden
Question. Its a question that makes people think about stuff. Makes
them interested. Haha Kinda fun... I'm still working on it. The more i
dive into missionary work the more it feels like I'm selling something.
When i get home im going to be one heck of a salesman.

Thank you for all you do for me!!!
Can you get me more Imatrex please.. I don't know if that's possible but
I'm going to need more soon. i used two for the migraine on Wednesday.
It was a killer. one of the worst ones in history. but I'm good. Don't Worry!

Thank you for you kindness and love toward me. you guys rock.

Love Elder Olsen

February 1, 2012

Dear Mom i had Death temple last week (it literally takes our entire pday!). i couldn't write you.
Anyways I'm not in Lexington Park any more. I'm on a bike. Its a place
called Quince Orchard. Very tippy top of the mission i think. so I'm
really scared and freaked out. i just got here today. My New companion
is named elder Walker. He is dieing this transfer. so I'm killing him.
Which means hes going home next transfer. Packing stinks i hate it. so
I'm kinda having a hard time right now. but I'm trying to be optimistic.
I'm so tired!!!!!!!!! Elder Furugen is training a new missionary this transfer
so that's cool. Ill send pics when i can. I'm kinda just trying to stay
alive as a missionary. My body is not accepting the missionary
lifestyle. but I'm trying my hardest and that's all the lord expects of
me. my new apartment smells and is kinda gross. i wanna go back to
Lexington park. i really didn't want to leave I didn't feel like I had finished
the work I needed to do there but i had to leave and I'm  in a
new area with an old missionary and hes kinda weird.
I hope ill have better news next week but I'm not
promising anything. I hope all is well and i miss you guys so much.
Please pray for me extra hard this week i need it. I'm going to struggle
but ill try to be good.

Love Elder Olsen

January 18, 2012

Hey Mother and friends-

 My companion is back. He is doing alright with all that went on when he was back home. His testimony about family's and how they can be together forever is so strong. He crys all the time. Man the lord must really trust me, because he put me with him. Or maybe its just to help me. I sometimes wonder if hes helping me more than I'm helping him.  What is the lesson here?

 We just got back from the Patuxent naval air museum. It was pretty sweet. Lots of planes and stuff. Elder Furugen got a Sailor hat. He looks so funny in it. ill send pictures sometime.

Ya i found out today that Saint Marys County is the first county in the United States. Holy cow this place is old. Just a random fact. 

I woke up with a massive headache yesterday. I hate them and i hate working with them, But it has to be done. But I'm good now. Ya so My eye has been twitching these past couple days. I think its because of stress. O the joys of missionary work. 

Also i got many doors slammed in my face yesterday so that was really nice with my head ache and all. 

I'm going to try to write elder Ball today but idk if I'm going to be motivated enough. 

About the packages, Tape them all the way up because there coming to me thrashed. I think I'm getting all the stuff in them but idk. Ya. I love the sweater i wore it two days ago. and i got the drugs as well. thanks for them. I got package from the rich family it was so nice of them!. i got ten bucks from the klosers in the ward nice but random that's going to be hamburger money. i got a Christmas letter from the frandsens and from the pletches. I so appreciate all the support.

Bishop Lowe(bishop in the Lexington Park Ward) Went to Lyon France Mission. He says its so sweet. hes also only 32 years old. so I think the lord is preparing nate to become a bishop at a early age.  You go, Nate!

Well i love you guys!!!!!!!!!!

God Bless

Bye

Elder Olsen

January 11, 2012

Ya I'm getting Elder Furugen back tomorrow so that's going to be great. I really hope he is going to be ok. his father passed away like 2 hours after he got back to Japan. So he talked to him for 2 hours and then he died. I prayed so hard that he would get to talk to him before he died. My prayers were answered.

We had our Zone Activity today and played glow in the dark dodge ball!! super crazy got hit right in the eye!!

So when is Nate getting his mission call?? I'm super antsy. So ya let me know the second you know.

And so ya The second baptism fell through too. so I'm kinda down on myself. so ya idk if I'm doing any good out here but I'm trying to obey all the rules and work as hard as i can. so i guess that that's all i can do. but anyway we've been super busy because we have two areas to cover. So tiring talk about exhaustion. I'm so Tired all the time. but what ever the lord is shaping me to be the man i need to be in my life. .

If you could, could you send me a copy of each of the Nashville Tribute Bands Cd's I really need them so all 3 or 4 i forgot how many they have. Thanks.

Dear Mom- The only girl that has written me is Grace. So ya Tell them that they need to Kick it into over drive. Push them along mother. haha Its so great to hear from people back home.

So ya that's all. Whats happening there?? Tell me!!!

Love Elder Olsen

January 4, 1012

Dear family and friends,

Mom- I think that talking to you on the phone counts as writing an email for the week. so i just didnt do it. hahaha lazy hu. so ya i wont get the email about Nate's mission call till next week cuz p-day is over at 6 o'clock. but Nothing will change in a week(about nates call to serve). so im not worried about it. Ya ive been writing many thank you cards lately haha but thats because im grateful for it so ya ill write them when im thankful. If i have Enough time. Its very time consuming and theres lots to do here in southern Maryland.

This week has been a really hard week for my companion and ultimately me. so here's the story. the first day i was with Elder Furugen he told me of how he found out a couple transfers back that his dad had cancer and that he wasn't supposed to live longer than a couple years. The p-day before Christmas he got an email that said that he was going to die in like 2 months. Not good!! but he was not to stressed about that either. but the day after christmas he called his family (Presedent Matsumori gave him permission to call home when ever he wanted because of his situation) and his sister said that the doctor gave him a couple of weeks. BAD NEWS. so ya it wasn't good. the result of that is that my companion is in Japan right now (to see his dad for the last time) and will be there a bit. I  am in a threesome  for the time being and am covering two wards!! Now im covering Patuxent and Pretty much by my self covering Lexington Park. Lots of work. But Thats not all....Our Baptism got cancled because she wasnt home from a vacation in time. WOW NOT GOOD We rescheduled for the 14th of JJanuary But ya over here in southern Maryland not alot of people keep there commitments. Super Sad. but there's only so much I can do givin the situation so ya im trying to forget it. Depressing!

 

GROSS STORY-

 

We had a service project last week on p-day. It was with a non member family and it was to clean out there house so that child services wouldnt take the kids away. ( this happens alot, A family in the lexington park ward got her children taken away because of how gross her house is, i also had to teach them in there GROSS) so we went there and took a tour around the place. So gross cockroaches everywhere falling off the ceiling on me so gross. but ya I had to repeat this scripture in my head to be able to stand it(IF your in the service of your fellow being, Your only in the service of your god) haha gods house doesn't have cockroaches in it. Hahahahahaha funny. but any way me and Elder Grant took the pantry. It was gross we threw away like 50 or 60m pounds of food that was ether out dated or full of cockroaches. so gross. o my goodness mother you would have killed over right there. Good thing im not a germaphobe or i would have been done for. 

 

K got to go....

 

LOVE ELDER OLSEN