Hey family,
Before all, I just
wanted to thank so much Uncle Jeff and Mommy Olson. Hermano De Leon couldn't
believe that you guys wrote him. He is so happy! And especially thank you to
all of you who wrote to Elder Marroquin. I have no way of knowing who wrote to
him, but when I was his companion and one of you wrote to him, he couldn't stop
talking about it all day.
Okay, well this week was really
interesting. It was one of those amazing testimony builders. Have you ever
wondered why bad things happen to good people? Does God ignore us? Or is He mad
at us? NO!!!!!! It's because He loves us!!!! We have to remember His whole
purpose of glorious being:
Moses 1:39
39 For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.
He wants us ALL to
progress immensely. Can you imagine if your parents (or you with your children)
just held you by the hand your whole life because they "love you so
much"? pffffff. We wouldn't become anyone!
A prophet of God
once said, "If it's not challenging, you will know that God has given up
on you" I believe it was Jeffery R. Holland (apostol).
Well, this week we
helped one of our investigators, Didiari, seal cologne (that scent spray stuff
that everyone in the world down here uses and many up there). He works for the
companies that make that. They send him a concentrate and bottles and he has to
make them in his lab in his house and balance the colors and everything. It was
a neat experience.
On Saturday, we had
a ward movie night as a missionary activity of "Meet the Mormons" and
Fernando came!!! He was just a guy I contacted in the Street. Wow. He is really
neat and really wants to learn everything! . . . including ENGLISH. I'm
thinking about starting a class here in Peronia.
We also had a
feeling one day to spontaneously visit a contact and Wow!! Brigido and Mirna.
They are evangelicos and at first were really really against anything else, but
something caught their attention when we invited them to ask God.
We also carried water
up a hill in buckets for about an hour in order to have a lesson with one of
our investigators because water arrives at the bottom of the Hill every two
days and they live at the top. That was fun as well.
Also, we as
children of our Heavenly Father, have free will. A very true principle first
taught to me by Jacob (my brother) is that we were not given free will to do
whatever we want. Rather, we were given free will or free agency to CHOOSE God
over all. Are we doing that? Are you doing that?
Doctrine and
Covenants 58:26-27
26 For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward.
27 Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;
28 For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward.
We need to become
the valiant children that God hopes for us to choose to be. I love you all
dearly!
-Elder Olson
P.S. read 2 Nephi
2:27
27 Wherefore, men
are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are
expedient unto man. And they are free to
choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to
choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil;
for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.
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