This
week was sikTALica! as an elderly woman shared with us in the CCM (missionary
training center) in one of her talks.
I just feel so good
here. I truly feel that I am among the Lamanites. We are just working super
hard to find people that the Lord needs to edify His kingdom and not only
people that need the church. --Thanks Seth for that focus.
On Thursday, we went
to a historic conference. There were present, President Caffaro (mission
president), President Markham (mission president), Elder Ochoa (of the
seventy), Elder Alonso (of the seventy), Bishop Davies (presiding Bishop of the
Church), Elder Christensen (President of the presidency of the seventy), Elder
Ronald A. Rasband (of the quorum of the 12 apostles), all of their wives (each
one with their wife), and two entire missions.
It sufficeth me to
say, it was . . . . Cooliboppin!!!!! (Thanks mommy for the word).
This area is
golden!!!!!!! We are working super hard just to get things running here and
then it will just take off!!!!!! The family closest to their baptism is family
Cardona. They are the ones I was talking about last week (I feel as though I
have been here for two months already). They are awesome!!!! They are excited
to be baptized this Friday!!!! Their super catholic grandma (mom of the
wife) came to church this week and loved it!!!! She is so sweet!!!!!
I am really looking
inward to who I want to become and how much time I will waste wanting it and
not going after it!!!!!
The most important is
that we plead with God to give us spiritual impressions, and then act on the
FIRST one and not the second or third. As we act, we are able to do the Lord's
will and do amazing things that would not otherwise be possible. I acted just
after the conference in a big way that I don't think I would have and wow!!!
What a wonderful and filling experience!!! No FEAR!!!
Here's the key: if you
find yourself feeling like you want to do something and then say in your head,
"No, it's better to not because..." (if it be something good) that's
your key to act and DO IT!!!!
I challenge each and
every one of you (member of the church or not) to kneel down privately and
speak with your Father in Heaven out loud with your voice. Tell him that you
promise to keep every prompting that you receive and will act immediately. I
promise you that as you finish that prayer, you will feel a clear prompting to
do something simple, seemingly unimportant, but it is your first test. My first
time doing this, I was 16 years old and it was almost midnight. I was
super tired, but I felt the desire to make that deal with God. I climbed in bed
and felt, "write in your journal" I laughed and popped out of bed . .
. then it all started. Gradually, I felt more and more the promptings until
every act I did in the whole day was obeying a prompting. My very steps were
being guided by the Spirit. I found myself doing marvelous things like eating lunch
with a shy girl or a blind kid, inviting the principal to church, studying when
I ought to. My smile on my face grew bigger and bigger and entered into my
heart. It lasted about two months before I lost my focus and came back down to
the worldly level. Take the initiative to do it. Invite all that you know to do
it too!!!!!
Remember, all of the
awesome and amazing things you will do will NOT come from you! Enjoy the
experiences, but do not take credit for them. The credit is only for Him from
on high. As we understand that we are even less than the dust from the earth,
and that Christ empowers us to be able to do all things expedient to Him, our
life takes off in unbelievable progression!!!!
Share some of your
experiences with me.
Love you all!!!!!
-Elder Olson
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