March 6, 2017 Wait, what? x 5000 Barberena, Cuilapa 4

Okay, I'm going to be an Uncle?!!!!!!!   "Uncle Elder" I like the sound of that.  . . . nope "Uncle Ammon" much better. Keep him in there til I get back!!!!!

This week has probably been the craziest week of my whole life, however, I have experienced calmness and tranquility (no stress). The Holy Ghost or the Spirit guides my life. I am obedient to the commandments of God with all my heart to the fullest and so I live in His hands. He organizes the parts of my life that I don't understand and allows me to attempt to do what I do understand first before He intervienes to organize that too! We are having so much success and great accomplishments like you cannot imagine. Is it because I am here? No. The Lord loves me enough to permit me to witness the works of His hand. 

My precious mommy Olson shared with me that Christ taught our relation and works to His doings in the earth; Think of an apple tree (Christ shared it with a grape vine). The wonderful fruit comes from the branches, but the branches do not grow them. The tree or the trunk is what grows them. The branch on it's own cannot grow them, but neither can the trunk without branches. Think and ponder about it before reading on and make your own relations. 

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Christ is the trunk the fruits are good works, miracles, baptisms, happiness, marvellous acts, etc.

I see these fruits all the time related with my being here, but I do not dare take credit for them. I am the branch, you are the branch. The Lord needs us to "do" the things because His work and glory lies in our success and progress as royal children of a God. However, all that I do is a privlege that God make this fruit through me. Ponder that more.

Mom asked me if I ever have a bad day. What you think is a bad day I have ALL THE TIME!!! But I have learned what the true definition of a Good and Bad day is. I don't have Bad days anymore. YOU DECIDE. Everything depends on YOU!!! we are free agents and are not subject to anything.

Anyway. I have to get off, but just so you understand, My companion, elder Alegria and I worked together for a grand total of 5 hours (all added up) in the whole week. Yep. Too many details to explain. We also didn't really sleep. 

Love ya all. 

Elder Olson