Everything is
Rapido Rapido Rapido. (Fast)
-I am going to
write fastquick today so I can actually read and respond to some people.
-Today I complete
22 months in the mission.
-John is 17?!!!
Already?!
-When it is 8:54
and we still need to pick up the tortillas, we walk pero rapido rapido rapido.
The mission is passing insanely
fast, but I don't really feel it because I stopped trying to hold onto the
time. It just slips away. Instead, I focus on utilizing the superpower of
writing history today!!!!! We all have the superpower of TODAY! But just
like the Superman Movie that came out before I left with Russel Crowe in the
first scenes, if we try to focus on all that has, will, and is passing, we go
crazy and cannot take it all. Superman focused on the task at hand to overcome
all of his powers and senses. If we focus on doing good and justice TODAY, we
become empowered to change the circumstances.
It is really important to focus on
the weak points instead of trying to find a balance. An apostle taught this
point using the example of the Chinese acrobats that balance 5 spinning plates
on staffs. If he tries to spin them all equally and perfectly, they will all
eventually lose their momentum and come crashing down. Instead, he sees which
plate has less momentum and he focuses there to give it more spin and then
moves to the next. We must focus on the weakest point and get it rolling again
and then look to the new weakest point. We will over-stress ourselves searching
for a perfect balance that does not exist. A perfect effort does exist and is
always enough if it truly comes from the heart.
Elder Sandino and I
joke and play all the time in subtle little ways so he can get over the stress
and me too. One of the simple jokes is "Rapido Rapido Rapido" I guess
it started because I say "rapido" all the time. He was helping me to
see it.
Pablo and Paula came to church
yesterday!!!!! They are awesome!!!! Pablo is the brother of Brother Vasquez
"el canche" (the white). Everyone knows him that way. They loved
church and are preparing to be baptized on September 30th.
Happy birthday
John!!!!!
We had interviews
on Wednesday with President Shumway. He is a man of God. You can see it in his
eyes. We spoke of many special topics that hopefully lead to great and fun
things. We also spoke about Claudia Cano, the one that knew President Virula in
Nueva Santa Rosa. President is super involved in our work. I love it. I only
speak to his wife in Spanish and she loves it, but gets very upset sometimes
with me.
After interviews,
the assistants offered us a ride home as they are in the next door area, but we
got stuck in traffic for over two hours. I got to tell some of Dad's good old
stories. They all want to get to know him now.
I love Boca Del
Monte. I want to help them. We are going to start doing the short visits to
EVERYONE. That way we can all be unified and fortified.
My companion contacted a family that
brushed him off because they had two weeks of searching for a house without
success and they are kicking them out of where they live for construction.
Elder Sandino quickly informed them that we live upstairs in a new house and
there are two other livings spots there. Happy as can be, they agreed to come to
a church tour (we were contacting outside of the church) while I called the
Lico, the house guy. He came down and showed them the place and then came over
to me and whispered in my ear, "If they stay, we are going to drink MANY
sodas and eat MANY barbecues (si ellos se quedan, vamos a tomar MUCHAS aguas y
comer MUCHOS churascos". It was pretty funny. He hasn't been able to find
anyone to live below us. Don Lico always comes by while we are studying and
exclaims, "Hermanosssssss OLSOOOONNN" We open the door and he
preaches to us from what he learned in his little evangelical church. He said
he wants to come to church sometime though.
The dad of the family is Mario Cu so
you can keep an ear out for him in the future.
I'm going to finish now so that I
can respond to some of you. Ask John about my almost Weiner-Pitbull Gladiator
event. It was intense.
-Elder Olson
#untilthefinalhour!!!!!!
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