HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Well i have to say that it's been quite the week. We got a new car on monday (toyota corolla 2011), but we got a call on Monday saying that we had to clean it by 9:00, and it was 3:00. We already had some appointments and a dinner with some members. So we got back home at 6:00 and we cleaned like crazy. We completely vaccumed the car (every little spot of it), washed it of course and then had to wax it. Which isn't the easiest thing to do when neither one of us had done it and we had to do it in the dark. But we managed to finish the second they came to pick up the car. So that was a crazy day!

The LTM was great! But i can't say that driving there was. We had to make a detour to Cheraw to pick up another missionary. So we reached Cheraw at 11:30pm and then slept (on the very comfortable floor) then woke up at 5:00am and left at 5:45am. Then it was back to driving. We got to Columbia at 11:30am.
But it was amazing! There were two men their that were recently mission presidents and we learned so much. I was able to see all of my friends in the mtc. We also got a picture taken, which when i get it i will send it to you. In missionary terms it was a picture of my dad, grandpa, and great-grandpa. Which means, me, my trainer, and his trainer, and then his trainer. That doesn't happen very often, but i'm just lucky. Well the meeting lasted until 5:00pm. Then we drove back home, stopping at Cheraw, then going to Conway. Reaching home at 9:30pm. I'm so done with driving.

We had our Halloween Party on saturday. That was crazy. i couldn't believe how many people came. On average there are about 130 people at church every sunday. The party had about 250! We were shaking hands like crazy just trying to meet everyone. There were tons of less actives and plenty of non-members. Even Dede and her daughters came! We didn't get the chance to do our game. Which is okay, we were going to do ninja warrior and it we thought of it that morning. Not the best planning we've ever done but in the end it turned out okay. There was a chili cook off and this italian couple won the spiciest chili, we are going to have dinner with them on Sunday. and they aren't even members. The great thing about being missionaries is that after these occasions we get the priveledge of getting all of the leftovers. So lots of cake, cupcakes, candy, soda, and chili. Which was ironic because we took it all home and then started our fast. But fasting brings blessings!

To answer Morgans question of what missionaries get to do. Well today is our P-day. So we will go shopping, clean the house and car, write letters, proselyte for three hours. Then we are in lockdown for the night. So we will have our own personal party! We've got all the candy and food already.

We have a couple new investigators this week:

Jane: she's and older lady and her daughter is a member. She's going through lots of trial and for a while we just listened to her. Then we were going to read her a scripture about baptism. When we said the word baptism she said, "oh i want to get baptized! i want my whole family to be there too!" I was stunned and almost forgot to put her on date for the 19. Now she didn't come to church, so please pray that we can fix that.

Byron, Kattie, and Byron jr.: This family is golden, we taught them alot about the book of mormon and the importance of baptism. We invited him to be baptized and he said he wanted to make sure he new what he was getting himself into. But he really enjoys the Book of Mormon so i believe that this family is great. Afterward when we stood up to leave Byron was holding his 5 month old baby who looked at me and couldn't stop laughing. Then he would look away and look back and start laughing again. It was so funny, his dad said that he never laughed, he smiled a lot but very rarily does he laugh. So that baby scored me some points.

Faye: She's a very humble grandma. She was a referral from the ward and turns out she's really good friends with Jude Starr! It was cool, she has half a brain (literally), a steel spine (literally), and blind in one eye. Medically speaking she was diagnosed to stop walking back in the 70's. But she was walking around fine! She's also had her car stolen by her friend and her family has been going through a lot. But then she said something that almost made me cry. She said, "Boys, i'll tell you this. You'll will never find a more blessed woman than me." So we'll hopefully see her again soon.

Love y'all

Elder Olsen