Guess Where I Am?

Happy labor day... yesterday!

 

Alright everyone guess where i am!!! In the wonderful place call Augusta, Georgia! That's right i have now been to every state that our mission covers. So Augusta is a much bigger place than the little town of Hartsville. We have every restraunt plus some and we even have a mall here. It was really strange getting on the eight lane highway when for the past six months i had been on two lane roads all the time through the country. Also exciting news! This is a biking area, and actually we have been walking around a lot. So i can already tell that this is going to hurt my shoes a bit. But I'll be fine. Also new for me, there are four missionaries that stay in the apartment. Four of us actually cover the Augusta ward, my companion and i just cover the inner boundaries and bike.

 

By the way my new companion is Elder Cahoon and he is from West Jordan, Utah. Sound familiar? So far we've gotten along perfectly. He saw my CD case which was covered in Star Wars stickers and he said, "I can tell that we'll get along nicely" (or something to that extent). And so far we have. He's shorter than me, but that's really probably not a surprise to anyone. But the great thing is that we've been able to get a lot of work done so far.

 

Since i arrived here on Wednesday we have gotten 6+ new investigators. I used a + sign because we found a family and I'm actually not sure how many there are. But four of them are on date for Sep 29. Their names are awesome! They are: Tyeisha, Duvante, Snoopy, Queshan, Brianna, BJ, Quantes, Quantavias, Rica, and Precious. Out of all of those, 4 of them are too young to get baptized, but they are amazing! They came to church last Sunday and will be coming to scripture study tomorrow evening which we have at the church every week. And get this, all of them loved church.

 

Someone else that we are teaching actually found us. Her name is Holly. Our church building has a ward that meets at 9am and another at 1pm. Our ward meets at 1pm. Well last week Holly came to church at 9am and stayed for all three hours. Then she was told that because of where she lives she would actually be in the 1pm ward. So Elder Cahoon and I are in the foyer on Sunday and in walks Holly. After Sacrament we found out that she wanted to meet with us and she even said she would feed us dinner! She is elect!

 

Yes i got your package and my calendar is now hanging up on the wall! Thank you for that i feel pretty great that i have a calendar now! I got the pictures of all the girls catching their fish today and that was pretty awesome. But everybody is growing up way to dang fast! Slow down!

 

But anyways i love y'all and i ain't to sure what else to write about.

 

So until next time!!!

Elder K. Olsen

Before Kyle was transfered, a member of his Hartsville ward sent these pictures of Elder Olsen and Elder Dietz.  You'll notice Kyle is still as skinny as ever, you'd think with all the fried food he's been eating he would have gained a few pounds...nope.  We sure miss seeing his smiling face.