Baptisms!!

Well we had an amazing week!

 

First off Jeff and Anisha were baptized this weekend and it was awesome! They had Elder Young do the baptisms and it was his first time on his mission, it was a really special experience. Then after the baptism they asked me to confirm them. Of course i said yes! It's interesting, out of all the people who i've baptized i have confirmed half of them. Which i'm thankful for. Sometimes i feel that the confirmation is pushed to the side and forgotten about. That once you've come out of the water that's all that matters. But if you are not confirmed a memeber and given the holy ghost then your baptism was for nothing. So I'm thankful to have such a spiritual experience, and to have been worthy to be used as such a tool in the Lords hands.

 

Not as much biking this week. Which is nice because my legs really needed a break. We've been all over the place and we worked really hard! Elder Perry said that everyone is capable and should be teaching 20 lessons a week. Elder Young and i took that to heart and took that challenge. In the process we got 16 lessons, last week we had 15. This week we had 8 new investigators, last week we had 3. The Lord sees the desires of our heart and is blessing us for it. We're knocking doors hours at a time and seeing many people. For being such a small town in the south this is a miracle in itself.

 

Also the people here in the Gilbert ward spoil us to death! We practically don't even need to buy groceries. In fact today on my grocery list is milk, oreos, oil, and pancake batter. That's right, I"m back to deep frying everything! We have so much food i don't even know what to do with it. Then the members drop by a dinner every single day. I love it here.

 

So i'm not sure if i mentioned. Jeff is a pro bowler and owns a pro bowl shop. Well when i mean a pro bowler i guess he's gone against the best of the nation and usually beats them. He has a whole bunch of 300 rings from getting a perfect game in a tournament when tons of people are all focused on him. Well anyway in his pro shop he has a whole bunch of michael jordan bowling balls that look like basketballs. They were in the shop when he bought it and they're not tournament grade so he can't sell them to his customers. So basically he's going to drill them to fit our hands and give them to us for free. And then yes i will probably be sending that home because it's awesome. After we e-mail we're going bowling and will take some pictures. Right now my highscore on my mission is 143, but those were with store bowling balls. Let's find out how good i am when i have one custom made.

 

OH and guess what!!! Next week we are going to the zoo! I am so excited i love the zoo so much! I actually remember the first day i came to south carolina we drove by the zoo and i've wanted to go there ever since. Noooow i get to go. Believe me y'all er gonna have a whole bunch a pictures of animals headin your way. I'll even stand in some of them to be nice.

 

Well that's my life i guess. I've been reading a lot in the old testament just to figure out what that's all about. Let me say that 1 Samuel is one of the most entertaining books ever. I was way into it just like if i was reading a novel. Pretty epic. Just sayin, there's way more to David than just Goliath. Awesome.

 

Well anyways, I love y'all!

Elder K. Olsen