July 1!!!

July!?!

 

So i had a great experience this last weekend! Patricia who has been taught by the sisters wanted me to baptize and confirm her. So i did!! She's so great and it's such a humbling experience to get into the water. I always find it interesting when i do such a spiritual thing because i always feel as if i am only watching the experience. I'm not sure if that makes sense or not. But then after church i interviewed another one of the sisters investigators who will be baptized on July 6. I absolutely love being a district leader.

 

I love being a missionary at church because there's always so much that i need to get done. I'm all over the place and it's always exciting. It doesn't always feel as looooong as some people say ;).

 

Well it sounds like for once it's hotter back home! Its only been in the 80's and 90's here. But since it rains alot every single day the humidity is very high. It's impossible not to sweat. There's a lot of techniques that missionaries use for wiping the sweat off there head. Some use there ties, some use shirt sleeves (like me), or for the ones who sweat a lot have sweat rags. Awesome right? I'm excited for y'all to figure out what I'm talking about. We'll have to plan a lot of outdoor activities. Speaking of activities, there's the one aquarium, but there's also the ripleys believe it or not aquarium in myrtle beach which looks awesome. Thats an idea. Also i found out (and i'm sure you have too) it's not the robertsons but they're actually the Rodgersons... my bad.

 

I got to be in a car a couple days this week. We went on exchanges with the zone leaders. It was funny because Elder Bowen stayed in gilbert and planned a 23 mile bike ride. Well the zone leader isn't used to that, was ridiculously tired when they were done, and talked about getting us a car! Alright! The funny thing was is that we didn't plan a long biking day for just him. We bike about 20 miles a day every day. Needless to say my legs are ripped... and ridiculously white.

 

Elder Bowen and I decided to call all the less actives in our area this week which actually worked really well. Many people appreciated the phone calls and we were able to set up some appointments (which is something we've been lacking lately). We've also finished our map and are thinking about calling all of the former investigators in the area. We'll be calling David today to set up another appointment which will be great. Also we talked with Veronda and she said that she doesn't want to go to our church until she's finished the book of mormon. What shocked me was when she told us to give her a week or two because she's half way through it!

 

Also i don't know if i ever mentioned Roberto in the past. But the spanish elders taught him yesterday and him and his family are on date for the 27! Hoorah for Israel!

 

I admit I'm running out of things to say. I feel as if i just kind of repeat myself every week. But that's probably only because i do the same thing every week! Haha, teach, bike, sweat, knock, sweat. I love it!

 

Also if you could send those birthday cards thatd be awesome! I don't plan on spending the money. But it's just exciting to get stuff in the mail!

 

Elder Bowen says, "How can you know if something is impossible if you haven't tried it?" Pretty cool huh?

 

Oh! So they opened up the Georgia Macon mission a week ago and we had 41 of our missionaries go there! Some may sound familiar. Like, Elder Young, Elder Tippetts, and Elder Harding!  Which means Elder Brimhall and Elder Bowen are the only companion and former companions i have left in the mission. It's just me and my boys now!.... I'm an old missionary. Do you realize that right now there is no missionary in the mission (besides those who came out with me) who have been on a mission longer than me?! Weeeird.

 

And i think i said this in my last letter. But could you send me my other memory cards so i could send these ones? Thanks love you!

 

Love you again!

Elder K. Olsen