4/23/2017 - It's the Most Rewarding Thing I Have Done in My Life

Hey everyone. So this week was bitter sweet. First the sweet. WE PICKED UP A FAMILY! We had tracted into the wife (W) a few weeks ago and were trying to get the husband (J). We stopped by thursday, and taught them the first lesson and are going back this thursday. We are super excited, they have a 3 year old daughter named (C). It was cool as well. We were talking about us and where we were from and J must have realized what church we were from because his face lit up and he told us he grew up with a member who went and served a mission as well! We are super excited. We left them with BOMs of course and they said they would read them. 

Now for the bitter. T's father is becoming a challenge. We had to push her baptism back to the 13th. But she really wants to be baptized. Her father also had an native elder come and talk to her about how if she is baptized she can't do some things. But we had her talk to a native in our ward and everything is all good. She explained that you have to go by the spirit. The spirit will warn what you can and cannot do and the same goes for all of us.

But that was mostly it for the week. We had Zone Conference, which soaked up a day, but we learned a ton and I'm excited to apply it this coming week. Something else also sad….The flames got swept. And that means all the oiler fans are all flashing their gear. But I heard a scripture for them, it goes  "fools mock, but they shall mourn."

God's work is going and we are still working. I love this Gospel so much and I am so happy to be a missionary. It is the most rewarding thing I have done in my life. T asked an interesting question sunday. She has been thinking about a mission and asked how we give up 2 years and our families, and the first thought I had was because the joy we receive from seeing peoples live change far out weighs what we are missing. I love this gospel so much. The peace, joy, and hope I receive from it are so important and so precious and I wish the world would see that. Love you all and keep spreading the word.

Also I almost forgot to mention something cool about Canada that I learned. Canada used to have paper money, but they recently switched to plastic. Anyway, on the back of the paper 20 they have a picture of a native in a boat with all types of animals and all types of food and grains. The story is that the natives know where they came from. They came across water. But it is interesting because they said in barges, not a boat, and the picture looks like a barge. Also they came with animals and tons of grain and other things to live and grow. So why don't you go read in Ether, the story matches perfectly with the brother of Jared coming here. The church is true everyone.

Elder Ollis