Hey everyone!
So this week was super fast. Can't believe it
is P-day again. But not looking forward to today since as you know it is
Halloween. And yes there is Halloween up
here. Which means we go in at 6. So basically today we do p-day stuff, eat dinner
and go home. I think I might explode cause we can't do anything this evening. I
really just want to work! Also we got permission to go to the temple next
Tuesday so our email time will probably be pretty short cause we have a
drive we have to make to Cardston, but I am super excited because I haven't
been able to make it to the temple since April. So thankful that our mission
has 2 temples!
But nonetheless we had a really busy week,
tons of lessons and tons of trying to find, the usual grind. But we were able
to find a new investigator this week! Her name is Kaitlyn Laine and she was a
media referral, which usually doesn't lead to much but this time it worked!
Anyway we had a lesson with her sunday night. She had met
missionaries before and was supposed to be baptized but she didn't get baptized
and lately she felt she needed to contact missionaries again, so she found us.
But she is 27 and single so we will have to pass her off to YSA but at least we
found someone! As for that we had an awesome lesson this week with our
investigator Nicole. We taught her the Word of wisdom and she is going to live
it. She is from seattle and she said coffee will be really hard but she can do
it. I have confidence she can. She is so ready for baptism. The past few lessons
we have gone through the interview questions and taught what we thought she
might not know or understand, and she is ready! The only problem is she needs
to get married or split up. But the problem is, because of a ton of legal
complexities, they can't get married for several months and it won't be in
Canada. So we are going to have to try and have them live separately, but the
hard part is they have a child. So we are praying! ! We want her to be baptized
so bad and she is right there, but one really big thing needs to change. But
that is kinda how it goes.
As for that we have another awesome, super
busy week. We have to take our car into the dealership to get it fixed, so this
week will be awesome because we are supposed to get snow tomorrow, Thursday, Friday
and SATURDAY!!! I am so pumped! We are
basically going to be digging ourselves out this week! I especially love
knocking doors in the snow cause each stair case is a slope, and I can get in a
few turns. You just always have to be finding where you can put in some powder
cuts! haha. Also BYU won! I knew they couldn’t be the worst team in college
football! Especially not until I go play there!
But as for that everyone I just wanted to
leave you with a testimony. This week I
have changed focus on my study and thrown myself at the book of mormon. Let me
tell you, I love the book of Mormon! Let it also be known that I KNOW that book
is true. I love in the intro Joseph said a man will get closer to God by
abiding by its precepts than any other book. And it is true. That book is full
of the gospel of Jesus Christ, that if we apply to our lives, we can make it to
live with our Father in heaven. He loves us, and there is nobody that is
outside of his reach. And the way to reach to Him is through the book of mormon.
I love you all and I am so happy to be a missionary! It is honestly the best
thing I have ever done and I have never been this happy in my life. I love you
all and I love the people of Canada. President Monson once said he has a few
soft spots, one of them is fishing and the other is Canucks! It is so true!
Love you all!
Elder Ollis
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