Elder Thomas R. Ollis Jr. - Canada Calgary Mission: 9/11/2018 - Visiting Authorities...Definitely the Highlight of the Week!

Hey everyone. Well had a good week this week. To update on what happened.

Saturday we met as a whole mission in Calgary to meet Elder Gong!!! It was super cool to have the whole mission in one building. We had a great meeting. We met Elder Evanson (70 over this region of the world. He's from Lethbridge), Elder Clayton, (president of the seventy), Gifford Nielson (of the 70, played QB at BYU, replaced by steve young) and Elder Gong. It was amazing. We got to shake all their hands and found out Elder Gong's wife is from Taylorsville. Elder Vea and I were hyped, gotta represent the Hood! Anyway it was a fantastic meeting. Elder Nielson's talk was awesome, he started off by telling us that by shaking hands he could tell who was in and who wasn't in. He said most of us were in. Then proceeded to tell us that we needed to be all in. It was such a good talk. Also that guy is HUGE! Gosh I swear he was like 7 feet tall. Then Elder Clayton shared some wonderful insights to help us in our missionary efforts and Elder Gong finished with a wonderful talk about the Doctrine of Christ and using the spirit in our efforts. He stressed being yourself and allowing your experiences and personalities to connect with those we meet. It was great. Then later that night we heard from them again with a special meeting for all investigators, LA and recent converts. It was a great day. That was definitely the highlight of the week!

Then on sunday we found out there is a new family in the ward, and the husband plays for the Calgary Flames!!!!! Let's go. We are stoked and hope to go visit them SOON! Just wanted to share a last thought of the week. Sometimes we are silly and frustrated with ourselves. I know all of us have those moments. But we also have those moments where we feel the spirit. We can't deny them. As we reflect on them it helps us to see how the spirit works and how we can gain that peace and happiness we need. I encourage you to reflect on those moments and try to replicate them.

Elder Ollis