March 9th 2015
What was the spiritual experience of the week?
The most spiritual experience this week was during the baptism of Hna G.
My companion baptized her but it was a really spiritual experience when she
shared her testimony with all of us, the spirit was present and then after that
her uncle shared his testimony and it was really powerful. This girl of 10
doesn’t have parents, they both died and she lives with her grandma. Her
grandma is really active in the church and she goes to the temple as often as
possible. She doesn’t have a job, but she sells soda and water downtown to pay
for the house. G. started to cry and well it was a very spiritual
experience. It as a little scary to plan the baptism because we did splits with
some of the elders from the district so I was solo in organizing and filling
out all the papers. I had to find the speakers and fill the font. We had a
skirt in the house that fit her but we didn’t have a white shirt that would fit
her. Everyone showed up for the baptism
and we were still looking for the shirt, we ended up borrowed it from our ward
mission leader. He name is A., he leaves for his mission in less that 3
weeks. I was in his house when he opened his mission call less than 2 weeks
ago.
Have you made progress with the sister who
needs baptism and coffee? Yes she hasn’t been having any problems because her
daughter returned from the mission 1 week ago, things in the house changed
fast. We haven’t been teaching her much but things will start to pick up because
we need to teach her everything before the 28th of this month because this is
the date we have planned for her baptism.
Have you been back to Lempira any success in
finding people to teach out there? No we haven’t been going to the lempira
because no one was progressing and it is far from the house. When I was in Copan
we had a place like la lempira that was far from the house and there were
hardly any members there, but we went. I think that this the church is hard to
build with a small cluster of members in an area far from the ward building
because it takes a lot more dedication from the members to wake up early and walk
to the church. All of the active members
moved but one family, so there is really no members to support the investigators
and befriend them.
Have you had fried food all week again? I think
we have fried food every day that’s why everyone is getting fatter. I haven’t gotten
much fatter but many of the elders are very out of shape. The problem is there
is nothing that we can do to exercise because I can’t go and run without my
companion and I can’t lay on the floor because it is so dusty all of the time,
and we don’t have any weights. One time I was using cinderblocks as my weights
but that wasn’t very fun. Can you look
for a video of Pilates that is hard and put it on drop box and some exercise
videos that I can follow along. What else have you eaten? Last night I made
popcorn and it was very good I like the powder but I think it will last almost my
entire mission.
What was the p day activity did you do anything
fun? We hiked a mountain and it was like a long hike. I felt like we were in
scouts again because I got stuck behind with my companion because he is a
little out of shape and wore out quickly.
We hiked this mountain and took
pictures on top. I thought it was really fun, but my comp said that he would
have rather stayed in the house.
Is that all of the elders in your district that
went on the hike? Did you organize
it? No this is our zone. There are only
6 elders in our district, and my companion and me are the only ones from our
district that went to hike the mountain. How many Americans in that
group? There are 5 Americans in the
picture. Was the hill that steep that
you had to run down it. Yes it was
really steep. We couldn’t walk or stand because you would just begin to slide.
What
was the big factory you can see from the top of the hill? There is a
wood mill and the other makes dog food.
Is
that corn or sugar cane you are standing by in the picture? It is
corn. The sugar cane is much different.
The
member from here that I was talking about the 1 counselor of the bishopric will
be moving to Idaho or Utah soon. He got his visa, which will allow him to live
work and do whatever in the U.S. When do you think the counselor will be
coming do you want to give him our address and we will take him and his wife to
dinner? Well I think that he might be coming on the 28th of
this month or near this date. I will give him our address and our phone number
and he can call you. They are going to live in Idaho but if they pass through
Logan you could take them to dinner.
How
long does it take you to wash your clothes? Do you only wash on p day? I try
and wash every day of the week. Sometimes I have a lot to wash and I take an
hour to wash 15 items. So like 15 pants or 15 shirts in an hour.
Did
you happen to pass thru the bus terminal aka shopping market? No we didn’t pass
through the bus terminal we only went to Vianueva, which is the other direction
of the bus terminal from our house.
Do
you only sleep in your hammock or do you use the bed? I only sleep in my
hammock. I have slept in it for almost two months straight. It doesn’t show any
signs of wear but the stuff bag is almost non-existent because I always put my
watch in it to wake me up. I use the bed for storage and to iron my clothes.
We
have transfers in 3 weeks but I think that my companion will be going. For
some reason right now we don’t have many investigators that are progressing so
we will be looking for new ones this week. It has been fun to see investigators
of the Lord get baptized, receive the Holy Spirit and 2 of them have already
received the priesthood. This Sunday was the first Sunday of all the time
with Elder M. that we haven’t had an investigator in the sacrament
meeting.
Keep
an eye out for a lost ruin they are still discovering ruins Yes I heard about
that new one they found.
Why
was your companion burning his pants? What was the
significance? Has he been in the mission field for a year? When he
was in divisions, he burned a pair of pants because he has completed 18
months. Every 6 months you burn something. I haven’t burned
anything because I don’t want to ruin my clothes. It is better to give
away clothes to others than burn them if they are still usable. I think
that I will be giving away some shorts, I have like 10 pair. Is it common to
trade something with a companion as they leave? Yes I will trade a tie
and they will write on the back of a tie that they give me. Do you need a
new tie? No I can have custom ties made for less than 6 dollars, I can
even get all the things I want embroidered.
I
am looking for the scriptures right now because the scriptures I bought in the
CCM have fallen apart. They are not the best quality. Do you want us to
buy the scriptures? Well I can’t find the ones that I want. I want the
Spanish scriptures in real leather. But I can’t find them online, and I don’t
want of the fake leather. Order them to be sent to me if it is
possible but if it costs a lot don’t do it and I will have someone look in the
distribution center at the Tegucigalpa Temple.
Thanks
for all that you have dome for me but I don’t have any more time. I will try
and look fore the scriptures during the week and I will ask President D. where
he got his because he has scriptures of real leather. Tell everyone thanks for
all they do. Love you all and have a good and safe week. I hope that every one
of you will learn something that will help others.
Love ELDER OLSEN
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