Well Well Well....Dec 12th

What an interesting week i had here. but by the emails i got sounds like it was a good week for everyone at home also. Sounds like that things sure are changing. and that i sure missed a lot of gossip at the olsen family party. But i think i will share a couple things about my adventures this past week. about calling home. exactly i don't know yet, more info next week, but i am thinking, 5 O'clock here, which is 6 there. but more info next week.

But first of all, i am very glad to hear that you are going to talk with the poone family. it is always so nice when the members talk with non members, about the church. and it always makes for a great experience.

But now for a story about last week, that i wasn't going to share but i think i am going to.

It all started out last, wed. when a couple of missionarys called us, and gave us a reference to go and visit. They only told us that this person was sick and wanted a blessing. so we went looking for the house in the morning, and we didn't find it. normally its really hard to find the directions around here, because the people don't know and there are no signs. but we decided to push it off until another time, and went to our other 2 appointments, and lunch. After lunch all of our appointments fell though, so we both thought that we should find the reference from the morning. So we set off, and call the number, still not very good directions from her, but we went looking for the house. and when someone outside there house yelled at us and asked if we had called her. So at last we found the house. We entered and talked with a older man that is about 75 years old, and he told us that it is his daughter that has cancer, and about 5 days before she had her first chemo therapy. NOTE noone in the house is a member. But we passes into the bedroom, and there was maria, who has cancer. with her 2 sisters. we talked very shortly with them then we gave her the blessing. We thought that we really wouldn't teach anything and wait until tomorrow to teach a lesson to them.

So the next day, we went at the scheduled time at 7 at night. We knocked when a young man came out, and asked what we wanted. we said to visit maria. Then very plainly said that she passed away in the night. but that we could come in and talk with her dad. WOW, I cant describe how i felt. We went in and talked to her dad, and he said that in less than 50 mins after we left the night before, she passed away. Holy cow. it's a very weird feeling that over whelms you, but we knew that she needed that blessing. It didn't cure her, but the only thing i remember from the blessing is that we said multiple times, that everything would be aright. wow,


But the mission is great. it's really hard. harder than i thought it would ever be, you learn so much, more than i thought i would ever learn, and i only have 10 months. and you have so many experiences that only happen to missionarys.

I know that the plan of salvation, is true. It's a topic that interests so many people, but to have that knowledge and that blessing, its great. I know our heavenly father know us, and teaches us, as does our earthly parents. But he teaches though trails, faith, blessing, familys, church, and so many more ways. hope you all have a great week,

and remember, that everyone loves a missionary,

elder olsen