This week was so good! We have been blessed with many people to teach and they are so awesome. One of them is named Luke. He is the most prepared person I've met. He has great desires to be baptized, the only thing holding him back is that he wants to know even more about the gospel so he can share it with others! We've been able to have some amazing discussions with him and the we've definitely felt the spirit as we've talked. We're also talking with Jay and our first 3 lessons with him were bad. Like really bad. We would try to talk about a gospel principle and he'd start rambling about something only kind of related to what we were talking about. But this week we've really been able to get through to him! We're able to talk and teach about our beliefs and he'll talk to us about how that relates to the things that he already believes!
We have also seen some other big miracles this week. One of them I call the miracle of the dogs in the yard. On Saturday we were going to go to service in the morning right after a zoom call with our mission. But it got cancelled last minute because dogs in the neighbors yard would've made it very difficult, and the neighbors were out of town. So we were very disappointed and were trying to find out how we would use our time that day. During that time we got a text from one of our friends and he was going through a ton right then. We were able to address his needs right away, pray for him, get our zone to pray for him, contact our mission president, and contact those who could help him all within 10 minutes. If we had been at service during that time, it likely would've been two or three hours or more until we could get him the help that he needed right that second. We don't know the end of the story completely, but it is a great miracle no matter what.
Something I've been learning a lot about in the scriptures recently is Amulek. I love his story and the lessons that we can learn from it. Amulek was just a normal man living in a wicked city. He was "called many times and would not hear." But God gave him another chance and he was able to repent of his past transgressions. God blessed him with the spirit so much that he was able to perceive the thoughts of wicked men and preach with so much power to cause an anti Christ to tremble. I also love Amulek's courage. We learn that he gave up his many riches and friends for God's cause. It wouldn't have been easy at all for him. But God blessed him throughout the rest of his life, while those who didn't accept the gospel were destroyed. God will not give up on us. He is reaching out waiting for us to take his hand and will bless us with power as we strive to follow his will. As we strive to follow him, it won't always be easy, but it will be so worth it. I know that this is true as I have had so much happiness when I do my best to follow Him.
Have a wonderful week!
-Elder Olsen
ps. I'm trying to remember to take pictures, but only got one this week
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