Grand Island #4

Happy 2021!! This was a great week and a great way to start off the year. I learned tons of lessons this week.

Lesson 1: Don't teach Hispanics the word sheet. Just don't do it. We had this English class and we were learning how to say what is that/this and what are these/those. So we went into the chapel and they asked what curtains and the organ and stuff were. But one of them could not pronounce sheet music right, and it sounded like something very similar but with a very different meaning. I started dying laughing and so did his two friends, but he was so confused and just kept saying it over and over again. But they are super cool and we are going to teach them about Joseph Smith this week! 

Lesson 2: Never underestimate how much stuff you can fit into a car. When there's a will there's a way. We got to help a lady move today and we somehow managed to fit it all in there, but kind of forgot to leave a spot for me to sit! But we got there all in one peace and really were able to help her out!

Lesson 3: There are some strange people out there. And I mean that in the nicest way possible of course. But we got to do a lot of facebook this week. But in one week we got someone who "follows the old gods, Odin thor Freya, loki", someone who started trying to convert me to the catholic church, someone that messages every single missionary that they possibly can and a member sent us some weird new message from God thing. But through it all we found a few people that might be interested in learning the gospel!

Lesson 4: The Book of Mormon is the most correct of any on earth and a man will draw nearer to God by abiding by its precepts than any other book. I had the opportunity to finish the Book of Mormon on New Years Eve and I really had a chance to reflect on how important it really is to me. It is so true and it really has the power to change lives. It has changed mine every single time I have read it. If you aren't in the habit of reading every day I invite you to please do it! I promise that it will help you to become the person that you want to be. Have an amazing week! 

-Elder Olsen