Hello everyone! A ton happened this week so I'll jump right into it.
Our friend Ke'ore has been doing well. He was able to watch church the last few weeks and is really accepting of all of the lessons and everything. His main hold up right now is that he works on a lot of Sundays so he hasn't been able to come to church. He's going to try to get work off on sundays but if y'all could pray for him that would be great!!
We had a lot of cool little miracle this week. One of them was getting in contact with this member that we haven't been able to get a hold of. She is going through a really hard time right now and wanted us to give her a blessing! So we talked for a long time and gave her a blessing and she really liked it! It was way cool. Another one was pouring concrete. We were helping our members to make a little retaining wall and all of a sudden it gets dark outside and black clouds start rolling in. So we moved all of the cement bags to a dry spot and right as we finished that the rain hit. We did our best to cover all the stuff we had done, but it didn't work very well. But the miracle part is that it only rained for 15 minutes and we were able to fix it without too much of a problem! Another miracle was getting back in contact with our friend Steve. We have tried to set up like 4 appointments in the past but they all fell through. But this week it didn't! He is paralyzed below the waist and we had a good discussion about accepting the Lord's will and stuff like that. We focused on the purpose of life and it was really cool to hear his story and perspective and everything!
The other big highlight for the week was going to President Bailey's house for the first time! We had a meeting for all trainers and trainees and honestly even though it was intended for the new missionaries, it definitely inspired me to change and be better as well. It seems like in life we go on ups and downs. We'll be doing really good and really trying to be better every day, and then we start to get casual and a little bit lazy. And this meeting reminded me that I can always keep improving and helped me realize that every little thing counts! We truly need to give all that we have to the Lord.
Your Spiritual thought comes from Moroni chapter 10. In it, Moroni talks about gifts of the spirit, and he lists a bunch of different types of gifts of the spirit, like the gift of tongues, the gift of knowledge, faith, or healing. And it says that there are others that aren't listed! But the promise is in verse 17. He says, "And all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto every man severally, according as he will." I know that this is true that if we seek these gifts and prayerfully ask for them, God will give them to us if that's his will! The gift I'm working on right now is the gift of Charity and I invite you all to consider an area in life that you can be better at, and work on it, and ask in prayer for help. I know that God will answer your prayer.
Have a fantastic week!
-Elder Olsen
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