Hey everyone! So the big news of the week is that I am getting transferred! Tomorrow I'll head out and start serving in the Lincoln YSA ward! So go Huskers! I'm super excited and It will be cool to stay YSA. This week was a crazy one again. It's honestly hard to believe that it's only been a week since emailing last, but that's just because we've been so busy! Covering two areas is kind of insane, but I'll try to just give the highlights and how the YSA people are doing.
Caleb is doing well! We met with him again this week and taught the plan of salvation, and he really enjoyed it! He wants to start joining the YSA more and more for activities and we're super excited for him.
We met with Denton again! He is super excited about the gospel and he wasn't able to come to church, but he came to institute with a lot of the other Creighton Law school students. It was kind of a crazy discussion about Moses, but hopefully he enjoyed it.
Kayla said she read the Book of Mormon and as she was reading, she noticed that it made her so happy! She said that it's the only time that she hasn't had to turn to cigarettes to make her feel better! There is power in the Book of Mormon.
Todd is doing okay. He might not want to progress much further, but we are going to try to get him to meet other members and hopefully that will inspire him to keep moving.
Elder Reep was messaging a lady and she asked him to marry her! So we offered her the gospel instead and gave her a church tour. It was SUUUUPER awkward, but it turned out okay. Hopefully it doesn't get more weird.
We also gave a church tour to a guy named Alejandro and we are going to start teaching him!
We finally got to go back on campus because school is back in and it was warm enough, and we ended up getting 5 people's phone numbers!
We also gave a blessing to someone right before they went into surgery!
We had a pass off lesson with two people who were kind of crazy. It was super hard to control the conversation, but we shared the first vision, and the catholic guy thought we were quoting the Bible, and the other lady told us it was a dream, and when we explained how it wasn't she got kind of upset haha.
We had exchanges with the APs and that was fun, and we also had one with Columbus!
We found this person on facebook and taught him the first two lessons!
And we talked to some sweet members and have started them on studying Preach My Gospel!
I read in Moroni this week and a scripture stuck out to me that i've never noticed before. It is Moroni 9:6 and says, "And now, my beloved son, notwithstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God." I think this is super applicable in our efforts to share the gospel. People are sometimes hard hearted, but our duty is to invite them! So I invite you to help others come closer to Christ this week! Have a great week everyone!
-Elder Olsen
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