Hello hello and welcome to the weekly email!
Wasn't General Conference just amazing! I learned so much and I loved the emphasis the prophet made on bringing up our spiritual momentum. When we have that momentum, we can keep our faith growing and growing and Satan can't stop us. I think my favorite talk was the one by Elder Uchtdorf. It really made me think about the craziness of life, but how if we just put God first and go towards him, we will be able to balance everything else. We just have to keep going towards him.
This week was full of miracles again! We had Kirstin and a guy named Innocent come to conference! I think they both really enjoyed it, and Kirstin told us that she is going to go back and listen to all the talks that she missed. Innocent said that he was going to try to come every week! It was really cool to see them listening to the prophet for the first time!
And then Jourdan got to go to general conference! So she was baptized about a month ago and her family and friends are really really against the church. She has had all sorts of opposition, and our mission president suggested that she go to Conference. He actually bought her plane tickets so that she could go down and watch! And she said it was such a powerful experience.
I also got to go on exchanges with the one and only Elder Joshua Hansen from North Logan Utah! He and I went to high school together and it was a good time. We went street contacting on campus and found a lot of success. Talking to people on campus is always a party cause they are always so confused. One lady straight up ran away from us when we started talking to her haha. But most people are pretty nice so it's awesome!
Anyways I really loved conference so I wanted to share some thoughts from my favorite talk! I really loved Elder Uchtdorf's talk. He talked about how hard it is to balance everything and still lift ourselves spiritually. But he compares it to a bike where if you focus forward it is so much easier to balance everything. And an airplane receives lift from forward speed. So if we want to balance our lives and bring ourselves closer to God, we need to focus on the Savior and everything else will come easier. So my invitation is to figure out what that looks like for you, and then do it!
Well that's all the time I have for today kids. Remember: God thinks you're special, and he loves you very much. Goodbye!
-Elder Olsen
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