Hey everyone! My mission is finishing up this week and I head home on Thursday! I can't believe it's already here and I'm just beyond grateful for the chance that I've had to be a missionary. It's sad that it's over but I'm excited for the next chapter of life!
So i don't know how i forgot to mention it last week but Jenna got baptized! It was a really good day and she has been doing awesome since!
Anyways here's some other highlights from this last week:
We found a bunch of really cool people this week! One of them is named Briana and she is going to get baptized on the 25th!
We had exchanges and I got to go to the Spanish area! We had a really fun day and found somebody else who wants to get baptized! It was a super good example to me of how if we press on and endure to the end, then we will be richly blessed!
A couple weeks ago this guy tried bashing with us. A basher is somebody who tries to prove their religious point by being aggressive and using scriptures out of context. Anyways we were meeting with someone from a different church named Alex who is very set in his ways, but was open to hearing more. And while we were going there we ran into the first basher! I tried to tell him that we didn't have time, but Alex and him started talking and then they both started bashing each other. It was crazy and one guy was talking about how God already came back and it was just wild. Me and my comp were just looking at each other trying to figure out what to do but it was pretty funny!
We set our friend Sang on date for baptism this week too! He is in Vietnam right now but will be coming back to Lincoln here soon!
Our ward mission leader got us ice cream.
Our friend T got us free Indian food.
I got to do a baptismal interview in Spanish!
Another member got us ice cream.
We saw lots of miracles.
I won the Kahoot at FHE.
God is good and as I was thinking over the last couple years, I realized that the only way that I have been able to get through them is by the constant support that God has given me. Missionary work is hard. Talking to strangers is hard. Working all day is hard.
But God expects us to do hard things, because it is only though the hard things that we can grow. God asked Nephi to get the plates and then showed him that he could only do it God's way. God asked Moses to free the children of Israel and gave him power to do it. And God asked me to serve a mission and helped me in every moment. He has called me, sustained me, forgiven me, and strengthened me. I will forever be in his debt. I don't regret serving a mission for a second. If any of you are wondering if God knows you, he does. Just pray to Him and ask for His help and he will be there!
I could go on forever about the last two years, but if you want to hear more, I'll be sharing some of my experiences this Sunday! Hit me up for the details!
See you all soon!
- Elder Olsen
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