August
25, 2014
Hey
family! Sounds like the birthday was fun! I starting school is going okay
for everyone-- it's weird not being in school with you, I am still surprised to
hear that life goes on without me.
Okay, so we've had
this huge spider guarding our door for weeks. And I finally killed him!
Get this though, we got up this morning and opened our blinds, and there
is a HUGE spider web blocking our entire front door just outside with a big old
tiger looking spider sitting in the middle. And right below him on the
side is this ginormous wolf looking spider. Long story short, our little
kitchen window is now our way in and out of the house until the Elders come to
kill them. Canada spiders are sooo much bigger; I wish I was brave enough
to get you a picture, but I get shaking too bad.
So we have been
working with a lot of Recent Converts and Less Actives (LARCs) lately. We
are trying to help them get their patriarchal blessings. It's been so
cool! One of our recent converts-Ana- is going to be getting hers
hopefully in a few weeks. I am so excited for her. We've visited multiple
times a week ever since I got here. She's been going through so many hard
things, and so many big decisions in her life. This blessing is going to
help her so much! Patriarchal blessings are soo so powerful and so important.
It reminds how fundamental my blessing has been at every point in my
life. Rebecca just got hers too! I hope you are really using it has
a tool. There is a special comfort that comes from reading your blessing
directly from Heavenly Father to you. Makes sure you read it every week.
Between the scriptures and your patriarchal blessing you will find
answers to every question you have about what you need to be doing. We like
to use the story of the Liahona to help our investigators and recent converts
understand. That’s really what it is. It so exciting and fulfilling to
help these people works toward them and receive because it's definitely one of
the biggest blessing of the restored gospel!
We had the
trainers/greenie meeting in Montreal this last week. It was so fun!
And we went and got poutine again! Haha we're going to have to take
a poutine break; we've had way too much this week. I'll send a picture
though. This is the first place I ever had poutine. Montreal is
such a fun city though! It's so fun walking down those streets as a missionary.
And the meeting was super fun too because I got to see my MTC district.
It's so fun to see how we've all just been shipped to the opposite ends
of the mission and just stepped right up and started working to build the
kingdom in our separate corners. Missionary work is so powerful and so
important; I just love love, love being a missionary!
Love you all soo soo
much! Thanks so much for your love and emails! Good luck with
starting school back up!
Love,
Your favorite daughter
and sister! Soeur Olsen
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