Elder Mitchell Olsen: Oct 23, 2017 A Hard Week's Work

Dear Mom and everyone,

This week we have been working super hard, in the area and in the zone. Tuesday, we had an appt with a lady that has problems with her husband drinking, we went Tuesday because that’s his day off of work. We got there at noon, but he had to go to the doctor so we came back in the night and he was drunk, so we just left, but it was cool because we met someone else named Marisol. She is a young mom and she was super receptive, she’s just looking for the truth so we're going to see if we can teach it to her and if she'll accept it.

Wednesday we went to Puerto Escondido to do divisions with the district leader over there, the trip is expensive so we both went and stayed over there. My comp went to Rio Grande with the DL and I went to Zicatela to help out a greeny over there. It was cool. They have some cool investigators but they are struggling to help them progress, and to find more to teach. I was able to say hi to some members and my converts over there. They are doing well.

Thursday, we had an appt with a guy that had studied to be a catholic priest. He stopped studying because he found out the church wasn't true, but he didn't like us either. We came prepared that he might want content with us but he ended up listening until the end he pulled out his phone and looked up contradictions in the Book of Mormon and the bible. They were all super easy to explain very calmly and he accepted to see us again.

Friday, all of our appt fell through so we went tracting most of the day and got some more appt for next week.

Saturday was cool, we found 3 new investigators and 2 potential families. We had another lesson with the guy from Thursday Dasajev (dasahef). He had a problem with the celestial Kingdom but we talk him to pray about it. In the night we talked with a family that got really interested it was a cool lesson the really accepted the restoration but only the kids came to church on Sunday.

Sunday was crazy, we met a member from Tijuana Baja California. He had come late and wanted us to give him the sacrament the branch president said it was fine, then he wanted us to come with him to pick up his wife from the airport and that he had reference for us over there so we went he said that he had a bunch of care packages for the Istmo for the people that needed it for the earthquake. so, he came over in a boat and his wife came over Sunday. Then he asks if they could eat with us in the members house, the members said it was ok, and he invited the taxi driver to eat too. then they left it was really weird. But that’s the mission sometimes

Today, I got my hammock, its super nice it from the best string, it usually costs 2000 2500 pesos they gave it to me for 1100 its really comfy and handmade, they just got the color wrong, I wanted blue and black but they gave me like and orange and yellow but its fine. I also got a speaker because mine broke it’s a nice little Bose blue tooth and USB speaker, I think I’ll use it a home too. OH, and the ATM was just out of money so there was no problem, they didn't charge me so I took it out the other day.

Well I love you all

Elder Olsen

Misión México Oaxaca

The first one it from a place called Argentinos, it Argentine food and of course I got BBQ ribs