Well this week was a
kind of slumpy week... But I've found the best thing to do for a week like this
is HAVE GENERAL CONFERENCE!
I have never been more
excited for this day as I was on Saturday and Sunday. It really
came like Christmas Morning, and then IT WAS GONE! I definitely had an Olson-family-sitcom
episode of going to Home Town Buffet in between sessions on Sat and
having our amazing traditional picnic on the Stake Center lawn on Sunday.
How fun it was to be sitting there in my stake center knowing you all were
doing the same thing at the same time as me!
I think one thang that
is just so remarkable about Gen Conf is that it is a live broadcast entonces
EVERYONE watches it at THE SAME TIME! There being now 15 million members of the
church world-wide and being 2 semi-annual conferences of the
church, por medio de watching conference, we are taking part in a WORLD-WIDE
GATHERING OF 15 MILLION Latter-day Saints (give or take a few million for
those that did not watch (but if we think like Nelson Mendela, Saints are
sinners that just keep trying :))
How I would just love
to write my thoughts about each talk, but maybe I will weave them into other
letters in the future. I think one of the greatest things I loved about
Conference was how much of it focused on families. I am so grateful for you
guys. Last night I just lay in my bed in absolute pure gratitude for the family
I was blessed to be raised in, develop friendships, and just have a place for
me. I don't think I will ever be able to really express the deepness of my love
for every single member of this family, but I am thankful for this privilege to
take some time away from you all so that I can help others find that happiness
too. Families are the center piece of eternity, and I can only imagine complete
happiness when I look at eternity that way.
There is a family that
we are working with right now. The grandparents are great great GREAT recent
converts. One of their daughters lives with them and she has three daughters
that live there too. One of those daughters is married and even has a little 4
month old baby Isadora. I LOVE THIS FAMILY. This is the family that we had the
AMAZING Noche de Hogar last week! This week was pretty slumpy because everyone
has been telling us to drop them and stop teaching them. That they are a perder
de tiempo. A waste of time. My companion and I feel like we are standing alone.
Our ward mission leader told us to, the ward members don't want to come with us
to lessons, even Sandra's own parents, the recent converts, told us that she is
just a waste of time. It was actually really challenging for the both of us
because we felt alone and if there isn't any support, Sandra won't feel
comfortable. She has come to sacrament meeting twice and her parents wouldn't
sit with her. I love her parents too! and I don't want to be complaining about
anyone, but it was just very crushing to feel so pushed against with Sandra and
her family. So it's just been a challenge because I don't want to give up on
her because Hna Oross and I really have felt differently about her! But we also
don't know why we are the only ones feeling this way. We have been praying a
lot about it and just haven't felt like we should stop. I really think that
Satan is working hard on this situation. I feel like there is something special
about Sandra that maybe Satan knows and doesn't want her to be able to use
that. I just really hope the strange relation going on between her mom and her
can begin to loosen up a bit so that she can progress! Oh, I just hope that
something can happen. I know that Heavenly Father loves everyone, so I have
faith that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are rooting for Sandra, even if she
is taking a lot of time.
Well, I really got to
go.
I love you and I love
the work.
Love,
Hermana Olson
P.S.-- I learned how
to say Parallelogram this week.
Paralelepipedo. New
favorite Spanish word :)
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