July 27, 2015 GUAT the MALAN?

(Ammon got his mission call to Guatemala City South, Guatemala)

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Alrighty. So this week was pretty great! 

Tuesday the zone leaders called and said our bishop was going to show up with Hna. Mota's suitcase... And guess what. He showed up with MY LONG LOST SUITCASE! Three months later!!!!!!!! I was so excited! It was like Christmas!!!!!!! ....until I opened it and realized half of my things were gone and the rest was covered in mold. Well, hey! There's a fun mission experience fer ya! I was pretty bummed. As I was figuring out what I didn't have, I was just kind of sitting there not thinking much as of yet until I realized my journal from all of Valdivia was gone. That's when my heart sunk. . . But I washed the clothes and unpacked the rest of what was still in there and went on with the day. And somehow I arrived at a magical point of calm. It's kind of funny the ''bad luck'' I have. But I really don't feel like it's all that bad. And it isn't luck. As odd as it might sound, I am convinced that Heavenly Father is involved in the details of our lives and I feel like he just decided that right now, He was going to give me an opportunity to learn. And I have! I'm glad He started out with something less traumatic like being robbed of some of my belongings. Because worse things can happen, and I'm pretty sure that in the rest of the years of my life, worse things will happen. So I'm just glad that he's preparing me now in the happy missionary life I'm in rather than hitting me hard with something worse in the ''real world.'' 

A lot of my jewelry was taken including my young women's medallion and the dolphin necklace Samuel gave me for Christmas (one of my favorites), but I guess I'll just have to do Personal Progress again.. All of my recuerdos from Valdivia were taken too...so I just hope I return. And as far as my journal...I've just been trying to dedicate a little bit of journal time to writing what I can remember. I'm trying to remember the names of people at least and I'm surprised at what Heavenly Father is helping me remember. But todo bien! At least my suitcase arrived! That was a miracle in itself. haha

So this was a good week. Lots of work. Weird weather which went as follows: Sunny really pretty sunny next day, snow, night time wind which meant next day ice which meant next day falling, but then the next morning SNOW until it decided to rain so it turned into SLUSH which meant the next day was rivers and the next ice. And today there is sun. Weeeheeee. 

We had intercambios and I stayed in my sector again. It sure was fun. They always are. Missionarying is so great. Hermana Pérez is from Uruguay and is just a stellar missionary. In the morning she asked me what I usually do for morning exercises. So I told her to wait and I turned on some music, which the only thing we have is Glorious by David Archuletta (Hna. Mota and I were so excited to get my MP3 player and actually have music to listen to! ....but yeah that was stolen too. LAME), and then I danced. And then basically just have Ammon explain to you all about that one day I told him that I taught myself how to tap dance and then showed him. Yeah. It was THAT great. hahahaha She laughed a lot. Then I showed her how to make Banana Bread and when she tried it she said it was heaven in her mouth and then kind of ate all of it! hahaha All in all it was a good intercambio. We challenged two people to be baptized. And they said yes! But one of them lives in Natales (3 hours from Punta Arenas) And the other in Por Venir (an island in Punta Arenas) so we referred them to the elders over there. :) Woohoo. oh yeah they were contacts in the street, but it was awesome hahaha! 

Alrighty I don't know what else to say.... Oh! We have a new investigator named Jorge. He thinks I'm an alien. And I'm not kidding! He's kind of superstitious and in the beginning only looked at my companion when we talked to him. hahahaha When we talk to him on the phone, he always says wait, am I talking with the extra terrestre? and if he is, he asks to talk to the other sister. hahahah And the first time we contacted him I thought he was joking so I just went along with it saying, ''oh yeah that was me that you saw the other night'' (because he was telling us about how he saw a light fling across the sky or something like that and he knew it was an alien.) And he freaked. out. And then I said, no really I'm not an alien! And then he said, No look! She still is trying to learn the language of earth! hahaha because of my accent. But other than that weird thing about him, he's super great and is going to progress a lot. He really wants to repent and I think he's awesome. and perhaps not totally normal, but he's a good child of God. :)  

Ben Skelton is coming home! Shoot dang! Time passes so fast. Mission time is literally like another dimension! Let me know if he has a funny accent or something when he tries to speak English :) 

Okay, well I'm glad to hear the family reunion was so great and that so many went! I wish I could've been there, but I'm happy being here too. I love you all very very much! 

Love, 

Hermana Olson

Pictures: There is so much trash in Patagonia haha I found this sign a little ironic. It says don't throw away trash. And here are a few fotos of Hna Mota and I modeling the missionary style... hahahahaha but yeah. I realized you didn't have very many fotos or perhaps none of my new companion, so here ya go! She's super silly. And okay well, I'd love to send more, but I gotta go!