The Spirit of Revelation (week 47)

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY YOOOOU GUUUYS!!! I am not sure if this letter is gonna be long or not...I only sent 10 trillion and 2 pictures today....but hey that takes some talent!!!

I had the dankest, dopest, most spiritual week!! It was like BOOM one spiritual thing right after another and I LOOOOOVED every single second of it!! It started with my interviews with President which went really good!!! We had a great conversation about some of things that were bothering me!! I feel kinda bad though, it's obvious that President is worrying about my transfer and everything (transfers are this Sunday)!! I told him that I am not worried about...I was called to the COLOMBIA CALI mission not the Colombia Pasto/Popayan mission....I don't know, it should be interesting.

This week we also had a visit from ELDER DALLIN H OAKS!!! And it was rad, Elder Godoy and Elder Lynn G Robbins were though too!! And all their wives annnnnd ugh the feels. He talked a lot about how we can receive revelation...he said that some scriptures are better for receiving revelation than others!! He compared the Book of Numbers to 3rd Nephi!!! He also said something that really HIT ME...."we cannot ponder if we do not have a question" sooooo true!!! I don't have time to write everything he said but don't worry....I have it all in my spiritual journal (Aubrey I promised you that thing was gonna be rad.....and it is!) Elder Robbins wife totally gave the translator sass.....and then got mad when she started translating her sass hahahahahah that was fun to watch!

I appreciate all the prayers for our fechas peeeero Luz Alba does not want anything to do with us anymore....I am not worried about it, everyone has their agency!! Buuuuut ooooof Fernanda and Daniel are PROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGRESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSING GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! And I had the coolest experience with them......so we were just talking about the atonement casually, but I had a memory keep popping in my head.....when Aubrey found out about some worldy things going on in my life and FORCED me to say slow prayers with her....focusing on my feelings!! Anyways it was obvious the spirit was helping me out and FAST too! Because before I knew it we were on the floor...and I was praying.....telling them to pay attention to their feelings. Well.....it worked! We asked Fernanda how she felt and she said "I saw God.....I literally saw God but there was so many obstacles I had to go through but He wanted me to do it so I could be with him." We asked her about her testimony.....she gave it a solid 7 outta 10!! We are going to be asking her the bautismo interview questions for her interview in about 30 minutes.....crossing my fingers it all goes well!! Hopefully we have some baptisms this Saturday.

Buuuuut yeah!! This week kicked my butt....I am realizing what it takes to receive revelation......but we need to put in our part too!!! I have been praying and meditating (with questions) soooo hard this week BUUUUUUT I AM DOING SOOO WELL....ugh I just want that for you guys......I hope they are doing the things needed to really get to know our Heavenly Father.....and listen to him, it's a hard thing....but it's the chillest thing so we ought to do it.

I love you all soo much......stay rad!!

Elder Olsen

Unpacking My Adjectives: Recuerdo Norte 2

(Garrett writes Unpacking My Adjectives letters to tell us more about his area he is in! He hand writes these letters in his free time and then I type them up for the blog.)

Hey guys, so I figured I would write a quick UMP letter since transfers are this Monday and yeah!

The area: Recuerdo Norte 2 is a chill area, it's in the northern part of Popayan...literally in the middle of no where. It's a decently sized area though our boundaries cover: Gran Britana, San Ignacio, Busques De Morinda, San Geraldo, Zildemaya, Bello Horizante, Bello Vista, Neuva Gaililea, and part of La Paz. The other part of the norther part of Popayan belongs to the Hermana's, but the entire thing is part of our branch.

The House: Our casa is horrific haha! This area used to have a super nice house in a gated community but because they got caught using the pool and a bunch of other issues they had to change the house. We live in a sketchy neighborhood and our neighbors below us always smoke a bunch of stuff so it smells awful and they blast their music. Haha it's a little different for sure!

The branch: I don't know, I've always been in wards and stakes so being in a branch and district is a little different. There's a ton more work to do. Sometimes the attendance is super good and the chapel is packed! Other times there is barely anyone there...it's so weird. There There are a bunch of less active and part member families, so there's a ton to do. The members are good! Some of them are really good about helping us...others, not so much. We have ward counsel every other Wednesday which is weird...it's usually every Sunday after church. We also don't have our missionary meetings because we don't have a branch mission leader...but it's all good there is a lot of work to do.

Conclusion: Soo yeah, this was a little short but all is well in Popayan. It's different but i'm enjoying it and I can't wait to see the district grow in the future :)