Hello
hello everyone. How are you all doing? This week has felt super long,
but at the same time I cannot believe that it is already pday....
Everything is getting better, as you can see from my email title. Hmm
lets see what happened....
Monday
we found out that the Angel Moroni on the Bountiful temple was struck
with lightning, pictures below. Oh and my district leader, Elder
Fuhriman, gave me a blessing of counsel and guidance and man I really
needed it and it helped me out a ton. I am so grateful for the
priesthood and the power that it has and that we can receive these
marvelous blessings from it.
Tuesday
my companion and I were able to go to the temple so I could receive
guidance and peace about what is going on at home. And it was a great
experience. It was cool though, before our session we were in the
restroom and a lady walks in, right now we are in white dresses without
our tags, and she says to us "oh hello sisters, where are you from?" So
she knew we were missionaries without our tags so that was cool.
Afterwards I met with my counselor and that was good, helpful as usual.
Not much happened on Wednesday. I got a sunburn on my neck so that
wasn't fun, but that's because we biked all afternoon. Oh and Sister
Spendlove came out with us in the evening. We love Sister Spendlove and
all that she does for us.
Thursday
we went out to lunch as sisters and that was a lot of fun. And we were
able to meet with some Less actives that never let us meet with them so
that was awesome! Friday we had a zone training meeting, and it was one
of the best ZTM I have had on my mission. We did some super fun role
plays, one of them involved us practicing street contacting and it was
good and super helpful. Also the missionaries going home this
month/transfer bore their testimonies and that was super sweet and
spiritual. And our leaders told us what they love about each of us so
that was special as well. I really like this zone, especially the
leadership!
Saturday
was a crazy busy day. We went down to SLC in the morning and I was able
to see my aunt and uncle and talk to them and get some advice about how
to keep working hard here and not worry about my family back at home so
that was a blessing. Then on the way home we stopped to get smoothies
and we got some for our DL and his companion because they shined my
shoes for me, I tried to do it on my own and that was not working out...
But long story short they were on exchanges so Elder Tauai, one of our
ZLs, got Elder Fuhrimans smoothie, he was sad haha. Then I was able to
go back down to SLC to my first area for a baptism for Julio! So this is
a cool story about how we found Julio and Keishla. So we were out with
Hermana Madrid and we knocked on some doors and no one was answering. So
we are in the hall contemplating on what we should do and Hermana
Madrid hears people speaking Spanish and she was like "Hermanas, we
should knock on that door!" And she was super excited, so we were like
"okay Hermana, you can knock on the door!" Hahah so she did and Keishla
and Julio opened the door. We had a lesson with them and we found out
that Keishla is less active and Julio wasn't a member. We ended up
having to pass them off to the elders a week later and they have been
taught by missionaries since them. And now Julio and Keishla got married
and right after Julio got baptized! It was great! After the baptism he
said that he felt like a new man! I love seeing the gospel shape and
change their lives. And it was great because I was able to see lots of
missionaries that I haven't seen in awhile. Overall Saturday was a great
day! And on Sunday we bore our testimonies and had a great day where we
street contacted a ton and had a super powerful lesson with a less
active member and we testified of the power of Gods love and that He is
always there for us.
That
is my favorite lesson to teach. Because it is true. God is our LOVING
Heavenly Father. He is always there for us. Jesus Christ is His son, and
He loves us so much that He died for us. And He knows how we feel, He
knows our pains, our heartaches, and He knows that through Their help,
we can conquer anything. This past week has been hard. But it's getting
better. I am so grateful for all of you and all of the sweet messages I
have received this past week. It truly means the world to me. I may not
know why we have certain trials in our lives, but I know that Heavenly
Father has a plan for each of us. He truly knows what we are going
through and He is going to try to put us where we need to be, with
people we need to be with, during these trials to make it easier to
conquer. There is a scripture we found in comp study that I would like
to share with you all. "But behold, all things have been done in the
wisdom of him who knoweth all things." 2 Nephi 2:24. There is a reason
for everything. We just need to have the faith to trust in the one that
has the wisdom. He is there, has been, and always will be.
LOVE YOU ALL! Have a great week! I hope to get pictures from your summer adventures!
Moroni has been hit!
When you street contact your DL and he wants to take a picture in the middle of our conversation
Kaysville Zone
Julio and Keishlas wedding/Julios baptism! 
KATE! She was my split on Saturday. She's the sweetest! 
I love my companion
Haha the doormat at our less actives house.
Con amor,
Hermana Olivas
Utah Salt Lake City Mission
