Elder Ashton Olsen: Week 17 Ayacucho

Buenas Tardes, Feliz Lunes :D

Happy Monday again! A little late today because we had to wait for the president's letter. Thanks for all of your words! To answer a couple of questions. The biggest hurdle for us right now is getting people to church. Yeah marriage is a pretty big problem here but I haven't seen too many that can't progress because of marriage. Mainly I see people that commit to church until we pass by their house haha. We are still trying to get them to church. We have new plans to get them to church though and I'm excited to see what happens this week! This is because every week we teach the same investigators the same lesson in a different light haha. Finally we saw a miracle with one of our investigators coming to church. It was a lady named Celida that we didn't have a strong plan for but she went anyways because she said she would. It's funny how we pass by investigators' houses to pay their bus fees so they can come to church, but the one that we didn't pass by comes haha. Celida is a strong investigator and she is married, the problem is her husband isn't coming haha. But we are praying for them. They are progressing well.

Some of you might have heard about he President of Peru stepping down from presidency and some protests that have happened. Nothing happened in Ayacucho and I'm fine. That was pretty crazy to hear about haha. A pretty crazy rainstorm happened too. It was enough to put us at home from 6-8 in time for our 8:00 visit. Our street was basically a river and a lot of people's houses got flooded. Ours didn't we were just soaked head to toe haha.

Good to see everything with the techo (roof)! The roof is looking good and I'm glad everything went well. Also awesome to hear about the Jazz Band, I want the results haha, guess I'll have to wait until next week! Tell Brady to keep practicing hard, it's my biggest regret of high school is not practicing every day! Tell him to keep up the work practicing hymns, I'm expected to play hymns I've never even looked at. Thanks to playing a lot of hymns over and over I get the patterns in the hymns. The muscle memory comes with time!

I'm excited to share a little spiritual thought about the Book of Mormon. Our mission president encouraged us a couple weeks ago (little late to the punch but you can still do it haha) to do a new 3 month BoM study marking with four different colors. 1-References of Christ (Lord, Lamb, Him, His, Whatever). 2-Words of Christ (and prophets saying, thus saith the Lord). 3-Attributes of Christ. 4-Other doctrine and principles. I sent a couple of pictures of examples of my Book of Mormon. It is an awesome way to learn more about Christ and I encourage all of you to do the same with me! The President said something interesting that I'll share with all of you. It's about missionaries but I'm sure you will get the point

Si esta desalentado, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si se siente enfermo o dolorido, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si está cansado, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si no puede encontrar nuevos, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si no está feliz, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si extraña mucho a su casa, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si está preocupado, estresado, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si sus investigadores no están progresando, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si no es obediente, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si no asisten sus investigadores a la capilla, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si no se lleve bien con su compañero, leer el Libro de Mormón – juntos.

Si está confundido, abrumado, pesimista, optimista, feliz, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si hay problemas en su barrio, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si su barrio está funcionando bien, leer el Libro de Mormón.

Si ha hecho errores, ha tropezado o de alguna manera no hizo lo mejor posible, o si hizo lo mejor posible y todavía se siente que no era suficiente, leer el Libro de Mormón. "

To google translate! :D haha sorry
If you are discouraged, read the Book of Mormon.
If you feel sick or sore, read the Book of Mormon.
If you are tired, read the Book of Mormon.
If you can not find new ones, read the Book of Mormon.
If you are not happy, read the Book of Mormon.
If you miss your house a lot, read the Book of Mormon.
If you are worried, stressed, read the Book of Mormon.
If your researchers are not making progress, read the Book of Mormon.
If you are not obedient, read the Book of Mormon.
If your researchers do not attend the chapel, read the Book of Mormon.
If you do not get along with your partner, read the Book of Mormon - together.
If you are confused, overwhelmed, pessimistic, optimistic, happy, read the Book of Mormon.
If there are problems in your neighborhood, read the Book of Mormon.
If your neighborhood is working well, read the Book of Mormon.
If you have made mistakes, stumbled, or somehow failed to do your best, or if you did your best and still feel that it was not enough, read the Book of Mormon. "

Hasta martes con cambio!

Elder Olsen