We have had a crazy good week!! We have been trying some new things in our ward and it is working out really really well! We have a lot of good things happening over here in Peru. Traffic is super crazy because of the Pan-American Games. Everybody is travelling around here because of them.
It's been actually a pretty quiet week here in the office! We had a couple of emergency transfers to do but outside of that there aren't too many sick missionaries. I'm getting started with the preparation for the transfers, just kind of coordinating what the dead missionaries are doing this transfer. We don't really have any plans as far as recuperating our numbers goes, by the end of the year we should have a net gain of about 3 missionaries or companionships, can't really remember. We used to have senior missionaries when I started the mission being the financial and referral secretary but when they ended their mission they put young Elders again. The health and migration secretaries have always been young Elders though.
The area has taken a huge leap as well! We are getting to know the area a little bit more and therefore we have been starting to divide our efforts much more effectively! From Monday until Friday we had found 8 new investigators! We found a couple of super good families and a bunch of other people we found on the way. It's a real miracle for sure. The only day we didn't find at least one new investigator was Wednesday. We have been applying a new approach do our daily planning session. For every appointment we have, we set 3 backup plans: a future investigator, a member from our directory, and an investigator that we haven't set an appointment with yet.
We are working with Jorgenis still, he is just trying to get his new job, we are working on trying to get him to some activities first to help him to see why he needs to go. Just the same he wants to come to church, has a witness that this is Jesus' Church, and he is even sharing the gospel with his girlfriend who lives in Venezuela and her mother. They are investigating the church now. We found a new investigator yesterday, her name is Rosario. He is a member referral. She wasn't too sure at first about investigating at first but we still taught her. After we shared the account of the First Vision she said with tears in her eyes "this is what I've been looking for, I have felt the Holy Ghost while listening to the word of God." Feeling the Spirit is one thing, recognizing it is another. It's been a long time since I've been in the room so filled with the Spirit. She's gonna be coming to church this Sunday, super happy about that one.
To answer dad's question about whether or not I'm dying in the office, the answer is the following. I had an interview with President Richey this week. He gave the usual you're doing great bla bla bla keep it up bla bla bla. Then he asks "how many transfers do you have in the office?" I replied "I'm on my third President" he then says "if we give you four transfers in the office how many transfers would you have left on your mission?" I answer "I'd have one transfer left President" he then replies "what if we just kept you in the office for the rest of your mission, five transfers, instead of four transfers?" I answered "I'll do what the Lord wants me to do President" He then finished saying "yeah that's exactly what the Lord wants, you're gonna be in the office for the rest of your mission." I thought "dangit." And yeah, that's your answer dad!
Thanks for reading my short note. Love you guys!! Thanks for all that you are doing for me!! Remember that "Christ's Atonement isn't God's backup plan in the event that we fail, rather it IS his plan created for us, knowing we will".
Que tengan una semana maravillosa,
Elder Olsen
Papá puso su firma de trabajo en su carta semanal, por lo tanto voy a poner la mía también jaja.
ELDER OLSEN
Misión Perú Lima Sur
Secretario de Salud
Secretario Personal del Presidente
Secretario de Viajes
Oficina: +51-1-222-4445
Celular: +51-998-477-553
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