It's been another week here in Neuland. There is always something to learn from being a missionary, whether it be from conferences, companions, people, or whatever! This Tuesday we had Zone Conference, which was great! It was a little different this time around than normal, because they used a lot of visual examples. Normally we read a lot of scriptures and learn in kind of a class setting, but this time we were out and about, including sanding and spray painting blocks for kids to play with, relay races, a few videos, and to wrap it up a white elephant activity! We learned a lot about service, and also enduring to the end and never letting up. There were a lot more things we learned but I can't write them all because there isn't time! It went a lot longer than normal, but it was okay because we had a lot of fun. Monday evening we had received the news that we were supposed to get white elephant gifts (our district, the Chaco always gets news a little late), so we had to go find gifts in Asuncion that are worth 2 dollars (approx) or less. I found a nice pair of duck swim goggles for about a dollar, so I got those (hopefully the recipient can be protected from soap in his eyes while showering! We got Mexican food for dinner (Elder Ruiz approved), then got on our colectivo home. The rest of the week not too much happened, just working with the people. Sunday we had a really good day in church; 40 people came in Neuland! That's the most I've seen here in my 4 months! I gave a talk and led the music, then we taught Sunday School. After church we had a small capacitacion meeting with the branch President and Secretary. Were excited to be here helping the people in Neuland! I have been able to learn a lot about myself and my companion this week! We are preparing a lot for the coming week; hoping to make it even better than this week! I have learned a lot about attitudes, and having a positive mentality. If you have a positive attitude, you can do all things, but if you are pessimistic or don't have faith, it holds you down, and can to others too! But if you have a positive mentality you can raise others up! Please go look for someone else to lift up! This world has a lot of people that are sad but don't need to be sad! Show them the light! Light the world! I hope y'all have a great week!
Pictures: (Elder Olson's Mom: Pictures 9-12 refused to be uploaded once downloaded. Sorry!)
1 Painting blocks.
2 same
3 Elder Ruiz from Mexico, with Elder Mejicanos.
4 Elder Tesucun and those he trained (or finished training) in order 1 2 3.
5 The recipient of my goggles: Elder Castellaw from Virginia! Someone else from the southeast, finally! He knows what Cookout, Bojangles, NC barbeque, and all that good stuff is!
6 It was multizone this conference, so I got to see Elder Cartagena!
7 The Zone (new name change) Limpio A. Interestingly, there are only 2 Hermanas in the whole Zone!
8 Elder Ruiz really wanted the sombrero picture!
9 At 8.30 pm there's our temperature.. it's hot and right now, HUMID!
10 Sunset!
11 We got a fridge!
11 We got a fridge!
12 The trees here are fat!
(Elder Olson sent these on 12/18 but they look they are from Zone Conference, so they are being added to this blog.)
ELDER OLSON ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM HIS MOTHER
Q: What do you use for music at meetings?
A: We use our portable DVD player with a speaker to play CDs of the songs.
(Elder Olson sent these on 12/18 but they look they are from Zone Conference, so they are being added to this blog.)
ELDER OLSON ANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM HIS MOTHER
Q: Was the roof ever replaced that flew off during that storm?
A: The roof still isn't on.
Q: You mention several towns in which you work and serve. Do each of them have a branch of the church?
A: Neuland is a Branch with Paraiso being just a group.
Abundancia has 2 branches (1 for Spanish and 1 for Nivacle).
Filadelfia is a branch, with Loma Plata as a group.
There is also a branch called Mistolar that has a group called Campo Ampu, but they only receive occasional visits from the missionaries.
Abundancia has 2 branches (1 for Spanish and 1 for Nivacle).
Filadelfia is a branch, with Loma Plata as a group.
There is also a branch called Mistolar that has a group called Campo Ampu, but they only receive occasional visits from the missionaries.
Q: What did you do for Christmas last year and what are your plans this year?
A: I was in Asuncion for Christmas last year. Here they just have a cookout I guess.
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