Week 33

Kia Ora Whanau,

This week nothing big happened. We did alot of work because we are whitewashing Timaru. 

One notable thing that happened is that we got someone on date! She's nine and just moved here with her mom. So that was exciting. She is so smart and loves the gospel. 

We did a bunch of service and got lost a few times because none of us know where anything is lol.

We went and saw the snow today (it's about and hour inland) and when we were there I threw some snow at one of the sisters who had never seen it before and she said "That's not fair you're in your element, I'm at a disadvantage" hahaha. It was so fun to see people who had never seen snow before get to experience it. 

That really all I've got this week. We are just doing alot of the basics because we are trying to build relationships with people and figure out the area. 

My spiritual though this week comes from Mosiah 7:33 which says "But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage."  When I read this I realized that when we are in bomdage we need to 1st turn to the Lord by doing whatever you need to do to turn to him. 2nd trust Him, just totally trust Him. 3rd serve Him because as you lose yourself in the service of God you will find what you need to get through your trials. When you do this you can get through anything.

Ofa Atu

Sister Olson



This little boy was giving us cookies and he said "sister Olson I like you so you can have my poop cookie" the cookie cutter is the poop emoji shape

My sweet companions made me breakfast

Me and my comps at the snow

A Tongan and a Samoan see the snow for the first time

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 51

Image
Kia Ora Whanau!  Okay this week was a roller coaster but it was good and we saw the hand of the Lord.  So on Monday, we had to wake up really early in the morning and drive 1.75 hours to Tawa, where Sister Tapumanaia had her self reliance course before she went home. So I spent the day with Sister Bailey, being her companion. It was super fun, but I'll be honest I just had so much stress over the fact that Sister Tapumanaia was going home. It just made me so sad. I hate changes and I hate saying goodbye to people I love.  Anyways, on Tuesday was intake day, so all the new missionaries came to the mission office for orientation  and met their trainers! My trainee is Sister Siale and she is from Tonga. She is so incredible and onto it, I am so blessed to be her companion! I love training, the new missionaries are always so special and throughout the week I have been able to tell that she is exactly the companion that I need at this point on my mission...
Read more

Advice from the night you were set apart

Mom: My advice to you was to be humble. The church website about humility says this: To be humble is to recognize gratefully our dependence on the Lord—to understand that we have constant need for His support. Humility is an acknowledgment that our talents and abilities are gifts from God. It is not a sign of weakness, timidity, or fear; it is an indication that we know where our true strength lies. We can be both humble and fearless. We can be both humble and courageous. My thought was to advise you to remember that you have something to learn from everyone you meet. Dad: Dad said to remember the big picture of why you are serving a mission. Programs and key indicators are not the mission. Of course we need organization and we need to keep rules, but the real purpose of serving a mission is to share the gospel. When times are tough, remind yourself of your purpose. Grandma: Grandma said that she is so proud of you. She said you are such an effervescent p...
Read more

Week 30

Image
Kia Ora Whanau  Its officially been a week since I've moved to Oamaru and it's been interesting. Both wards that we cover are basically made up of one giant family so I already know everyone's name (brother and sister Kaufana) lol.  There were ups and downs. Most of the people that we are working with and Tongan and so for alot of the week I had no clue what was going on because I don't speak Tongan but my companions do.  On Tuesday we had a little miracle occur. We were meeting with a part member family and at the end we asked if we could say a prayer. The father, who is normally against the missionaries, went outside and called all the kids in for the prayer. His attitude did a 180 and he was so supportive of everything. It was so cool.  Tuesday evening, we had a failotu (prayer service) for a recent convert who just passed away. We sang hymns and messages were shared. It was really spiritual and a great missionary opportunity because his non m...
Read more