Hey everyone!
It was
another very interesting week here in Anaheim California. A lot of great
adventures and a lot of memories made.
Yesterday we had
the confirmation of Daniel. It went so great. Elder Excell was the one that did
the confirmation. After we ended the blessing he looked at me and said "I
have that warm feeling again!" it was just a testimony to me that the Holy
Ghost is real. Will you pray for his great grandfather? We had to give him a
blessing the other day because he was sick. Hope he gets well enough to get
back to Mexico.
So last p-day
we were out and teaching. We were about to call it quits for the day when I got
a call from sister Bowen. She asked me what had happened about the dog bite and
I explained to her what had happened. She advised me to go and talk to the
owners. I did so and they said the dog had all of the shots, but they had no
document to show me that it was actually done. So sister Bowen told me to go to
the emergency room to get it checked out in case there was any sign of me
needing care. So that night we got to the hospital in Orange called St. Joseph.
We went in and the ER doc got me checked in. He was asking me questions about
where I was from and everything, I was guessing that he had dealt with elders
before. Anyway I got checked in. we waited, we waited, and we waited. They
finally brought me back and took my vitals. They sent me to a room where I waited,
and waited, and waited. Finally a doctor came in and he told me that it looked
like it was healing fine and I wouldn’t have to worry. Just to be sure they
gave me a tetanus shot. Then they sent me home. We got home at about one thirty
that morning, and then we slept for a few hours, and got back up and went into
our regular routine. It was a fantastic night. Sister Bowen gave me another
call and I ended up calling animal control and filed another report. So
everything should be okay. I just now have a small fear of dogs. It was so
funny because the other day I had another Chihuahua come at me and tried to
bite me. Ha-ha but thankfully it was on a leash and it couldn't get me. So we
are all good there.
This week has
been a very hard week for our area. We taught a lot of people who had never
heard the gospel before, which is good. The problem is that we don't have
anyone who is progressing to the waters of baptism. We don't have anyone with a
baptismal date, which is very unusual to have out here in the field. Nobody we
have invited has accepted to be baptized. I don't know why that is. We just
maybe aren’t' doing the best we can, or it could be the way we teach and
invite, I don't know. But we are currently trying to work with a guy name Reuben.
He actually had been with the missionaries in the past. He loves church. He
went to an English ward before. We taught him about the restoration and he
accepted to be baptized when he knows that the church is true. We have also
gotten that same answer with a few of our other investigators. We just haven’t been
able to find them since. But we are still working hard.
So my father
asked me about the riots that have been going on in Anaheim and if I knew
anything about them. Oh let me tell you I know all about them. On Tuesday night
we were on our way to get a member to go to an appointment that we had. We were
driving down this main road where we saw a bunch of police cars with their
lights on driving. We pulled over and I counted close to twenty police cars
from about five different cities drive down the road. We were just like
"what the heck" we parked in a parking lot of an insurance agency and
walked to the member’s home. We got him and walked outside and saw a huge crowd
of people walking down the sidewalk and the middle of the street. A lot of them
had bandanas around their faces and had flags, signs, and all kinds of stuff.
We had a lady tell us "you better get out of here. They are throwing
stuff" we looked back and sure enough they were throwing rocks, their flags,
and whatever they could at cop cars as they were driving by. Some of the stuff
landed by us as we were standing there. Then they all started coming our way.
They probably thought we were cops or something. We then ran for our car and
got the heck out of there. After that we were driving home where we saw a
dumpster out in the middle of the street and it was smoking. Apparently they
pushed dumpsters out and lit them on fire too. It has been crazy. We even ran
into them again when we were with the other elders going to dinner yesterday.
They asked us to join them and I was like why? Ha-ha it’s been crazy. But we have
been protected from all of the riots and everything. So mom.... don’t worry
okay? With faith the Lord will protect His missionaries.
I also went
on exchanges with Elder Farnsworth this week. He is actually companions with
Elder Larsen right now. It was so much fun. We stayed up a little late talking
about the MTC memories, as I would read from my journal. We also went out and
worked. It was so neat to see it. Because we were companions in the MTC. And we
were working together out in the field. It was so crazy to see the growth we
had made since the MTC. It was a great experience, and I actually learned a lot
from him.
That is
basically all that is happened this week! It’s been a crazy one. I thank you
for all of your support. Will you please pray for our area and that we may be
able to help others start to progress to baptism? We are struggling right now
and could really use it. Love you all!! Thanks again!
Elder Dallin M. Ollerton
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