Hey
everyone!
It has been
an amazing week. We have done and seen a lot of miracles this week in our area.
We have also had a lot of changes coming this week to our entire
district.
Elders Larsen
and Farnsworth have been called to train in their area together. So they will
be a trio. So cool. I have been called to be the senior companion in my area. I
have received a new companion named Elder Janne. He has just completed his
training out in my first ward, Fullerton 6. He is now with me in Anaheim 11th.
He is such a workhorse of an Elder. That is very good news to me and to this
area. He is like an Elder Larsen. He loves to work and he loves the Lord. You
can't ask for a greater companion. We are going to see a lot of miracles this
week, and this transfer too.
So I have
been talking about Rachelle and her sister Genesis. They actually both went to girl’s
camp this week. They had what you would call an amazing time. Both of their
testimonies grew a ton. So we were really excited when we talked to them yesterday.
We committed them both to be baptized. They even shared their testimonies in
front of a bunch of group of Girls. They were so awesome. I even talked to another
young woman that yet and she had people ask her "she is a member
right?" she would say no and they were so shocked. They are doing so good.
We have a planned baptismal service for Rachelle for this Sunday. She is still
not so sure. It's been pretty tough, but we aren't sure what to do. I'm
thinking what is going to happen is we are going to delay her date until the
9th. Because that is when Genesis is going to get baptized. So we will see!
Also, we ran
into some really cool people while we were trying to find some other investigators.
Elder Excell just decided to stop by and talk to them. We ended up teaching
them. They told us that they had always wanted to know what church is the true
one. We got really excited and gave them a book of Mormon. We came back the
next day to see them, and we learned that Liz, one of the people we taught, her
father had passed away that night. We taught her the plan of salvation, and she
really accepted it. She doesn't have a baptismal date yet, but we are working
with her, and her friend, Diana right now. We are hoping that we will get a
miracle with them this week.
Also, there
is another neighborhood that we stopped by a few times. We taught this guy
named Luis about our message. He really did not like it. He told us "there
is no way you are going to convince me that your church is right" he asked
a lot of questions about the church, Joseph Smith, everything. We answered them
all and left. We went back to teach one of his daughters that we had been
seeing. We began to teach her. We came to the conclusion that she didn't know
who Jesus Christ is. This was a very sad experience for me. How could you grow
up and not know Jesus Christ? I guess this is how it is for a lot of people.
It's really sad that they don't know that we have someone who suffered
everything for us, so that we may be able to live with our Heavenly Father
again. We taught her about the restoration and God. She was amazed. We even
asked her to pray, and she did it. This is why I’m here. To help others who
don't know about Their Savior, know Him. What He has done for us, and how we
can get closer to Him.
This is all I
really have for this week. We are starting to see a lot of Miracles in this
area. It's growing. It was so dead when I got here, but little by little the
Lord is blessing us. I can't wait to see what the Lord has in store for us in
this area. My companion and I are very young in the mission, we don't know a
lot of Spanish, we don't know the area very well, but we are going to go out
and work. We are going to see miracles.
I love you
all so much. If there is anything I can do for you, let me know and I will do
my very best to get back to you all a.s.a.p.
Les Quiero
mucho. nos vemos
Elder Dallin M. Ollerton
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