Hey all!!
It has been a
crazy, but awesome first week out here in Garden Grove!
It's been
such a rewarding week.
First of all,
CONFERENCE!!!!! I loved conference this year. It was
amazing! A
lot about missionary work was spoken. When in doubt "Ask
the
missionaries, they can help you." Haha. Also President Monson's
amazing
announcement about how Elders can go out at 18 and how sisters can go and 19.
That can have some real big impact on the Ollerton
family. That
means my cousin Easton can be out on his mission while
I'm just
hitting over a year. My brother Justin will be able to leave
right after I
get home. That would be amazing! I guess we will see
what happens
with that. But I thought that was really incredible. The
Lord is
really putting a lot of trust in the young people who live in the world right
now. Awesome.
So this week.
This week, regardless of all the meetings, not being
able to teach
as much as a normal week. We taught a ton. We did a lot
of finding.
Because neither Elder Walker nor I have been in this area,
well, Elder
walker was in this area, but a long time ago. So we
decided to go
out and find. The first lesson I taught here was to an
Investigator
who has been listening to the missionaries for a long
time. her
name is Gudelia. We taught her the Gospel of Jesus Christ
and the
importance of being baptized. I invited her to be baptized.
She thought
about it, but then kindly said that she needed more time.
We came to
find out that the reason that she didn't want to be
baptized is
because she didn't like bugging people about giving her a
ride to
church. We resolved that concern and got her a ride for
church. She
came to the two sessions we had on Sunday. She loved them.
I can
remember sitting there in the other room listening and saying to
Elder Walker
"I hope Gudelia is listening to this." If she really
listened she
should be baptized. We are going to see her soon.
We also
started to teach a lady named Ana. She is in her early
thirties and
has three little boys. She has been listening to the
missionaries
for a short time. I guess one of the recent converts
referred her
to the Elders before us. She is very confused. That is
what she told
us. Because all of these different churches have been
coming up to
her and trying to covert her, but we talked to her about
The Book of Mormon
and how that can help her understand what church is
true. She
read, and prayed. She is making progress for the little time
we have known
her. She is having a tough time right now raising three
kids on her
own. She is so occupied with so many things that we aren't
sure how we
are going to help her. But we set a date for her to be
baptized. So
we've set the goal. Now we are going to work with her
little by
little to get her to the waters of baptism.
Another
awesome person we found is a neighbor of Ana. We saw this lady
outside a
door. We decided to talk to her because Elder Walker knew
her from a
while ago. She taught her, and she was very receptive. She
accepted a
baptismal date for the 4th of November. We got really
excited for
her. We came back to find her another day, but she wasn't
there. Her
son was there. So we taught him and he also accepted a
date to be
baptized. It was amazing!
We also have
been talking a lot to this recent convert part member
family that
lives in our area. They are the relatives of Ana. We also
met another
relative as we were over at their house to see them. Her
name is Ines.
We taught them and helped her overcome the doubt of how
she was
already baptized once, and how she can find out how she can
find the
right church. It was amazing. We committed her and her little
Nine-year-old
daughter to get baptized too. It was awesome!!
Those are just
some of the amazing people we have found to teach. We
have found
ten new investigators and taught many lessons. It was
awesome! I
love the companion I have. We have been working so hard and
we have seen
so many miracles from it. Elder Walker is such a
hilarious
guy. He also has such a strong spirit and he teaches with
such power.
Nothing better right? He has been awesome. I'm so excited
to see what
the Lord has in store for this area for the next week.
I love being
a missionary! there is nothing better than this! I am
living the
dream! I am so grateful for all the blessings I have been
given. I have
been so blessed with such great family and friends such
as yourselves.
Thank you for everything! I love you all and can't wait
to hear from
you soon!
Elder Dallin M. Ollerton
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