Monday, March 2, 2020

week 30: I'm going to Califórnia!

Week 30,  6th week of 4th transfer
March 2, 2020

The week started off with splits with zone leaders, we were in the city with them in their area in Aparacida. It was good. Nothing eventful. We didn't really accomplish much because that night was Carnival so all the people were drinking and partying so nobody was home or if they were home they were drunk. haha.

So this Sunday none of our friends with baptismal dates came to church which kind of stinks. 

But I found out that I am being transferred today, so I will be going to be leaving tomorrow for Uberlândia. That's in a different state. It's not in Goiás. It's in Minas Gerais. It's an area called CALIFÓRNIA! So I'll be going to Califórnia for this next transfer. Haha. My new companion is going to be, I think his name is Elder Vahasto (sp?). It's funny because he was in the same district in the CTM of my companion right now. So, I will be the senior companion again. So yeah, that's going to be interesting. I'm excited to change areas but I'll miss the members here. 

Things that I hate this week: I got very sick Sunday. I had diarrhea and it was really bad. But luckily...Things that I like: The members are really helpful. There's one member here who's a doctor and she gave me advice on what I needed to do and medicine. So I spent like half a day at this member's house and then after went home and slept a bit because I was not able to work. It was really bad. I'm doing better now but still have to have caution with what I eat. 

But yeah, that's this week. It's exciting. Next week will be something completely different. So yeah, I leave tomorrow.

(Note from Elder Olson's mom: He told me on the phone call that he will have to get up really really early and take an 8 hour bus ride to his new area. He wasn't looking forward to that part. He also will have to take a taxi/uber once he arrives and he's super anxious about the cost of it all because he hasn't receive reimbursements from the mission office for other expenses yet...they are often kind of slow about that, which makes budgeting the money they do have extremely difficult. But he's definitely learning a lot about money management, along with how to live with other people/roommates. Definitely good prep for college life when he gets home.)

I want to share with you a Spiritual Experience I had this week: When I was passing through the bus station, a man stopped us. He asked us what our work was, we told him we are missionaries. He told us that he stopped us because he had a dream that had a man dressed like us, with a "glowing face" like ours. He said in the dream, this man showed him a church building, that was "very simple" and "very beautiful". The man told him that this was the one true church. He told us that in the dream he asked the mans name and he said "Joseph". We were shocked. The spirit was so strong, the hairs on his arms were standing up as he told us. We started to write down his address and phone number, but his bus came and he had to leave right away to catch it. I'll never know what happened with this man, but it was a really cool experience.
-- Elder Olson


fejoada we made

burgers we made

Hidrolandia to Califórnia

Califórnia

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