06/29/2015
Well people, sorry but just another short letter this week. I had changes again and I’m here in Villanueva. My new comp’s name
is Elder Paau, and he’s from Guatemala. Basically I’m super glad I had changes.
My comp is awesome, the area is a little bit cooler, and it’s really
awesome because there’s a bunch of fields and a bunch of people wear cowboy
hats... its kinda like Heber, Utah, just a little more city-ish. So
pretty cool. And I’m basically just trying
to figure out everything in in my new area so not much to write.
But things are good. My comp and I have made some goals
and we’ve been working to meet them. We
made a goal to use the Book of Mormon more when we contact, just something that
I haven’t done so much. So we are going to work on that and see how it goes, and
hopefully see some miracles! But yah I’m pretty happy with the changes.
I’ve already been able to do some things better that I hadn’t done so well
through my mission, and try new things at the same time. So I’m excited to work in my new area and
work with my comp.
We should have a baptism this Saturday. I don’t really know the
investigator that well. Her name is Raquel and she is a little weird. She likes
to test the missionaries. When I got there, she tested me on the fall of
Adam and Eve. Then I explained it and she was like.. yah, its just like
the other elder explained. Just a little different I guess. We are also
teaching a semi-orthodox Jew... another out of the ordinary part. But
anyway, that’s about all I’ve got.
I just wanted to share a little thought I had while I was
studying the Book of Mormon this morning. The phrase “redeeming love”
stuck out to me. I was thinking about what it is, and I don’t know if this
right or not.. but to me it’s the love that was the motivation behind Christ’s
atonement. That is redeeming love. Because of the love He showed by
taking upon him all our sins, we can be redeemed from death both temporal and
spiritual. How grateful we should be for
that love. Just something I hadn’t thought of before... so that’s
all!
Love, Elder Ollis
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