Wow! It´s hard to believe I´ve already been in Brazil for 1 year!! I have learned a lot in this past year, definitely the most valuable year of my life. There is no greater satisfaction than to serve people all day, everyday, and bring others unto Christ. Yesterday, we had the opportunity to baptize again.

Christmas is arriving and it’s only getting hotter here! It´s very strange for me, being that I am used to snowy Christmases. I miss the snow a lot! We have had a few Christmas activities these past weeks. Yesterday, we were able to participate in an activity of the city. The LDS church choir sang Christmas songs in the plaza while us missionaries did contacts and wrote down referrals. We had some tables set up filled with lots of pamphlets, DVDs, magazines, and Books of Mormon to give out! It was a great opportunity to let people get to know the Church.

Feliz Natal!!

Elder Olsen

P.S. I found my Christmas present…. a Christmas Jeep!:)

1 year Older and Wiser too!

This week was great! We had leadership council with all the Zone leaders and then we did a session at the temple! We baptized 4 more yesterday. I’ve had baptisms for 10 weeks straight now!

One of my favorite foods is chicken stroganoff with batata palha. That Brazilian buffet we went to in Logan has food very similar to here! It’s called Rodizio, where they have a bunch of meats that they bring to your table and cut in front of you. People always ask me what we eat in the states, but I never know what to say; I forgot what I would eat there, haha!

Thanks for everything!

Love,

Elder Olsen

This past week we a had multi-zone conference which is the picture above. It’s always an experience very spiritual.

We also had two baptisms, Kesley on Saturday and Silvana on Sunday. Kesley is a friend of a member who has been getting to know the church for 3 weeks and loves it. We brought all of her family to church to watch the baptism. We´ll be working with the rest of them, but most don´t live in our area. Silvana is the girl I wrote about last week. Even though she couldn´t hear everything, I´m sure she could feel the spirit.

We are looking for investigators everyday! The best way to find them is through the members. We receive lots of references. The baptisms usually happen about 2 weeks after finding the people. There are tons of people ready!

Love,

Elder Olsen

Multi-Zone Conference

Enjoying Tropical Drinks