Peter, 12.10.10

Hey family,

Dane i did get your letters and i'll be writting back soon.

 

on wednesday twelve more elders arrived in our zone. its so exciting to have more elders come and see how shell shocked they are when they arrive.  because elder willey and i are zone leaders we are responsible for making them feel good and realize this really is a fun place to be. we meet with them twice once on wednesday night and another time on thursday. wednesday we just meet with them and try to make them feel good and let them know what they need to and answer their general questions. we then take them to the residence hall and show them around explain the rules and what they can and can't do and whats expected of them. then on thursday they meet with the branch presidency they get to know the new missionaries and then begin interviewing all the elders one by one. and elder willey and i teach the missionaries that arn't bein interviewed we teach them about planing and the importance of having specifec plans, companionship inventory where you discus with your compan how you can better get along with each other and how you can both improve as a companionship. we do role plays to demonstrate a good inventory and a bad one. the bad one is really fun to do and we can usually get all the new misionaries laughing some. we then take the new district on a tour of the mtc, this tour is really useful for the new missionaries it was for me! before i went on the tour i only knew were to eat, sleep, and where my classroom was.

i love it here! the church is true!

 

elder olsen

 

ps my flight leaves around 8:30 monday morning (the 13)so if i can call it will be around then but i haven't heard if we are able to call or not

 

the scripture i want on my plaque is D & C 88:77 and 81. just these two verses

 

i love you all and i did get the pictures

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