Peter, 3.22.11

Hey

thank you so much for sharing about what you are learning it really always seems to be something that i have been wanting to learn about.

this last Friday we had a Mission Conference and Elder Bednar came as the presiding authority. it was great to be able to learn and grow from him. we were told last Monday to study two talks from "ask in Faith", and "Seek Learning By Faith" both by elder Bednar. when Elder Bednar started talking he told us not to write down anything he said, but to write down what we learned from the spirit. it definitely helped me pay more attention to my feelings and thoughts. He taught us about a teaching pattern found in D&C 88:122 which basically tells us to have  One person to direct a discussion and to let everyone speak and have input so that we can all be edified. this is how he taught us.  it really was a great experience this is the way the lord has set up for us to learn. and it really does help us as missionaries to teach our investigators we are not to talk the whole time but to lead a discussion. this does work I've seen in the lessons that we follow this example. the spirit is more abundant and people learn. it is amazing lots of the time we think we are the ones that are the teachers but we're not the spirit is the true teach and when we follow the lords pattern it can be hear and everyone will be edified.

We have been teaching a lot of Haitian people lately it has been really cool. some of them don't speak very good English and so it does make it more difficult, but it is fun a while ago we had a man that said he wanted to learn about the Book of Mormon but he said Mormon like 'mamon' and wanted to learn about it because he said that the bible says you cannot serve god and Mormon it was really funny when we realized the misunderstanding and that 'mormon' is not the same as 'mamon'. we cleared up that misunderstanding and he is now  more open to the message we share

the church is true and i love it! it is great to be able to spread the message that Jesus Christ has restored his church on the earth!

love

elder Olsen