Peter 11.5.1

Mother,yes work is definitely moving forward in our area! this week has been full of great things happening!the ward put on a Fall festival that was great! we had 14 non-members there and there ended up being about 30 out of the 60 people that showed up that were non-members it was awesome N and R came with their family, a recent convert and her family came. and another family came that i had never met that a member invited. it was a miracle that they all came. 14 of the non members didn't have rides and it was up to us to get them there. nothing was working out. elder hibbard was making a few last calls and somehow rides just came together. it was a miracle and it was great to have them come to the church so they would be familiar with the church building.  Saturday elder beach came to my area on exchange and had a great day! with lots of biking. we had planned the night before to not come back  for lunch, as we were out we road past a missionary baptist church. that was having a community  BBQ. we stopped in and spoke to the pastor for a while and then joined them. forget "baptists at our BBQ" we went to theirs! 
 I love you Mom!
Elder Olsen 
 Dad, 
hurricane sandy was pretty bad from what we've heard. one less active member's husband assesses damage and she showed us pictures of some of the effects of the storm. we only got a little rain from sandy the storm passed by.their is a lot of excitement here as well about the announcement on missionary work. who is all going on missions from our ward? we are receiving a special training this week that will also cover some of the things that we will be changing due to the age change. it truly is exciting! many of the wards here will be split up into two areas so they will have places to put the new missionaries. the Lord is hastening His work! IT will go forth in an amazing way.
Love you Dad!
Elder Olsen
ps have you looked at Mormon messages for youth? their is a lot missionary preparation videos on there. "staying within the lines" is one of them.