4.13.15

Life is great! Things are warming up and we are starting to get rain again. Woot! Haha So Saturday night we got a good rain storm and we just so happened to be at a less actives members house when it started. We waited for a while to see if it would stop, it didn't. So it got to about time for us to head out still poring. (And the member had other things going and didn't have a way to transport our bikes.) So we headed out. It wasn't as hard of a storm as they do get here in Florida, but it was pretty good. With in the first 30 feet I took off my glasses so I could see and then for the next 2 miles we were riding through water and rain, the water was always at least 3 inches deep and at times was an easy full foot deep. It was so good to play in the puddles again! Haha So much water everywhere, it just didn't drain off the sidewalks. When we got back to the apartment we were both covered in sand because of our bike tires throwing sand up at us. I decided that the best thing to do to get all of the sand off was to just hop in the shower fully clothed, bag and all. It got the sand off and down the drain.  It was great! Haha

So my companion right now Elder Conrad is here in the mission because he is waiting for his visa so he can go to India (the mission he was called to). And he got it this last week! So exciting, he is going to have quite the adventure out there! He'll leave next week with the regular transfer. Pretty cool, he's a good missionary. He'll be missed here. 

The missionary work is great! We're working hard seeing miracles, and we are really hoping to see some, really all, of the people we are working with start progressing. Though it has been neat to notice how people change even after only meeting with us a few times. They already have the spirit that much more in their lives and it starts making a difference. Speaking of which we had an awesome lesson yesterday in Elders quorum. We were talking about the amazing thing that repentance is. This was one of my favorite quotes from the lesson manual "Can human hearts be changed? Why, of course! It happens every day in the great missionary work of the Church. It is one of the most wide spread of Christ's modern miracles. If it hasn't happened to you--it should." It is so true! Change really is such a miracle. It is only by and through Christ that we can have this great change wrought in us. For that matter it is only by and through Christ that any change happens. I am so grateful for the gift of the Atonement. The gift that makes change possible. The change that makes progress possible. It is amazing!

Have a blessed day!

Elder Dane Olsen