December 8th--
Well how are all of ya´ll this week? We didnt really have a bunch happen again, but we are going to be recieving another visit from our dear president Williams. Tomorrow we will be having Christmas a little early. He is not going to have time in the future to come and visit us here in cajamarca in the next couple of weeks. So we are going to have a little party tomorrow with him and pretend like it is christmas. Also next week we will be having changes, and we dont really know anything yet, but it is almost 99% that either Elder Murphy or I will have a change. So This week that is coming will have more fun stuff that I will explain next week. But until then...I still dont really have much. Sorry.
Tupananchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Thursday, December 11, 2014
I Fink u Freaky
December 1st--
Well how are all of you guys? How was your Thanksgiving? This week I happened to spend Thanksgiving with 2 white kids, the morning I was with Elder Rutter, and in the afternoon I was with Elder Murphy. However with either one of them, we didnt do anything for Thanksgiving, we just kept working and visiting people like normal.
However for some good news, we did end up finding someone that loves us enough to be our "mom". Our pensionista is a member that just opened her restaurant, so we are now out of eating in the Market, and have upgraded for a restaurant.
Things are all good, with me here, I am realing enjoying the temperature of more or less 70 degrees, without sweating, and wearing a sweater at the night time.
Questions? Tupanachis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Photo: working in Cajamarca, it really isnt like this but one family gave us those boots and panchos because it was raining.
Well how are all of you guys? How was your Thanksgiving? This week I happened to spend Thanksgiving with 2 white kids, the morning I was with Elder Rutter, and in the afternoon I was with Elder Murphy. However with either one of them, we didnt do anything for Thanksgiving, we just kept working and visiting people like normal.
However for some good news, we did end up finding someone that loves us enough to be our "mom". Our pensionista is a member that just opened her restaurant, so we are now out of eating in the Market, and have upgraded for a restaurant.
Things are all good, with me here, I am realing enjoying the temperature of more or less 70 degrees, without sweating, and wearing a sweater at the night time.
Questions? Tupanachis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Photo: working in Cajamarca, it really isnt like this but one family gave us those boots and panchos because it was raining.
I am Titanium
November 24th-
Hello once again from Cajamarca Perú! Well this week was really hard for me and elder murphy, because we have been sick since Tuesday morning. So the work here in our area was not very good, and overall it was just a bad week. We are doing a little better now so hopefully we will be able to work more and harder this week. However here in this ward we are 6 missionaries! So we are working really hard and overall this ward is getting better and the attendance in sundays is going up. But much thanks to the members for there help.
As for some bad news, that women that I talked about a couple of weeks ago, about the importance of home teaching. Her sister died yesterday, so eveyone is a little sad over here and we are just trying to help that sister feel better.
So I realized it has been a while since I have sent a picture to you guys so I am repenting and sending one. It isnt really pretty put hey..whateve.
Questions? Hope that you all have a good Thanksgiving and that you guys keep trying to help people.
Tupanachis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Photo:The famous dish of Cuy (like a big hampster) I have eaten it a couple of times now, this was just the first time I had my camera.---Elder Peabody is with me, he is from my district in the CCM, but we are working together in the same ward right now also.
Hello once again from Cajamarca Perú! Well this week was really hard for me and elder murphy, because we have been sick since Tuesday morning. So the work here in our area was not very good, and overall it was just a bad week. We are doing a little better now so hopefully we will be able to work more and harder this week. However here in this ward we are 6 missionaries! So we are working really hard and overall this ward is getting better and the attendance in sundays is going up. But much thanks to the members for there help.
As for some bad news, that women that I talked about a couple of weeks ago, about the importance of home teaching. Her sister died yesterday, so eveyone is a little sad over here and we are just trying to help that sister feel better.
So I realized it has been a while since I have sent a picture to you guys so I am repenting and sending one. It isnt really pretty put hey..whateve.
Questions? Hope that you all have a good Thanksgiving and that you guys keep trying to help people.
Tupanachis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Photo:The famous dish of Cuy (like a big hampster) I have eaten it a couple of times now, this was just the first time I had my camera.---Elder Peabody is with me, he is from my district in the CCM, but we are working together in the same ward right now also.
I Like to Go to the Barn Because.
November 17th-
Well Hello ya´ll, This week was a little hard because I was nice and sick. Turned out that we had 2 really cold days in a row, and because of that I got a little sick with a cold, so working here was really hard. I walked around with a sweater and a coat on top of that. It really wasnt all that cold here, but after the heat of chiclayo, it feels really cold here. It is probably like 50 degrees.
This week we kind of had a little party because a miember is going to sierve a mission in Uruaguay and leaves tomorrow. So we kind of had a farewell party on Saturday, and it pretty fun, until they made me give a little speech...it was a little scary, but I think that it turned out good.
Also today we enjoying playing soccer for about 2 hours. President williams, reciently, like when we got here to this area, banned that we can go out to areas to look at touristic things. Which is a little sad because this is the zone that has the most touristic things...but we cant go to them anymore, so we just play a lot of soccer now prettymuch.
Sorry this isnt very much, but things are pretty much the same here. Have any questions?
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Well Hello ya´ll, This week was a little hard because I was nice and sick. Turned out that we had 2 really cold days in a row, and because of that I got a little sick with a cold, so working here was really hard. I walked around with a sweater and a coat on top of that. It really wasnt all that cold here, but after the heat of chiclayo, it feels really cold here. It is probably like 50 degrees.
This week we kind of had a little party because a miember is going to sierve a mission in Uruaguay and leaves tomorrow. So we kind of had a farewell party on Saturday, and it pretty fun, until they made me give a little speech...it was a little scary, but I think that it turned out good.
Also today we enjoying playing soccer for about 2 hours. President williams, reciently, like when we got here to this area, banned that we can go out to areas to look at touristic things. Which is a little sad because this is the zone that has the most touristic things...but we cant go to them anymore, so we just play a lot of soccer now prettymuch.
Sorry this isnt very much, but things are pretty much the same here. Have any questions?
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
One More Time
November 10th-
Well...how have you guys been? I pretty much have just been living a normal missionary life. Nothing new happened to me this week. Except for I did find out that, really nice and expensive leather shoes, get ruined with a little bit of rain. But that is alright, that is why boots exist. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa.
Elder Olsen
Well...how have you guys been? I pretty much have just been living a normal missionary life. Nothing new happened to me this week. Except for I did find out that, really nice and expensive leather shoes, get ruined with a little bit of rain. But that is alright, that is why boots exist. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa.
Elder Olsen
We Sleep Until the Sun Goes Down
November 3rd-
Well nothing special really happened this week. It is starting to rain a lot more here, which is making me really happy. Elder Murphy didnt understand why I went dancing and runing in the rain, the first time that rained here. Well it is because I love rain, and it never rains in Chicalyo, so I had to celebrate a little.
Well this is also the day of those transfers...no I dont have a transfer, nor Elder Murphy, so this will be the first time that I will be with a companion for 3 transfers, or 4.5months. so we are going to have fun, and hopefully we will be able to help out this ward that we are/have been in for some time now.
A little clarification...I havent not played the piano in any of my areas, until this one where I am an not. And even with that I only play for about 5 minutes after district meetings once a week. So I dont really remember how to play anything, I am trying to remind myself.
As for something spirtual this week. This week I learned of the importance of home teaching! I always thought of how dumb it was to go and visit the bishop, with the old bishop, when I was a 12 year old kid, yet I also didnt like how my Dad ALMOST always made me give the message. But here with elder Murphy, we found a old women who is a member for about 30 years, but cant go to church because she has to take care of her sister that is dieing. So we have been visiting here for about 5 weeks, twice a week, and just this past week, she starting bawling, explaining just how grateful she is that we visit her, because nobody visits her, not even her own family. Then she said that she will always pray for us, even when we go home...Then we laughed a little because she then asked us what our names are. She still doesnt know our names. But it was just weird and cool to see, that just a simple little visit can make someone VERY happy. Then I thought about those 80 widows that President Monson always visited when he was a bishop, and how they were very grateful.....anywho....
Questions? oh and Happy late Halloween, we didnt do anything special, we actually forgot that is was halloween.
Tupanachis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Well nothing special really happened this week. It is starting to rain a lot more here, which is making me really happy. Elder Murphy didnt understand why I went dancing and runing in the rain, the first time that rained here. Well it is because I love rain, and it never rains in Chicalyo, so I had to celebrate a little.
Well this is also the day of those transfers...no I dont have a transfer, nor Elder Murphy, so this will be the first time that I will be with a companion for 3 transfers, or 4.5months. so we are going to have fun, and hopefully we will be able to help out this ward that we are/have been in for some time now.
A little clarification...I havent not played the piano in any of my areas, until this one where I am an not. And even with that I only play for about 5 minutes after district meetings once a week. So I dont really remember how to play anything, I am trying to remind myself.
As for something spirtual this week. This week I learned of the importance of home teaching! I always thought of how dumb it was to go and visit the bishop, with the old bishop, when I was a 12 year old kid, yet I also didnt like how my Dad ALMOST always made me give the message. But here with elder Murphy, we found a old women who is a member for about 30 years, but cant go to church because she has to take care of her sister that is dieing. So we have been visiting here for about 5 weeks, twice a week, and just this past week, she starting bawling, explaining just how grateful she is that we visit her, because nobody visits her, not even her own family. Then she said that she will always pray for us, even when we go home...Then we laughed a little because she then asked us what our names are. She still doesnt know our names. But it was just weird and cool to see, that just a simple little visit can make someone VERY happy. Then I thought about those 80 widows that President Monson always visited when he was a bishop, and how they were very grateful.....anywho....
Questions? oh and Happy late Halloween, we didnt do anything special, we actually forgot that is was halloween.
Tupanachis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Come See What We Have Here
October 27th-
Hello ya´ll. Well this past week was most interesting. Since the people here are really catholic, there was a catholic "Saint" going around this week, el señor de los milagros. During this whole month they celebrate and carry around this saint, and it just happened to be that is past week they happened to do it in our area. Everyone just kept starring at us wondering why we werent carrying it around, and why we werent dressed it purple....needless to say it was weird, but we did find some members, that we know have to talk to. :)
Also this week. we had the visit from Elder Waddell, the first consolor of the area seventy. He came and spoke to everyone in chiclayo, but decided to come and pay us a special visit. We were with him Friday from 11am-7pm without lunch. But it was really good he said a lot of good stuff that we can use to help more people. Also we were able to take a picture with him, unlike the 200 missionarys in Chiclayo...see foto.
Also Saturday and Sunday we were able to listen to Elder Cabrera for stake conference, interesting fact...Both Elder Waddell and Elder Cabrera started out saying the exact same things, with the exact same scriptures, but neither one of them planned on talking about that subject. As for the musical numbers. With elder Waddell we were able to get a couple of us together, and we sang a song, and I think it came out alright. For Elder Cabrera, I was going to play the piano to the song lord I will follow thee and this older elder was going to sing, in the priesthood session. However once President Williams came, he said that we shouldnt go to that session...so we didnt go or do it. :)
Everything is all good down here, we just had a interesting time and week here, but we are good. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Picture: The 2 zones here in Cajamarca, with President and Elder Waddell (Without his wife)
Also this week. we had the visit from Elder Waddell, the first consolor of the area seventy. He came and spoke to everyone in chiclayo, but decided to come and pay us a special visit. We were with him Friday from 11am-7pm without lunch. But it was really good he said a lot of good stuff that we can use to help more people. Also we were able to take a picture with him, unlike the 200 missionarys in Chiclayo...see foto.
Also Saturday and Sunday we were able to listen to Elder Cabrera for stake conference, interesting fact...Both Elder Waddell and Elder Cabrera started out saying the exact same things, with the exact same scriptures, but neither one of them planned on talking about that subject. As for the musical numbers. With elder Waddell we were able to get a couple of us together, and we sang a song, and I think it came out alright. For Elder Cabrera, I was going to play the piano to the song lord I will follow thee and this older elder was going to sing, in the priesthood session. However once President Williams came, he said that we shouldnt go to that session...so we didnt go or do it. :)
Everything is all good down here, we just had a interesting time and week here, but we are good. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Picture: The 2 zones here in Cajamarca, with President and Elder Waddell (Without his wife)
Stress-Doesn't Exist!
October 20th-
Well this week was pretty normal, but we did have a couple of changes, with other elders. Tuesday I was with some Elder from the District, and then Wednesday I was with the Zone leaders, and we just kept on working and doing some work. It was cool to learn and work with some other people I always do like those little changes that we have every once and a while.
This week will be a little stressful. We are having Elder Waddell, from the Area Seventy come and speak to all the missionaries, so we were going to go down to Chiclayo where every missionary (all 240) if us would of listened to him, but he wants to come up to visit the 30 of us here in Cajamarca seperately....oh snap. Plus we have stake conference this saturday and sunday, where Elder Rene Cabrera (also from the seventy) is going to be speaking to us. and somehow I got roped into doing a special music number for both of them. I have no idea what I am going to do (sing, play the piano), but it will be fun. Maybe I will just try to remember how to play Pirates of the Carribean on the piano....That is church appropriate...right? Oh and the mission president will be here for all of those days also.
Things here are still really good with me, it has started to get a little bit hotter here, but it still sweater weather for me. But Questions? Sorry I will send pictures, once I start taking some.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Well this week was pretty normal, but we did have a couple of changes, with other elders. Tuesday I was with some Elder from the District, and then Wednesday I was with the Zone leaders, and we just kept on working and doing some work. It was cool to learn and work with some other people I always do like those little changes that we have every once and a while.
This week will be a little stressful. We are having Elder Waddell, from the Area Seventy come and speak to all the missionaries, so we were going to go down to Chiclayo where every missionary (all 240) if us would of listened to him, but he wants to come up to visit the 30 of us here in Cajamarca seperately....oh snap. Plus we have stake conference this saturday and sunday, where Elder Rene Cabrera (also from the seventy) is going to be speaking to us. and somehow I got roped into doing a special music number for both of them. I have no idea what I am going to do (sing, play the piano), but it will be fun. Maybe I will just try to remember how to play Pirates of the Carribean on the piano....That is church appropriate...right? Oh and the mission president will be here for all of those days also.
Things here are still really good with me, it has started to get a little bit hotter here, but it still sweater weather for me. But Questions? Sorry I will send pictures, once I start taking some.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Sunday, October 19, 2014
My comp hates Good Burger
October 13th--
Hey fam! Well this week has been pretty normal, we worked and visited and talked, while eating a lot of rice. But we were able to watch conference again, and it was awesome, as always! I was also lucky enough to enjoy watching it in english. So my spanish now is probably really bad, after talking to Elder Murphy in english all the time, and listening to things in english.
Out of all the talks I noticed that they talked a lot of a couple of topics. namely...president Thomas Monson, the importance of having the gospel in the home, role of parents, jesucrist, and loving everyone (wish they talked about that one a long time ago) especially the poor and needy. I would talk more about that stuff, but I am pretty sure that you guys have already read and heard them. However our of all the conferences I liked the saturday afternoon one the most.
However when Elder Perry told the story about the little girl telling her mom that it is time to pray. the little girl said, what is more important, fruit or a prayer. I most admit that I did say "it depends on what type of fruit it is".
Sorry I dont really have more to say, but Hope that you are all doing good.
Tupanachis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Hey fam! Well this week has been pretty normal, we worked and visited and talked, while eating a lot of rice. But we were able to watch conference again, and it was awesome, as always! I was also lucky enough to enjoy watching it in english. So my spanish now is probably really bad, after talking to Elder Murphy in english all the time, and listening to things in english.
Out of all the talks I noticed that they talked a lot of a couple of topics. namely...president Thomas Monson, the importance of having the gospel in the home, role of parents, jesucrist, and loving everyone (wish they talked about that one a long time ago) especially the poor and needy. I would talk more about that stuff, but I am pretty sure that you guys have already read and heard them. However our of all the conferences I liked the saturday afternoon one the most.
However when Elder Perry told the story about the little girl telling her mom that it is time to pray. the little girl said, what is more important, fruit or a prayer. I most admit that I did say "it depends on what type of fruit it is".
Sorry I dont really have more to say, but Hope that you are all doing good.
Tupanachis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Hello Again!
October 6th--
Well sorry that I couldnt write you guys last week, things have been a little crazy but all good down here in Peru. This past week, we had the opportunity to have our good old president come up to Cajamarca and talk to us and do some interviews. Probably wasnt very surprising that in my interview, we still just argued and talked about BYU UTAH, and I am still 100% sure that I am still winning that battle that we are having.
The work here is still the same, the people are hard to teach and I am walking around with a sweater and coat on. YES!! It really isnt that cold, only like 60 degrees, but after being in Chiclayo and Jaén, it feels really cold to me.
Now I wasnt able to listen to conference yesterday or saturday. Because it was voting weekend here in Peru. So it was a little crazy last week because everyone was chanting and saying VOTE FOR ME!! But it is illegal to have public meetings the day of voting (Suday) and the day before (saturday) So we couldnt go to the church to watch conference. So not anyone in Peru will see conference until this saturday and Sunday, unless they watch it on the Internet. I am sure that it was great and that you guys loved it....but we can talk about it next week. :)
Picture: Like I said where I am now is really catholic, and for a really long time they are catholic, So this is a picture of me in front on a catholic Cathedral from 1840ish
Questions? Tupanachis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Venid a mí
September 22nd--
Well, I am wrinting a little bit early today, because it is raining here right now, and we dont have anything else to do, so we are hoping that we will be able to do something in the afternoon, and that it is not just downpouring. Even though I am loving that rain, and I havent seen it since Jaén.
As for me, I have been all good. This past week, Elder Murphy had to go to Lima for his visa papers, so for acouple of days I was in another trio with Elder Otivo and Elder Peabody, but now Elder Otivo has a change and is leaving today a little bit later, So I will be in another trio with Elder Peabody and Murphy, until the new companion comes here.
One thing that we are doing now as missionaries, is helping out all of the wards and the members a lot, so last night we took some hours to hold a training meeting for all of the leaders, so hopefully we will get a little bit more help in this work from the members.
Other than that nothing is really new with me, I have still just been knocking a lot of doors and teaching some people. Sorry that I am a little bit boring today, but Questions?
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Well, I am wrinting a little bit early today, because it is raining here right now, and we dont have anything else to do, so we are hoping that we will be able to do something in the afternoon, and that it is not just downpouring. Even though I am loving that rain, and I havent seen it since Jaén.
As for me, I have been all good. This past week, Elder Murphy had to go to Lima for his visa papers, so for acouple of days I was in another trio with Elder Otivo and Elder Peabody, but now Elder Otivo has a change and is leaving today a little bit later, So I will be in another trio with Elder Peabody and Murphy, until the new companion comes here.
One thing that we are doing now as missionaries, is helping out all of the wards and the members a lot, so last night we took some hours to hold a training meeting for all of the leaders, so hopefully we will get a little bit more help in this work from the members.
Other than that nothing is really new with me, I have still just been knocking a lot of doors and teaching some people. Sorry that I am a little bit boring today, but Questions?
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Hold up! 1 year gone?
well Last thursday I celebrated having 1 year in the mission. It was pretty much a normal day as always, except at the end of the day we went up on the roof of our apartment and burned a shirt. I didnt want to burn a white shirt because I cant buy a new one down here...none of them fit me. So I just burned an old shirt from high school. (Picture)
During that day, I took a couple of minutes to think of everything that has happened the past year. while I was doing it, I didnt think about the succes that I have had, but yet the people that I have met, the food I have eatin, the endless walking that I have down. I have had the opportunity to know the rainforest and the third tallest waterfall in the word-to know the desert that hasnt rained for 15 years. I have seen life brought into this world and I have seen it leave, I have given more blessings to people than I can count and I have seen the blessings of these blessings. I have talked to more than a thousand people in a language that I was lucky enough to learn. I have been able to see people get baptized and now have recieved there mission calls to go help people. I have shed tears and I have seen tears shedded, ]I have been able to help and train people become more like christ and realize that truth come in many forms. I have met people from 16 different countries and I have eatin more rice then all the people in the Utah has ever eatin! That dang rice!
I am grateful that I made the choice to serve a mission, I have no idea what is going to happen during this next year or what will follow after the mission. But what I have learned during the past year with the help of the lord is that I know that this is the true church of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for what it has done to me and my family being members of this church, and I am grateful that I am able to help some peruvians see the light that can help there families also.
Hopefully you all had a good week and keep doing what it is that we have to do.
Tupanchis Kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
I Fink U Freaky
September 8th--
Well this last week that been pretty normal as for missionary work. We didnt have any investigadores so Elder Murphy and I have just been knocking a lot of doors trying to get a couple of people to answer us. But just to tell you guys a little bit about Cajamarca, it is an area that the spaniards came to when they came here, so it is a really old town. But it is hard to do missionary work here because everyone here is really catholic, there are a lot of little catholic cathedrals here, which I will probably take a couple of pictures of because they are really cool, but it makes the work here a little hard. Also here in cajamarca is it cold, I have to have either a sweater or a coat on everyday after about 6 in the afternoon or else it is cold. I also sleep with 2 heavy blankets. It is great! Very different from Jaen!
Today we went as a district to a little lookout place which was cool because we could of seen all of Cajamarca, but nothing else really cool has happened.
One thing that I forgot to tell you guys, is that as off about 3 weeks ago we finally got cell phones that we carry around.....YES!!
Tupanchis Kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Pictures:
1. The branch that I helped for a little bit in Jayanca.
2. A little bit of what Chota looked like.
3. The new district in the new area of Cajamarca.
Well this last week that been pretty normal as for missionary work. We didnt have any investigadores so Elder Murphy and I have just been knocking a lot of doors trying to get a couple of people to answer us. But just to tell you guys a little bit about Cajamarca, it is an area that the spaniards came to when they came here, so it is a really old town. But it is hard to do missionary work here because everyone here is really catholic, there are a lot of little catholic cathedrals here, which I will probably take a couple of pictures of because they are really cool, but it makes the work here a little hard. Also here in cajamarca is it cold, I have to have either a sweater or a coat on everyday after about 6 in the afternoon or else it is cold. I also sleep with 2 heavy blankets. It is great! Very different from Jaen!
Today we went as a district to a little lookout place which was cool because we could of seen all of Cajamarca, but nothing else really cool has happened.
One thing that I forgot to tell you guys, is that as off about 3 weeks ago we finally got cell phones that we carry around.....YES!!
Tupanchis Kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Pictures:
1. The branch that I helped for a little bit in Jayanca.
2. A little bit of what Chota looked like.
3. The new district in the new area of Cajamarca.
Well Well Well
September 1st--
So I am sorry that I didnt write you guys last week, it was a little bit crazy. Before I go into explaining things I just want you all to know that the mission is and has been changing...a lot. So Chota is a wonderfull place, it is a little town that reciently good Missionarys put into it less than a year ago. It is a small town but it is really nice, it reminds me a little bit about of park city, only it hasnt started that rain season yet, so it isnt very green. There was 4 elders there, but president took out 3 of them and put 5 new people in the town to help strengthen the branch. Elder murphy and I were 2 of those 5. However the mission president recieved some new orders from the Area of the Seventy and an apostle, that we now have to focus on area that are strong and big. For examples wards and big branchs, so that we can help strengthen the members and do more reactivating. So last week the president did emergency transfers for a lot of missionarys! Including me and Elder Murphy.
SO needless to say, last saturday we had a random visit by the asistents to the pres. come and at about 8 in night they told us that monday morning we are going to be going to a new area and that we cant tell any of the members, until sunday night after sacrament meeting. So that is why I didnt have enough time to write you guys last monday. Because all of sunday and monday morning we were packing up everything that is owned by the Mission and going to another city called Cajamarca. After only a week in the actual chota, we then turned around and went down the 4 hour unpaved road to come back to Cajamarca. Leaving behind the little members crying and wondering what is going to happen to the branch. It was really hard for the 6 missonaries there to leave, and also for the asistents also. But all we do is follow what the lord tells our leaders. So Chota was left in the hands of the leaders of the branch.
Now I am still with Elder Murphy, and we are opening another area. Which means, neither of us know the area, members, we dont have investigators, we are pretty much givin a room with a ward directory and then tell us...go to work. But we are in a ward in the city of Cajamarca (google it) and in the ward, due to the new orders, there are 4 of us elderes, y 2 hermanas. So this past week elder Murphy and I have just been knocking a ton of doors and trying to get to know the people and area.
It is a little weird to think that I am now in my fifth area and I still only have less than a year in the mission (normally people only have 5 or 6 areas in the entire mission). But I have learned that God does things for a reason and that we might be different from everyone else, but we just have to be obedient and do the things that he asks of us. Both in the mission and outside of the mission.
Sorry if that doesnt make any sense, but feel free to ask questions. Hope that you have a good week.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
So I am sorry that I didnt write you guys last week, it was a little bit crazy. Before I go into explaining things I just want you all to know that the mission is and has been changing...a lot. So Chota is a wonderfull place, it is a little town that reciently good Missionarys put into it less than a year ago. It is a small town but it is really nice, it reminds me a little bit about of park city, only it hasnt started that rain season yet, so it isnt very green. There was 4 elders there, but president took out 3 of them and put 5 new people in the town to help strengthen the branch. Elder murphy and I were 2 of those 5. However the mission president recieved some new orders from the Area of the Seventy and an apostle, that we now have to focus on area that are strong and big. For examples wards and big branchs, so that we can help strengthen the members and do more reactivating. So last week the president did emergency transfers for a lot of missionarys! Including me and Elder Murphy.
SO needless to say, last saturday we had a random visit by the asistents to the pres. come and at about 8 in night they told us that monday morning we are going to be going to a new area and that we cant tell any of the members, until sunday night after sacrament meeting. So that is why I didnt have enough time to write you guys last monday. Because all of sunday and monday morning we were packing up everything that is owned by the Mission and going to another city called Cajamarca. After only a week in the actual chota, we then turned around and went down the 4 hour unpaved road to come back to Cajamarca. Leaving behind the little members crying and wondering what is going to happen to the branch. It was really hard for the 6 missonaries there to leave, and also for the asistents also. But all we do is follow what the lord tells our leaders. So Chota was left in the hands of the leaders of the branch.
Now I am still with Elder Murphy, and we are opening another area. Which means, neither of us know the area, members, we dont have investigators, we are pretty much givin a room with a ward directory and then tell us...go to work. But we are in a ward in the city of Cajamarca (google it) and in the ward, due to the new orders, there are 4 of us elderes, y 2 hermanas. So this past week elder Murphy and I have just been knocking a ton of doors and trying to get to know the people and area.
It is a little weird to think that I am now in my fifth area and I still only have less than a year in the mission (normally people only have 5 or 6 areas in the entire mission). But I have learned that God does things for a reason and that we might be different from everyone else, but we just have to be obedient and do the things that he asks of us. Both in the mission and outside of the mission.
Sorry if that doesnt make any sense, but feel free to ask questions. Hope that you have a good week.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Oh Buddy!
August 18th-
Well like I said last week, I left my area and went to a new one on Tuesday. I think the president new that I was right about the Utes being that better team, that and he just got sick of dealing with me, that he decided to send me to the farthest place in the mission. My area is so far away that I didnt get to it until Thursday night at 10pm. Tuesday we had interviews with the president again to talk to us, wednesday we went on a 6 and a half hour bus ride to our zone which is called Cajamarca (google it), Thursday we had zone meeting in the morning and then got in a combi for another 4 and a half hour ride to our area. My new area is called Chota (google it) and it is the place in Peru where all the white people are from. For example the people here have white skin and different colored eyes.
It is actually really cool, because this is the only zone that it is cold. I have gone from not sleeping with blankets at night, to sleeping with 2 heavy blankets and a hoody. It is really cool, but we ( my companion and I) are opening this area that we are working with, we spent all day yesterday and today just meeting and trying to get to know some people here.
I guess that the time has come for me to finally have a white companion also. His name is elder Murphy and he is from New Mexico, he is really cool, but really quiet he doesnt talk much.
So things are good with me. I am a little cold right now, but liking my new area. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
My comp and I with the new president and wife
Well like I said last week, I left my area and went to a new one on Tuesday. I think the president new that I was right about the Utes being that better team, that and he just got sick of dealing with me, that he decided to send me to the farthest place in the mission. My area is so far away that I didnt get to it until Thursday night at 10pm. Tuesday we had interviews with the president again to talk to us, wednesday we went on a 6 and a half hour bus ride to our zone which is called Cajamarca (google it), Thursday we had zone meeting in the morning and then got in a combi for another 4 and a half hour ride to our area. My new area is called Chota (google it) and it is the place in Peru where all the white people are from. For example the people here have white skin and different colored eyes.
It is actually really cool, because this is the only zone that it is cold. I have gone from not sleeping with blankets at night, to sleeping with 2 heavy blankets and a hoody. It is really cool, but we ( my companion and I) are opening this area that we are working with, we spent all day yesterday and today just meeting and trying to get to know some people here.
I guess that the time has come for me to finally have a white companion also. His name is elder Murphy and he is from New Mexico, he is really cool, but really quiet he doesnt talk much.
So things are good with me. I am a little cold right now, but liking my new area. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
My comp and I with the new president and wife
Dos Noticias!
August 11th
Well first of all...Happy 11 month mark Elder Olsen. Yep today I complete 11 months in the mission and I am officially old. However it feels like just yesterday I was just writing you guys when I was in Ferreñafe, but nope I have 11 months.
2. After a long and hard 2 months here in Jayanca working with Elder Quispe and helping out this branch that is here. I have another transfer. Tonight I am going to be preparing my bags for the early morning meeting that we have tomorrow. It came as a surprise to every one. Quispe has 6 months here and yesterday at church he was taking pictures and saying goodbye to everyone, but at 10:30 last night they called and said that I have the change. So tomorrow I am going to be in Chiclayo and then I will go to what will be my 4th area.
So some people have been telling me that they want to hear a story of people that I am visiting. So there is a family that reciently got baptised the mom and a daughter. The dad hasnt been baptised because of a major problem here in Perú...he loves to drink beer. However unlike all of the other peruvians, this guy has read all of the book of mormen, all of gospel principiols, and the book of Joseph Fielding Smith, and only since april. It is amazing to hear the testimony of the mother of the family, when she says the gospel has helped out the family so much! It has changed there family especially the dad, and they all believe that this is the true church. Anyways...cheesy stuff...
Talk to you guys next week in my new area. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen.
Well first of all...Happy 11 month mark Elder Olsen. Yep today I complete 11 months in the mission and I am officially old. However it feels like just yesterday I was just writing you guys when I was in Ferreñafe, but nope I have 11 months.
2. After a long and hard 2 months here in Jayanca working with Elder Quispe and helping out this branch that is here. I have another transfer. Tonight I am going to be preparing my bags for the early morning meeting that we have tomorrow. It came as a surprise to every one. Quispe has 6 months here and yesterday at church he was taking pictures and saying goodbye to everyone, but at 10:30 last night they called and said that I have the change. So tomorrow I am going to be in Chiclayo and then I will go to what will be my 4th area.
So some people have been telling me that they want to hear a story of people that I am visiting. So there is a family that reciently got baptised the mom and a daughter. The dad hasnt been baptised because of a major problem here in Perú...he loves to drink beer. However unlike all of the other peruvians, this guy has read all of the book of mormen, all of gospel principiols, and the book of Joseph Fielding Smith, and only since april. It is amazing to hear the testimony of the mother of the family, when she says the gospel has helped out the family so much! It has changed there family especially the dad, and they all believe that this is the true church. Anyways...cheesy stuff...
Talk to you guys next week in my new area. Questions?
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen.
Monday, August 11, 2014
Hold Up Wait A Minute!!!
Aug 4th--
Well hello again after another very short week. Right now here in Perú is like Christmas break, all of the kids are out of school and enjoying playing in the streets and laughing at the tall white kids walking in the streets (me). However it has been good because we have been able to find a lot more people in their houses and able to talk to them more.
Last monday was the Day of Indepence here in Perú, and to be honest I was a little disappointed. I though they were going to celebrate like the did for Christmas, with fireworks, filling dummies up with explosive and blowing them up. But no, they didnt do anything, the people just put flags out on their doors, and then got drunk.
The only other thing that was cool that past over last week was that we had our first interviews with the new Presidente Williams. We went to Chiclayo to the mission office and chatted with him and his wife. It was really cool and fun, because with the Hermana Williams we just talked about what I like to did, what I did before the mission and my family. Then with the president, we talked about the areas that I have been in for 5 minutes and then we just argued about what is the better University in Utah. Long story short, I won again!! But he has assured me that he is going to inform me about every college game of BYU and every game that Utah losses! At first I told him not to worry about him, but then I realized that my family doesnt tell me any of that stuff, so I told him to go right ahead and do it.
As for me, it has finally gotten a little cold at the night time. So I am not sleeping with the fan on me for the first time the end of November, and I am actually sleeping with the blanket. Things are good here with me ya´ll, and I will see you next week.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Well hello again after another very short week. Right now here in Perú is like Christmas break, all of the kids are out of school and enjoying playing in the streets and laughing at the tall white kids walking in the streets (me). However it has been good because we have been able to find a lot more people in their houses and able to talk to them more.
Last monday was the Day of Indepence here in Perú, and to be honest I was a little disappointed. I though they were going to celebrate like the did for Christmas, with fireworks, filling dummies up with explosive and blowing them up. But no, they didnt do anything, the people just put flags out on their doors, and then got drunk.
The only other thing that was cool that past over last week was that we had our first interviews with the new Presidente Williams. We went to Chiclayo to the mission office and chatted with him and his wife. It was really cool and fun, because with the Hermana Williams we just talked about what I like to did, what I did before the mission and my family. Then with the president, we talked about the areas that I have been in for 5 minutes and then we just argued about what is the better University in Utah. Long story short, I won again!! But he has assured me that he is going to inform me about every college game of BYU and every game that Utah losses! At first I told him not to worry about him, but then I realized that my family doesnt tell me any of that stuff, so I told him to go right ahead and do it.
As for me, it has finally gotten a little cold at the night time. So I am not sleeping with the fan on me for the first time the end of November, and I am actually sleeping with the blanket. Things are good here with me ya´ll, and I will see you next week.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Hola de nuevo
July 21st-
Well to start off I have to ask for forgiveness. Because the other week I could wriet you guys. Like Elder Sarceño had problems with his visa and had to change his mission. Well Elder Quispe also had problems with his visa, but he only had to leave the country for a couple of days. So with he leaving on monday, I didnt have very much time to write you guys. Sorry.
Since he left I went in a area called Mochumi for 3 days and was with an elder from Ecuador, then I came back to Jayanca for a day, then went back to Mochumi because our district lider wanted to do a change for a day. And that time I was with an Elder from Mexico. Needless to say since last sunday night I have only been in Jayanca Wednesday night, and After friday afternoon until now. But it is all good, we have still been working and having a whole lot of fun here still.
Also, Germany won the world cup if you didnt know. The people here were really sad that a latino didnt win, but they still found a reason to party for it. The team that I thought was going to win. The Netherlands...got third...but they still should have won it all....and no I didnt watch a single game. As for some exciting news, My old pension in Ferreñafe got baptised. I wasnt able to go to the baptism. But it was something cool that showed me, that everything here on earth has its time. Peace out
Elder Olsen
Tupanchis kama wawa
Well to start off I have to ask for forgiveness. Because the other week I could wriet you guys. Like Elder Sarceño had problems with his visa and had to change his mission. Well Elder Quispe also had problems with his visa, but he only had to leave the country for a couple of days. So with he leaving on monday, I didnt have very much time to write you guys. Sorry.
Since he left I went in a area called Mochumi for 3 days and was with an elder from Ecuador, then I came back to Jayanca for a day, then went back to Mochumi because our district lider wanted to do a change for a day. And that time I was with an Elder from Mexico. Needless to say since last sunday night I have only been in Jayanca Wednesday night, and After friday afternoon until now. But it is all good, we have still been working and having a whole lot of fun here still.
Also, Germany won the world cup if you didnt know. The people here were really sad that a latino didnt win, but they still found a reason to party for it. The team that I thought was going to win. The Netherlands...got third...but they still should have won it all....and no I didnt watch a single game. As for some exciting news, My old pension in Ferreñafe got baptised. I wasnt able to go to the baptism. But it was something cool that showed me, that everything here on earth has its time. Peace out
Elder Olsen
Tupanchis kama wawa
Happy Late 4th of July
July 7th--
To be completely honest, I forgot all about the 4th of july until I got your email today! Maybe today I will go and buy a hamburger to celebrate a little bit. But hopefully that you all enjoyed that holiday and it was good.
As for something new that I have done this past week, we went to Chiclayo Thursday morning and meet the new president. Presidente Williams from Wyoming. He is really funny and will be a really good president, his wife doesnt know spanish, but she is being a gran trupper and learning. There is only 1 bad thing about him. He is a BYU cougar...He showed us a picture of when he went to the football game last year, and long story short. I put him in his place, and gave him a welcome to Perú. Have no fear Utes! This new president knows who is the better school, and who has won for the past couple years....Now I just have to become his friend. :)
Other than that nothing big really happened, but...Questions?
Pictures: The one that I send last week. (but wasnt sent)
2. modern day samuel the lamanite in Perú
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
To be completely honest, I forgot all about the 4th of july until I got your email today! Maybe today I will go and buy a hamburger to celebrate a little bit. But hopefully that you all enjoyed that holiday and it was good.
As for something new that I have done this past week, we went to Chiclayo Thursday morning and meet the new president. Presidente Williams from Wyoming. He is really funny and will be a really good president, his wife doesnt know spanish, but she is being a gran trupper and learning. There is only 1 bad thing about him. He is a BYU cougar...He showed us a picture of when he went to the football game last year, and long story short. I put him in his place, and gave him a welcome to Perú. Have no fear Utes! This new president knows who is the better school, and who has won for the past couple years....Now I just have to become his friend. :)
Other than that nothing big really happened, but...Questions?
Pictures: The one that I send last week. (but wasnt sent)
2. modern day samuel the lamanite in Perú
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Vamos Estados Unidos!!
June 30th-
Hello again in this last day of june. Hopefully you all are doing fine and enjoy the heat. Today I am enjoying the heat, that I always have had by playing volleyball. It is now winter here, but that doesnt mean anything. Pretty much it is the same as before, but just a little colder during the night time, however;we still sleep with the fan on. Things here are really good. I am in a really hard area right now, in Jayanca. It is only a branch with about 50 people that go to church, in a house. But I really like the area, and my companion Elder Quispe. It is kinda funny there are 2 elder quispes in the mission, and I have been companions of them both...jaja
Last week I got the opportunity to say goodbye to President Risso again before he went home. He came and visited us Wednesday during our zone meeting. Friday came the new president Williams and his wife, and saturday night President Risso left for Uruaguay. So we have now made the grand transaction. A lot of things in the next couple of months are going to change, but it will be fun. I still havent met the new Pres yet, but we have a meeting with them this week. So it is all cool and fun down here right now. Any questions?
Photo, the fantastic trio until Sarceño left.
Until next time, Good Night San Diego.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Hello again in this last day of june. Hopefully you all are doing fine and enjoy the heat. Today I am enjoying the heat, that I always have had by playing volleyball. It is now winter here, but that doesnt mean anything. Pretty much it is the same as before, but just a little colder during the night time, however;we still sleep with the fan on. Things here are really good. I am in a really hard area right now, in Jayanca. It is only a branch with about 50 people that go to church, in a house. But I really like the area, and my companion Elder Quispe. It is kinda funny there are 2 elder quispes in the mission, and I have been companions of them both...jaja
Last week I got the opportunity to say goodbye to President Risso again before he went home. He came and visited us Wednesday during our zone meeting. Friday came the new president Williams and his wife, and saturday night President Risso left for Uruaguay. So we have now made the grand transaction. A lot of things in the next couple of months are going to change, but it will be fun. I still havent met the new Pres yet, but we have a meeting with them this week. So it is all cool and fun down here right now. Any questions?
Photo, the fantastic trio until Sarceño left.
Until next time, Good Night San Diego.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Monday, June 23, 2014
¿Donde Estoy?
Well to answer the 10 million dollar question of, where are I? It happens to be in a small town full of dust. Where there is just 1 main road (road that is asphalt) that ends up being the highway. It is in the town called Jayanca, google it. It is about an hour and a half from Chiclayo and it is actually on the way to Jaèn. When I was coming back to Chiclayo last week on the 6 hour bus ride, we past tthrough this town, and I happened to lean over to Elder Epperson, who was sitting next to me, and said "I might come here tomorrow"...well I did.
For the past week I have also been in a trio of companions. With Elder Sarceño y Elder Quispe. They didnt know that I was going to be there companion, so they werent at the meeting to pick me up. Needless to say I made it to my new place safe and sound without wasteing to much time. Today however Elder Sarceño had to change his mission to Ecuador because of visa problems. So right now I am just with Elder Quispe and we will be together for the next 7ish weeks. So now I will be able to have space to unpack my stuff, and we can have a little more space in our room. But we are also very sad. Still trying to get to know things, so I dont have much to say, but I will try to send pictures next week.
Questions?
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
For the past week I have also been in a trio of companions. With Elder Sarceño y Elder Quispe. They didnt know that I was going to be there companion, so they werent at the meeting to pick me up. Needless to say I made it to my new place safe and sound without wasteing to much time. Today however Elder Sarceño had to change his mission to Ecuador because of visa problems. So right now I am just with Elder Quispe and we will be together for the next 7ish weeks. So now I will be able to have space to unpack my stuff, and we can have a little more space in our room. But we are also very sad. Still trying to get to know things, so I dont have much to say, but I will try to send pictures next week.
Questions?
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
I Should Have Had Cable When I Was A Kid
June 16th--
Hey guys en this new week. En case you guys havent known. The world cup of 2014 started this past thursday. If you guys also havent noticed the NBA finals have also started...actually they are finished. It is rather funny here because every single soccer game of the world cup, is like the superbowl, and every one has to watch the game. Which I dont really know why because Perú isn´t even in the world cup, but oh well. Me and my companion have not watched a single game, but yet we know every single thing that has happened because right now, this is the only thing people talk about. So if you ask me, I think that the Netherlands are going to win. However yesterday we were waiting for our dinner and the person we were with wanted to watch soccer. But there wasnt any games going on. So she turned it on to the NBA finals. Needless to say I was awesome! and I was still a little bit obedient, but we didnt watch the last 8 minutes, but I still think that san antonio won. So we should have had cable when I was younger to enjoy this stuff.
Another thing that happened this week is I said goodbye to my friend Elder Greene, who finished his mission. (I said goodbye to him thursday during the opening ceremonies of the world cup. So we also saw a little bit of that in the bus terminal.) We had a little party monday, when we went to a members house and made scones and hot chocolate (even though it was really hot already). But everyone here was a little sad thursday.
Other than that, the only other thing to say. Is that I have another change, another transfer. I will be leaving in about an hour, to go back to the desert of Chiclayo for the 6 hour bus ride. I dont know where i am going, but I will miss the hills and rains of Jaen. Hope you all have a good week and Happy late Fathers day.
pictures.
1. me with Elder Greene when he went home.
2. This is the church I have been going to for the past 4 months.
Tupanchis kama wawa.
Elder Olsen
Hey guys en this new week. En case you guys havent known. The world cup of 2014 started this past thursday. If you guys also havent noticed the NBA finals have also started...actually they are finished. It is rather funny here because every single soccer game of the world cup, is like the superbowl, and every one has to watch the game. Which I dont really know why because Perú isn´t even in the world cup, but oh well. Me and my companion have not watched a single game, but yet we know every single thing that has happened because right now, this is the only thing people talk about. So if you ask me, I think that the Netherlands are going to win. However yesterday we were waiting for our dinner and the person we were with wanted to watch soccer. But there wasnt any games going on. So she turned it on to the NBA finals. Needless to say I was awesome! and I was still a little bit obedient, but we didnt watch the last 8 minutes, but I still think that san antonio won. So we should have had cable when I was younger to enjoy this stuff.
Another thing that happened this week is I said goodbye to my friend Elder Greene, who finished his mission. (I said goodbye to him thursday during the opening ceremonies of the world cup. So we also saw a little bit of that in the bus terminal.) We had a little party monday, when we went to a members house and made scones and hot chocolate (even though it was really hot already). But everyone here was a little sad thursday.
Other than that, the only other thing to say. Is that I have another change, another transfer. I will be leaving in about an hour, to go back to the desert of Chiclayo for the 6 hour bus ride. I dont know where i am going, but I will miss the hills and rains of Jaen. Hope you all have a good week and Happy late Fathers day.
pictures.
1. me with Elder Greene when he went home.
2. This is the church I have been going to for the past 4 months.
Tupanchis kama wawa.
Elder Olsen
I Told You To Be Kind
June 9th--
Well I told you that I would have more to say this week. That is because this week we said goodbye to our beloved Presidente and Hermana Risso on Thursday. We had a zone meeting so all 32 missionaries were here in Jaen again. And we went out to eat with the pres, then took pictures, and then he left to go to Chiclayo again. He doesnt actually leave the mission for a couple more weeks, but that was the last time that he came to my area.
Also something else that was cool, was that we had a baptism yesterday. He is a reference from a member and he turns out to be an Orthodontist... It was special for me because he was the first guy that I tought and put the date on him to get baptised (we did that on my birthday) and taught all of the lessons as senior companion. So need less to say we are good friends, and we bond. We also had his friend (not the one that gave us the reference) baptise him also.
Other than that, our week has been pretty normal, knock a couple of doors and teach a couple of lessons. Any questions that you guys have for me? Cya later.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Pictures
1. Meet and say goodbye to presidente and hermana risso.
2. I dont like to send pictures of bautismos but I figured I would send this one.
Well I told you that I would have more to say this week. That is because this week we said goodbye to our beloved Presidente and Hermana Risso on Thursday. We had a zone meeting so all 32 missionaries were here in Jaen again. And we went out to eat with the pres, then took pictures, and then he left to go to Chiclayo again. He doesnt actually leave the mission for a couple more weeks, but that was the last time that he came to my area.
Also something else that was cool, was that we had a baptism yesterday. He is a reference from a member and he turns out to be an Orthodontist... It was special for me because he was the first guy that I tought and put the date on him to get baptised (we did that on my birthday) and taught all of the lessons as senior companion. So need less to say we are good friends, and we bond. We also had his friend (not the one that gave us the reference) baptise him also.
Other than that, our week has been pretty normal, knock a couple of doors and teach a couple of lessons. Any questions that you guys have for me? Cya later.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Pictures
1. Meet and say goodbye to presidente and hermana risso.
2. I dont like to send pictures of bautismos but I figured I would send this one.
Skinny Triple
June 2nd--
Well me and my companion are still working, and so I still dont have much to say, other then he reminds me of Grew from Despicable me. He is kind of a nerd, but we have a lot of fun.
So I figured that I would share some more things that I learned during the past 9 monthish.
1. Church needs better toilet paper
2. Rice is awesomely terrible
3. NIce leather shoes get ruined when you hiked 6 hours in mud.
4. Going without music and movies for 9 months is very sad!
5. Your butt gets bigger when your apartment is on the 4 floor.
6. I really want a motocycle.
7. The mission is pretty fun when you actually understand what the people are saying.
Sorry this week is really short, i have nothing to say. But some fun stuff will happen this week!
Tupanchis kama wawa.
Elder Olsen
Well me and my companion are still working, and so I still dont have much to say, other then he reminds me of Grew from Despicable me. He is kind of a nerd, but we have a lot of fun.
So I figured that I would share some more things that I learned during the past 9 monthish.
1. Church needs better toilet paper
2. Rice is awesomely terrible
3. NIce leather shoes get ruined when you hiked 6 hours in mud.
4. Going without music and movies for 9 months is very sad!
5. Your butt gets bigger when your apartment is on the 4 floor.
6. I really want a motocycle.
7. The mission is pretty fun when you actually understand what the people are saying.
Sorry this week is really short, i have nothing to say. But some fun stuff will happen this week!
Tupanchis kama wawa.
Elder Olsen
A New New
May 26th--
Well like I said last week, I did receive a new companion, his name is Elder Segura, and he is frum Lima. He has 23 years old, but he only have 4 months in the mission. He is pretty cool, and as a random fact, he has already lost 20 pounds for just during his mision.
Today we went and played soccer at the church, and then we went and ate at a really nice reastaurant that was called the sea horse, but we ate chicken.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes from everyone, I kind of celebrated it a little. My pensionista forgot that is was my birthday, until I asked if we could take a picture. Then she was really confused and realized...that is was my birthday. She then ran and bought a cake and an egg. So I did end up having the pleasure of having an egg cracked on my head (peruvian tradition) and then they threw the cake in my face. Overall it was alright.
The next week, the president is going to come up to Jaen again, but it will be his last time visiting us before he goes home in 3 weeks. So pretty much, we are just going to be saying goodbye, and maybe have a little fiesta!
Hopefully you all had a wonderful memorial day, and that you will have another good week to come.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Well like I said last week, I did receive a new companion, his name is Elder Segura, and he is frum Lima. He has 23 years old, but he only have 4 months in the mission. He is pretty cool, and as a random fact, he has already lost 20 pounds for just during his mision.
Today we went and played soccer at the church, and then we went and ate at a really nice reastaurant that was called the sea horse, but we ate chicken.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes from everyone, I kind of celebrated it a little. My pensionista forgot that is was my birthday, until I asked if we could take a picture. Then she was really confused and realized...that is was my birthday. She then ran and bought a cake and an egg. So I did end up having the pleasure of having an egg cracked on my head (peruvian tradition) and then they threw the cake in my face. Overall it was alright.
The next week, the president is going to come up to Jaen again, but it will be his last time visiting us before he goes home in 3 weeks. So pretty much, we are just going to be saying goodbye, and maybe have a little fiesta!
Hopefully you all had a wonderful memorial day, and that you will have another good week to come.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Transfers
May 19th--
Well like Chantel we also have transfers going on right now. I am not leaving though, just my companion elder Quispe left. So I am waiting until tomorrow night, until I will get my new companion, but i dont know who it is going to be. So right now I am with the awesome Elder Greene again. As far as good news, I finally got a massage For the first time en 8 months!! We were waiting for a baptism, and I asked my friend elder Muhun to give me a massage, and he did! It was for like 5 minutes. It was a experience that strengthen my testimony about, ask and you shall recieve!
Saturday and yesterday we had stake conference for the people here in Jaén it was really cool until the stake president talked about how we should get married once we finish the mission. It was super awkward, especially since he talked for an hour! Other than that is was good, we suspected that there was about 500 people there, and I didnt have to talk, so it was really awesome. Also for more good news. I have started getting use to the heat, so now I am actually starting to sleep with a blanket now! I wake up at about 3:30 and I put a blanket on me now for the first time since November. I probably coould just turn off the fan that we sleep with...but I am to lazy at this hour of the day.
How are you guys?
More pictures if I havent sent them yet.
1. My overlooking another part of Jaén, part of it is my area.
2. me in front of Gocta again. (google it)
3. We found a monkey in a cage, and it liked to hold hands with us...here he is doing it with my companion.
Questions? Talk to you later.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Tanner Mufasa Olsen
Well like Chantel we also have transfers going on right now. I am not leaving though, just my companion elder Quispe left. So I am waiting until tomorrow night, until I will get my new companion, but i dont know who it is going to be. So right now I am with the awesome Elder Greene again. As far as good news, I finally got a massage For the first time en 8 months!! We were waiting for a baptism, and I asked my friend elder Muhun to give me a massage, and he did! It was for like 5 minutes. It was a experience that strengthen my testimony about, ask and you shall recieve!
Saturday and yesterday we had stake conference for the people here in Jaén it was really cool until the stake president talked about how we should get married once we finish the mission. It was super awkward, especially since he talked for an hour! Other than that is was good, we suspected that there was about 500 people there, and I didnt have to talk, so it was really awesome. Also for more good news. I have started getting use to the heat, so now I am actually starting to sleep with a blanket now! I wake up at about 3:30 and I put a blanket on me now for the first time since November. I probably coould just turn off the fan that we sleep with...but I am to lazy at this hour of the day.
How are you guys?
More pictures if I havent sent them yet.
1. My overlooking another part of Jaén, part of it is my area.
2. me in front of Gocta again. (google it)
3. We found a monkey in a cage, and it liked to hold hands with us...here he is doing it with my companion.
Questions? Talk to you later.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Tanner Mufasa Olsen
Monday, May 19, 2014
Happy Late Mother's Day
May 12th.......
Well happy mothers day everyone, just to start off, i will say that I am happy, because my pensionista´s new ringtone is Its my Life by bon Jovi, yeah it is awesome, and also in case anyone was wondering...the BYU TV channel is here if they have cable.
To explain a little bit more about Gocta, 22 of us got in a 20 person small bus and went 3 hours up in the mountains, then we got out and hiked for another 2 hours in pure mud! to get to the bottom of the waterfall and then we ust got soaked!!! the mist was so powerful, that we were walking in mist for about 10 minutes before we got to the waterfall. When we actually got to the fall the water felt like little ice pelets hitting me in every direction, it was terribly awesome, Then it rained for the whole trip back, which was another 5 hours...it felt so good to be cold again!!
So i still dont have much time but...Happy May!!
Well Here are some fotos that I promised...
1. This city is my city!! this is a little bit more of Jaen and still missing some more.
2. me as close to the base of Gocta without being wet
3. a little edit.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Well happy mothers day everyone, just to start off, i will say that I am happy, because my pensionista´s new ringtone is Its my Life by bon Jovi, yeah it is awesome, and also in case anyone was wondering...the BYU TV channel is here if they have cable.
To explain a little bit more about Gocta, 22 of us got in a 20 person small bus and went 3 hours up in the mountains, then we got out and hiked for another 2 hours in pure mud! to get to the bottom of the waterfall and then we ust got soaked!!! the mist was so powerful, that we were walking in mist for about 10 minutes before we got to the waterfall. When we actually got to the fall the water felt like little ice pelets hitting me in every direction, it was terribly awesome, Then it rained for the whole trip back, which was another 5 hours...it felt so good to be cold again!!
So i still dont have much time but...Happy May!!
Well Here are some fotos that I promised...
1. This city is my city!! this is a little bit more of Jaen and still missing some more.
2. me as close to the base of Gocta without being wet
3. a little edit.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Hey Hey Hey
May 5th--
Well, sorry that I couldnt write last week. I got stuck in an area that had terrible internet services, and I was only able to do the very little. Also Today I went to a place called Gocta (which is 3 horas away from here) so I am writing lateand I still dont have much time :) However just know that Gocta was awesome! for the first time in a year I was cold! actually I was freezing! Gocta is supposively the 3rd largest waterfall in the world. I can tell you more, but you could probably just google it. Needless to say I am soaked, tired, and I dont have my notes so I dont remember what to say to you guys.
So this past week came the president again and talked to us and bought us some nice food. it was pretty fun. This was probably the last time that I saw the president since he goes home in under a month. Unless we have a little party and we all go to Chiclayo to see him again.
As far as a question I recieved. What do people grow here? well if you cant tell by how much I am eating it...they do grow rice!! Right where I am at now they grow a lot of coffee beans, yeah I little hard to teach the word of wisdom. However in other areas of Perú they grow a lot of beans and fruits, something called kana, which is used for sugar.
As for a spiritual experience and something new that I did. We had an investigador of ours die this past week. She had cancer and we have known ever since I got here that she was going to die. But we got some special permission to go and participate in her funeral. It was a very new and different experience for me. but yeah that was fun!
Well I dont have hardly anything with me, so I cant send a picture or two, nor can I tell more, but things here are really good, start to think of questions for sunday and Happy early Mothers Day. Next week I will send a photo or talk more about Gocta. It was sweet though.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Mufasa Olsen
Well, sorry that I couldnt write last week. I got stuck in an area that had terrible internet services, and I was only able to do the very little. Also Today I went to a place called Gocta (which is 3 horas away from here) so I am writing lateand I still dont have much time :) However just know that Gocta was awesome! for the first time in a year I was cold! actually I was freezing! Gocta is supposively the 3rd largest waterfall in the world. I can tell you more, but you could probably just google it. Needless to say I am soaked, tired, and I dont have my notes so I dont remember what to say to you guys.
So this past week came the president again and talked to us and bought us some nice food. it was pretty fun. This was probably the last time that I saw the president since he goes home in under a month. Unless we have a little party and we all go to Chiclayo to see him again.
As far as a question I recieved. What do people grow here? well if you cant tell by how much I am eating it...they do grow rice!! Right where I am at now they grow a lot of coffee beans, yeah I little hard to teach the word of wisdom. However in other areas of Perú they grow a lot of beans and fruits, something called kana, which is used for sugar.
As for a spiritual experience and something new that I did. We had an investigador of ours die this past week. She had cancer and we have known ever since I got here that she was going to die. But we got some special permission to go and participate in her funeral. It was a very new and different experience for me. but yeah that was fun!
Well I dont have hardly anything with me, so I cant send a picture or two, nor can I tell more, but things here are really good, start to think of questions for sunday and Happy early Mothers Day. Next week I will send a photo or talk more about Gocta. It was sweet though.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Mufasa Olsen
Dell
April 21st-
Yep I am on a dell right now.
Well Last monday I realized just how fat I have gotten...I have finally broken a chair for once in my life!!! YES!!! We were playing monopoly for p-day, and it broke when I sat on it...it was already half broken though. The temperature here is starting to get worse, there is not so much rain anymore, but it is still getting hotter, and now dryer...except my shirts might be getting a little wetter, if you know what I mean, jajaja.
This whole past week has been a little crazy, they celebrate easter from thursday until sunday. But when I say celebrate, i really just mean that they drink bear all the time. But it was nice for a little bit, there wasnt very much people in the streets until nighttime, but it was still all good. Overall it was really good.
Yesterday for easter, I had to speak in church with my companion and another sister misionary. But we talked about the book of mormon, missionary work, and the importance of assiting church every week...yeah...happy easter!!
As for a good experience that I had, Saturday we baptised a woman who has been investigading the church for 17 years and has been going to church for two years, It was really good to see it all happy and excited. Also her daughters also who have been members for the 17 years.
Well I dont have more time to send some pictures so...next time.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Yep I am on a dell right now.
Well Last monday I realized just how fat I have gotten...I have finally broken a chair for once in my life!!! YES!!! We were playing monopoly for p-day, and it broke when I sat on it...it was already half broken though. The temperature here is starting to get worse, there is not so much rain anymore, but it is still getting hotter, and now dryer...except my shirts might be getting a little wetter, if you know what I mean, jajaja.
This whole past week has been a little crazy, they celebrate easter from thursday until sunday. But when I say celebrate, i really just mean that they drink bear all the time. But it was nice for a little bit, there wasnt very much people in the streets until nighttime, but it was still all good. Overall it was really good.
Yesterday for easter, I had to speak in church with my companion and another sister misionary. But we talked about the book of mormon, missionary work, and the importance of assiting church every week...yeah...happy easter!!
As for a good experience that I had, Saturday we baptised a woman who has been investigading the church for 17 years and has been going to church for two years, It was really good to see it all happy and excited. Also her daughters also who have been members for the 17 years.
Well I dont have more time to send some pictures so...next time.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Hold Your Horses Now
April 14th-
Well I dont really have anything to say to you guys today nor much time to write. Everything is has been pretty much the same, Eating rice all day everyday, sweating and enjoying the sun roasting my marshmellows!! Whileing teaching people.
We were going to have a baptism this past week for the first time in a long time, but she was working on building a fence around her house, and broke or did somehting to her spine, needless to say. The baptism will have to wait. I hope that you all have a good easter week and enjoy 4/20! :) Next time hopefully I will have more.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Well I dont really have anything to say to you guys today nor much time to write. Everything is has been pretty much the same, Eating rice all day everyday, sweating and enjoying the sun roasting my marshmellows!! Whileing teaching people.
We were going to have a baptism this past week for the first time in a long time, but she was working on building a fence around her house, and broke or did somehting to her spine, needless to say. The baptism will have to wait. I hope that you all have a good easter week and enjoy 4/20! :) Next time hopefully I will have more.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Who Is Your Hero?
Well here I am for another week. Not going to lie it feels like I come to this internet cafe everyday to write you guys now. Tomorrow is another transfer niether me or my comp has a change so we will be together a little longer. But I did just barely say goodbye to my friend Elder Pugliano who we had the same writing class, he does have a transfer.
Conference was pretty sweet!! It is a little wierd, after talking about profets and apostles more than twice a day everyday. You get a little excited for conference. Me and elder quispe were exciting We pretty much did nother friday until last night. We had all 5 wards close to Jaèn come to the stake center to watch it together, there still wasnt that much people there but hey it is their salvation not mine! I was even more exciting because I was able to get to watch it is english! There are so much of us northamericans here, so we went into a different room and watched it. (SEE FOTO) Conference was also cool because I saw Jeremiah Hoehne and Cody Whitlock in the Choir Saturday Afternoon. My favorite was definetly the priesthood one. But when holland talked about the priesthood...that was definetly the most power moment!
Foto!
We stole a bench from the chapel and went in this room, and Heck yes we had the girls sit in the back on hard chairs..thats whats up! Also you might notice elder Jarman and Henry who were in my district from the CCM in lima. The one next to me is elder Greene, who lost more than 100 pounds during the mission and is the zone leader. and Elder Pugliano is the other one who gained the 100 pounds during the mission. There are still 5 other northamericans in this zone, and 4 more are coming tomorrow night. White Power!
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Olsen
Sunday, April 6, 2014
Jaén
March 31st
Well I would have to say this has been the most spiritual week that i have had so far, I wont say why completely. but it was really good. We did have the Presidente Risso come by and visit us and do interviews. Since he was here so were his assistents, so for one day i went out and had the assistent as my companion. I was a little bit nervous!
This upcoming week is conference, we here are pretty stoked because there is going to be a ton of people in the stake center, (5 wards and 2 branches) and we are hoping they bring friends. Also since there are so many of us NorthAmericans here we might go in a different room and watch it in english! also we might just party for the heck of it.
I only have one question. Whats going on in Venezuela. we now have like 4 new missionaries, supposively they pulled everyone out of the country or something.
Also i watched 17 miracles today for p-day it is a good movie. I also so comercials for Rio 2 and capitan america 2 ...strange...
Tupanchis Kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Well I would have to say this has been the most spiritual week that i have had so far, I wont say why completely. but it was really good. We did have the Presidente Risso come by and visit us and do interviews. Since he was here so were his assistents, so for one day i went out and had the assistent as my companion. I was a little bit nervous!
This upcoming week is conference, we here are pretty stoked because there is going to be a ton of people in the stake center, (5 wards and 2 branches) and we are hoping they bring friends. Also since there are so many of us NorthAmericans here we might go in a different room and watch it in english! also we might just party for the heck of it.
I only have one question. Whats going on in Venezuela. we now have like 4 new missionaries, supposively they pulled everyone out of the country or something.
Also i watched 17 miracles today for p-day it is a good movie. I also so comercials for Rio 2 and capitan america 2 ...strange...
Tupanchis Kama wawa
Elder Olsen
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| when you hike a mountain in church clothes y shoes to visit a family that isnt there. you just take a break for 10 minutes. Just watching about 1/10 of my sheep. |
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| this is the dad of the cool family. He isnt a member and he never actually talked to missionaries until I went to ferreñafe. But last monday he was here for work, called me up and we met up, it was really cool. We are in the center of jaen and yes that is a catholic church behind us. |
Tense Week
March 24th
Well this past week I got to be companions with another northamerican, named elder Greene who is from Utah also. He is my zone leader, and is freaking funny, he also goes home with the president in June. Also he is like a motivational dude. He during his mission, has lost around 100 pounds. He started his mission at 280, and now I am almost fater that he is. But it was a good time.
Also like I said, we will really far from Chiclayo. But the president is coming to spend this week with us, do interviews and to teach us, also to pick a new Branch president in an area that is another 4 hours from where I am.
But I am still just trucking along. This area that I am in, has to seasons. Summer and Rain season. Right now it is ending rain season, but it is freakin hot!! We have clouds a lot of times, but we still sweat all day, except for when we are showering. But it really isnt all that bad. I am use to it, until summer season starts in May.
Well 1 picture is to show what my new area is kindof like. It is in a city about 30 minutes from my area, But it was fun. And the other are some of the return missionaries that we worked with in Ferreñafe. There was about 16 so we were missing some.
Things are good here chanchos.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Well this past week I got to be companions with another northamerican, named elder Greene who is from Utah also. He is my zone leader, and is freaking funny, he also goes home with the president in June. Also he is like a motivational dude. He during his mission, has lost around 100 pounds. He started his mission at 280, and now I am almost fater that he is. But it was a good time.
Also like I said, we will really far from Chiclayo. But the president is coming to spend this week with us, do interviews and to teach us, also to pick a new Branch president in an area that is another 4 hours from where I am.
But I am still just trucking along. This area that I am in, has to seasons. Summer and Rain season. Right now it is ending rain season, but it is freakin hot!! We have clouds a lot of times, but we still sweat all day, except for when we are showering. But it really isnt all that bad. I am use to it, until summer season starts in May.
Well 1 picture is to show what my new area is kindof like. It is in a city about 30 minutes from my area, But it was fun. And the other are some of the return missionaries that we worked with in Ferreñafe. There was about 16 so we were missing some.
Things are good here chanchos.
Tupanchis kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Brown Chicken Brown Cow
March 17th
Well I dont really have that much to say today, I did get some cards yesterday...thank for the christmas and valentines cards. HAHA. To answer some questions, no I dont have time change, and when I am now is not the jungle, it is a city at the start of the jungle, so it is a city, that is green with some exhotic plants. As far as something cool that happened this past week, I confirmed someone a member of the church for the first time, that is terribly scary. Especially since it was in spanish.
Well since I dont really have more to say, nor much time..here is some pictures.
Tupanchis kama wawa,
Elder Olsen
Las Fotos;
Well I dont really have that much to say today, I did get some cards yesterday...thank for the christmas and valentines cards. HAHA. To answer some questions, no I dont have time change, and when I am now is not the jungle, it is a city at the start of the jungle, so it is a city, that is green with some exhotic plants. As far as something cool that happened this past week, I confirmed someone a member of the church for the first time, that is terribly scary. Especially since it was in spanish.
Well since I dont really have more to say, nor much time..here is some pictures.
Tupanchis kama wawa,
Elder Olsen
Las Fotos;
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| Some of the members that I said goodbye to. |
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| Me and about 1/18 of my old area |
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| Just messing around with a good friend also in my old area. |
All You Are Is Dust In The Wind
March 10th-
Hey ya´ll! otra vez. So I didnt have much time last week, so i will speak a little bit more about stuff. :) My new area is 6 hours away from Chiclayo in a bus ride that is pretty much like driving up and down fairview canyon for 6 hours. It is good that I dont get carsick, I just wish that the other people didnt get carsick also...To describe my new area, it is like a very populate park city with the temperature of Las vegas in summer time. It is really really green here and almost every night it rains. Which I love! I kinda helps get rid of the smell of sweat. :) Last sunday it was raining so hard that our ward had less than half assistir. And for some reason I live on the fourth floor and a 5 story apartment building that nobody lives in...Sometimes the owner will sleep there on the 2nd floor but not much.
My new companion is Elder Quispe, he is one of the oldest missionarys in the mission, he has 26 years but only 16 months in the mission. He is from Perú also but is from Moquegua, it is close to chile. He is a really good companion. Also the other elders that are here in Jaen are really good also. One of them I had a writing class with at the University of Utah.
It is really good that I went and hiked Balance Rock with the broken foot, because now, my new area, is all hills! and I am hiking up and down multiple of them in church shoes, white shirt and tie...dope. The people here are really good and acceptive. Hoever they dont feed me that much here. I have a pensionista (the person that cooks for us) here also but she lives a hike away, but she is really good and nice. Today we went with her family to some place called Las Pirias (some town), and played volleyball and toke pictures. Just to let you guys know...my New pension has a scale, and I did gain weight in my last area, but I wont say how much.
Other than that I am still eating rice everyday, only now I eat it for breakfast too sometimes. And needless to say I am hiking a lot also. But things are really good.
This computer doesnt read my card to send new pictures, so here is a picture of me at a museum in Lambeyegue. maybe you have seen it already...sorry. But keep having fun and living life.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Olsen
What Up
March 3 2014
Well like I said I got transferred. I left my towns of dust and rice about an hour away from chiclayo, to go to a city called Jaen that is 6 hours away from Chiclayo in a bus and it is in the mountains. This
is one of the areas that people what to go to in the mission, because it is the start of the jungle. However it is also the hottest area in the mission, and one of the hottest in south america. About a month ago the temperature was around 50 degree celcious, but it is very humid also. This area doesnt have a winter, it just has summer and a time of rain. and right now I am in the middle of the rain season until may. It was raining so hard yesterday that there was like an inch of water going down all the streets. yeah I love it.
Sorry I dont have much time because a bounch of elders (from the little towns close to Jaen) are coming here for a meeting that we have tomorrow, and we have to go and get them. So I will try to tell you more next time. Just now that it takes more time for cards and letters to get here now. :) sorry take more next time.
Tupanchis Kama Wawa
elder Olsen
Well like I said I got transferred. I left my towns of dust and rice about an hour away from chiclayo, to go to a city called Jaen that is 6 hours away from Chiclayo in a bus and it is in the mountains. This
is one of the areas that people what to go to in the mission, because it is the start of the jungle. However it is also the hottest area in the mission, and one of the hottest in south america. About a month ago the temperature was around 50 degree celcious, but it is very humid also. This area doesnt have a winter, it just has summer and a time of rain. and right now I am in the middle of the rain season until may. It was raining so hard yesterday that there was like an inch of water going down all the streets. yeah I love it.
Sorry I dont have much time because a bounch of elders (from the little towns close to Jaen) are coming here for a meeting that we have tomorrow, and we have to go and get them. So I will try to tell you more next time. Just now that it takes more time for cards and letters to get here now. :) sorry take more next time.
Tupanchis Kama Wawa
elder Olsen
Cake Cake Cake Cake
Feb 24th-
Another one bites the dust and another week down and another week down and another one bites the dust. Well this week we started off with watching the movie Ephraims Rescue for p-day. That movie is pretty sweet you should watch it, even though it is really cheesy at the beginning, and then we also started to watch the 3 parts of work and the glory with a family members for there home evenings. I like movies.
Something that happening this week is that it RAINED!! I mighted have ran around in it for a little second. But that was all that lasted, it wasnt even a sprinkle, it didnt even cover all of the ground. But hey begars cant be chosers. I have a question though, I heard that they made gay marriage legal in Utah now, is that true?
So like I said last week about me most liking having a change here pretty soon...Well it is happening, today is my last day here in the town of Ferreñafe, tomorrow I leave super early to go to my new area, I dont know where I am going but I will find out in out meeting tomorrow morning. So after this email I am going to say bye to my friends that I have made for the past 5 months (little less than 5) we already had the last lunch with my pension, and she let me chose what to eat...well we didnt have rice!
But hope that you are all doing well and having fun! Just remember that no matter what situation your in, you can always make it a fun situation.
Well the picture is of me making manjar blanco, which is like peanut butter, but much better. I like this picture because it shows the fat that I have gotten on my cheeks, and also on of the many pictures that catholics have. It is above my shoulder.
Tupanchis Kama Wawa
Elder Tyrone Mufasa Tanner Chanchino Olsen!
Another one bites the dust and another week down and another week down and another one bites the dust. Well this week we started off with watching the movie Ephraims Rescue for p-day. That movie is pretty sweet you should watch it, even though it is really cheesy at the beginning, and then we also started to watch the 3 parts of work and the glory with a family members for there home evenings. I like movies.
Something that happening this week is that it RAINED!! I mighted have ran around in it for a little second. But that was all that lasted, it wasnt even a sprinkle, it didnt even cover all of the ground. But hey begars cant be chosers. I have a question though, I heard that they made gay marriage legal in Utah now, is that true?
So like I said last week about me most liking having a change here pretty soon...Well it is happening, today is my last day here in the town of Ferreñafe, tomorrow I leave super early to go to my new area, I dont know where I am going but I will find out in out meeting tomorrow morning. So after this email I am going to say bye to my friends that I have made for the past 5 months (little less than 5) we already had the last lunch with my pension, and she let me chose what to eat...well we didnt have rice!
But hope that you are all doing well and having fun! Just remember that no matter what situation your in, you can always make it a fun situation.
Well the picture is of me making manjar blanco, which is like peanut butter, but much better. I like this picture because it shows the fat that I have gotten on my cheeks, and also on of the many pictures that catholics have. It is above my shoulder.
Tupanchis Kama Wawa
Elder Tyrone Mufasa Tanner Chanchino Olsen!
Sunday, February 23, 2014
I Don't Have A Title Again
February 17th--
Well another week bites the dust. This one was pretty normal. As far as the work here, it is good but the people here are very catholic, and do some other problems that we had my companion have been helping our ward and the other wards that are close by, so we are just now starting to have succes and good work going on here now, which is sad because I will probably be getting changed soon.
We are starting to have meetings in our little town again, Yesterday I went out there and we have 7 people attend church! Not to bad considered that the church only started with 6 people. We also have another little town that the president gave us to visit as well as our main city of Ferreñafe. Also Yesterday was our bishops birthday, so we had lunch with him yesterday. And we had one of the most famous plates here. Which was quinea pig. It is alright, mine could of had a little more meat, but hey, beggars cant be chosers. I think we are going back tonight to finish the tradation of smashing eggs on their heads.
Valentines day was pretty fun, in the morning and afternoon. We had a little mormon batalion thing with about 15 other members out in our little town of Mesones Muro. After that the bishop took us all out to eat, which is rare here. It was awesome except for the fact that I was sick for all of it. I didnt eat anything when to bishop took us out, Then I spend all the rest of the day trying to sleep and stay sane. Needless to say I didnt get any girls numbers...Actually I did...but it is to call them to set up a day to visit them...stay calm...Oh and when did the olympics start! I love those things, but nobody cares about that down here. How are we doing?
Well I know that I said I would sent pictures, but once again my computer wont let me...so maybe next week. But take this picture of a baby praying, that someone downloaded on this computer. Just to remember that everyone should pray! Until next time see you later
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Mufasa Tanner Chanchino Olsen
Well another week bites the dust. This one was pretty normal. As far as the work here, it is good but the people here are very catholic, and do some other problems that we had my companion have been helping our ward and the other wards that are close by, so we are just now starting to have succes and good work going on here now, which is sad because I will probably be getting changed soon.
We are starting to have meetings in our little town again, Yesterday I went out there and we have 7 people attend church! Not to bad considered that the church only started with 6 people. We also have another little town that the president gave us to visit as well as our main city of Ferreñafe. Also Yesterday was our bishops birthday, so we had lunch with him yesterday. And we had one of the most famous plates here. Which was quinea pig. It is alright, mine could of had a little more meat, but hey, beggars cant be chosers. I think we are going back tonight to finish the tradation of smashing eggs on their heads.
Valentines day was pretty fun, in the morning and afternoon. We had a little mormon batalion thing with about 15 other members out in our little town of Mesones Muro. After that the bishop took us all out to eat, which is rare here. It was awesome except for the fact that I was sick for all of it. I didnt eat anything when to bishop took us out, Then I spend all the rest of the day trying to sleep and stay sane. Needless to say I didnt get any girls numbers...Actually I did...but it is to call them to set up a day to visit them...stay calm...Oh and when did the olympics start! I love those things, but nobody cares about that down here. How are we doing?
Well I know that I said I would sent pictures, but once again my computer wont let me...so maybe next week. But take this picture of a baby praying, that someone downloaded on this computer. Just to remember that everyone should pray! Until next time see you later
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Mufasa Tanner Chanchino Olsen
Happy Valentine's Day
February 10th-
Well happy valentines day this friday! I will probably celebrate it the same way as the past holidays...visiting people and knocking on doors. :) This past tuesday I had a multi zona meeting, it was really good, learned a lot. But after that my district had lunch with the president and his wife. Partly because he wanted to talk about some problems that we have in this area, and also partly because we live the furthest away from chiclayo(everyone else lived in chiclayo). The food was good, he took us out to eat some chicken. But I scared a little bit, he asked about the superbowl, and I told him what happened (from what you guys said). Then he asked who told me, and I said I watched it! He didnt find that very funny, I might have to change my sense of humor a little bit. I quickly told him that my family told me about.
Also I guess that I might as well tell you now...yeah I have gained some weight, but only in the cheeks. Not the butt cheeks. Next week I will send some pictures but I cant with this computer. I guess if you eat a shiz load of rice with about 10 things of bread everyday...you turn into a chipmunk! But it is all good, when my companion started in this area about 3 months ago, he had a size 30 waist, but not he is having a hard time fitting into some size 34 pants that his parents sent him. It could be worse.
Well I just wanted to finish be saying that it was around this time last year when I was thinking about what I should do for fall, looking for jobs and what classes to take, but after going to a dance on a friday night, I was told that I needed to do something else and serve a mission, even though I never ever thought I would ever serve one, nor wanted to. But I decided to call my dad and to start my papers to do this shiz, not because of the million people in Utah forcing all 19 year old kids (now 18) to serve a mission, but because I wanted to. And yet a couple of times I have thought against it, but I am glad that I have stuck through, I have learned so much in just the past 5 months, I dont remember a thing about chemistry! but it will still be around when I get back. Sorry anywho
Next time I hope to send some photos because it has been a while.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Song for the day: Brightly beams our fathers mercy.
Well happy valentines day this friday! I will probably celebrate it the same way as the past holidays...visiting people and knocking on doors. :) This past tuesday I had a multi zona meeting, it was really good, learned a lot. But after that my district had lunch with the president and his wife. Partly because he wanted to talk about some problems that we have in this area, and also partly because we live the furthest away from chiclayo(everyone else lived in chiclayo). The food was good, he took us out to eat some chicken. But I scared a little bit, he asked about the superbowl, and I told him what happened (from what you guys said). Then he asked who told me, and I said I watched it! He didnt find that very funny, I might have to change my sense of humor a little bit. I quickly told him that my family told me about.
Also I guess that I might as well tell you now...yeah I have gained some weight, but only in the cheeks. Not the butt cheeks. Next week I will send some pictures but I cant with this computer. I guess if you eat a shiz load of rice with about 10 things of bread everyday...you turn into a chipmunk! But it is all good, when my companion started in this area about 3 months ago, he had a size 30 waist, but not he is having a hard time fitting into some size 34 pants that his parents sent him. It could be worse.
Well I just wanted to finish be saying that it was around this time last year when I was thinking about what I should do for fall, looking for jobs and what classes to take, but after going to a dance on a friday night, I was told that I needed to do something else and serve a mission, even though I never ever thought I would ever serve one, nor wanted to. But I decided to call my dad and to start my papers to do this shiz, not because of the million people in Utah forcing all 19 year old kids (now 18) to serve a mission, but because I wanted to. And yet a couple of times I have thought against it, but I am glad that I have stuck through, I have learned so much in just the past 5 months, I dont remember a thing about chemistry! but it will still be around when I get back. Sorry anywho
Next time I hope to send some photos because it has been a while.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Song for the day: Brightly beams our fathers mercy.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Mes de Amor!
February 3rd--
Howdy ya´ll! How are you all, in this hot february? Right now I am at the worst part of the heat here in Perú and it is bad! Just to give you a small picture of what it is like, I haven't slept with a blanket since november (not even a little bed sheet), I have been sleeping with a fan on me since a week before christmas, and I still sweat. Sorry it is a little gross... As of a couple of days ago, my pensionista is now making us clean and shine our shoes everyday before we leave, usually we just wipe them because an hour later you couldnt even tell that we did anything to them, but she is saying that we look so good in our shirt and tie, until you look at our shoes, so now she forces us to shine them every day. Which surprises me, because she isn't a member.
Today for lunch we asked for something other than rice to eat, I was stoked, but it was a plate full of french fries and cut up hot dog pieces on top. It was heavenly for me, just as an FYI, for if I randomly have a heart attack...now you know why.
Because of experiences that I experienced this past week, I am going to leave you with 2 things to remember
1. Satan knows that the second coming is soon, and he is working just as hard as all of us. We have to be strong and do what we know to do.
2. Always listen and follow the spirit, self explanatory.
Sorry next week I will have pictures to send again, if I get a computer that I could send them on.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Tyrone Mufasa Tanner Chanchino Elder Olsen
Howdy ya´ll! How are you all, in this hot february? Right now I am at the worst part of the heat here in Perú and it is bad! Just to give you a small picture of what it is like, I haven't slept with a blanket since november (not even a little bed sheet), I have been sleeping with a fan on me since a week before christmas, and I still sweat. Sorry it is a little gross... As of a couple of days ago, my pensionista is now making us clean and shine our shoes everyday before we leave, usually we just wipe them because an hour later you couldnt even tell that we did anything to them, but she is saying that we look so good in our shirt and tie, until you look at our shoes, so now she forces us to shine them every day. Which surprises me, because she isn't a member.
Today for lunch we asked for something other than rice to eat, I was stoked, but it was a plate full of french fries and cut up hot dog pieces on top. It was heavenly for me, just as an FYI, for if I randomly have a heart attack...now you know why.
Because of experiences that I experienced this past week, I am going to leave you with 2 things to remember
1. Satan knows that the second coming is soon, and he is working just as hard as all of us. We have to be strong and do what we know to do.
2. Always listen and follow the spirit, self explanatory.
Sorry next week I will have pictures to send again, if I get a computer that I could send them on.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Tyrone Mufasa Tanner Chanchino Elder Olsen
We Dont Care, We're Driving Cadillacs in our Dreams.
January 27th.....
What up? So this week has been interesting. It started off weird at the very beginning, because I had a test on how well I was trained, pretty much how good of a missionary I am after 3 months in the mission field. Pretty much I got up in front of the president his wife, the people in the offices, assistents, and 30 other missionarys, and got asked random questions about preach my gospel...in spanish. But it wasnt terrible. Also right now, we are trying to strengthing the members in our ward, so my campanion and I have really just been teaching members, then sunday we had the presdent come out and visit our ward.
Right now everyone here is happy, celebrating, and drunk. Because Perú just won a battle against Chile, so now peru has 50,000km larger. In case you wanted to know.
Other than that I dont really have much to say, other then I am still knocking on doors an eating rice.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Pictures1. Is a museum that is the city Pomalca that we went to last week.
2. I swear I am not gay, even though it looks like it.
Question for the Week: Of all the missionarys here in Chiclayo, they are from 15 different countries...what are those 15 countries?
What up? So this week has been interesting. It started off weird at the very beginning, because I had a test on how well I was trained, pretty much how good of a missionary I am after 3 months in the mission field. Pretty much I got up in front of the president his wife, the people in the offices, assistents, and 30 other missionarys, and got asked random questions about preach my gospel...in spanish. But it wasnt terrible. Also right now, we are trying to strengthing the members in our ward, so my campanion and I have really just been teaching members, then sunday we had the presdent come out and visit our ward.
Right now everyone here is happy, celebrating, and drunk. Because Perú just won a battle against Chile, so now peru has 50,000km larger. In case you wanted to know.
Other than that I dont really have much to say, other then I am still knocking on doors an eating rice.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Olsen
Pictures1. Is a museum that is the city Pomalca that we went to last week.
2. I swear I am not gay, even though it looks like it.
Question for the Week: Of all the missionarys here in Chiclayo, they are from 15 different countries...what are those 15 countries?
New Week...Jan 20th
Today, for p-day, my zone went to a museum in a city called Pomalca, it was cool, other then there was a lot of bugs,
Thanks Kezy for sending me your drawings, and thanks mom for telling me it is a panda, and not a picture of jaxon. Also you guys could probably watch to see who my new mission president is going to be, since the one I have now goes home in July.
Picture: The one is of christmas...it pretty much describes my relacionship with the members her.
Monashuyanki y Tupanchis Kama Wawa
Elder Olsen
Thought for the week: Who is going to win the superbowl?
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
I Don't Have A Title Today--Jan 13th
Last week my companion was sick, so we didnt leave our room very much, but on thursday I had a surprise, I went to Lima again! I was excited because I was going to take a break and speak english with a bunch of white guys all going to lima to get our peruvian ID, then we were going to go the temple. But it sucked, Even one made it feel like we were going home to the U.S. when we were getting on the plane, the next day we waited for 9 hours in the same line to get our papers done. We didnt have a lunch, and we then ran to our plane. I now know what that feel like when it is 6:30 and the plane leaves at 6:45, but you are just arriving at the arriport. However we should have known that it would of been on peruvian time. we got to the plane at 6:44 and the plane wasnt even there yet. We ended up leaving the airport at about 7:45 when we were suppose to be in Chiclayo again of Friday. but oh well. I did get a Mcdonalds burger which was heavenly (even though it was cold) and I also got a subway sandwhich (without lettuce because I cant eat it) even though I paid about 10 bucks for a 6 incher. I also got to see an Audi and a BMW and a Iphone, that was very weird to see those but it was also nice.
Also I think I heard a new song that just came out, it have eminem and rihanna. That made me feel like I am old and have been out here for so long.
So the 2nd picture is on New Years, I decided that this picture would be better to send home rather than what happened after. and the other is a picture of a picture. I did have one but it was one of those that got erased. It is of the soccer team that won the soccer tornament of all the missionaryies in Chiclayo peru mission. Happened on Christmas
Tupanchis Kama Wawa, Munashuyaki
Elder Olsen
Thought for the week: If I never cut my hair, when will presidente Risso say, Elder Olsen you need a hair cut.
Happy New To You All----Jan 13th
Well I don't really have much to say, however somehow I got some of my pictures back, not all of them, but some! Be grateful for what you have right!
New years was pretty much like Christmas here, we visited a little bit of families, at 12 midnight we had a dinner with our pensionista family again. Then went on the roof and watched a ton of fireworks. The do a lot of fireworks here. Also they take like scarecrows fill them up with explosives and then burn them. So it was pretty funny to watch some of those burn and then blow up! It was sweet, I might do it when I get home.
We didnt really do much becaus the people were drinking all day for the 31 and 1. But we played a little soccer for the 31st. The president also showed all of us the movie ephraims rescue, which is a sweet movie especially after we watched 17 miracles with some members. Those are some dope movies right there.
Cho
Dec 31st-Happy New Year
Hello everyone from Ferreñafe Perù again. So I was going to try to send some photos this today. Because I took a ton with Christmas and fun stuff we did with members. But yesterday I printed off some of them, and the lady that printed them off, ruined my memory card also! So I am not going to lie I am as mad as a missionary can be, and probably some more, because I lost all of my photos and I cant even take photos anymore. Freakin GIRL!!!!
In other news I didnt write last week, because my p-day was changed to christmas, and my hour of email was changed to skype. but it was good to see my family again and talk to you guys, even though half the time the members I was with was talking.
For Christmas eve here, at midnight exactly everyone is with their family, they go around hugging and kissing everyone. Then they have dinner (which is paneton empenadas and chicken) but before it they have a toast for the new year. So our pensionista was invited us for that. We went and somehow my seat was right in the middle of the 29 non member people there. It was all good until it came to the toast part, where everyone had there shot glass of wine, and me and my companion had a shot glass of sprit. yea it was great! Then the made us give a spiritual thought and pray before we eat...it was super awkward but I loved it. Then at 1 in the morning everyone goes and wishes there friends merry christmas, then they dance until they are tired. We had a couple people visit us without notice which was cool, needless to say I didnt get to sleep until about 3 ish. For christmas all the missionary where in chiclayo, the only thing cool that happened was that we had a soccer tournament between all of the zones. and my zone won. I would send a picture but...there isnt one.
Something cool is in the decembre liahona they have a section of an elder sirving in chiclayo. FYI. I dont really have much to say other than I am mad right now. So I am sorry. but more next week maybe.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Olsen
Name this song: When I need a healing I just look up to the cieling I see the sun coming down I know it is all better now.
In other news I didnt write last week, because my p-day was changed to christmas, and my hour of email was changed to skype. but it was good to see my family again and talk to you guys, even though half the time the members I was with was talking.
For Christmas eve here, at midnight exactly everyone is with their family, they go around hugging and kissing everyone. Then they have dinner (which is paneton empenadas and chicken) but before it they have a toast for the new year. So our pensionista was invited us for that. We went and somehow my seat was right in the middle of the 29 non member people there. It was all good until it came to the toast part, where everyone had there shot glass of wine, and me and my companion had a shot glass of sprit. yea it was great! Then the made us give a spiritual thought and pray before we eat...it was super awkward but I loved it. Then at 1 in the morning everyone goes and wishes there friends merry christmas, then they dance until they are tired. We had a couple people visit us without notice which was cool, needless to say I didnt get to sleep until about 3 ish. For christmas all the missionary where in chiclayo, the only thing cool that happened was that we had a soccer tournament between all of the zones. and my zone won. I would send a picture but...there isnt one.
Something cool is in the decembre liahona they have a section of an elder sirving in chiclayo. FYI. I dont really have much to say other than I am mad right now. So I am sorry. but more next week maybe.
Tupanchis kama wawa
Elder Tyrone Olsen
Name this song: When I need a healing I just look up to the cieling I see the sun coming down I know it is all better now.
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