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

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.

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

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

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

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