Well on the Monday after we talked on the phone President told me that I would have the opportunity to go back to the field for my last transfer. Its sad to leave, especially being able to work with and see all the missionaries but I am really excited to be able to concentrate and just work an area for my last transfer. In the office we do a lot of long-term planning and think a lot which can be unsettling when you are getting old in the mission. I'm going to an area called Oakville, which is full of rich people but it also has a good balance of other people too. I'm going to be the district leader out there which I am very excited about. It will be nice to get to know and work with a smaller group of elders and to be able to focus most of my time with my companions (I have two) and my area. My new companions will be E. Stidham and E. Tapp. They are both really young, right around 4-6 months. E. Stidham is from Salt Lake City, Utah and E. Tapp is from Rigby Idaho. They are both hard working fun companions E. Tapp has big round Ray-bon glasses. I had the chance to give my companions their transfer calls to tell them that we would be companions. When I called him I told him that we were going to buy matching glasses! We apparently have a really good investigator that we are teaching with a baptismal date, a body-builder named Reza, and a lot of potential with the members in the area. Its a really weird feeling going back to the field. I am excited to focus and to work but its feels weird - I feel like a lot of responsibility has been taken away and its kind of a hard adjustment. I've been able to talk to my last two companions that did the same thing and they have given me some good advice. I don't think that there are any questions that I need to answer or anything but if I do I will be back on the regular Wednesday e-mail schedule - old predictable. I hope everyone in Virginia has a good Camping trip and We are about to drive back to Oakville and start the transfer fresh. I've set some goals for my last transfer, and I want my last transfer to be the most hardworking transfer of my mission - I think it will be because both of my companions are really hard workers so we will all be on the same page!
Love Elder Joshua Olson
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Here we go really quick!
We are heading out in a minute to go to district meetings and then to go on travels... So for the calls this week our church gets out at 1:00 and then we go around toronto to any baptisms that we can attend in the mission usually from about 1:00 - 4:00. Then Sunday night we are putting together a Mission President's Fireside for the members and investigators in toronto that starts at 7:00 - 9:00.
If it works out for you we can do calls at 4:00! Each of us have our own Cell Phone so it is going to be really easy for us to do our calls. We won't have to wait for each other. I can call you and then you can call me back as normal but in-case anything doesn't work out this is my number 416.464.7552.
Everything is going well we've got to go but we are doing well we are going on four travels this week so we are going to be gone for the next two days! Fun and busy as always!
Love Elder Joshua Olson
If it works out for you we can do calls at 4:00! Each of us have our own Cell Phone so it is going to be really easy for us to do our calls. We won't have to wait for each other. I can call you and then you can call me back as normal but in-case anything doesn't work out this is my number 416.464.7552.
Everything is going well we've got to go but we are doing well we are going on four travels this week so we are going to be gone for the next two days! Fun and busy as always!
Love Elder Joshua Olson
Here we go really quick!
We are heading out in a minute to go to district meetings and then to go on travels... So for the calls this week our church gets out at 1:00 and then we go around toronto to any baptisms that we can attend in the mission usually from about 1:00 - 4:00. Then Sunday night we are putting together a Mission President's Fireside for the members and investigators in toronto that starts at 7:00 - 9:00.
If it works out for you we can do calls at 4:00! Each of us have our own Cell Phone so it is going to be really easy for us to do our calls. We won't have to wait for each other. I can call you and then you can call me back as normal but in-case anything doesn't work out this is my number 416.464.7552.
Everything is going well we've got to go but we are doing well we are going on four travels this week so we are going to be gone for the next two days! Fun and busy as always!
Love Elder Joshua Olson
If it works out for you we can do calls at 4:00! Each of us have our own Cell Phone so it is going to be really easy for us to do our calls. We won't have to wait for each other. I can call you and then you can call me back as normal but in-case anything doesn't work out this is my number 416.464.7552.
Everything is going well we've got to go but we are doing well we are going on four travels this week so we are going to be gone for the next two days! Fun and busy as always!
Love Elder Joshua Olson
Saturday, April 18, 2009
New companion in the office...
Adonde Vas?
Sorry that it has been a few days/weeks since I’ve e-mailed… we’ve just been busy out of our minds again. I’m not even sure what I wrote about last time but my companion E. Nelson went back to the field for his last transfer. He was the last of the two assistants that brought me into the office (both of my last two companions went back to their field for their last transfers so it’s a possibility that I will as well). So now I’m with my companions E. Diehl and I have a new companion E. Earnhardt. You might remember me writing about E. Earnhardt, we were companions over a year ago in Whitby for two transfers when I first got to that area. We enjoyed serving together a lot and I was really excited that when I heard we would be companions again. We had mentioned when we were together before that we thought we would be companions again. So E. Diehl, E. Earnhardt and I are having a blast. We just finished Zone Leader’s Council and the first 2 Zone Conferences of this transfer and it has finally become warm! Last night I was on the bus on a travel with the missionary that I trained, E. Purnell. It was felt really good to see all the progress that he has made on his mission.
Today we had to drive to Brampton, which is just outside of the mission to pick up a few 8x8 foot displays that the P.R. department in Toronto has for our Upcoming Parenting Fireside with Richard and Linda Eyre. We are expecting a big crowd we are hoping to completely fill in the Chapel, overflow and gym in the Don Mills stake center which would seat about 1,300 – 1,500 people. Then the same fireside two days later we are expecting to have 500-700 people as it is further out in the country. In other news President Eyre is gone for the weekend until Monday and guess what he is in Washington D.C. for a Mission President’s conference! So he asked for your phone number and I gave him the Home Phone (703.330.0665) so look for a Call! Everything is going really well up here. we have zone conference on Tuesday so we will be on travels Monday and Tuesday and then we are planning an after zone conference preparation day activity for that Wednesday (it is the first preparation day of the transfer that we have time to take) and we are going to go golfing in the country! Here I found a really good scripture the other day that I really liked – Romans 5:19 – for since by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of man many shall be made righteous. That is a paraphrase that I think is pretty accurate because I just memorized it a few days ago. It is talking about the fall and the atonement but I really like the application that it has for us. The obedience of one person can have a great influence to make those around them obedient. The work is going well! At zone conference this transfer I presented what we call the “State of the Mission” which is where we talk about our mission goals and statistics and though we are behind in our goal of 500 baptisms so far this year. We have picked up a lot since the beginning of the year and are pushing hard to reach 500. Other than that all is well and hopefully nothing crazy happens this weekend while President Eyre is gone!
Love you all!
Elder Joshua LinneÍ´ Olson
Sorry that it has been a few days/weeks since I’ve e-mailed… we’ve just been busy out of our minds again. I’m not even sure what I wrote about last time but my companion E. Nelson went back to the field for his last transfer. He was the last of the two assistants that brought me into the office (both of my last two companions went back to their field for their last transfers so it’s a possibility that I will as well). So now I’m with my companions E. Diehl and I have a new companion E. Earnhardt. You might remember me writing about E. Earnhardt, we were companions over a year ago in Whitby for two transfers when I first got to that area. We enjoyed serving together a lot and I was really excited that when I heard we would be companions again. We had mentioned when we were together before that we thought we would be companions again. So E. Diehl, E. Earnhardt and I are having a blast. We just finished Zone Leader’s Council and the first 2 Zone Conferences of this transfer and it has finally become warm! Last night I was on the bus on a travel with the missionary that I trained, E. Purnell. It was felt really good to see all the progress that he has made on his mission.
Today we had to drive to Brampton, which is just outside of the mission to pick up a few 8x8 foot displays that the P.R. department in Toronto has for our Upcoming Parenting Fireside with Richard and Linda Eyre. We are expecting a big crowd we are hoping to completely fill in the Chapel, overflow and gym in the Don Mills stake center which would seat about 1,300 – 1,500 people. Then the same fireside two days later we are expecting to have 500-700 people as it is further out in the country. In other news President Eyre is gone for the weekend until Monday and guess what he is in Washington D.C. for a Mission President’s conference! So he asked for your phone number and I gave him the Home Phone (703.330.0665) so look for a Call! Everything is going really well up here. we have zone conference on Tuesday so we will be on travels Monday and Tuesday and then we are planning an after zone conference preparation day activity for that Wednesday (it is the first preparation day of the transfer that we have time to take) and we are going to go golfing in the country! Here I found a really good scripture the other day that I really liked – Romans 5:19 – for since by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of man many shall be made righteous. That is a paraphrase that I think is pretty accurate because I just memorized it a few days ago. It is talking about the fall and the atonement but I really like the application that it has for us. The obedience of one person can have a great influence to make those around them obedient. The work is going well! At zone conference this transfer I presented what we call the “State of the Mission” which is where we talk about our mission goals and statistics and though we are behind in our goal of 500 baptisms so far this year. We have picked up a lot since the beginning of the year and are pushing hard to reach 500. Other than that all is well and hopefully nothing crazy happens this weekend while President Eyre is gone!
Love you all!
Elder Joshua LinneÍ´ Olson
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Calmed down up here a little bit.
Family,
So I am pretty jealous that the family is going on a cruise! Especially to the west coast! I've never even been to California, much lest the west coast of Mexico! That sounds really fun, I hope everyone has a good time while they are there. Send me some pictures please... speaking of which I still need to find the time to send you my pictures... Things have calmed down a little bit up here. Although this week my companions and I all got really sick for about 2 days. It started Wednesday morning we all woke up on the way to the gym with sore throats. I took some sudafed and we felt alright until about 10:00. We were messing around in the apartment for a few minutes with the other companionship that lives with us when one of them E. Pauni a 300 poung tongan elder threw a broom lightly at my companion E. Diehl. He blocked it with his hand but the metal top gave him a deep cut right into the palm of his hand and it bled profusely with a lot of fatty particle sticking out. So we bandaged it up and took him to the hospital to get stitches. While we were there I developed a fever and crashed on his hospital bed while he sat on the chair! (he was tired of laying down anyways and had gotten sick earlier and was already getting over it.) After about six hours of waiting (it made up for it because we didn't have to pay for anything with Canada's free medical care), we were able to leave, just in time to go proselyte. The next day we were planning to go on a two-day travel and we woke up and my companion E. Nelson and I were both still running fevers. We took some rest, some medication and gave each other blessings before we left for our travels. It worked and we just got back this morning in time for our meeting with president and I feel a lot better. Right now we are just preparing really quickly for next weeks transfer meeting before we get to go out and work in our area! Hey everyone have a good time and get a lot of sun, its just getting warm enough out here to walk around without a heavy coat! It feels like summer...
Love Elder Joshua Olson
So I am pretty jealous that the family is going on a cruise! Especially to the west coast! I've never even been to California, much lest the west coast of Mexico! That sounds really fun, I hope everyone has a good time while they are there. Send me some pictures please... speaking of which I still need to find the time to send you my pictures... Things have calmed down a little bit up here. Although this week my companions and I all got really sick for about 2 days. It started Wednesday morning we all woke up on the way to the gym with sore throats. I took some sudafed and we felt alright until about 10:00. We were messing around in the apartment for a few minutes with the other companionship that lives with us when one of them E. Pauni a 300 poung tongan elder threw a broom lightly at my companion E. Diehl. He blocked it with his hand but the metal top gave him a deep cut right into the palm of his hand and it bled profusely with a lot of fatty particle sticking out. So we bandaged it up and took him to the hospital to get stitches. While we were there I developed a fever and crashed on his hospital bed while he sat on the chair! (he was tired of laying down anyways and had gotten sick earlier and was already getting over it.) After about six hours of waiting (it made up for it because we didn't have to pay for anything with Canada's free medical care), we were able to leave, just in time to go proselyte. The next day we were planning to go on a two-day travel and we woke up and my companion E. Nelson and I were both still running fevers. We took some rest, some medication and gave each other blessings before we left for our travels. It worked and we just got back this morning in time for our meeting with president and I feel a lot better. Right now we are just preparing really quickly for next weeks transfer meeting before we get to go out and work in our area! Hey everyone have a good time and get a lot of sun, its just getting warm enough out here to walk around without a heavy coat! It feels like summer...
Love Elder Joshua Olson
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Last weeks continued
To start off this week we had our normal president's meeting and then we drove about 2 hours to go on travels with missionaries out in the country we spent the night and had the country zone conference the next day where we did our workshop and I gave my talk for the last of three times I think it went pretty well. Then right after zone conference we went on travels again in the country. I went with the zone leaders of one of the country zones. We had an amazing miracle and we were able to get into a door and commit this lady named Natalie for baptism and daily contact, she was really excited. Then the next morning we drove back into toronto and we traveled a few district meetings and then I went with a mandarin speaking companionship for the day. I slept overnight there and we went with their zone to the temple for the day. Last night I got to sleep in my own bed and we are going on travels with another companionship at about 1:00. Its been really tiring. I'll just tell a quick funny story... but I have to go so I'll tell it next time!
Love Elder Olson
Love Elder Olson
Friday, March 13, 2009
This week ...
To start off this week we had our normal president's meeting and then we drove about 2 hours to go on travels with missionaries out in the country we spent the night and had the country zone conference the next day where we did our workshop and I gave my talk for the last of three times I think it went pretty well. Then right after zone conference we went on travels again in the country. I went with the zone leaders of one of the country zones. We had an amazing miracle and we were able to get into a door and commit this lady named Natalie for baptism and daily contact, she was really excited. Then the next morning we drove back into toronto and we traveled a few district meetings and then I went with a mandarin speaking companionship for the day. I slept overnight there and we went with their zone to the temple for the day. Last night I got to sleep in my own bed and we are going on travels with another companionship at about 1:00. Its been really tiring. I'll just tell a quick funny story... but I have to go so I'll tell it next time!
Love Elder Olson
Love Elder Olson
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