Been a good week. FLEW by. So I had some blonde moments one day last week. I seriously woke up with half my brain missing or something.....I was stumbling over my words, spelling things wrong....and I wasn't especially tired or anything. So...we were street contacting that night on a street called Quinpool, and we stopped two older men. One didn't speak any English.....and the other in his introducing himself said that they are French. I ask, "Oh. You're from France?" He says, "No, Montreal." hahahha I laughed out loud at myself, jumped up and down and said, "I don't know why I just said that!" I explained we're not from here, as if that's any excuse. Anyway I felt I had no credibility whatsoever after that point - but he was nice and totally cool with it! Everyone thinks kids our age are ignorant, and especially Americans....and I didn't really prove him wrong.
Kind of a neat experience. The other day I woke up and immediately felt so overwhelmed and scared. For no reason at all really. I cried during breakfast and was having a discouraging start to my day. But as studies came I was able to gain perspective and then take a look at my day.....and anyway, moving forward, we ended up having like the best day ever with 5 amazing lessons. I think Satan knew exactly what kind of day I was going to have and worked on me the second I woke up, trying to make me feel discouraged so I'd give up. Anyway, kind of a cool experience.
So we work with this recent convert in the YSA name Chin-Jun. He is from China, maybe like 28 years old, already graduated and here working for the university. He speaks pretty good English. Right now we're teaching him the after member lessons because he never got them, and just kind of strengthening his testimony. I cannot tell you HOW much I love this kid. He makes me so happy. He is so sincere, and he has a good sense of humor, he loves learning and asks good questions and, long story short, he is so endearing to me. I love the diverse people that we get to meet here. Just the other day on the street we had a really good talk with a Muslim student here from Pakistan.
So yesterday we had Zone Conference. It was really good. I loved it! President Simpson totally had a field day picking on me during it all. All the Elders were like man, he totally likes to pick on you. I was like I know! He also likes to stares me down when he's talking. Not in a bad way, I can hold my ground haha. But anyway, at one point he called me up and asked me to bring my planner.....I'm like “oh no” inside. But I said alright. He made me give an accounting for how I spent my time for two different days. It was intense. With the leftover time unaccounted for, I was like, "Parking?" haha Everyone laughed, including him. But it was intense. I know we are accountable to the Lord, but that panicky fear even when it wasn't all that bad -- I don't ever want to feel that someday standing before the Lord. The scriptures talk about wanting rocks to turn over on those who find themselves unprepared......anyway. Good Zone Conference though.
That's all for today, I'm running out of time, but I hope you all have a good week!
LOVE Sister Jen Olsen
Kind of a neat experience. The other day I woke up and immediately felt so overwhelmed and scared. For no reason at all really. I cried during breakfast and was having a discouraging start to my day. But as studies came I was able to gain perspective and then take a look at my day.....and anyway, moving forward, we ended up having like the best day ever with 5 amazing lessons. I think Satan knew exactly what kind of day I was going to have and worked on me the second I woke up, trying to make me feel discouraged so I'd give up. Anyway, kind of a cool experience.
So we work with this recent convert in the YSA name Chin-Jun. He is from China, maybe like 28 years old, already graduated and here working for the university. He speaks pretty good English. Right now we're teaching him the after member lessons because he never got them, and just kind of strengthening his testimony. I cannot tell you HOW much I love this kid. He makes me so happy. He is so sincere, and he has a good sense of humor, he loves learning and asks good questions and, long story short, he is so endearing to me. I love the diverse people that we get to meet here. Just the other day on the street we had a really good talk with a Muslim student here from Pakistan.
So yesterday we had Zone Conference. It was really good. I loved it! President Simpson totally had a field day picking on me during it all. All the Elders were like man, he totally likes to pick on you. I was like I know! He also likes to stares me down when he's talking. Not in a bad way, I can hold my ground haha. But anyway, at one point he called me up and asked me to bring my planner.....I'm like “oh no” inside. But I said alright. He made me give an accounting for how I spent my time for two different days. It was intense. With the leftover time unaccounted for, I was like, "Parking?" haha Everyone laughed, including him. But it was intense. I know we are accountable to the Lord, but that panicky fear even when it wasn't all that bad -- I don't ever want to feel that someday standing before the Lord. The scriptures talk about wanting rocks to turn over on those who find themselves unprepared......anyway. Good Zone Conference though.
That's all for today, I'm running out of time, but I hope you all have a good week!
LOVE Sister Jen Olsen
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