hey everyone..
Well, it has been a long week.. Full of new and strange things every day.
This past week we have a found quite a few new investigators.. almost anyone will let you into their house or stop to talk with you for a while.Most of the time though, we are teaching or tracting with a member (that is very helpful).
The members are awesome here. Each one willing to help out with the work, and they all love the missionaries. Many of them I have gotten to be good friends with. Also, everyday, we eat lunch at a members house.. ah, the food is good!
Well, to explain things a bit more:
Estância is somewhat spread out, the central part of the city has kinda nice roads and it is relatively city-like. We live near the center. But it is not our area. There are two other missionaries Elder Wurtz and Hoeppers, that take care of the central.
Our area is about 3-4 little sections of the city that are on the borders, in the poor parts, with alot of patches of jungle and mostly dirt roads and such. One section, we have to cross over a big river, and the others are on the far side.
It is truly beautiful here and the people are awesome; very friendly and easygoing. All of Estância is one branch, and our chapel is near the center of town.. (actually the chapel is just a house). But it is great, and always packed full of people on sundays. Elder Gonçalves is an awesome companion, and such a great teacher. Each lesson is full of the spirit, and he has a very good way with people.. able to joke, and still leave a powerful message. We have alot of fun together, he is an awesome elder.
The bikes are pretty good.. though, there are almost dead (because of the roads here) ..and once they are, that´s it. They are banning bikes in all of Brasil.
Well it has been a crazy week, a hard week, and an incredible week..
I know that this work is true with all of my heart. I love you all, and love hearing from you. I hope that all goes well.
Take care,-elder olson
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