Showing posts with label Talca. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Talca. Show all posts

Monday, April 9, 2018

week 85: Three Changes to go

April 9, 2018

Transfer 14 Week 2

Hey all,

Sorry for not having a recording for you, we had a surprise special trip to Talca today. More on that in a bit.

I'm doing well, I've been a little sick but I'm hanging on. It's been mostly a cough and congestion in my lungs (lame), and the other night I had a slight fever, but don't worry Mom I'm feeling a bit better :) I found some pills at a liquor store that have been helping (there's no pharmacy in Licantén). It hasn't been bad enough to keep me in bed, so we're still out and going 100%.

We've been working hard this week. I don't remember if I've mentioned our Haitian friend Max, but he's still coming to church but having trouble getting his answer and accepting a firm baptismal date. Darling is SUPER excited for her baptism. She and her mom Karen came to church on Sunday and are doing very well. On Tuesday we had changes. 

Elder Figueroa is very relaxed and easygoing, so we get along pretty well. He's not a big fan of the gym, but I got him to come with me once this week (I wasn't feeling great the other days). He's agreed on every other day for now.

Today we're in Talca for my companion's visa. We had to travel on Thursday of last week as well. The secretaries like to do this thing where they call us the night before and surprise us by telling us that we have to make 2 hour trips at 6am the next day. It's ok though, Elder Lee is also doing his visa so I've really liked being able to catch up with him. Great guy. Because today is Pday I went to the Talca Zone activity where E Haar is ZL and my trainee E Hiatt is in, so it was cool to catch up with them as well.

Well I hope I'm not forgetting anything, and I hope you're all doing well.

Les quiero,

Elder Olson

Me and Elder Haar.


Friday, December 2, 2016

Week 14: Feeling better & #LighttheWorld

11/29/16

Hola Friends y Familia!

It's been a pretty uneventful week down here. I've been glad to get out of the house a little bit after being so sick. It's seriously super hot down here, we're walking around in 95* heat every day. It's weird to think of snow back in the Promised Land.

This week I found my first good Chilean empanadas. I'd heard a lot in the CCM about how amazing the empanadas are down here, but before this weekend I hadn't found any worth eating. BUT there's an Empanada shop we found in Rancagua when we went to visit the Doctor, and the empanadas were fantastic.

On PDay we had the chance to take a Bus tour of Talca as a zone. It was an awesome change of pace and I've attached a bunch of pictures.

This week we've also had the opportunity to participate in the #LighttheWorld Christmas initiative. For any of you who haven't had the chance to see the video, I highly recommend checking it out on mormon.org. Along with the video, there are ways to serve others for every day of the coming month leading up to Christmas. I'll be participating in the international day of service on the first of the month as well! I hope you all put in the effort to follow Christ a little more fully this Christmas Season.

I Love You All Tons,
Elder Jacob Olson

Elder Olson on the PDay bus tour of Talca
Images of Talca Tour (Sorry I don't know what any of them are)