I am now working in the actual mission field! Wow! The area assigned to me and my amazing companion is in the beautiful little city of Florida, about 2 or 3 hours north of Montevideo. Look it up -- it is wonderful here.
My companion is Elder Aviña of Mexico City. He is truly amazing. He has tons of experience, skills, methods, . . . . everything. I hope I can truly learn from him. I already am progressing out here. Both of us are completely new to the area, so we are working to find people to teach. There were just a few people with info left to us from the previous elders.
The first day here was amazing. We arrived at about 6pm to our house, and a note left for us inside said that we were to have a lesson with a sister who is a member of the church (but inactive) and her daughter who wants to be baptized. We were at their house in under an hour, teaching! Wow, it was very cool. I felt the Spirit. Since then, we have had about 15 lessons or so this week. I have loved being able to sit in homes with people and teach them about the joyous message of the gospel of Christ. I cannot understand everything, nor can I say everything that I want to say, but I am improving bit by bit. I hope to improve much more. However, when I am able to teach and converse and understand, it is truly wonderful. We have some promising investigators, and I hope they choose to act upon our messages, because I know how much the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as the church will make a difference in their lives. I hope to see progression in the people, and true changes.
Yesterday, we went to church -- my first time in Uruguay and my first time in Spanish! It was wonderful. We serve in the Ferroviario branch, along with a companionship of sisters. The branch is wonderful . . . it is amazing to see faithful, active members of the church in this small Uruguayo neighborhood. I had to present myself and share my testimony in spanish -- it went well!
Much love,
--Élder Olivier
no time left! next week I will write more and send more pictures.
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