Elder Olson in Mendoza Argentina

I´ve learned something interesting this week. It compares with the story of Nephi, when he had to go back and get the plates, 2 times from the first original attempt in order to finally get the plates. It applies because in this week, we had a choice to lose our courage and desire to work because of some of our experiences.
        Nephi could have lost that desire to go find the plates from their first attempt like his brothers did, but he didn´t stop. He was obedient and knew because of his testimony that the Lord always fufills and provides a way to fufill with his commandments. By having that certainy and trust he did not give up. And I did not give up either, we had experiences that could have easily provoked us into getting angry but like Nephi, we have our testimonies and we chose not to because of the certainy we have that the Lord will be directing us even though before hand we don´t know what to do. I had walked into someone´s property to greet a man, and he was super upset when I stepped in his property, and he yelled at us. We left but we were fine with it. I recall this scripture when we have to suffer experiences such as that. Mathew 5 11 "Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake". We ended up finding a family that was interested in hearing us, and they stated that they never had let missionaries in until now... There is only one explination, The Lord prepares people and works miracles among us according to our faith.
        We have been struggling in this area, but we hadn´t lost our faith. Because of that, we were able to find people. Yesterday, an old investigator felt the desire to come to church. She had stopped because her husband didn´t support her and didn´t let us come visit. Then she shows up and says she is seperated from her husband, and feels the desire to get baptized.

Today are transfers... sadly this is going to be my last transfer. I will enjoy this time to the fullest, and it is an honor to serve here.

Elder Olson

What Nephi did  1 Nephi 2:16 "And it came to pass that I, Nephi, being exceedingly young, nevertheless being large in stature, and also having great desires to know of the mysteries of God, wherefore, I did cry unto the Lord; and behold he did visit me, and did soften my heart
that I did believe all the words which had been spoken by my father; wherefore, I did not rebel against him like unto my brothers."

Because he had the desire to know for himself, he gained a testimony, and he did not rebel.

Laman and Lemuel rebelled because....1 Nephi 2:12 "And thus Laman and Lemuel, being the eldest, did murmur against their father. And they did murmur because they knew not the dealings of that God who had created them."

They rebelled because they did not have the desire to know and
understand for themselves. I believe this applies to us when we don´t
understand, we usually rebel.