hey family sorry I didn't email yesterday we had our temple trip today so that made today our P-day instead of Monday. alot of the mission work here in Hawaii or at least in my area is less active work. so we are trying to reactivate almost a 3rd of the ward its actually really frustrating because they tell us they will be there on Sunday and then guess what? there not. nevertheless we are still working hard and i am still really tired haha but I love where I am in life and I wouldn't trade it fro anything. love you all - Elder Olson also am I getting a easter package because if i am please fill it with marshmallow peeps they are 1.75 here? that's crazy. thanks for the pictures!
(Previous to this email I had told Jason about the change in our Bishopric)
March 23, 2015
They changed Tony! What? Why would they do that he was doing awesome? Also I need a picture brother Adams face ha ha also I didn't see any pictures of the kitchen yet.
So the Stake asked me to share the story for the MTC day so this is what I sent them I don't think I
told you this story so here it is.
I freaking love MTC day! I still remember the things that I learned. MTC day is the first time I ever got the opportunity to teach the restoration which now I do a lot of ha ha. Anyways take this day to really try to be a missionary and pay attention I promise you will learn something as I did. One thing I remember learning at the MTC day, that has helped me is when we learned about how to serve your companion and try to live in harmony. I can't remember who taught that part but I remember him saying how we have to compromise with each other and pray for each other. This has stuck with me and with my companion this far. Actually I have a pretty funny story about compromising that happened with my first companion. Okay so when I first got to Hawaii my companion took me home and I am packed all my stuff and as I was hanging up my stuff there were these three pair of pants hanging on my side of the closet so I assumed they were my companions, so I push them over to his side. Then later that day these pants were pushed over on my side again so once again I pushed him back to his side. Then this routine went on for about a week. That's when I was going to say something to him in companion inventory but then I decided that it really wasn't worth bringing it up and I was willing to overlook the pants. So I guess I just decided maybe into Tahiti (which is where he was from ) they don't believe in personal space. So for the three months we were together every time I had to change my clothes there were those pants on my side it became to be really annoying. Until like the last day before transfers I go to get changed and you guessed it, there were those freaking pants again. So I grabbed them and push them as geometrically as possible hoping my compounded would notice how annoyed I was. Then my companion looked at me with fire in his eyes walked over to the closet and push the pants as hard as he could back to my side right in front of me. At this point I was about to explode but then he said KEEP YOUR PANTS ON YOUR SIDE!
And then I just started to laugh and said wait these aren't your parents? No! He answered then I said well they're not my pants. Then it clicked in our heads that there were just pants another missionary had left there. We started to laugh so hard because neither one of us thought it was worth fighting about so we were secretly annoyed with each other the whole time we were together ha ha Ha. What I learned from this is if you have a problem with your companion just talked that to them about it don't let it be the pair of pants in your relationship don't let it turn into something big but also be willing to change and compromise. Have a great MTC day and try to learn something and you will I promise.
Aloha,
Elder Olson
March 10, 2015
(I had told Jason I really wanted a long written letter from him for my Birthday and this
is the letter he sent.)
Alright mom! Here is your letter ha ha also I made you a Lei out of leaves for you it's handmade out of love hopefully it will get to you before your birthday. A less active member named Natile taught me how to make them. I am starting to feel pretty local one thing the locals do is wear flip-flops everywhere but here they call them slippers. Some other things that are different here in Hawaii is people here use the word rubbish instead of garbage. They also use the word Shocka for everything. Mainly to say thank you but especially while driving, when you let someone in they throw a Shocka if you switch lanes you throw a shocka. Even the buses here have a little screen on the back so the bus driver can throw you a Shocka can you let them in ha ha it's pretty cool. Now that I have been in the Waialua ward for four months I feel like I know everyone, when Elder Mapusua came it made me realize just how much a bout the ward hey really know. Elder Mapusua and I D cited to focus on all the less active in our ward. I am doing really well. I told President Warner that he is not allowed to transfer me from this area I like it here too much to leave. Recently we got a new Elder his name is Elder Hill. I was really excited because I am no longer the greenest in the zone. I found out today that we get to go to the temple again i'm really excited about that.
I feel like I have changed a good amount I feel like I am more organized and way cleaner. Also I am way more in tune with my thoughts then I ever was before. I have definitely been humbled on a lot of things. But the good news is that I have already overcome a lot of my many weaknesses as a missionary and I so look forward to the rest of my mission with hope. I have also learned to rely on my heavenly father for everything I do on my mission. So now I have more meaningful prayers with God. At the very beginning of my mission I struggled with my identity, for the last 18 years I was me Jason Olson and then all at once I was expected to be a representative of the most perfect person on this earth Jesus Christ. So I really wanted to be the most perfect missionary and I still do but I had to find a balance between Jason and Elder and so I have finally found the mission nary not only I want to be but the missionary God wants me to be. As a missionary you have so many rules to follow but that doesn't mean you can't have fun. We all have different personalities for a reason I like to just have a party but still work hard. Mom I love you so much thank you for all that you do I hope you have a great birthday you grandma ha ha
with love Elder Olson
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