Northwest Indiana

We received the following email from Elder Olivier on April 17, 2023.

Things have been going well here in north western Indiana! I'm so blessed to be able to work here. I started keeping a better journal recently so I can finally keep track of some of the stuff that goes on. I don't think I've emailed since before general conference weekend so I'll send a bunch of pictures with that. We're working with some awesome people and it's awesome to see them take steps to follow God! One such friend is Gregory. He's been meeting with the missionaries for quite some time now and he's been attending our weekly Book of Mormon class. He's loved being able to read and cherish more of God's word and learn more about Jesus. On Saturday, he was baptized! I got to play the piano and it was fun to see the different members share their testimonies and support him! I also got to play the piano at a baptism for the Spanish side yesterday.

There was way more to talk about but I'm unfortunately out of time!!!

-Elder Olivier

Pictures! And some words.

We received the following email from Elder Olivier on March 6, 2023.

Hello all. There are some things to update on since I haven't written an email in a while. I'm now serving in Gary, Indiana! It's a pretty cool place. There are abandoned houses everywhere. Also in our area is the house from the movie The Christmas story. We got a referral from someone living a few houses down from it so we decided to go knock on the door. A guy named Daniel came out and he was high as a kite. He knew who we were and had even read some of the Book of Mormon. Impressively, he was able to recall enough specific details about the first few chapter to ask us a question about Lehi's dream in 1 Nephi 8: "what happens to the great and spacious building at the end?" We answered his question. He declined further discussion, but he said he had something for us and went back into the house. A few minutes later he came out with two rocks that he assured us would bring good luck. 

In other news, our friend Assetou got baptized in February! She's great!

Recently I finished the Book of Mormon again. It's awesome, I highly recommend it. It seems like the closer I look at it the more impressive it is. 

- Elder Olivier!