We received this email from Elder Olivier on June 29.
Hey guys it's been a while,
So I'm back out on the mission in Salt Lake City. It's pretty weird to be on a mission right now during quarantine and it's pretty weird to be in the church's capital trying to find missionary work to do when almost everyone here is already a member haha. I was in a Spanish speaking area for a good three weeks and it was great while it lasted. It's pretty cool how much latin American culture is here in there U.S. and it was fun getting to know a lot of other cultures besides just Mexican. I found a lot of food that I was convinced I'd never find in the U.S. and got to speak a ton of Spanish.
Now I'm in an English area and it's kinda like I switched missions a second time. Teaching in English is pretty weird and something I'll have to get used to and the culture is pretty different as well. But it's cool.
Since there's so many missionaries that got reassigned to the U.S. because of Covid 19 they now have us living in a hotel while look for new apartments for us. It's pretty interesting and we're eating a lot of microwave food.
There's a lot of pretty ugly stuff going on in the world right now and I don't think anyone is really immune to it. A scripture I thought I'd share with you guys is found in the Book of Mormon in the Book of Alma and says:
24 He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.
I thought that scripture was pretty cool because God really does have a plan for each of us and despite how hard it is right now, we can always learn from what's happening and keep moving forward and bettering ourselves. God loves each of us and he's always there to help us when we need him.
I hope you guys are doing great and keep moving forward!
Elder Olivier
