Fam,
Guilt and shame
entered into my soul after I sent my weekly group email to you last week...
Horrific images and memories filled my mind. In particular, my memory was
brought to a letter that I received from my mom after I sent a similar group
email over a year ago. Attached in the letter was my weekly email compared with
three or four of my friends weekly emails. Disappointment filled the envelope
as my mother lovingly rebuked me for my lack of effort put into my weekly
email. As I pondered concerning the matter I realized that my priorities were
misplaced and that I needed to "make that change" (-Michael Jackson)
in my behaviors before they became too big of a problem.
Luckily for me,
the principle that we learn in Ether 12:27 is true and works miracles! Our
weaknesses can in fact be made strengths through the Lord! As you all are
aware, my weekly email last week was in fact "weakness". I hope that
through the Lord this weakness of mine will be made into a strength. I put a
little bit more preparation into my weekly email this week in hopes that I
won't receive another letter of disappointment from my beloved mom.
"Yea,
behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land (Baltimore), for
which we will praise his name forever." (Alma 26:12) Indeed, many mighty
miracles we have witnessed this week.
We had zone
training on Tuesday and that turned out to be a good meeting. The theme was on
the church that Christ established while He was on earth, the great apostasy
and the Restoration of Christ's church. If you haven't had the chance to
historically study these events and the events that lead up to them, I
encourage you to do so because they are fascinating! Studying for that
definitely strengthened my testimony of it!
After zone
training we had a money lesson with Justin and his god-brother Malik on the Law
of Chastity. Let's just say that Justin was pretty bummed out about it because
Prom with his girlfriend is coming up next month and he was looking forward to
that (if you know what I mean). But he knew that he needs to follow God's
commandments. By the time we came back for the next lesson he had already
talked to his girlfriend and set the expectation that he was going to follow
the Law of Chastity and that they weren't going to do anything until they get
married, if they get married. Now his girlfriend is interested in learning more
about the church. Let me remind you, he is 18 years old in his first year of
college. I'm not sure about you, but I wouldn't have had the faith to do that
if I was in his shoes! What a stud!
Last week we
invited Sebastian to pray about a date that he could get baptized on and he set
himself on date for this Saturday (the 15th). We're super pumped for him! We
had an awesome lesson with him about temple work and he is stoked to get sealed
in the temple with his family one day! This week we were able to find two new
investigators, Cindy and Joseph, and we started teaching an old investigator
named Ed again. Things are rolling here!
Quote of the
week:
"Greg
you're a stud!" "I'm not a stud, I'm just a senior!" ~Our
investigator Greg
Have a good
week!
-Elder Larson
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