tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51173465501789782132024-02-21T08:04:16.281-08:00Elder Larson Serving it up in MarylandElder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-71607518393241156542017-07-31T13:17:00.003-07:002017-07-31T13:17:27.297-07:00RAIN, TRANSFERS & NANCY'S BAPTISM!!!<div class="MsoNormal">
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been a fantastic week. Luckily for each of you, this will be the last time you
will have to read my weekly email because I will be returning home this
Thursday. I have mixed feelings about entering into this next phase of my life,
nevertheless, the past 2 years has been desirable above all other fruit. I wish
that I could put all of the things that I learned and experienced here in
Maryland! I sincerely encourage any of you that could potentially serve a
mission to forget yourself and go to work in the service of the Lord. And for
those of you who are past the age of serving a mission, there are a million
other ways to lose yourself in the work of the Lord. I'm not going to even try
to explain to you how you will be blessed for doing it, but you will and you
won't regret a second of it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">On Tuesday we
had the opportunity to go to the Washington DC temple, it was fantastic! If you
are ever around the DC area, at least drive by that temple! It will take your
breath away! There isn't really anything better than starting off your day in
the house of the Lord, I invite you to go to the temple this week! After that
we headed over to the mission home and began working on the transfer board with
President Christiansen. We spent pretty much the rest of that day figuring out
transfers and in the evening they took us to Sakura for some good Japanese
food! It was amazing to be around the mission president and witness the
inspiration that he receives on where the missionaries should be transferred!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">On Wednesday we
drove out to Frederick and picked up Elder Chambers and brought him back to
Columbia for exchanges. We had an awesome exchange! While we were knocking
doors we knocked into a lady, Sister Brown, taught her the Restoration and
picked her up as an investigator! Solid! Then we had a lesson with a recent
convert named Victor who is from China. He speaks very little English so we
taught most of the lesson through Google Translate on his phone. That was a
pretty cool experience! Then right after that we got a media referral for a kid
named James. We contacted him and he told us that he was watching videos about
Jesus online and the most legit ones that he saw were on the Mormon Channel! I
agree! So he ordered a copy of the Book of Mormon and was interested in
learning from us. We taught him the first lesson and he is seeking the truth
out it's amazing! On Saturday we had the return appointment with him at the
church. We gave him a church tour and he really enjoyed it! He is from China as
well and his only hold ups are that he has social anxieties and that he isn't a
native English speaker so he feels uncomfortable going to church with a
majority American church. He's awesome though!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">On Thursday we
took a missionary that was returning home to the airport. His name is Elder
Jenkins, he's a stud! Then on Friday we drove out to Chambersburg, PA for
exchanges with the zone leaders there. I went there with Elder Bird, he's a
stud! Unfortunately, that day it rained all day long and it wasn't light rain
either. So we spent the entire day and evening walking around in the rain
talking to people. That's missionary work right there! Everything worked out
super well, we exchanged back and on our way back to Columbia we stopped in to
see Nancy's baptism in Waynseboro! So sick!! She wanted me and Elder Jones to
come to her baptism super bad because we were the ones that first started
teaching her! It was awesome to see her and a bunch of the people in the
Fairview ward again!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">I can't believe
my full-time service as a missionary ends this week, it has definitely been the
greatest thing that I have ever decided to do. I know that the Savior lives and
that he leads this work and this Church. I wouldn't be where I am today if it
weren't for him. Whatever thoughts you have had to improve as you have read
this letter, I invite you to do them because they were from the Holy Ghost. I
love y'all!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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solid! On Tuesday we drove all the way up to Lancaster, PA for district meeting
at Elder Lehnig's district. It was pretty solid but we were 45 minutes late
because there was a big crash on the freeway on the way up there, oops! After
that we exchanged and Elder Jones (yes my last companion) came with me to our
area here in Columbia. It was a ton of fun to be with him again!! When we were
companions we made 2 raps about missionary work and had a member (who is
professionally certified) record and mix them for us. They turned out pretty
sweet!! It worked out great because the member finished them up and sent them
to us the day before we went on exchanges so we got to listen to them together.
I will attach the songs at the bottom here. Share them with your friends and
they will probably get baptized!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The next day we
exchanged back and on our way back from Pennsylvania we had to make a stop in
Baltimore at one of the apartments to take care of some things there. It is an
apartment that hasn't had missionaries in it for a while and in it we found an
electric bike. If you were wondering, it has been cleared with President
Christiansen for use by missionaries. Score!!!! We have been flying around on
that thing! We just need to find another one now to go along with it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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helped set things up for the Sisters Specialized Conference (no we didn't
attend). But they hooked us up with some good breakfast! For work outs
that morning Elder Burtenshaw rode the electric bike around while I jogged,
good times! On Friday we drove out to good ole' Hagerstown and went on
exchanges with the elders there. Hagerstown is the ward that I was trained to
be a missionary in and it was pretty dang weird to be back there! We even got
to work with some people that I worked with when I was there that are still
working on getting baptized! Crazy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">On Sunday our
investigator James came to church so we were pumped about that! The C1
(Columbia 1st) ward has been on fire with missionary work lately! We have put a
bunch of effort into working with them this transfer and they have been coming
in clutch! Some members invited their friend Isaac to church and we hooked him
up with the missionaries in Ellicott City and they are going to start teaching
him. #D1Bound!! Also we picked up 2 new investigators this week!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">This week was
solid! Monday night we got out and hit the pavement too hard!! It was super hot
and humid and I was very sweaty!! But I don't think that y'all are here to read
about my sweat so I'll leave that out from now on. Tuesday was a magical day!
We drove out to the town that is desirable above all other towns (Essex)(that's
not necessarily truth) and went to district meeting with the Elders from the
Jones Falls ward. Afterwards we exchanged with the Baltimore zone leaders and I
got to go with Elder Skarda to my home back in Chesapeake:):):) Baltimore has
not changed since I left it! We saw a man run (on foot) from the cops and
impressively got away. It was super cool to see a bunch of the people that I
used to work with all the time! We stopped by a recent convert that I taught,
Katrina, and had a solid lesson with her. Instead of us teaching her anything,
she taught us the lesson this time! In church on Sunday she learned about the
spirit of Elijah and temple and family history work so she taught us about how
Elijah came to turn the hearts of the children to their fathers and the hearts
of the fathers to their children and that's why we have genealogy and family
history. So solid!!!! She's killing it! We shared a scripture with her after
she taught us and she said (paraphrasing) "Dang, my friend needs to hear
that. I'm gonna show my friend that scripture. Can you give me another Book of
Mormon? This will be my 4th one I've given out!" That's what's up!!! I
miss Chesapeake!! It was so good to be back there. Also we knocked on a less
active lady's door, she hadn't been to church in 40 years, and she told us that
she would be at church on Sunday! It's her time to come back! Money!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got up at 4 in the morning so we could drive back out to Chesapeake to pick up
the other set of elders in Chesapeake and a bunch of other sets of missionaries
on the way so we could be out in Martinsburg, WV by 8! It was for the New
Missionary Meeting and that was a ton of fun! Maybe this is just because older
missionaries get worn out by the end of their missions, but it was so
refreshing to be around all the new missionaries all day! They brought so much
hype it was so sick!!! They are all super solid! That meeting went until 4 and
we got to instruct and help out with a bunch of that meeting. Afterwards on the
way back home we stopped in at the beloved Cafe Rio for some dinner. That's a
good day! Hopefully I will have pictures from it to send to you next week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Elder Petersen and he was in my math class in high school:) Haha he's a
stud!!! We had a lot of fun and got to talk to a bunch of people! We also got
to see blood stains that were spilled all over the carpet/wall in a sketchy
apartment complex, I will not send you the pictures because that is not
edifying! We finished off the week by driving up to Lancaster, PA to deliver
some goods to the missionaries up there. We were in 4 states this week!
#EastCoast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-60978090750186170962017-07-16T16:40:00.002-07:002017-07-16T16:40:23.442-07:00GOD BLESS AMERICA<div class="MsoNormal">
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week out here in Maryland! Our preparation day was moved to Tuesday because it
was the 4th of July, so we got to get out on Monday and hit the pavement! We
had a ton of appointments so we were running around like crazy! It was good
stuff! For the 4th of July we had a BBQ cookout with our zone and it was
tastey!!! Elder Burtenshaw and I were on the grill. Then we played some ball
re-assuring me that I am in fact out of shape. Then Elder Burtenshaw and I
hiked up into the mountains and threw up the hammocks, it was some much needed
rehab time for my weakened body. Later that night we got to stay out a little
bit later and watch some fireworks here in Columbia on the lake, it was a good
time!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got back to work and went on exchanges with the zone leaders from the
Eldersburg ward. Elder Simmons came here to Columbia with me and we had a good
exchange! We picked up Mylea as a new investigator and it was a solid lesson!
At the beginning she told us about all the concerns and things she had heard
about the church and we didn't even address them! We taught her the doctrine of
the Restoration and every one of her concerns was resolved by the end of the
lesson. It was pretty sweet to see how the Spirit was working with her. She
closed the lesson with a very real intended prayer, there aren't too many
things sweeter than to hear an investigator pray like that! Good stuff!
Thursday we exchanged back and then drove some cars around so people could get
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had a meeting out in Frederick in my old stomping grounds (Walkersville) and
that went well. It was the Mission Leadership Council and it seemed to have
gone well. We were able to instruct to everyone and the Spirit was strong in
the meeting! President Christiansen decided that it would be a good idea to
show everyone the "Hello" by Adelle missionary parody to
everyone haha it was very edifying! Afterwards we had to drive up to Waynesboro
and then back down here to Columbia, a total of 4 or 5 hours that day. Then we
got a call from President that some missionaries needed to be moved around and
they happened to be in one of the furthest areas of the mission! Luckily they
drove here so we didn't have to pick them up but we still got to drive around
Pennsylvania all day dropping people off! When we got back later that night we
picked up a care taker for one of the older gentlemen in our ward. Then on
Sunday we picked up a man named Tony as an investigator as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-23656936255485115352017-07-03T19:13:00.001-07:002017-07-03T19:13:02.714-07:00SO MUCH TEACHING!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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solid but it was crazy! We started off the week good with a money lesson with
Eunice and Carol! Eunice is from Nigeria and Carol is from Africa somewhere as
well. You know what that means, they are super solid and open to listening to
the Spirit! We initially contacted both of them on the street and next time we
are going to go back and teach the rest of their family as well. They both
accepted baptism if they come to know that it is true and are new
investigators! Solid! Tuesday morning we exchanged with the Ellicott City zone
leaders, Elder Dyer and Elder Ewald, and Elder Ewald came here to our area with
me. We had another solid day and were able to pick up 3 new investigators then
too! One of them is Jim, he is an interesting guy for sure! He is older,
probably in his 70s, and has met with missionaries in the past. We taught him
the Restoration and he already knows that all of it is true! And I'm not
talking about how he has faith in God so he says that he believes it's true or
anything like that, he literally knows that it is true by the power of the Holy
Ghost! He testified to us many times in that lesson that Joseph Smith was a
prophet and that the Book of Mormon is the word of God and that the world needs
to read the Book of Mormon. He read the entire Book of Mormon and prayed and
got a very strong answer that it is true! But, buzz kill, he has some weird
concern where he is fine with just "living the New Testament" and
drinking coffee and alcohol and stuff because the Book of Mormon is only for
the newer generation. What the?? He doesn't want to get baptized, yet, but the
Spirit has worked with him before and it will work with him again and he will
be baptized one of these days! He even wants us to come teach his kids and
grand kids because he knows it's true. He's gonna get there though! Later we
taught Reggie and Liz and it was at the perfect timing, they were going through
some crazy stuff and are going to be evicted soon.... But the message that we
shared brought a ton of peace and joy to them. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had a meeting with President and then we drove out to Winchester, Virginia for
exchanges with the elders there. It was a long haul out there! I went with
Elder Shouse, he's a stud! While I was there we were able to have several
lessons and we picked up 2 new investigators there! I feel like I'm in Brazil
out here with how much we teach! Then we drove back to Columbia and found out
that we needed to move an elder that was being intermediately transferred to
his new area. So we spent the rest of the day/night driving missionaries to where
they need to be. I am tired of driving! We didn't get back until late Saturday
night so we didn't get a ton of sleep that night.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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we had an awesome lesson with our investigator Dameon! He is hard core Catholic
but he has super real intent in meeting with us and read the pamphlet like
crazy that we left with him! He said he would be baptized if he finds that the
Book of Mormon is true (which it is) so he is gonna get baptized!! Sick!!!:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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crazy! When we heard the news that both Elder Jones and I were getting
transferred, everything seemed to go out of control haha! We had a ton of stuff
that we had to do to get the area ready for the two missionaries coming into
the area. Luckily while we were at it we were still seeing some sweet miracles!
We had a church tour set up with our investigator Nancy and Sinda on Tuesday
after district meeting and Sister Stiles was gonna be there too. We made a
quick errand before the lesson and Nancy called us because she was waiting at
the church for us 15 minutes early! The church tour went super well and the
Spirit was very strong the whole time. It was pretty cool because both Sinda
and Nancy recognized the Spirit in the lesson! Sister Stiles was perfect for
them, especially Nancy because Sister Stile's father just passed away and
Nancy's dad is close to dying. At the end of the lesson we put Nancy on date
for July 29th!! The best part about it was that Nancy hadn't stepped foot in a
church building since 1994. She came to church yesterday and apparently loved
it, I wish I could have been there! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Wednesday was
crazy, I got to transfers and immediately went into the trainer trainee meeting
and that went well! The A/C in the building wasn't working so we were sweating
a little bit, but it was cool to see all the new missionaries bear their
testimonies! Later that night we got to hang out with all the missionaries that
were returning home at the mission home, and we were there all night! We dropped
them off at the airport at 5 in the morning and didn't get home until 6. Then
later that evening, only running on a few hours of sleep, we went back to the
airport to pick up a missionary who was coming back on his mission after going
home early and his flight didn't land until 11! We almost lost him too haha we
were waiting for him at the wrong gate.... We didn't get home until around
midnight and then he stayed the night with us. He is a cool kid, his name is
Elder Salazar and he is from Mexico, he barely spoke any English!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was awesome, we were able to find 5 new investigators to teach! 2 of them are a
young African family and the husband, Williams, has met with missionaries
before and read from the Book of Mormon. He said it is something that interests
him! Nobody was able to come to church this week but there should be some next
week! Yesterday we had a meeting out in Martinsburg with our mission president
that we went to, we missed our church block in doing so though... So we had to
go to another ward in our area earlier in the morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-48470756745332066662017-06-19T11:10:00.002-07:002017-06-19T11:10:09.236-07:00GOODBYE PENNSYLVANIA:(:(<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">This week was
another good one, we received some sad news last night though:/ I thought that
I'd be staying here in Fairview for my last transfer but we got call outs and
found out that we are both getting transferred out of the area:/ I'm gonna be
going back to Maryland in Columbia and Elder Jones is going to Lititz, PA. We
were super sad to be leaving!! But I'm excited for what lies ahead, hopefully
Columbia is as cool as Waynesboro, PA!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">This week we
had the privilege of having Elder Nielson, who is the director over the
missionary executive council (it's a pretty big deal) come to our mission to
tour it. We had a conference with him and his wife on Thursday and it was
awesome! It was down in Martinsburg, WV which was sweet because I got to drive
through Hagerstown, my old stomping grounds. The Spirit was very strong in the
meeting and I felt like I learned a ton from it! Afterwards I got to go on
exchanges with Elder Eubanks into the Gettysburg area and that was a lot of
fun. That night we were walking around talking to people and he dared me to
give a Book of Mormon to this couple that was sitting outside. Challenge
accepted!! We gave them a Book of Mormon and they said that we could come back
the next day to teach them. So we went back the next day and picked them both
up as investigators! Their names are Ron and Barb, good stuff!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on exchanges Elder Jones picked up a new investigator with the elder that he
was with, her name is Cinda! She is good friends with our investigator Nancy
and they are both planning on coming to church this week. That in itself is a
miracle because Nancy hasn't stepped foot in a church since 1994 when her
daughter died. She had a falling away and kinda blamed God for it. But ever
since she has started meeting with us she has felt super good about it and
wants to be baptized! Too bad we are both getting transferred out so we won't
get to be a part of the teaching here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been taking good care of us here and making sure that we have been able to find
plenty of people to teach. It has been a lot of fun! To start the week off,
once preparation day ended on Monday we got out and we were walking around
knocking doors and talking to people. The second door that we knocked on was a
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her up as an investigator! In the prayer that she said at the end of the lesson
she said that she feels like us knocking on her door was a sign from God and
that she needs to really listen to what we teach. I fully agree with her!<o:p></o:p><br />
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on exchanges, Elder Bird was with me in our area and we had an appointment with
someone but it ended up falling through. It was unfortunate because we put a
lot of preparation into that lesson with the investigator and we weren't able
to use it. So we stopped by a potential in the area, named Nancy, and we taught
her instead! It was amazing, the Spirit was so strong as we talked about the
Plan of Salvation with her. It was exactly what she needed to hear because her
daughter died a while ago and her father is going to pass away soon as well. I
have a very strong testimony that the promise in ​Doctrine and Covenants 100:6
that says: "For it shall be given you in the very hour, yea, in the very
moment, what ye shall say." We hadn't necessarily planned to teach her
that or to teach her anything but we did put forth our effort to prepare the
best we could and because we did, the Spirit guided us to teach what Eva
needed. I believe it works the same way with life and all that we do each day.
If we sincerely prepare and do our best with the situation we are in, no matter
what the outcome, the Lord will bless us to know what to do in that very hour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">On Saturday we
were supposed to have dinner with a family in the ward but they couldn't end up
doing it so they talked to another family in the ward to see if they could
cover for them (it was meant to happen). So before we went to dinner we decided
to knock doors by the member's house and the first door that we knocked on a
guy named Matt answered. He immediately let us in to teach him. We had to leave
in 10 minutes for dinner so we asked him if we could come back in an hour after
dinner was over to continue teaching him and he said that we could. So we came
back an hour later and he is so solid! He just went through a rough divorce and
has been trying to recover from an alcohol addiction and has been looking for
the true church that he can get baptized into. We had the best feeling about
him, it was such a sweet miracle!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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awesome lesson with Eva and with her friend Beth (picked her up as an
investigator) on the Plan of Salvation as well. At the end of the lesson we
extended a baptism date to Eva for July 15 and she accepted and is preparing
for that date! We're pumped!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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money! Elder Jones and I have been on that diet grind because we are insecure
about ourselves so please don't make fun of us!!!!!</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Symbol";">😌</span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> The work has been amazing lately,
the ward is super pumped up about missionary work and they are very willing to
help us out, this is how it should be! On Monday we had a lesson with our
investigator Josh in the home of some members, the Estes', and it was awesome!
The Spirit was super strong!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the shop this week so we did a ton of walking and biking which is super hard in
our area because everything is pretty far away and there are a ton of hills!
But it is good because we got to get out and talk to a ton of people! On
Thursday night we were knocking some doors and this lady answered and was super
pumped for us to come back! Her name is Cherish and she told us to come back
the next day at 4 because she wanted to learn more about our message. She
seemed super solid! So the next day we came back with a young man in our ward
(Levi) for our appointment with her. There were a lot of people out around her
town house and it got pretty awkward while we were standing there waiting for
her to answer, one of the ladies outside even said "she's not gonna answer,
she never answers the door". Then a 3 year old kid saw us knocking on the
door next to his house and said "I'll go get my dad for you!!!" since
we knocked on all those doors the night before we were hesitant and said
"no bud don't worry about it it's all good!" "No don't worry,
I'll get him for you" "No it's ok bud, thanks though!". Sure
enough, he went and got his dad who didn't look happy to see us when he opened
up the door. He wouldn't even shake our hands when we introduced ourselves....
But he was messing with us, and it turns out that he used to meet with
missionaries in the past! He let us right in and we taught him the Restoration!
His name is John Joseph. As soon as we got done with the lesson he was freaking
out, in his own words he said: "Man this is crazy. The people you just
taught me about have the same name as me (referring to John the Baptist and
Joseph Smith) and while you were speaking I had those goosebumps, you know?
Like those goosebumps that you feel when you know that God or Jesus is in the
room with you but you just can't see them. I had those goosebumps 4 times while
you guys were speaking!" "John that's the Holy Ghost, that is how you
can know what is true!" It was awesome! The Spirit was so strong in the
lesson and John already recognizes the Spirit, that's most of the battle! So
solid!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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around and we still had to find another investigator to reach the standard of
excellence and we picked up a lady named Eva when we were out working with a
member in the ward, Rick. The lesson went really well and she accepted
baptism!! Solid! The ward is getting super pumped about the success that we
have been seeing, all is well!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to jump into the missionary life (with some exaggeration haha). I'll send them
when they upload.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-64333874115066861032017-05-22T13:17:00.006-07:002017-07-24T13:49:31.030-07:00TEACHING = LIFE/GHOST PEPPERS<div class="MsoNormal">
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filled with miracles, calorie-burning activities, trailer parks and nature. I
hope that your week was very similar!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Elder Jones and
I had a very strong resolve to find a bunch of people to teach this week and to
do what the Lord would have us do in His work. At the same time, we also faced
the challenge of having a low amount of miles on our vehicle for the rest of
the month. So we decided to hit the streets on our bikes and talk to as many
people as we could! On Tuesday we knocked into a man named James who just moved
up here from Florida. We taught him the Restoration and picked him up as an
investigator and guess what!!! He lives on ELDER AVE hehe... It was bound to
happen! After biking around all day and helping some people out, we had a long
bike ride ahead of us to an appointment with some potentials. We either had to
go all in or bail out! We really didn't want to bike 8 miles out and then 8
miles back for nothing! But we felt we should still go. As we were biking there
we rode down this giant mountain (giant in east terms, hill in west coast
terms) and we were flying down this thing going probably 40 mph (may or may not
be exaggerated, I'm not sure how fast we were going) and the hill seemed like
it was never going to end! It was super fun to ride down but the thought of
biking up that to get back to the apartment haunted me! Luckily, we got to the
appointment and they were there and they let us in to teach them! Their names
are Brian and Luz, Brian is in high school and is actually good friends with
several of the young men in the ward. We picked them up as investigators! After
we left, he sent a picture of the Book of Mormon that we left him to his
friends that are in our ward and he was pumped about it! So sick!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to my second day in this area, we got to dinner with a member and as we got out
of the car we pointed at their neighbor's house and said to each other:
"they are going to be investigators" when we asked the members about
them they told us that we should go by to see them. So we went by on Wednesday
and they let us in and we picked them up as investigators! Their names are Ed
and Patsy and they are super old but super awesome! They used to meet with
missionaries back in the day too, super cool! Also Josh and David that we
picked up last week are doing really well, good stuff is happening here!! Have
a good week!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crab swag Maryland style!!</td></tr>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-18081736981348393192017-05-15T18:16:00.002-07:002017-05-15T18:16:15.999-07:00CRABS, TEMPLE, ELDER JONES (RD. 2) & MENNONITES, , ???<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">This week I
said goodbye to a lot of good friends that I was able to make in the last 7
months in Baltimore, unfortunately that is a big part of serving a mission. I
am very grateful for the time that I was able to spend there, Baltimore
definitely taught me a ton and made me super grateful for everything that I
have. It was truly an eye opening experience. I'm not gonna lie though, the
trees and hills of the country side in Pennsylvania welcomed me with warm arms.
I'm super excited to be here! There is little to no crime here, everyone is
white (except for one or two people haha), and the ward is so willing to help
out. It is amazing how different some of the areas in our mission are! Being a
junior companion is fantastic though, we have been having a ton of fun doing
missionary work and we have already seen some awesome miracles!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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had a Mission Leadership Council, usually just the zone leaders and sister
training leaders attend them but this time they invited the district leaders
and even the district leader companions. It was a wonderful experience,
probably my last opportunity to attend one. When we broke out with all the
district leaders in the mission and their companions, I had the chance of
instructing them about giving correction to missionaries and that went well. There
have been a ton of new district leaders and zone leaders that have been called
in the recent transfers, this mission is changing like crazy! The mission is
doing really well with missionary work though, there have been a ton of
baptisms!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from Montana and is a recent convert of just a few years now! He has been on
his mission about 20 months and we have been having a ton of fun! Just a little
over a year ago his father passed away while he was out here on his mission.
None of the rest of his family are members (besides his brother) so this last
Saturday we had the opportunity to go down to the DC temple and Elder Jones was
able to do temple work for his dad and for his grandpa. I was lucky enough to
be the one that baptized him for both of them, it was such a cool experience!
The Spirit was so strong afterwards, it was unbelievable! Temple work is an
amazing thing, I invite each of you to attend the temple more regularly and to
bring names of your ancestors to do their work!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hitting the streets super hard this week and we have found some pretty solid
people! We were able to pick up 2 new investigators this week, David we street
contacted and taught him the Restoration, he is a Jehova's Witness. Last night
at 8:15 we were flying around talking to people and knocking doors and we
knocked into Josh and he let us right in and we picked him up as an
investigator. He was super excited about the Book of Mormon. Also we had a good
lesson with our investigator who's name is Stan on Saturday. He is from Haiti
and he and his family are Mennonites. It is so much different out here than in
Baltimore! I love it though!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We started this
week off on exchanges with some elders in our zone that have been struggling
lately because of some health issues. Nevertheless the exchange that we had
went really well! We were able to pick up a new investigator, Sheila, and we
got to hit the streets and contact a bunch of people. As we taught Sheila, it
was really cool to see the change of heart that she had as we taught her about
the Book of Mormon. At first she was very stand off-ish and wasn't down with
changing anything. As we taught about Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon her
countenance changed and she was then really excited to read the Book of Mormon.
The Book is legit!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gigantic spider in our apartment!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Sunday night we
were flying around trying to find a new investigator because we had only found
one so far that week so far. Everyone that we were trying by was bailing too
hard on us. Uh oh!! The Lord is at the helm though so there was no need to
fear. We stopped by a potential that somebody referred to us, her name is
Valentine, and she is from Africa. That day she had been really bummed out
about how wicked the world was and in particular how wicked Baltimore was. (For
your information, yes it is in fact a wicked place) She was losing hope in the
world until she saw us walking up to her apartment to knock on her door. She
immediately let us in and we taught her, her husband John, and then 4 of her
children that are from the ages of 16 to 22 and picked all 6 of them up as
investigators! It was so sick!!!! I love teaching families!!! The Spirit was so
strong and they were all so excited to read the Book of Mormon. Such a sweet
miracle!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Yesterday we
got the call that I will be getting transferred this Wednesday. I'm super
bummed to be leaving Baltimore but I'm pumped for what lies ahead! I'll be
going to Fairview, Pennsylvania as the junior companion to a district leader.
It's gonna be so sick!!!! This will be my first time serving out of Maryland.
I'm gonna miss this place though!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-33171839630572145502017-05-01T15:01:00.003-07:002017-05-01T15:01:30.221-07:00YNG MOSES?<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Fam,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">What a blessing
it is to be on the Lord's team doing His work, I can't even begin to tell you
how many miracles he has blessed us with lately! He truly is involved in this
work and He cares about each and every one of us. As Elder Willes and I (on
exchanges) were in a lesson with Sebastian, it was pretty evident that the
Spirit has been working with him in his life. We taught him the Restoration for
the first time after he was baptized and the conversation goes as follows:
"Sebastian what do you remember about Joseph Smith?" "Well he
was a prophet." "How did you come to know that he was a
prophet?" "Because I read the Book of Mormon and prayed about it.
Through the Spirit I came to know that it was true. The Spirit doesn't just
come knocking on your door though, it speaks to us through our thoughts and
feelings." "....." Let me remind you that he was baptized just 2
weeks ago!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Also on
exchanges with Elder Willes we set a goal to find a new investigator that day.
It was 7:00 and we still hadn't found anyone and we had an appointment at 7:30 that
would probably end the night for us. On the side of the road we said a prayer
asking to find somebody to teach and we felt like we should go down this
particular street to contact people. Down that road we ran into this lady named
Christian and we explained to her that we were going around sharing a message
about Jesus. Out of what seemed to be frustration, she told us to go talk to
the neighborhood punks that had been throwing rocks at her house because
"they need Jesus". She explained that they were around back playing
basketball and was surprized when we accepted her invite. We went back and
let's just say put a little fear of God in them. Don't worry though, we got
their information and we're gonna go back and teach them soon! We returned and
reported to Christian and she was amazed! So we set an appointment with her and
the next day we went back and taught her so she is an investigator now. Solid!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">This Saturday
Justin was baptized and he was confirmed on Sunday. It was really cool to work
with him through his conversion process and to see how prepared he was. He
brought his girlfriend and his family to his baptism and his girlfriend is
interested in learning more about the gospel. In a separate email I'm going to
send out the story about how we found him, it's pretty cool how we ended up on
his doorstep! BTW, YNG Moses is Justin's rapper name, so that's why it is the
subject line haha. Also this week Katrina and Favour, both recent converts,
gave out copies of the Book of Mormon this week to people who are now
interested in learning more #Motivation!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Earlier today
we were over at Justin's house and he was teaching us Jujitsu and I left my
camera at his house so there will be minimal pictures this week sorry! You'll
just have to wait until next week;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Have a good
week!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Elder Jones (my
last companion) and I were at a zone conference meeting for most of the day and
afterwards we had a meeting with the stake leadership to discuss the missionary
work in the zone. Afterwards we had an appointment at 8 PM with a referral from
church headquarters that had ordered a Bible and a Book of Mormon. We had
already been over twice and realized both times that we had neither a copy of
the Bible with us or a copy of the Book of Mormon. Upon arrival at his
apartment, we realized that we had neither with us AGAIN. We are the biggest
scrubs!!! We made the executive decision that we weren't going to try by the
appointment because A) We felt impressed not to go B) 2 days earlier we were
talking to a less active about the movie Saratov Approach (where 2 missionaries
go to an appointment in Russia and the forgot to bring a Book of Mormon to give
the man but they ended up getting kidnapped and held for ransom) and we were in
a pretty sketchy neighborhood C) we were super embarrassed and filled with
shame....<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">We hadn't eaten
anything since around 12 and we were both feeling Chic-Fil-A so we decided to
make a stop at the on fairly close to our apartment. While I was ordering my
food the kid that was taking my order, Jaylon, asked me if I was a Mormon. I
told him that I was and out of curiosity he began to ask a few questions like:
"What is the difference between Mormons and everyone else?" and that
sort of thing. Before I could answer, another worker there began to answer his
questions and explained that his mom was actually a Mormon. His name was Chris.
I gave Jaylon a card with our number on it and told him to call us if he has
any other questions and then I went to sit down and eat. As I was eating, I
felt impressed by the Spirit that I needed to go get Chris' information. So I
went up and ordered something else and asked Chris what his mom's name was and
got his phone number etc... While I was talking to him, Jaylon jumped in the
conversation and told me to right down his phone number too. Sweet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">When we got
home that night we looked Chris' mom up and sure enough she was a member but
she hadn't been to church in a long time. The next week we were planning on
doing a ward rescue effort in the Chesapeake Ward where all the missionaries in
the stake would be assigned to a specific route to go contact those who hadn't
been to church in a while and to invite them back to church. We figured that
would be a good time to go meet with Chris and his mom so we made a request to
our Bishop (who was in charge of everything) that we would get the route that
included Chris' mom in it. We also wanted to start working in that specific
area more too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Fast forward to
the day of the rescue effort, unfortunately, we weren't able to catch Chris or
his mom at a good time and they weren't home. As a part of the rescue effort we
were trying to find out if a lot of these people were still living at the
address that they had on the roster, so any information that we could get about
the people was valuable.We were at another one of the members houses that was on
our assigned route but they didn't answer either so we felt like we should try
by their neighbor to see if they knew anything about them. We knocked and a
young man with an afro named Justin answered the door. Instinctively I asked:
"Do you play ball man?" "Nahhh I do martial arts. But you guys
can come back to share that message with me sometime." Two months later
Justin is baptized and has shared the gospel with pretty much everyone that he
spends time with and several of his cousins, brothers and his girlfriend want
to start meeting with the missionaries now. The Lord works in mysterious ways
but His ways will always work out!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-72064600903967054142017-04-24T13:33:00.003-07:002017-05-01T15:15:38.939-07:005????/SECTION 89<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Fam​,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">My goal in
writing this weekly email is to guilt trip all of you that are members of the
church that maybe haven't been doing as much missionary work as you should
be.... Just kidding, take it how it is, but if that is the case then I invite
you to start doing more missionary work:)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We were all
over the place this week! We started off in Jones Falls at their district
meeting and then exchanged after! I'm sure it was amusing for all around us to
watch two, peculiarly dressed, white kids hauling around a huge bag of luggage
and and excessive amount of groceries. We carried this load from Towson to
Baltimore with only a little bit of assistance from the bus #BusLife. All in
all the exchange was pretty eventful, between soap box preaching on the bus and
teaching people that may or may not have been under the influence of something
illegal and/or smelled like urine. (Welcome to Baltimore)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Wednesday we
exchanged back and later that evening went on another exchange with the Essex
elders, Elder Campbell came here with me. We celebrated Doctrine and Covenants
Section 89 Appreciation Day (commonly known in the world as "4/20" or
#420blazeitYOLOswag) while on this exchange with a dinner appointment at a
members home. After the dinner appointment we became aware of the fact that
their entire kitchen was completely infested with ants and a very fresh
arrangement of other insects as well. Yummy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Our
investigator Justin has been on fire lately. We stopped by on Friday to get him
prepared for his baptism interview on Saturday and he had an interesting
request from us... He wanted NOT 1, NOT 2, NOT 3, NOT 4, BUT 5 COPIES OF THE
BOOK OF MORMON that he could give to his girlfriend, cousins and brothers who
he has already been sharing his testimony with about the Book of Mormon. He has
had some really cool experiences with the Book of Mormon and all he wants to do
is share it with everyone! Not to get into too much detail, but he had a dream
(before he read anything from the Book of Mormon) with great spiritual
significance that actually quoted a passage of scripture from the Book of
Mormon. He tells everyone he sees that the Book of Mormon is a book of answers,
and he is exactly right! If you don't know that for yourself then read it and
you will soon know that! If you aren't sharing it like Justin is then I
encourage you to also read it and pray about it and you will want to! Justin
has already passed out 2 copies of the Book of Mormon and is getting baptized
this Saturday. We're super pumped about that!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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week!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Somebody crashed their car through the doors of the Inner Harbor building in Baltimore and drove off afterwards haha.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">This week was
delicious, or as Lehi would say: "it was desirable above all other
fruit." (1 Nephi 8:12). Literally speaking now, I'm not sure if all of us
here would have considered my week to have been "delicious", unless
you are a big fan of cow skin. In fact, cow skin was on the menu this week and
was consumed by myself. Cow skin tastes just about how it sounds like it would
taste, so let your imagination go to work and I'll send a picture of it to
finalize that thought. That being said, more effort and sacrifice was put into
that meal than probably any other meal I've had in a while, perhaps on my
mission! It is interesting how the families that have the least tend to give
the most and are the most willing to help others out. On top of that, they are
always the happiest too! In this case it was the Jeghedes who have only been in
the country (from Africa) for a little over a year and are trying to get on
their feet here. They are seriously some of the greatest people you will ever
meet!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Africans, Sebastian got baptized this week! He's such a stud! After he got
baptized he bore his testimony and told how grateful he was for us, it was
awesome! After the baptism we got ice cream at Cold Stone and the worker lived
in Utah for 2 years so we're gonna go back to teach him now! Sick!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">We had zone
conference this week which was fantastic. Afterwards we went on exchanges with
the Susquehanna elders and that went really well! I went with Elder Barney who
is fairly new in the mission up to Susquehanna. As soon as we got into the
apartment, I told him that we were gonna take some time to clean up their
apartment, especially to mop the floors (it was nasty). But in response he told
me (with enthusiasm) that we were gonna go out and work instead! #GreenieFire I
decided not to extinguish said fire and we went out to work haha! (Don't worry
though, we eventually got it cleaned). But we were able to find 2 new
investigators for them so that was good!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">On Friday we felt
like we needed to stop by Justin, so we did and when we got there he was super
bummed out! Apparently he was having some hardcore GF problems, they had been
in a huge fight right before we came by. He was super pumped that we stopped by
though because he needed to talk to the boys! As you might guess (if you
guessed this then you are the GOAT) we then taught him about the companionship
inventory which is found in Preach My Gospel. (If you are unaware, we hold
companionship inventories every week to resolve any problems or conflict in the
companionship) and it helped him out a ton! #TeachPeopleNotLessons!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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found 3 new investigators, Meagan who is a referral from a less active member,
Noel who can't read but is a stud, and Aayuba who is straight from Africa and
barely speaks English! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">"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.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">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!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">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!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">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! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you're a stud!" "I'm not a stud, I'm just a senior!" ~Our
investigator Greg<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-80044328974164025202017-04-05T18:35:00.003-07:002017-04-05T18:35:42.709-07:00SUPER BOWL $$$$!!!!<div class="MsoNormal">
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This week was good! In my subject line the Super Bowl is in
reference to general conference because that's how hyped we were for it!!
Missionaries turn up for general conference! Elder Collins got here and we got
to work! We were super low on miles so we spent some quality time on the bus,
which if you aren't aware is definitely a luxurious experience here in
Baltimore. (Not really)<o:p></o:p></div>
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than usual today. (Poor management of time and distractions) But one quick
story for the week! While we were watching conference with our investigator
Sebastian and his family, Brother Costa gave a super good talk directed at
investigators. After conference, Sebastian told us that he was super grateful
for what we do as missionaries and he is praying about when he should get
baptized so hopefully he will be on date next week! Also we put Justin on date
for April 29th!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week was happening! We opened the week out with
district meeting out in Jones Falls which was very spiritual. After that we
rushed back to our apartment and began the move! In the midst of taking care of
that we got some fresh Mission BBQ and then we resumed the laborious task.
Luckily everything went well and we got in to our new apartment with out any
trouble. It is super nice!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unfortunately, getting moved out and deep cleaning our old
apartment took a good portion of our proselyting time last week. But we still
got to see some sweet miracles! On Thursday we went on exchanges with the Jones
Falls elders, Elder Poulsen came with me into our area. We set some good goals
and then went out and hit it all day! We started out with a money lesson with
Sebastian. Our ward mission leader, Bro B, came with us to teach him. It was
awesome because the two of them have really similar backgrounds. Bro B bore
some solid testimony as he shared his whole conversion story when he was back
in the Philippines. He was baptized when he was 17 in the Philippines and the
church wasn't very big back there. He didn't have home teachers or even a
church building to attend but the thing that kept his faith strong was by
reading the Book of Mormon. I think that is something that is really important
for all of us, when we study the scriptures we will be building our foundation
on Christ and if that is the case then we will not fall. I would recommend to
all of you that you figure out a time that you can set apart every day to study
the scriptures. If you do you will be firm in your foundation and when the
storms are raging you will not lose your grip. Sebastian came to church this
week and will be back on date soon as well! Also Justin has been on fire!! He
has been reading the Book of Mormon and knows that it is true and has been
eating up all the lessons that we have taught him. He came to church on Sunday
and loved it! Also Katrina was confirmed in church finally and she is doing
awesome! She is super pumped to get to the temple and to go visiting teaching!
After she got confirmed she kept saying "HALLELUJAH" and when the
first counselor welcomed her into the ward she said "AMEN!!" She's a
riot, but in a good way haha!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got call-outs last night and I found out that I'll be
staying here in Chesapeake for another transfer! This will be my 5th transfer
here aka 7 months! I'm pumped! Unfortunately, Elder Jones is getting
transferred out so I'll get my 4th companion in this area on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fun story of the week; we were doing our typical nightly
routine, writing in our journals and crazy stuff like that when we heard a
bunch of shouting outside our apartment. I ran to the door and started watching
the action from the peep hole of our front door. 4 cops hastily chased this
bigger black lady and caught her right in front of our apartment door! In
confusion, we watched/listened as they pointed guns at her, handcuffed her and
toss her in the back of the cop car because she was in possession and under the
influence of "Coke". What's wrong with Coke??? <span style="font-family: "segoe ui symbol" , sans-serif;">😉</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-23410477673045718242017-03-20T15:06:00.005-07:002017-03-20T15:06:59.214-07:00DINNER WITH ERIC WEDDLE!!<div class="MsoNormal">
Howdy!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week was sick!! Again, we were super busy and it seemed
like the whole week we barely had any time to go out and find people to teach.
But it's good though, we have been working with a bunch of people! On top of
that, we have been getting ready to move apartments (tomorrow) so that'll be
nice to get out of the way! If any of you have been watching the news (I
haven't so this could be wrong, but this is what everyone tells me) you have
probably heard about "Storm Stella" and are probably worried about everyone
that lives on the East Coast. I hate to break it to you, but that is all false
doctrine. It snowed 3 inches and the whole city of Baltimore shut down. These
poor kids were neglected of their educational nourishment and didn't have
school the whole week except for Monday.. It's a messed up world...<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Saturday my companion and I were invited to attend the
priesthood leadership meeting for the stake before stake conference. After we
broke out into different auxiliaries everyone came back into the chapel to
close off the meeting. My companion and I noticed that there was an
investigator or a very recently baptized convert there in the meeting.. The
reason we thought that is because everyone in the room was wearing white shirts
and ties and there was one dude in there wearing a beanie and a gray shirt. One
might have said: "he looks like a scrub". Regardless, the meeting
continued and the stake president gave a good talk. During that talk he
mentioned that an all-pro NFL safety (he actually said linebacker but that's
beside the point haha) Eric Weddle was going to be talking in stake conference
the next day. Said "scrub" stood up, raising his hand and said
something along the lines of "that's me!" My comp and I almost soiled
ourselves! (Sorry for the bad language) He was only 2 rows in front of us!
After the talk was over we had dinner and we got to sit next to Eric and talk
to him for an hour, it was so sick! No joke Eric Weddle was one of my heroes in
football growing up and I got to post up with him in a priesthood leadership
meeting! So sick!!! (Don't worry, I have picture proof;)<o:p></o:p></div>
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On the missionary side of things, after that meeting we went
out and found 2 new investigators, their names are Justin and Malik. It was
really cool because in the 1 hour block that we taught them was pretty much our
only window of opportunity that we had to find any new investigators and we
found 2! They are brothers and hopefully we will get to teach the rest of their
family next time!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-65447955634622412282017-03-13T21:36:00.003-07:002017-03-13T21:36:23.878-07:00ADVERSITY=MONEY$$$ & HALLELUJAH's!!!<div class="MsoNormal">
What's good?<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week was filled with adversity and tender mercies and
miracles! I have a few gray hairs after this one, but it was definitely a good
one! To start out, we had zone training and it was cash money #3hunna!!! The
theme of the zone training was discipleship and after the first training we had
a break out where we had the missionaries teach about the Atonement and midway
through we stopped everyone. We had them all complete step 1 in the addiction
recovery program booklet and then have a chance to pray on their own and ask
for forgiveness. We then brought everyone back in and restarted teaching about
the Atonement again after they just experienced it themselves. It was amazing
to feel the difference of the teaching after the missionaries took a chance to
repent and invite the Spirit back in. You could feel a huge difference just
walking into the room, it was a special thing to be a part of.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Saturday we had the opportunity to see Troy and Katrina
get baptized, but the process was a whole lot more complicated than you would
think! Troy is Renee's son (Renee was baptized a month ago) and they have been
doing awesome in the gospel but have been struggling financially and their
electricity went off for all of last week. Because of those circumstances their
family divided up and was living with different family members around the city.
On top of that, all of their minutes on their phone (except for Renee's) ran
out so we couldn't get a hold of anyone but Renee. The day before the baptism
we couldn't get a hold of Renee at all because she left her phone in the car of
someone that she works with. So then we didn't even have a middle-man to
communicate with. The day of the baptism we got a call from Troy on his brand
new phone saying that he is still looking forward to being baptized, thankfully!
Then when it came to going to the baptism everything in the world was coming at
Troy, including while he was getting into the car to go to the baptism his
phone dropped and shattered. Amidst all that he still got to the baptism!
Katrina, to remind you, the day of her baptism 3 weeks ago woke up with a high
fever and was unable to attend that day. She was in good health and at the
baptism on Saturday but afterwards she lost her taxi card which would result in
her being late to sacrament meeting the next day to get confirmed so she will
have to get confirmed in 2 weeks (stake conference is this week). Troy was
confirmed and everything and is already talking about going on a mission! There
are many more things that happened but I don't have enough time to type them
right now haha...<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the midst of the craziness that happened this week, we
were able to pick up 3 new investigators, Myron, Lola and Lee and we had some
solid lessons with them! We also got to throw down on Sebastian's less active
family that is preventing him from going to church because they are too tired
to stay for all 3 hours of church! Missionary work is fun! In the end, I think
Katrina said it best when she got out of the waters of baptism on Saturday:
"HALLELUJAH!!!!!!"<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-3267064565701060852017-03-06T15:47:00.003-08:002017-03-06T15:47:23.154-08:00HOLLYWOOD TANS<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">
Squad!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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How are y'all doing? This week was really hectic and it
seemed like we didn't get anything done but at the same time we took care of so
much stuff! Pretty much everything that we have to deal with over the course of
a transfer all fell into last week, plus some extra stuff too. Nevertheless it
was a good week, or as Fergie would say, it was glamorous.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To start out we were playing ball and I rolled my ankle
#oldman so that made the week 1.7x more adventurous already. Then the next day
we had some money lessons with Katrina and Steve (returning less active that
grew up in the bloods). Favorite quote of the day that was used by one of the
people that we are working with in a lesson: "That was an amazing prayer
Elder. Your voice sounds like a mix of Fergie and Jesus". (Heck yeah I
referred to Fergie twice in a missionary email). Then the craziness commenced.
To begin, I made the mistake of eating some left over African food that has
been in our fridge for a while and that really messed my stomach up #nice and then
we went out looking for a new apartment with our housing coordinator. We are
moving at the end of the month which will be good! Then we did some service
with 40 mph winds coming at us. Then we taught the Book of Mormon class that
the ward mission leader here holds every week. Then the next day we had zone
conference all day which was super good! They talked a ton about working with
people around our age because we are huge examples to the people around our age
and they are really open to change (I will refer to this in a little bit). Then
we had a meeting with a bunch of the leaders in our stake, after which we had
interviews with our mission president. Then we had an appointment with someone
that ordered a Book of Mormon and when we got there we realized that we didn't
have any copies of the Book of Mormon with us!! #noobs After contemplation we
decided to not go to the appointment because we know what happens when
missionaries don't come prepared with a Book of Mormon to a lesson (watch
Saratov Approach). So we decided to go to Chic-Fil-A because it was 8:30 and we
hadn't eaten yet. Inspired decision! While we were ordering our food one of the
workers approached us and told us how his mom is a Mormon (he is around our
age) which sparked a bunch of questions from one of the other workers (that is
around our age;) that I was able to answer. After eating I felt like I should
go and talk to the kid whose mom is a member and get his information and he
mentioned to us that he has been meaning to come to church one of these days,
he just doesn't know where the church is at! So I asked him for his phone
number and the other curious worker interrupted and gave me his phone number
and told me that he wants to learn more too. Money!!! Chic-Fil-A is inspired!<o:p></o:p></div>
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To continue, we had baptism interviews for Troy and
Sebastian and they both passed! Then we had an all day blitz in the Chesapeake
ward to rescue a bunch of the less actives in the ward. Also we held our
district leader council that same day. In the midst of all that we prepared
everything for zone training which will be tomorrow. And there are other things
that I know I am forgetting. Wild week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Troy and Katrina will be getting baptized this week and we
are super pumped for that! Miracle that happened during the ward rescue effort:
we stopped by a really less active member who didn't answer so we decided that
we would call her to see if she still lived there. She answered the phone and
we explained that we were the missionaries and that we hadn't seen her in a
while and we were just checking up on her. To paraphrase what she said back:
"Oh wow. I'm actually outside the Twin Falls Idaho temple right now for a
temple picture." What are the odds??!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-91906745375487935682017-02-20T17:05:00.005-08:002017-02-20T17:06:45.280-08:00SEBASTIAN!!<br />
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This week was Gucci. You already know that it was super
crazy aka lit fire swag #300!!! A bunch of crazy stuff happened this week, both
good and bad. So I'm gonna start off with the bad first... SO on the day of her
baptism,,,,,, Katrina woke up super sick with a very bad fever. Dang, that is
not lit fire swag #300!!! In case you are unaware, the adversary works SUPER
hard with our investigators the week before (and especially the day of) their
baptism. And he is very obvious about it too! BUT, fear not because the Lord is
at the head of this work. Katrina has cancer of the bones so her immune system
is weak because of all the chemo therapy that she was devastated that she had
to miss her baptism but she will be getting baptized in a few weeks when she is
fully recovered. Keep her in your prayers!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now it's time for the lit fire swag #300 news! Elder Jones
just got transferred here last week and he is a stud!!! We are gonna have the
sickest transfer and get so much work done! He's from American Fork, UT (fun
fact- only my second (of 11) companion from Utah!) We've already had a ton of
fun and seen some crazy miracles. This last week we picked up a new
investigator, Sebastian, on Monday. He is the one that showed up to church with
his family that has been less active but is coming back. Anyways, on Friday
when we went back to teach him, he already got an answer about the Book of
Mormon! While he was reading it he received a some very important personal
revelation and he recognized that it was because he was reading the Book of
Mormon so he knows that it is true! So we put him on date for March 11, so
money!! He's solid! March 11 is gonna be a good day, Katrina, Greg, Sebastian
and Troy should all be getting baptized on that day. That's what's up!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyways, I hope y'all have a lit fire swag #300 week!!! You
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-58398020205787518472017-02-13T15:01:00.003-08:002017-02-13T15:01:23.935-08:00RENEE, REBECCA, AND SAMARA'S BAPTISMS<div class="MsoNormal">
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What's good? This week was awesome! First of all, we had 3
baptisms on Saturday! Renee and her daughter Rebecca and then Samara all got
baptized this last week! It was such a sick experience! Funny story behind the
baptism: we went to the church an hour and 15 mins before the baptism started
to start filling up the font and then we went to go print out the baptism
programs and we didn't find out until 25 minutes before the baptism that we
forgot to put the fonts plug in! Oops!!! So we didn't have nearly as much water
in the font as we would have preferred for the baptism, in fact it barely went
over our knees, but it all worked out! I got to baptize Renee and the first
time, I'm not gonna lie, we were not even close to getting her all the way
under the water haha.... But somehow miraculously the second time she was fully
immersed and it all worked out! I was super nervous about that! Rebecca and
Samara weren't a problem at all thank goodness! It was awesome though!<o:p></o:p></div>
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On top of that we have been seeing all sorts of other
amazing miracles! Greg is another one of our investigators and he came to
their baptism and is looking forward to his in the beginning of March. Katrina is going to be getting baptized this Saturday which we are really pumped
about that! Picture in your mind what you think a typical older, super
positive, Hallelujah, Baltimore black lady would be like, and that is Katrina!!
She is the best!! The week after that Troy, Renee's son, is getting baptized as
well. He came to church yesterday and he was telling us that he is super glad
that he did because while he was in church he opened up his Book of Mormon and
the first thing that he read was about baptism, so he knows that he needs to
get baptized now! Super dope! Also we had a less active family in our ward show
up to church (they are from Africa) and the were all in these sick ritualistic
robes and they told us that their cousin just moved in with them and that he
wants to be baptized so we are going by today to go teach him! Super cool! Good
stuff is happening here!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also yesterday we got our call-outs and we found out, to our
surprise, that Elder Howard is getting transferred and I'll be staying here for
another one. Dang! I'm super excited to be staying but I'm gonna miss Elder
Howard! Elder Jones will be my new companion, he came out with me!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferrari on the same day we found the Rolls Royce, dang!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Samara!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L to R: Troy, Marvin, Renee, Rebecca, Tyion #TheSquad</td></tr>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-73324957466604967352017-02-06T13:43:00.005-08:002017-02-06T13:43:53.917-08:00TEMPLE TRIP & 5 ON DATE!<div class="MsoNormal">
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I hope y'all had a crazy but fantastic week this week. This
week was temple week so we got to go down to the DC temple on Friday it was
awesome! Every time I go there I learn so much and receive a bunch of
revelation! The DC temple is the best too, it's super pretty!<o:p></o:p></div>
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On Tuesday we went on exchanges with the assistants and that
was a ton of fun. On exchanges you see some of the best miracles!! On Wednesday
we had MLC in Frederick all day long and at night we had our Book of Mormon
class and Katrina came to that and loved it! Interviews were on Thursday and
Renee came so that she could be interviewed by our mission president and she
passed! Her and her daughter Rebecca will be getting baptized this Saturday,
we're so excited!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also this week we had 4 investigators come to sacrament
meeting! Renee, Rebecca, Katrina and Greg were all there and loved it! It's
always a good thing when investigators love church here especially on fast
Sunday because in testimony meetings in Baltimore some crazy stuff is said hahaha....
I've heard multiple people swear over the pulpit bearing the testimonies (don't
worry it was in an positive (kinda) way). But it's ok when people are converted
by the Spirit then things usually work out good!! Katrina is on date to be
baptized on February 25 and Greg is on date to be baptized on March 4. Money!!
Greg was taught by the Jones Falls elders and they put him on date but they
found out that he actually lives in our area so now we are teaching him haha!
Yay!! Samara Goodwin will also be getting baptized this Saturday, it's gonna be
a good week! Also this last week we picked up Daisy (Purnell's wife) and
Deandre (Renee's nephew) as investigators! <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bal-rat (Baltimore rat) in comparison to Elder Howard's foot</td></tr>
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Elder Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12892806601642964908noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5117346550178978213.post-57097621584009044092017-01-30T14:27:00.004-08:002017-01-30T14:27:45.718-08:00LIFE CHANGING (as a missionary) WEEK & FAMILY OF 11<div class="MsoNormal">
What's good???<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week was good! To start the week off we had a good
lesson with the Silvers at their new house in the hood of Baltimore. They are
all doing well and Renee is on date for baptism for this Saturday. We are not
sure if it will happen this Saturday but if it doesn't it will for sure be in
the coming weeks. Things are really crazy for her right now and especially
because it is the week before her baptism (because things are always really
crazy for investigators the week before baptism (#adversary)) but she is a stud
so it will all work out!! Her kids will be getting baptized as soon as they can
get to church 3 times so it should be within the next month. Katrina is
doing really well but she missed church this week so we will have to push her
baptism back as well. Samara is still doing well and planning on getting
baptized on Feb. 11. Please keep our investigators in your prayers!! The
adversary desires to sift them as wheat!<o:p></o:p></div>
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On to the life changing story... (I hope you didn't get your
hopes up for this because it probably won't be exciting to you at all if you're
not a missionary haha). But this week we had a worldwide missionary broadcast
and they changed a bunch of stuff in the daily missionary schedule. We used to
plan at night when we would get home at 9 PM but now we plan in the morning,
now preparation days are longer and they cut out a bunch of the numbers that we
have to record each week, called Key Indicators, so we will just focus on the
results which are teaching repentance and baptizing converts! I'm pumped about
the changes!<o:p></o:p></div>
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This week we found 2 new investigators, their names are Doug
and Justin. Justin is a part of the Bigaba family (the gigantic family that we
are teaching) and he is the 11th member of that family that we have officially
picked up as an investigator. Huge family!!!!! He seems really solid and
hopefully we can get them progressing!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anyways, God loves you and Joseph Smith was a prophet and if
you don't know that for yourself then pray and find out! It has blessed my life
so much! Have a good week fam!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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-Elder Larson<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stephani J is super bummed that I snagged a selfie while she was doing her hair!! #oops</td></tr>
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