Hello
Well apparently today is a big day right? The big 21 where everyone should now know me as a man. Not joven anymore. Its where in one night all my thoughts, desires, actions, and everything i will do in the rest of my life will change. I am now a completely different person right? Well to be honest....a little bit. It didn't change in one night but it sure has changed. And i certainly have become better for it.The people that i have got to know in this past month and a half has just shown me what it means to actually live the gospel. Not just go to church with your beautiful family with a car and a nice set job,but humble people coming to church on foot with their change for their tithing in a small little black bag in their pocket. What a blessing it is for me to get to know people who truly put their trust in the Lord first in all things. Sadly some cant read and some don't understand Spanish that well but their they there every Sunday at church. We had a good attendance of 70 yesterday with a baptism after church of the daughter of Hna. Martina, named Sandra. I love just being around them and them wanting to get to know the gospel by asking questions and doing the things we tell them to do. Hopefully we can get to know more people who want to get to know who Christ really is this next month to help bless their life. What a blessing and a beautiful thing it is to have the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives.We met a guy this week who told us, when we talk about Jesus Christ,we are only talking about blessings. (Sorry, it was better said in Spanish). But its really true. But i hope all is well and that whatever your weakness may be, just remember that the spirit that will be felt at general conference can and will help you strengthen that weakness to become a great strength that you will have.
Love,
elder Larson
p.s. if there's anyway you can find a 3 month study plan for the BOM,or D&C, or the NT or the OT that would be great. Thanks mom!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Happy Independence Day
Hello family-
I hope you had a great independence day like i did. Yes Guatemala's independence day was this past 15th. Yes it was a great day. Probably not for missionaries because everybody was watching the fair and parades that were going on. But this week was pretty good. Were still trying to get to know everyone and its weird to think that we've been here for a month now. But i cant wait for general conference though.And i apparently will be completing años this next week. Where did that come from? Its weird to think that but that is just reality right?? I don't know if you guys have ever experienced a time on your mission where you were trying to speak their language and they just don't understand you because they know a dialect more than the normal language there....well....thats how it is in most the little cities here. Some know mam a lot more than Spanish and its just funny when were talking to them and you can just tell that they don't understand us because they know mam a lot better than Spanish. But I'm here for a reason right? But i can honestly say i love it here and that i hope to learn a little mam so i can communicate myself with them. Very slowly the branch seems to be getting better here. We just don't have a lot of men in the branch which is hard at times because most are all working or they are out drinking or are in the states. But are focus now is to mainly focus on them so the branch can be strengthened. Its going to take a little bit of time to motivate and teach the people here the importance of everything we try to do in the gospel but that's the fun of teaching the gospel. There's always something new to learn or to focus on. Well i hope all is well and that you enjoy the Relief Society Conference this next week.
Love you all
elder Larson
I hope you had a great independence day like i did. Yes Guatemala's independence day was this past 15th. Yes it was a great day. Probably not for missionaries because everybody was watching the fair and parades that were going on. But this week was pretty good. Were still trying to get to know everyone and its weird to think that we've been here for a month now. But i cant wait for general conference though.And i apparently will be completing años this next week. Where did that come from? Its weird to think that but that is just reality right?? I don't know if you guys have ever experienced a time on your mission where you were trying to speak their language and they just don't understand you because they know a dialect more than the normal language there....well....thats how it is in most the little cities here. Some know mam a lot more than Spanish and its just funny when were talking to them and you can just tell that they don't understand us because they know mam a lot better than Spanish. But I'm here for a reason right? But i can honestly say i love it here and that i hope to learn a little mam so i can communicate myself with them. Very slowly the branch seems to be getting better here. We just don't have a lot of men in the branch which is hard at times because most are all working or they are out drinking or are in the states. But are focus now is to mainly focus on them so the branch can be strengthened. Its going to take a little bit of time to motivate and teach the people here the importance of everything we try to do in the gospel but that's the fun of teaching the gospel. There's always something new to learn or to focus on. Well i hope all is well and that you enjoy the Relief Society Conference this next week.
Love you all
elder Larson
Monday, September 13, 2010
Hola de San Juan
Hello to all-
I hope all are well and that you feel better mom. So like i mentioned at the end of my last email that we might have 2 baptisms at the end of the week...well the Lord blessed us with 2 and it was fun to help them get baptized. Ones name is Martina and has been investigating the church and going for a while but then everyone lost contact with her for a while and then we found her and she really wanted to get baptized, The other is this 12 yr old that looks like he's 8 but he's pretty cool and really mature. I will show you where they live when you come down. ha ha its pretty far and they both come to church every Sunday. They were the firsts ones to show up to the baptism...about 45min before it was going to start. But we ended up starting about 20min late waiting for the branch president to show up. But in the end it all turned out well and they both got confirmed after the baptismal service. And yesterday was pretty cool because it was stake conference and they put in a new stake presidency and Elder Falabella was there.Just think that in a couple of weeks he is going to be with the prophet in salt lake receiving training from him and the apostles called from the Lord. But i cant wait till conference. Well this week we need to find more people. We don't really have anyone anymore. And not to say that this week is huge because of independence day on Wednesday. haha So i hope we can find people at their houses. Have a great week and thanks for everything.
Love you all
elder Larson
I hope all are well and that you feel better mom. So like i mentioned at the end of my last email that we might have 2 baptisms at the end of the week...well the Lord blessed us with 2 and it was fun to help them get baptized. Ones name is Martina and has been investigating the church and going for a while but then everyone lost contact with her for a while and then we found her and she really wanted to get baptized, The other is this 12 yr old that looks like he's 8 but he's pretty cool and really mature. I will show you where they live when you come down. ha ha its pretty far and they both come to church every Sunday. They were the firsts ones to show up to the baptism...about 45min before it was going to start. But we ended up starting about 20min late waiting for the branch president to show up. But in the end it all turned out well and they both got confirmed after the baptismal service. And yesterday was pretty cool because it was stake conference and they put in a new stake presidency and Elder Falabella was there.Just think that in a couple of weeks he is going to be with the prophet in salt lake receiving training from him and the apostles called from the Lord. But i cant wait till conference. Well this week we need to find more people. We don't really have anyone anymore. And not to say that this week is huge because of independence day on Wednesday. haha So i hope we can find people at their houses. Have a great week and thanks for everything.
Love you all
elder Larson
Hola de San Juan
Hello to all-
I hope all are well and that you feel better mom.
So like i mentioned at the end of my last email that we might have 2 baptisms at the end of the week...well the Lord blessed us with 2 and it was fun to help them get baptized. Ones name is Martina and has been investigating the church and going for a while but then everyone lost contact with her for a while and then we found her and she really wanted to get baptized, The other is this 12 yr old that looks like hes 8 but hes pretty cool and really mature. I will show you where they live when you come down. ha ha its pretty far and they both come to church every Sunday. They were the firsts ones to show up to the baptism...about 45min before it was going to start. But we ended up starting about 20min late waiting for the branch president to show up. But in the end it all turned out well and they both got confirmed after the baptismal service.
And yesterday was pretty cool because it was stake conference and they put in a new stake presidency and Elder Falabella was there. Just think that in a couple of weeks he is going to be with the prophet in salt lake receiving training from him and the apostles called from the Lord. But i cant wait till conference.
Well this week we need to find more people. We don't really have anyone anymore. And not to say that this week is huge because of independence day on Wednesday. haha
So i hope we can find people at their houses. Have a great week and thanks for everything.
Love you all
Elder Larson
To answer the questions yes I end on Tuesday Feb. 1st. But i already talked to pres and i can leave on the 31st of Jan if we need more time. And for my birthday idk..........maybe........reeses, butterfingers,take 5, some more Gatorade packs, peanut butter, cheese-its and whatever else you would like to put in their. And some more CTR rings.
Thanks mom
I hope all are well and that you feel better mom.
So like i mentioned at the end of my last email that we might have 2 baptisms at the end of the week...well the Lord blessed us with 2 and it was fun to help them get baptized. Ones name is Martina and has been investigating the church and going for a while but then everyone lost contact with her for a while and then we found her and she really wanted to get baptized, The other is this 12 yr old that looks like hes 8 but hes pretty cool and really mature. I will show you where they live when you come down. ha ha its pretty far and they both come to church every Sunday. They were the firsts ones to show up to the baptism...about 45min before it was going to start. But we ended up starting about 20min late waiting for the branch president to show up. But in the end it all turned out well and they both got confirmed after the baptismal service.
And yesterday was pretty cool because it was stake conference and they put in a new stake presidency and Elder Falabella was there. Just think that in a couple of weeks he is going to be with the prophet in salt lake receiving training from him and the apostles called from the Lord. But i cant wait till conference.
Well this week we need to find more people. We don't really have anyone anymore. And not to say that this week is huge because of independence day on Wednesday. haha
So i hope we can find people at their houses. Have a great week and thanks for everything.
Love you all
Elder Larson
To answer the questions yes I end on Tuesday Feb. 1st. But i already talked to pres and i can leave on the 31st of Jan if we need more time. And for my birthday idk..........maybe........reeses, butterfingers,take 5, some more Gatorade packs, peanut butter, cheese-its and whatever else you would like to put in their. And some more CTR rings.
Thanks mom
Monday, September 6, 2010
Busy week
What a week you guys all had. I had a great week as well. The days seemed to go by slow so we could get everything done and i think we used our time really well and we both really enjoyed it. Like i said before there hasn't been any missionaries here for a long time and when we talked to the references we have received they just seem ready and all we have to do is guide them in the right direction. There's a couple areas that we have that are really far away and it just seems that the people over there have really strong desires to go to church and get baptized. And it just really helps when the members have strong desires to serve with us. We planned the appointments we had with members and the people that we were teaching could really feel the spirit and have the friendship they need. I hope i finish my mission here cause i love the people here. Sorry this is so short. Have a great week.
Love,
Elder Larson
Hey Dad-
What a week you had. Marrying sophie and combining your practice. Thats sounds pretty exciting. And thats to bad to hear about Allan and hear that mom doesnt want to go into the garage anymore. Haha oh mom. All is well here. Had a great week and we possibly may have 2 baptisms this upcoming week. I love opening up an area where there has not been missionaries in a long time. People just seem to be ready when we find them. Have fun this week dad.
Love,
Elder Larson
Love,
Elder Larson
Hey Dad-
What a week you had. Marrying sophie and combining your practice. Thats sounds pretty exciting. And thats to bad to hear about Allan and hear that mom doesnt want to go into the garage anymore. Haha oh mom. All is well here. Had a great week and we possibly may have 2 baptisms this upcoming week. I love opening up an area where there has not been missionaries in a long time. People just seem to be ready when we find them. Have fun this week dad.
Love,
Elder Larson
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