This past week has been a long. Between Zone P-day and Exchanges it's been hard to accomplish everything we want to but we're trying our best.
Tuesday we taught a lady named Inez the Restoration. We committed her to come to church and she didn't accept or turn down the baptismal invitation. She seemed pretty interested so we set up a lesson for Friday but when we went there on Friday she ignored us. Later in the afternoon we went out with a member and all of our plans fell through so we visited an investigator, Carl, we hadn't planned on seeing. Apparently, the Lord wanted us to go there because the member and Carl connected and hopefully Carl will be more comfortable coming to church now. That night we had a lesson with Cesar about marriage and Word of Wisdom. He was progressing pretty good but he's been having some commitment issues recently.
Wednesday we biked out to the VA to visit a less-active member and wish him a happy veterans day but he wasn't there. That evening we went with a member out to Butler and picked up some new investigators. But we got word yesterday that they're moving to Missouri in a couple of weeks so that won't work out anymore.
Thursday we visited a lady named Michelle. She's been taught by the missionaries for months now but she can't seem to stop smoking. We've started teaching her mother in law and we're trying to get the rest of her family involved too. Family support is vital when people are trying to overcome addictions.
After district meeting on Friday we went on exchanges. I went to Elk City with Elder Santamaria. On our way to Elk City we stopped in Burns Flatt and tried to visit some people. As we were walking around we saw two ladies talking in their driveway. We started talking to them and one of them had never even heard of our church. She hadn't even heard the term "Mormons" before and she's in her 30's. She was super interested and agreed to listen to our message. So we sat down on her driveway and taught her the Restoration. After we had set up a return appointment and said goodbye, a random member walked up and started bearing his testimony and sharing his conversion story. It was such an awesome miracle! #tendermercies
Saturday we spent all day in Elk City building a porch for a less-active member which was fun but probably not the most effective thing in the world.
Sunday no one came to church. At least none of our investigators. We talked to Cesar on the phone literally 20 minutes before church started and he said he was coming. But then he never showed up. The part-member families we were working with kept rescheduling this week so we were never able to meet with them but they said they would be at church. Elder Quinones and I spoke in sacrament meeting which was fun. It was really depressing that no one came to church though. The rest of the day was really hard. Supposedly, Sunday evenings are prime proselyting time but no one would let us in. One of my favorite quotes is by Elder Holland. "I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. Salvation never was easy. We are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our great eternal head. How could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never, ever easy for Him?" Sometimes we have to remind ourselves that life isn't supposed to be easy. We have to suffer as a part of the plan. But Christ has suffered more than we ever will. "The Son of Man hath descended below them all. Art thou greater than he?" (D&C 122:8) If we rely on the Savior we will always be able to have the strength to make it through challenges.
Anyways, I'm still doing fantastic and I'm so excited for this next week! :) Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Love, Elder Larsen
1 Nephi 15:25
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