This past week has been super awesome! Things are back to normal for the most part and I'm excited for this next transfer!
Monday evening Bradley and Shyanne took us out to dinner which was really nice of them :) After that, we went and taught Laura and Ruby. We taught Ruby about the Doctrine of Christ and she feels good about what we're teaching and what she's reading in the Book of Mormon. We extended the baptismal invitation and she committed to baptism on March 26th! We also moved Laura's date to the 26th so that they can have the special experience of being baptized together! So excited for them!
Tuesday we spent the whole day in Weatherford/Watonga. We were able to teach the restoration while we were out tracting so that was a cool miracle. In the evening we did a noche de hogar (Family Home Evening) with the huge Hispanic family in Watonga. The tamales were delicious but sharing the lesson was really intimidating because none of us are fluent Spanish speakers.
Wednesday Elder Knight and I were left stranded in Weatherford while everyone else went to transfers to get their new companions. So we went tracting and found the Weatherford Elders some potential investigators :) When we got back to Clinton, we went and did some service for Bessie's sister in law, Sharon. Throughout the whole week we did a total of 7 hours of yard work/painting which was really fun :) In the evening we got to go to the Lewis's (Ward Mission Leader) for dinner and a lesson with Bradley and Shyanne so that was really awesome :)
Thursday we visited Carl and he's still doing really good :)
Friday we had Bishop come out teaching with us. We taught Laura and Ruby, and Bishop threw down about going to college and getting an education. Then we went down to Cordell to teach Beth and Karie. They're doing really well and Beth really likes the Book of Mormon :)
Saturday morning we had a lesson set up a with a Hispanic lady named Maria. We showed up and realized that she was single and therefore couldn't go in without another male with us. So I was somehow able to explain the rule and say that we would go try and find someone. It was definitely the gift of tongues because I still have no idea how I was able to do that. So then we ran over to Elvis's house and got him to go back with us so we could teach the restoration. After we taught her the restoration in complete Spanish (first time ever!) we found out that she is really good friends with Laura which is a complete miracle because we found Maria by talking to her on the street days ago. So that was a really cool experience and the most prominent miracle of the week :) The rest of the day was really slow and entailed lots of biking but the weather was perfect so that was a tender mercy.
Sunday we had Bradley, Shyanne, Beth, Bessie, and Bessie's friend Sharon at Church which was awesome! Bessie bore her testimony again and this time it was only 7 minutes instead of 15 like last time! #Progress After lunch, we had one of the most successful Sunday afternoons I've ever had in Clinton. We taught lots of lessons and found lots of new investigators and it was fantastic :)
One of my all time favorite quotes is by President Ezra Taft Benson,
"When Obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power."
This statement is so true! Obedience is an act of faith because we don't always know the reasons behind commandments. And even if there are obvious reasons, the ultimate motivation for obedience is a trust and love for the Lord. Through love and obedience I have seen so many miracles on my mission. Sometimes it seems like all the little rules don't really matter but as we strive to be exactly obedient we receive amazing blessings even if the blessings aren't directly related to the commandment. Selective obedience brings selective blessings!
Well things are still going great in good ol' Clinton, Oklahoma and I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to serve the people here :) I hope y'all have a wonderful week and remember: There's only 25 more days til General Conference! #GetPumped
Love, Elder Larsen
Alma 26:16
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