It's been another amazing week here in Norman, Oklahoma, the Lord is blessing us so much!
Monday evening we had an awesome couple come out teaching with us. Our appointments we had fell through but we were able to have another lesson with Martin on his porch. We read the rest of 1 Nephi 8 and he set a return appointment for later in the week!
Tuesday morning we got some rain and got wet riding our bikes which was a blast! At noon we had a lesson with a less-active member and her non-member granddaughter who wants to be baptized. We watched the Restoration movie with them and it was really spiritual :) Had a couple recent convert lessons in the afternoon and then biked around and did some finding after dinner. It felt great to have a day void of meetings, planning, etc, and to go out and work :)
Wednesday morning we stopped by and visited Danny so see how he was doing. He said he wants to get a part-time job so he can pay more tithing and have some more spending money. He's been reading and praying individually and with the family, and he's teaching Raven the articles of faith. He's so awesome!! :) The rest of day consisted of service, visiting a less-active and finally getting her to commit to praying, the return appointment with Martin falling through, and biking around talking to people.
Thursday we helped Angela load up her stuff and move to Shawnee. The Shawnee missionaries met her there and helped her unload so hopefully they'll be able to continue teaching her. After planning and dinner we got to go reteach the Williams family the Restoration and it was amazing :)
Friday after district meeting we got to go help someone in the ward do some moving. Yay for service :) Danny came out teaching with us and we had a super solid lesson with Barry, one of our investigators who wants to be baptized but doesn't feel ready. Danny's testimony and conversion story really helped him out a lot and hopefully we can get him to church this next week :) After dinner we were able to find some new investigators through a cool finding miracle. We were walking around a street that we felt impressed to go to and the first house we felt like we should knock on answered and had some really good questions. They agreed for us to come back next Friday and so hopefully everything goes well.
Saturday morning we had a meeting with our new relief society president and went over the ward roster and discussed visiting teaching assignment which was good. After lunch we were able to set up a last minute lesson with one of our former golden investigators named Courtney and we were able to find a member to go with us last minute. We retaught her the restoration and recommitted her to baptism! It was a cool lesson and the spirit was really strong :) #Miracle After that we were able to have a lesson with Carrie but her son Zion wasn't cooperating too well so hopefully she got something out of it. After dinner we went to go visit one of our investigators named Abraham. So 2 weeks ago we stopped by to try and have a lesson with him and he seemed to think that Elder Kilmer was possessed with an evil spirit or something. And because we're his "brothers in Christ" he felt it was he duty to try and perform and exorcism on Elder Kilmer. So he started chanting in some weird native american language with really wide eyes, slowly moving closer and closer to Elder Kilmer's face, waving an eagle feather around. (Haha Elder Kilmer just stood there and stared at him with a face of stone, it was hilarious!) So after that crazy experience we decided to keep on texting him scriptures from the Book of Mormon each day and to try back in a couple of weeks. We visited him Saturday evening and he seemed a lot more normal. He said he loved the scriptures that we were sending him and that they were helping him draw closer to Christ. He agreed to let us come back and start teaching him more :) So we'll see how it all turns out ;)
Sunday was really great. Danny got the Aaronic Priesthood and got ordained to the office of Priest. One of the awesome families in the ward got assigned to speak in sacrament meeting so they invited their non member friends to come watch. They came and stayed for the 2nd and 3rd hours as well which was really cool :) After lunch we taught Danny and family more about the priesthood and then did some finding before dinner. After dinner we biked around and it was a beautiful evening. There were lots of people out and we had some good conversations :)
Earlier today we got to some more moving for another member of the ward. Seems like everyone is moving stuff around recently...
This morning I was reading in 1 Nephi 17 and I really liked verses 8-9:
9 And I said: Lord, whither shall I go that I may find ore to molten, that I may make tools to construct the ship after the manner which thou hast shown unto me?
I love how when Nephi was faced with a challenge, he was able to remember
1. God is our Father, he loves us and he has a perfect plan for us.
2. The challenges and trials we face in life are according to God's will and plan for us.
3. The Lord will always give us commandments and challenges that with his help, we can overcome. (1 Nephi 3:7)
The question Nephi asks in verse 9 implies that he has unwavering faith in the Lord's ability to help him accomplish the Lord's will and follow the Lord's plan. Sometimes we're tempted to complain or to give up or to ask "why me?" or to ask "How is this possible?". Let us all try to be like Nephi and have the trust and confidence that the Lord will provide a way to overcome challenges or obstacles in our paths. Let us humbly ask for his direction and then go and do.
Well I hope y'all have a wonderful week! Thank you for all your love and support, I love and miss you so much but I know I'm where the Lord wants me :)
Love, Elder Larsen
3 Nephi 19:24
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