It's been another awesome week here in Ardmore and I can't wait to tell y'all all about it!
Monday we went shopping and took Christmas pictures for P-Day. Not exactly my idea of an ideal p-day but it was still fun :)
Tuesday we ran into Elder Hanks first basher. We started knocking on some doors and the second house we knocked on, this really nice elderly man invited us in. After talking with him for a few minutes I realized he was very knowledgeable and that he wasn't going to listen to anything we told him. Haha turns out he's a been a church of Christ pastor for who know how many years. Anyways, Elder Hanks tried to reason with him for a while and I just sat back and held my tongue. Towards the end, the guy left the room momentarily to get a copy of the original 1830 Book of Mormon and I whispered to Elder Hanks, "Elder, it's not worth it." He agreed and we bore testimony and left. Elder Hanks is a really fast learner compared to me, it took me a while to learn how to not bash with people. In the afternoon we delivered a Book of Mormon and knocked on some more doors. This really cool family invited us right in, made us hot cocoa, and watched #LIGHTtheWORLD with us. They really enjoy the video and said we could come back sometime and teach them more. It was super cool! #Miracle
Wednesday we had a new missionary follow-up meeting up in Edmond which took up most of our day. In the evening we had a cool spiritual lesson with Demetra. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and she received it really well. Towards the end of the lesson she exclaimed, "Thank you Lord for sending these boys here to show me this wonderful plan". She is so prepared and I'm so grateful for God's hand in leading us to her :)
Thursday was the first real day of Winter and we froze. But we pushed through and God blessed us with some tender mercies including Tomales from our spanish investigator and a new investigator as well :)
Friday morning we met with a somewhat crazy less-active and then did service for one of the members in the ward. In the afternoon we met with a less-active member and biked around a talked to other people.
Saturday we traveled to Pauls Valley for interviews and teaching practice with President Mansell and the AP's. It was pretty fun :) In the afternoon we delivered a large print Book of Mormon to Demetra and then taught the restoration to one of our new investigators, Rodney. Funny side note: We were chilling on some chairs with Rodney outside his house and one of his friends pulled up in his truck and tried to convince Rodney to come with him to his farm. Rodney tried to convince his friend to get out of his truck and "come listen to the good word." His friend said it was too cold outside and Rodney was like, "Is that what you're going to tell him (points to the sky) when he comes to get you? That it's too cold outside? Oh he'll be able to send you to a place and warm you up real quick! (hinting at Hell-fire)". His friend eventually gave up and drove off. It was pretty great :) After dinner we had our ward Christmas social which was fun.
Sunday was good. Demetra wasn't able to make it for health reasons but she's planning on coming next week. After lunch we went with a member down to Marietta and had a brief lesson with our investigator, Ray Brown. After dinner we biked around and ended up having a couple of awesome lessons and picking up a new investigator. Then the zone leaders called us and let us know that the Sulphur sisters are getting emergency transferred and their area shut down. So that was pretty surprising. Sounds like something happened elsewhere in the mission and so president needed to pull some missionaries...
This past week has presented lots of challenges and circumstances that are beyond my ability to control. Which is frustrating for my perfectionist mindset but I've found a lot of comfort and peace in one of my all-time favorite scriptures.
"Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed." - D&C 123:17
God has a perfect plan and if we cheerfully do all things that lie in our power, he will lead us by the hand and help us to have peace :)
Well I hope y'all are enjoying this holiday season and I hope you have a wonderful week!
Love, Elder Larsen
John 8:12
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