Martin's getting baptized! :)

Dear Family and Friends,

So I got some exciting news from the Elders in the Norman 2nd ward yesterday. One of my investigators from Norman, Martin, is getting baptized on June 22nd!! And since Seminole is relatively close to Norman, I'm going to get to go back for it! So excited for Martin, he's a great guy :) 

Anyways, the Lord blessed us with so many miracle this last week!

Monday turned out to be an all day P-day so that was a blast! President Mansell is the best :) The Sisters in Ada drove up to Seminole and we had a nerf war and played a board game.

Tuesday morning we followed up with some members to see how their family mission plans were coming along. After lunch we went with Bishop Choate to teach Allen and had a pretty good lesson with him. After that we did some tracting and had dinner with the Kimrays :)

Wednesday morning we visited a less-active and then some members took us to a pizza buffet for lunch :) In the afternoon we drove out to Holdenville and had a great Restoration lesson with Rose. She's still pretty open and interested and one of her friends, Tiffany, listened in on parts of the lesson and got really engaged and interested at the end when we talked about the Book of Mormon. So she's a new investigator now :) After that we drove to Wewoka and our appointment there fell through but we were able to see some other people instead. When we got back to Seminole, we went out teaching with Bishop's son who just graduated high school. Our appointments fell through but we got to visit with Margaret which was good :)

Thursday morning we did weekly planning and in the afternoon we went to Prague. We tried to visit some less-actives and had a good visit with Pamela. Turns out she's probably already a member but hopefully we'll be able to get her records moved in and reactivate her :) When we got back to Seminole we had coorelation with our new ward mission leader and new ward missionary which was awesome! This area has so much potential and I'm excited to see the growth that will come soon :) 

Friday we had district meeting in Seminole and then afterwards we did splits with the zone leaders. I was with Elder Lloyd and we had a great exchange! We started out on our bikes and stopped to talk to one of our neighbors and set up a church tour with him for Saturday. #NewInvestigator Then we biked to the far corner of town talking to lots of nice people along the way. Then we tried some potential investigators and did some finding and got another new investigator named Donna :) After dinner we drove back out there to visit a guy named Nick and taught him a little bit of the plan of salvation and he wants us to come back #NewInvestigator Elder Tureson and Elder Rost went to Maud for the day and they found a solid new investigator named Tonya. So between the four of us we found 4 new investigators in one day! #Miracle

Saturday morning we got to go have free breakfast at the Masonic lodge down street because our Elders Quorum president is a master mason there. We got a tour and got to learn a lot about free masonry, it was so cool! After studies, we visited a less-active and then invited Allen to come to church. After lunch we did some finding, at 3:00 our church tour fell through so we did some more finding, and then we visited Ron and Mary and realized that they're not progressing and need to be dropped :( After dinner we visited some people and all our plans fell through. So we said a prayer for guidance and the spirit led us to the south side of town where we knocked on the door of Veronica. She's a grandma who's helping raise her grandkids and she knows quite a bit about the church already. She's best friends with one of the members in the ward and she's open to learning more :) #Miracle #NewInvestigator

Sunday we didn't have any investigators at church :( But there's always next week :) After church we went with Bishop to visit some less-actives and then went to his parent's house for dinner :) We spent the rest of the evening visiting a less-active and knocking on doors.

One of my favorite talks from this past general conference was the one by Elder L. Whitney Clayton titled "Whatsoever He Saith unto You, Do It". 

"I have observed that those who are deliberate about doing the “small and simple things”7—obeying in seemingly little ways—are blessed with faith and strength that go far beyond the actual acts of obedience themselves and, in fact, may seem totally unrelated to them. It may seem hard to draw a connection between the basic daily acts of obedience and solutions to the big, complicated problems we face. But they are related. In my experience, getting the little daily habits of faith right is the single best way to fortify ourselves against the troubles of life, whatever they may be. Small acts of faith, even when they seem insignificant or entirely disconnected from the specific problems that vex us, bless us in all we do."

The gospel is so beautifully simple. When we are deliberate about doing the small simple acts of faith: studying the scriptures, praying, serving, going to church, etc., the Lord blesses us and find true peace and happiness amidst the storms of life.

I hope y'all have a wonderful week!

Love, Elder Larsen

D&C 60:2-3

1. P-day

2. This is what the city of Prague, OK is known for: The National Shrine of the Infant Baby Jesus :)

3. Here's a pic of me and Martin from when I was in Norman