Winter finally strikes...

Dear Family and Friends,

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

Pictures from the Mansells

Pictures from President and Sister Mansell of the "greenies" with their trainers.  So fun to see Elder Larsen in these pictures.

One Year Older and Wiser too (haha at least I hope so);)

Dear Family and Friends,

First of all, thank y'all so much for all the happy birthday wishes, cards, and gifts. I don't know what I did to be blessed with the best family and friends ever! :) It's been another great week here in Ardmore, I enjoyed a great birthday, and I can't wait for this next week. Everything is Awesome!

Monday for P-day we played sports at the church with the zone leaders and the sulphur sisters and it was SO much fun! After dinner we went to go meet with one of our new investigators named Devante but he wasn't home and the lady who answered the door said that he had moved for good. So that was unfortunate but we started talking to the lady who answered the door and her name is Demitra. She started talking about how God speaks to her through dreams and so we shared some scriptures with her and gave her a Book of Mormon so she could read 1 Nephi 8 Lehi's dream. So we dropped Devante but picked up Demitra :) After that we went and shared the light the world video with one of the investigators that the previous Elders left us.

Tuesday morning we did some finding and then a member took us out for lunch which was a nice surprise :) In the afternoon we had a lesson with James but he wasn't feeling too great so it was a pretty short lesson. After that we went to go visit one of our new investigators from last week and got the door slammed in our face. Then we watched the light the world video in Spanish with a lady we tracted into last week. The spirit was strong and she loved the video. She said she wants us to come back and teach her more :) We had dinner with a recent convert and her non-member husband which was fun. Hopefully we can gain his trust and help him get baptized as well. After dinner we had a lesson with Christian and Cail and learned a lot more about all the crazy stuff that's going on in their lives right now.

Wednesday I turned 20 years old which was pretty weird. The sisters decorated our door and shot me with Silly string in the morning which was nice of them :) After studies we got to go do service for one of the members in the ward who then fed us lunch. After lunch we drove out to the members who live in the middle of nowhere and visited some of them. We had a really nice member who took us out to dinner and then in an attempt to use up our remaining miles on the car for the month, we drove down to Marietta, Oklahoma and visited a referral and some less-active members. All in all it was a really fun day :)

Thursday after weekly planning we tried to meet up with one of the recent converts in the ward but he ditched us. So we biked around, tried some less-actives, and then had a lesson with Perry and Renee (a really nice older couple who are somewhat open to the message we share). After that we visited a less-active family who lives on the outskirts of town. It was an interesting lesson because their Dog had a seizure right before we showed up so that was unfortunate...

Friday after district meeting we brought the left-over birthday cake to the struggling active/less-active/recent-convert/non-member family, the Crochiers. Then we got dropped by some investigators, did some tracting, and found a new investigator :) After dinner we went out to lone grove to deliver a book of mormon to a referral and to visit some members which went really well :)

Saturday I froze for the first time since last winter. It was raining and windy and freezing in the morning while we were biking around and knocking on doors. In the afternoon it warmed up slightly and the rain stopped so that was a relief :) After dinner we had a member go with us to teach Demitra and we had Elder Hanks' first member present lesson. It was a spiritual lesson and we got a solid commitment from Demitra to come to church :)

Sunday was fantastic! Elder Hanks and I got to pray in sacrament meeting. We also got to teach the youth ages 12-15 second hour and we got to show the light the world video in priesthood 3rd hour. Demitra showed up for sunday school and relief society and she had a great time! Sister Newell (bishop's wife) invited Demitra to join us for the First Presidency's Christmas Devotional at their house in the evening and she came and watched that as well :) 

This past week a read an awesome article in the October 2011 Ensign by Elder Bednar. In it he talks about Lehi's dream and the different groups of people in the dream.

"In 1 Nephi 8:24–28 we read about a second group of people who obtained the strait and narrow path that led to the tree of life. This group “did press forward through the mist of darkness, clinging to the rod of iron, even until they did come forth and partake of the fruit of the tree” (verse 24). However, as the finely dressed occupants of the great and spacious building mocked this second group of people, “they were ashamed” and “fell away into forbidden paths and were lost” (verse 28). Please notice that this group is described as “clinging to the rod of iron” (1 Nephi 8:24; emphasis added).

It is significant that the second group pressed forward with faith and commitment. They also had the added blessing of the rod of iron, and they were clinging to it! However, as they were confronted with persecution and adversity, they fell away into forbidden paths and were lost. Even with faith, commitment, and the word of God, this group eventually was lost—perhaps because they only periodically read or studied or searched the scriptures. Clinging to the rod of iron suggests to me only occasional “bursts” of study or irregular dipping rather than consistent, ongoing immersion in the word of God.

In verse 30 we read about a third group of people who pressed forward “continually holding fast to the rod of iron, until they came forth and fell down and partook of the fruit of the tree.” The key phrase in this verse is continually holding fast to the rod of iron.

The third group also pressed forward with faith and conviction; however, there is no indication that they wandered off, fell into forbidden paths, or were lost. Perhaps this third group of people consistently read and studied and searched the scriptures. Perhaps it was diligence and devotion to a seemingly “small and simple [thing]” (Alma 37:6) that saved the third group from perishing. Perhaps it was “the knowledge of the Lord” and “the knowledge of the truth” (Alma 23:5, 6) obtained through faithful study of the scriptures that yielded the spiritual gift of humility—such that this group of people “fell down and partook of the fruit of the tree” (1 Nephi 8:30; emphasis added). Perhaps it was the spiritual nourishment and strength provided by continually “feasting upon the word of Christ” (2 Nephi 31:20) that enabled this group to heed not the scorning and mocking of the people in the great and spacious building (see 1 Nephi 8:33). This is the group you and I should strive to join."

Thank y'all again for your love and support and I hope you have a wonderful week lighting the world!

Love, Elder Larsen

Helamen 3:29

1. Elder Hanks and I after sports on Monday

2. Happy Birthday Door

3. Wet from the rain :)

4. Birthday dinner

5. Birthday presents

Light the World

Dear Family and Friends,

This past week has been so much fun! One of President Mansell's vision for the mission is Work Hard, Be Obedient, and Have Fun. And let me tell you, it works!

Tuesday we had a zone conference with half of the mission and Elder Sitati of the Seventy. It was really cool to learn from him and his conversion story. He's from Africa originally and is a really humble and spiritual guy. I loved being able to hear from him 4 days in row! After the meeting got done, we drove back down to Ardmore, had dinner, and visited the active/less-active/recent-convert/part-member family in the ward.

Wednesday morning we had a lesson with our 2 solid investigators, Christian and Cail. They are 18 and 14 years old respectively and have been taught all the lessons. Christian has committed to baptism in December but says he doesn't feel ready yet. It's hard for them to get to church on Sunday because they stay with their Mom on the weekends down in a town called Marietta and so they need a ride to church. But we read Alma 17 with them and they really enjoyed the story of Ammon cutting off people's arms. We talked about spiritual warfare and how we can defend ourselves against temptation through scripture study and prayer. It was a fun and spiritual lesson :) In the afternoon we were on our way to tract one of the streets we had prayed about but on the way there, we stopped to knock on a house and the person who answered wasn't interested. But she directed us to another street where her aunt lived and so while we were tracting down there we found a new investigator! #Miracle

Thanksgiving was so much fun :) We had a meal at 12 and a meal at 5, both of which were delicious and very filling. After we stuffed ourselves, we drove through the Christmas lights that were set up at one of the parks in Ardmore so that was cool. 

Friday we didn't have district meeting because of zone conference on Tuesday so we got to do some finding in the morning and in the afternoon the Sisters dropped us off in Wilson (a tiny town to the west of Ardmore). While we were in Wilson, we stopped by and introduced ourselves to most of the members there, found some potential investigators, and even found a new investigator. 

Saturday morning was a blast! We went to go try one of the potentials we found on Wednesday but apparently she doesn't actually live in the house where we contacted her. So we got some Okie directions to where she actually lives and through the help of the spirit, we were able to hunt down her house! Hopefully we'll be able to start teaching her this week. After that we went to one of the streets we prayed about and saw a ton of success! A lot of people said we could come back and one lady was even willing to watch the "Light the World" video with us and set a return appointment. Definitely a miracle! In the afternoon we had a lesson with a recent convert and then after dinner we met a less-active member who's a self-proclaimed "jack mormon". So that was kind of interesting ;)

Sunday was simply fantastic! It was the mission farewell of one of the youth in the ward and I had the opportunity to speak about the importance of family and the joy of a mission. The rest of church was great and choir practice after was fun as well. I love the Ardmore ward so much! After lunch, the zone-leaders from Pauls Valley came down and did splits with us for the rest of the day. I got to be with Elder Aebischer, one of my friends from back in the Clinton ward. This exchange turned out to be pretty mellow compared to the last one we had back in Clinton 8 months ago but it was still super fun :) We taught some lessons and found a super cool couple we're going to start teaching. I love missionary work so much!

As part of my talk yesterday, I shared this statement from "True to the Faith" under "Temples"

"All we do in the Church—our meetings and activities, our missionary efforts, the lessons we teach and the hymns we sing—should point us to the Savior and the work we do in holy temples."

I feel that the work we do in temples is so important because it allows us to gain something of eternal significance; an eternal marriage and family. So many good and better things in life can distract us from this best thing of eternal importance. After we ourselves have come unto Christ and received the joy and blessings that come from the gospel, we can invite and help others to do the same. There is no greater joy than this and this is why my mission has been the best experience of my life. I wouldn't trade this opportunity and joy for anything :)

Well I hope y'all have a wonderful week and if you haven't already, you should definitely check out the Christmas initiative "Light the World" on Mormon.org. This Christmas season is going to be fantastic! Light the World!

Love, Elder Larsen

D&C 138:47-48

Marvin's Baptism!! :D

Dear Family and Friends,

Wow it's been a crazy week. Crazy fun! My trainee, Elder Hanks, is awesome! He's from Bellingham, Washington and he's a super prepared missionary. This next transfer is going to be the best!

Monday evening we had dinner and a lesson with Marvin at a member's house and it was great!

Tuesday morning I got my stuff packed up and in the afternoon we took our car into the dealership to get something fixed. While we were at the dealership, we saw on the news that there was a shooting at the Oklahoma City airport which caused it to be shut down completely. It was the day before transfers and so I figured that the new missionaries would be trying to fly in. So I had no idea if my new companion was going to be there on Wednesday or not. After we got the car worked on, we went to go visit Marvin and learned that he was going out of town for the next couple of days. So we called up the zone leaders and they were available and so we did his baptismal interview right then and there. After dinner I got to say goodbye to the Smiths, Carrie, and Martin. Fun last day in Norman :)

Wednesday was transfers. The Greenies got to the mission home at midnight on Tuesday so trainers meeting started later and was condensed significantly. But it was the first transfers meeting held in Edmond and so I got to go to the new mission home which was awesome! Anyways, once we got to Ardmore, we went to the ward thanksgiving dinner and got to meet lots of members which was fun :)

Thursday we did our planning session and then went shopping with the sisters since we didn't have time on Wednesday. We had 2 lessons with the 3 solid investigators the previous Ardmore Elders left us. After dinner we met with Bishop and got his vision for the ward and how we can best help out. This ward is so awesome and I'm so excited to be here!

Friday we had district meeting and then Elder Hanks and I walked over Ardmore trying to visit some investigators and members since Elder Hanks didn't have a bike yet. We had another lesson with one of the solid investigators the Elders left and we committed him to baptism. He ended up dropping us on Sunday though so that was unfortunate. 

Saturday we got to go back to Norman for Marvin's baptism! It was super spiritual and we had a great time. It was so great to see many of my friends from Norman. Martin, Marelyn, and Zadrin made it to the baptism as well and they hinted that they would be the next ones to enter the waters of baptism! So excited for them! After the baptism we drove up to the city to pick up a bike for Elder Hanks and then drove back down to Ardmore. Before dinner we did a little tracting and then after dinner we watched the adult session of stake conference that was broadcast from the stake center in Norman. 

Sunday we watched the broadcast of the stake conference. It was so cool to hear from President Mansell and Elder Sitati of the Seventy. After church we had dinner with a family in an outlying town and so we went with the Sisters to visit members in the outlying towns on our way out to dinner. It was fun :) After dinner we drove back to Ardmore and caught a ride up to Sulphur so we could catch a ride with the Sulphur sister missionaries up to Ada to stay the night for MLC the next morning.

This morning we woke up really early and drove to Edmond for a special MLC (missionary leadership conference) with Elder Sitati. It was an amazing experience and I learned SO much! After that we drove back to Ada and now I'm emailing at the church building in Ada. We will be sleeping over in Ada again tonight and then going to zone conference tomorrow morning with Elder Sitati. So excited!

The main message I took away from MLC this morning was coming to know the savior by following his example and developing his attributes. Elder Sitati shared a cool quote from Elder M. Russell Ballard. He says, "Only those who prayerfully and diligently seek to obtain divine attributes will experience total and complete conversion - the kind of true and lasting conversion we seek for ourselves, our families, and everyone we know." I know that as we strive to become better followers of Christ that we will also become better leaders and be better able to help others experience lasting conversion as well :)

Anyways, I hope y'all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you celebrate Thanksliving everyday by having an attitude of gratitude :)

Love, Elder Larsen

Alma 37:37

P.S. I recommend President Uchtdorf's talk "Grateful in Any Circumstance" as a good one to study on Thanksgiving :)

1. Elder Hanks and I at transfers

2. Me and Marvin

3. Me, Martin, Marelyn, and Zadrin at Marvin's baptism

Picture from their conference with the 70. 

Look out Ardmore, here I come

Dear Family and Friends,

So first things first, President Mansell called last night and I will be leaving Norman to go train a new missionary!! We found out this morning that I'm going down to Ardmore, Oklahoma and honestly I couldn't be more excited! :) It's hard to leave all the awesome friends I made here in Norman but I'm excited for the change!

Secondly, Marvin is on track for baptism this Saturday! He smoked a couple cigarettes on Tuesday this last week but other than that, he's been clean for a week and a half now. He gave up his vaping on Saturday and he's pumped for his baptism on the 19th! So proud of him and all the huge changes he's made in his life.

Tuesday after P-day was over we had a lesson with our investigator, James, and it went pretty well.

Wednesday we did exchanges with the Elders in the 1st ward and it was a blast spending a day in the 1st ward. We biked everywhere and saw some cool miracles :) My favorite miracle was when we ran into a former investigator from our area. He dropped us a couple months ago because his wife wasn't interested in the church but we ran into him as he was changing the tires on his car. His wife had just left him and slashed his tires, and he said he's probably going to lose his job. So we talked with him and he said it was another sign from God that we happened across him. Everything happens for a reason :)

Thursday we had a lesson with our Catholic friend Matthew and he's still struggling to understand our theology. He's a theology major at OU and so he knows a lot more history than we do. And our testimonies puzzle him so we're going to try and bring someone who converted from Catholicism to help us teach him. In the afternoon, I got to do my first baptismal interview! It was a cool experience. The guy is married to a member and he's taken the discussions several times but he decided recently that he wants to be baptized. The sisters in his ward have been working so hard and seeing no outward results, and so I'm glad they got to witness this miracle! After dinner we visited an active/less-active family, had a good lesson with Martin and Marelyn, and then had correlation with the ward mission leader.

Friday we didn't have district meeting because of interviews on Monday. So we biked around in the morning and finished some weekly planning in the afternoon. Before dinner we had a lesson with Carrie but she kind of dropped us. It's really frustrating because she's such an indecisive person and she says she believes the Book of Mormon is true but she's not a logical analytical thinker like me. But I think someday she'll end up joining. After dinner we went to a ward activity and then had a lesson with Marvin.

Saturday we got to do some service in the morning. In the afternoon we had an impromptu member present lesson with James and Brother Harris so that we cool. In the evening we had another lesson with Marvin since we still have a lot of stuff to teach him.

Sunday the only investigator who came to church was Marvin so that was disappointing. But there was a random guy who showed up because he had to try out a different church for an assignment at school so that was pretty awesome :) In the afternoon we had a lesson with a less-active and in the evening we had my last lesson with the Williams family. I'm going to miss them a lot but I know that they're in good hands :)

This past week I was reading through chapter 6 of Preach My Gospel which talks about Christlike attributes. Something that stuck out to me this time around was the attribute of Hope. I know that for most of my mission I've put a big focus on Faith and Charity but I realized that we can't forget about Hope. Faith and hope go hand in hand but they aren't the same thing. I love what PMG says about Hope,

"Hope is an abiding trust that the Lord will fulfill His promises to you. It is manifest in confidence, optimism, enthusiasm, and patient perseverance. It is believing and expecting that something will occur. When you have hope, you work through trials and difficulties with the confidence and assurance that all things will work together for your good. Hope helps you conquer discouragement. The scriptures often describe hope in Jesus Christ as the assurance that you will inherit eternal life in the celestial kingdom."

Let us all try to develop more Hope in our lives for as we do so, we will be able to conquer discouragement and to be optimistic and enthusiastic about the future.

Well I hope y'all have a simply fantastic week. Thanks always for your love and support!

Love, Elder Larsen

Ether 12:4

1. One last picture with the Williams family :)

Dear Family and Friends,

Wow, this past week has definitely been a long one. But God is good and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else!

Transfers are on November 16th and I've been in Norman for 7 months now so if y'all could send any mail to the mission office until I get my new address that would be great :)

Last Monday evening we weren't allowed to go out proselyting so we got to watch part of "The Saratov Approach" as a zone so that was really fun :)

Tuesday morning I got to go to MLC (missionary leadership conference) so that was awesome as always :) We got a really cool training on how to use the Book of Mormon more effectively by showing how it answers the questions of the soul. When I got back to Norman, we went and visited a less-active/active family. The Mom and kids come to church every Sunday but the husband works late every Saturday nightand so he usually doesn't make it. He was actually baptized about a year ago and so we were able to set some goals for him and his family to be sealed together in the temple :) 

Wednesday Elder Neil woke up really sick. So the only thing we did all day was go teach a lesson to Martin and Marelyn.

Thursday Elder Neil was still sick so we got one of the members in the ward to come help me give him a blessing. After that we found out that another missionary in the zone was sick as well so I dropped Elder Neil off with the other sick Elder and me and his companion got to go out and work. I was going crazy being stuck inside so going out for just a few hours that evening was a tender mercy :)

Friday was the day that Marvin became a Non-smoker! We decided to take immediate action about his smoking problem because he wants to be baptized on the 19th. We went to Walmart and purchased Cinamon flavored mouthwash and tooth paste, grapefruit juice, and vitamin C. Then we went and did the stop smoking workshop with him and he loved it! He crushed his cigarettes and committed to following the 15 steps we gave him. He is excited and working hard towards his baptism! After that we had a lesson with Carrie and Zion before dinner. We're basically just waiting for Carrie to make a decision about which church to join and doing everything we can to get her to attend church with us. After dinner we went to go try one of our old investigators, Mr. James, and his wife Brenda answered the door. She invited us in and we had a really cool lesson with her. We not only gave her a book of mormon and taught her about it but we also gave her a specific chapter to read. And she didn't wait until we left to start reading. She read to us the first 14 verses of Alma 36 and she said she felt the spirit as she read. Definitely a miracle :) We're really excited to go back and teach her!

Saturday morning we went with Dani to give Mandy a tour of the church building. It went really well and she was totally able to recognize the spirit and peace that was there. She made a really solid commitment to come to church the next day. In the afternoon we went with the elders in the 1st ward to do some service for a lady who needed some help cleaning up her unsanitary and unclean living quarters so she can keep her apartment. It was a really sad situation and her hoarding tendencies made it so there was only so much we could do. One of our appointments in the evening fell through but we were able to have a lesson with a less-active. 

Sunday Marvin came to church but he was only able to stay for sacrament meeting because his Brother was visiting from Tennessee and he wanted to see him off. Haha I got told by someone in the wardchoir to not sing very loud because my voice is so terrible. So much for my ward choir career ;) In the evening we had a dessert night with one of my favorite families in the ward and Marvin and some of their non-member friends came as well. We had a fun time and were able to view the Restoration movie with them. After the movie, we asked Marvin to share his thoughts and feelings on the Book of Mormon and he bore his testimony about how he knows that it's true and how he's excited for baptism! We talked with him last night and he still hasn't smoked at all since we did the workshop with him on Friday. He is such a trooper!

Yesterday morning we had interviews and teaching practice with President Mansell and so that is why our P-day got moved to today. In the afternoon we biked around and tried to visit some people without much luck. Our appointment at 5 fell through but we knocked on one of the neighbor's doors and she was really nice and willing to talk to us. We'll probably refer her to the sister missionaries on OU campus. After dinner our appointment and backups at 7 all fell through and then at 8 we met with the Elders Quorum president to go over the ward roster with him.

Seeing as today is election day, I feel that Mosiah 29:27 is an appropriate verse to share:

"And if the time comes that the voice of the people doth choose iniquity, then is the time that the judgments of God will come upon you; yea, then is the time he will visit you with great destruction even as he has hitherto visited this land."

But regardless of what the voice of the people is, we have no need to fear.

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." - John 16:33

Thank you all for your love, support, and prayers. It really does make a difference and I'm so thankful to have so many wonderful amazing people in my life. You're making a difference and you matter. Have a wonderful Veteran's Day!

Love, Elder Larsen

D&C 6:34