HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Chace, Cale and Sawyer!!! The library was closed yesterday so we had to wait until today to email. This week was a very interesting and different week. So it started off with us teaching Tristan Boren (son of Chad). He wanted to get baptized, but had some Word of Wisdom issues. I could tell that he wanted to quit, so he could get baptized, so I paid him 3 dollars for his stuff and he has quit for one week now. He also has a date for November 10th. I'm so excited for the whole family to be baptized in the next month. They are so awesome.
I decided to take to heart what my president asked me to do in being diligent and working hard with Elder West and so every spare minute we have we decided to find investigators. I went on exchanges a while back with one of my zone leader, Elder Savage, and he taught me how to get out of my comfort zone and talk with everyone and show them that we aren't just robot missionaries, but people spreading a wonderful message. I took what I learned from him and applied it with our companionship and it worked miracles. My companion doesn't say much in lessons or meeting people and it's not because he's shy. It's just I don't think he cares. So, I had to do most the talking and everything, but I found that I could do it and find success from it. We were able to teach 39 lessons this week and found seven new investigators, with five potential investigators and three new baptismal dates. I'm not a big numbers person, but it was amazing to see all the work that we did and also the success that was able to come from that. The sad thing about that is that we had a super slow weekend! It's crazy to think what would have happened if we could have been busy all week. I thought a lot about how I can be a better missionary and companion and I'm still figuring out how to do that. It's tough to do everything by yourself, but I have learned a lot from being with Elder West. Honestly, the percentage of teaching is probably 90/10 and the transition is not the smoothest! I have found that the companions that I struggle with the most are the ones that I learn the most from. The ones that I enjoy, I don't learn as much, but enjoy the work I'm doing. It sure would be nice to have the best of both worlds, but I can't get greedy, haha.
One of the families that we found was from a temple referral. They had taken the lessons before and when they went through they wanted to find us and get baptized. It doesn't get much easier than that, haha. We have an appointment later this week to go over everthing with them and see what they remember and anwser any questions that they may have.
That's pretty much it for this week. Hopefully the success and miracles continue this upcoming week. A member of the Quorum of the Seventy is coming to speak with us this Thursday for a mission tour, so I'm excited about that. Those meetings are always nice for the information given and also the change in the routine of the day!
Love you all and hope everyone has a great week. I pray for you all everyday!
Elder Larsen
I decided to take to heart what my president asked me to do in being diligent and working hard with Elder West and so every spare minute we have we decided to find investigators. I went on exchanges a while back with one of my zone leader, Elder Savage, and he taught me how to get out of my comfort zone and talk with everyone and show them that we aren't just robot missionaries, but people spreading a wonderful message. I took what I learned from him and applied it with our companionship and it worked miracles. My companion doesn't say much in lessons or meeting people and it's not because he's shy. It's just I don't think he cares. So, I had to do most the talking and everything, but I found that I could do it and find success from it. We were able to teach 39 lessons this week and found seven new investigators, with five potential investigators and three new baptismal dates. I'm not a big numbers person, but it was amazing to see all the work that we did and also the success that was able to come from that. The sad thing about that is that we had a super slow weekend! It's crazy to think what would have happened if we could have been busy all week. I thought a lot about how I can be a better missionary and companion and I'm still figuring out how to do that. It's tough to do everything by yourself, but I have learned a lot from being with Elder West. Honestly, the percentage of teaching is probably 90/10 and the transition is not the smoothest! I have found that the companions that I struggle with the most are the ones that I learn the most from. The ones that I enjoy, I don't learn as much, but enjoy the work I'm doing. It sure would be nice to have the best of both worlds, but I can't get greedy, haha.
One of the families that we found was from a temple referral. They had taken the lessons before and when they went through they wanted to find us and get baptized. It doesn't get much easier than that, haha. We have an appointment later this week to go over everthing with them and see what they remember and anwser any questions that they may have.
That's pretty much it for this week. Hopefully the success and miracles continue this upcoming week. A member of the Quorum of the Seventy is coming to speak with us this Thursday for a mission tour, so I'm excited about that. Those meetings are always nice for the information given and also the change in the routine of the day!
Love you all and hope everyone has a great week. I pray for you all everyday!
Elder Larsen
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