Sorry this is late...I was celebrating with an elder, a good friend of mine. It is his one year mark. Well, this week started off pretty normal and usual here in Payette, but after a couple days, things got a bit more interesting and more things to write about. I'll start with the bad and then finish off with the good. So we met with the Williams family and it turns out that the less-active mom isn't only less-active, but actually kind of hates the church, which is strange since she is fine with her 13 and 10-year-old getting baptized. After we found this out, it doesn't sound too logical to baptize the kids if they have no family support at all and are so young. We will still be working with them and hoping that things change, but we are going to drop their baptismal date that we had set.
A day after this tough news we stopped by the Adams family who we had to push their baptism date back a couple week for convenience. Turns out that the divorce is final and the non-supporting husband gets the kids every weekend, which stinks because that means they can't go to church. Because of this, the mom is super depressed and doesn't really want to go on any further because she wanted to do it with her family and now all of that is crumbling to pieces. It makes sense, but it just puts us into a difficult situation and also it is so depressing since we had taught them everything and they were so close. Now who knows what will come of it. Those two things were really tough and frustrating since I worked with those families from the very beginning.
Now to the not so upsetting news. Iris (Old Granny) showed us some of her poems that she made and so I told her to make me one and she did. It is actually really good. Unfortunately, she isn't making too much progress, but we still love her. We met with Brandon (a referral we got from the temple a couple weeks back) a second time. We watched The Restoration DVD with him because he said he had some problems with Joseph Smith. The spirit was so strong afterwards and he said something early on that came to me. He said that he had gone to all these different churches and he just wanted to know which one was right. So after the movie I pointed that out to him that he was so similar in a way to Joseph Smith and since he had the same question in mind, that he should do just as Joseph Smith did and ask God his question. He said he would and we will check back with him on Wednesday. We also had a kneeling down prayer and surprisingly the Spirit got even stronger and I know he was able to feel that. I think great things can come from him.
This weekend was the Youth Culture Celebration and dedication for the Boise Temple. The celebration was good, a lot of singing and dancing, which we all know is my favorite. Pres. Monson was a straight comedian the whole time though. The dedication was so awesome. I was really hoping that the mission was going get to go, but it was still amazing in the chapel. It just confirmed the importance of a prophet as well as temples. Where would we be without them in our lives? I'm so excited to be able to go back through the temple soon. I haven't been since April. The way cool thing with the dedication is that the Borens were invited and got to go personally to the dedication. Such a cool experience to see the prophet in the House of the Lord, shortly after being baptized. Can't wait for next October for them to get sealed in the temple for time and all eternity. Well, that is about all the exciting news for this week. This next one will be interesting because we have pday, zone conference on Tuesday, interviews on Wednesday, Thanksgiving, and then transfer calls on Friday. With this busy week, there won't be too much missionary work to be done, which will be weird, but a nice rest. Things with Elder West are fine. I wouldn't mind staying with him, staying here with someone else, or going somewhere with someone good. Not too worried about transfer calls, but hopefully it goes well! Hope all is well and Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
Love, Elder Larsen
A day after this tough news we stopped by the Adams family who we had to push their baptism date back a couple week for convenience. Turns out that the divorce is final and the non-supporting husband gets the kids every weekend, which stinks because that means they can't go to church. Because of this, the mom is super depressed and doesn't really want to go on any further because she wanted to do it with her family and now all of that is crumbling to pieces. It makes sense, but it just puts us into a difficult situation and also it is so depressing since we had taught them everything and they were so close. Now who knows what will come of it. Those two things were really tough and frustrating since I worked with those families from the very beginning.
Now to the not so upsetting news. Iris (Old Granny) showed us some of her poems that she made and so I told her to make me one and she did. It is actually really good. Unfortunately, she isn't making too much progress, but we still love her. We met with Brandon (a referral we got from the temple a couple weeks back) a second time. We watched The Restoration DVD with him because he said he had some problems with Joseph Smith. The spirit was so strong afterwards and he said something early on that came to me. He said that he had gone to all these different churches and he just wanted to know which one was right. So after the movie I pointed that out to him that he was so similar in a way to Joseph Smith and since he had the same question in mind, that he should do just as Joseph Smith did and ask God his question. He said he would and we will check back with him on Wednesday. We also had a kneeling down prayer and surprisingly the Spirit got even stronger and I know he was able to feel that. I think great things can come from him.
This weekend was the Youth Culture Celebration and dedication for the Boise Temple. The celebration was good, a lot of singing and dancing, which we all know is my favorite. Pres. Monson was a straight comedian the whole time though. The dedication was so awesome. I was really hoping that the mission was going get to go, but it was still amazing in the chapel. It just confirmed the importance of a prophet as well as temples. Where would we be without them in our lives? I'm so excited to be able to go back through the temple soon. I haven't been since April. The way cool thing with the dedication is that the Borens were invited and got to go personally to the dedication. Such a cool experience to see the prophet in the House of the Lord, shortly after being baptized. Can't wait for next October for them to get sealed in the temple for time and all eternity. Well, that is about all the exciting news for this week. This next one will be interesting because we have pday, zone conference on Tuesday, interviews on Wednesday, Thanksgiving, and then transfer calls on Friday. With this busy week, there won't be too much missionary work to be done, which will be weird, but a nice rest. Things with Elder West are fine. I wouldn't mind staying with him, staying here with someone else, or going somewhere with someone good. Not too worried about transfer calls, but hopefully it goes well! Hope all is well and Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
Love, Elder Larsen
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