Well this will be my last real letter...that's just too unreal.
I guess I will start off with saying that this week was much better than the
past. We were able to have a lot more teaching chances and we were able to find
seven people to teach. The awesome thing that happened this week is that Sarah
Adams was baptized!!! She was able to quit smoking three weeks ago. Her
baptism was awesome and she had a lot of support. The Spirit was so strong and
it was a great service.
I had my last zone meeting on Friday and I will have my last zone conference tomorrow. We will be fasting all day and then we will have a Thanksgiving "Break the Fast" at the end of it. So weird that all these things are winding down. Since this is my last official email, I will just close by bearing my testimony in my mission language ;)
These past two years have maybe not been the best two years in terms of happy all the time or anything like that. There were ups and downs and it was like a roller coaster a lot of the time. I will say that is was the best two years for my life and hopefully for the lives of those I was around. My testimony has truly grown more than I would have ever wished. I remember driving in the car before I came out on my mission, Dad told me to let the mission mold me. I obviously wasn't able to accomplish that in the short few weeks I was out the first time. In the next ten months, I had so many different positive influences that allowed me to see the importance of serving the Lord and relying on faith. It was interesting that the scripture that I chose for my mission was Moroni 7:33:
"And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me, ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me."
I didn't know at that time how much I would be using that in my own personal life. Coming back on my mission has allowed the Lord to mold me into who he needed in the Idaho Boise Mission. It has been the best experience that I have had in all my life. I never knew that serving others and seeing the joy and happiness and change that occurs in their lives could help my life in so many different ways. I'm thankful everyday for the love and support that I have been shown from friends and family everyday through prayers and letters.
I love the Book of Mormon so much. The knowledge, guidance, and direction it has given me has testified to me of the truth of this church and the love that our Savior has for all of his children. Through the Book of Mormon, anyone can know of the truthfulness of this gospel. The people that I had a chance to teach and interact with didn't join the church because of what I said, but more of what they felt and read and the role the Spirit was able to play in their lives.
I hope that I was able to touch all the hearts that I was sent here to influence. I'm grateful for the prophet Joseph Smith and the faith that he had not only to ask Heavenly Father which church was true, but that he had the faith to act upon the answer that he received. Faith is nothing without action. We are so blessed to have a current prophet on the earth today to lead and guide us in the crazy world that we live in today.
Finally, the love of my Savior and what He did and has done for me is more than I can explain. I've felt the love and forgiveness of the Lord in my own life. Through the act of repentance, my relationship and foundation has been able to grow. I have had several trials in the past two years and I will have more throughout my life, but I have seen that trials aren't supposed to be stumbling blocks in our lives, but stepping stones to make us stronger.
There are so many more things that I love and am grateful for! I love all of you so much and will always be so grateful for the plan that our Heavenly Father has for all of His children and the happiness that it brings! I say these things in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Elder Larsen!
I had my last zone meeting on Friday and I will have my last zone conference tomorrow. We will be fasting all day and then we will have a Thanksgiving "Break the Fast" at the end of it. So weird that all these things are winding down. Since this is my last official email, I will just close by bearing my testimony in my mission language ;)
These past two years have maybe not been the best two years in terms of happy all the time or anything like that. There were ups and downs and it was like a roller coaster a lot of the time. I will say that is was the best two years for my life and hopefully for the lives of those I was around. My testimony has truly grown more than I would have ever wished. I remember driving in the car before I came out on my mission, Dad told me to let the mission mold me. I obviously wasn't able to accomplish that in the short few weeks I was out the first time. In the next ten months, I had so many different positive influences that allowed me to see the importance of serving the Lord and relying on faith. It was interesting that the scripture that I chose for my mission was Moroni 7:33:
"And Christ hath said: If ye will have faith in me, ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me."
I didn't know at that time how much I would be using that in my own personal life. Coming back on my mission has allowed the Lord to mold me into who he needed in the Idaho Boise Mission. It has been the best experience that I have had in all my life. I never knew that serving others and seeing the joy and happiness and change that occurs in their lives could help my life in so many different ways. I'm thankful everyday for the love and support that I have been shown from friends and family everyday through prayers and letters.
I love the Book of Mormon so much. The knowledge, guidance, and direction it has given me has testified to me of the truth of this church and the love that our Savior has for all of his children. Through the Book of Mormon, anyone can know of the truthfulness of this gospel. The people that I had a chance to teach and interact with didn't join the church because of what I said, but more of what they felt and read and the role the Spirit was able to play in their lives.
I hope that I was able to touch all the hearts that I was sent here to influence. I'm grateful for the prophet Joseph Smith and the faith that he had not only to ask Heavenly Father which church was true, but that he had the faith to act upon the answer that he received. Faith is nothing without action. We are so blessed to have a current prophet on the earth today to lead and guide us in the crazy world that we live in today.
Finally, the love of my Savior and what He did and has done for me is more than I can explain. I've felt the love and forgiveness of the Lord in my own life. Through the act of repentance, my relationship and foundation has been able to grow. I have had several trials in the past two years and I will have more throughout my life, but I have seen that trials aren't supposed to be stumbling blocks in our lives, but stepping stones to make us stronger.
There are so many more things that I love and am grateful for! I love all of you so much and will always be so grateful for the plan that our Heavenly Father has for all of His children and the happiness that it brings! I say these things in the sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Elder Larsen!
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