GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!!!!

Heyo Fam and Friends! Good to talk to all of y’all again! Let me explain my subject real quick, we were driving and this song that Elder Archibald has on his flash drive played like 4 times in a row.....and we listened to it. It’s just a Christian rock song that this investigator gave to him to listen to and it says God is Good all the time so we sing that song all the time! Elder Bott hates it now and so we made him back us up in the car and when he got back in we were blasting it! Oh the things you do to entertain yourself on the mission! 

Last Monday I got to give my first blessing on my mission! We had a Lady feed us and when we got there the home teacher was there and was waiting for us. Her niece had passed away and he wanted us to give her a blessing, right before that happened Elder Bott was feeling super dizzy since we may have biked a little fast on the way over (oops). But I gave her the blessing of comfort and then I gave Elder Bott a blessing so he would recieve his strength again since he was not feeling good. We have a fun tradition on P day where one of the 4 elders that lives by us cooks for all the other ones and it is actually pretty good! Today was my turn and I made some french toast for everyone!

Tuesday was a typical service day but that night we had our member pick us up and it was in his supercharged camero with like 680 horsepower! The thing was so fast and we actually raced another Mustang! I have never been in a car that nice holy moly!!

Most of the problems we have our here as far as missionary work goes is nobody lives out here..... everyone moved or is not living in their house since they can't. It makes things really hard to do and we just hope we can find service to do everyday since people don't have the time to hear the lessons since they are trying to get their lives back in order. We are considerate to this but at the same time its frustrating since the gospel could give them so much Peace and comfort in their lives and it is exactly what these people need! But we just are friendly and try to help out any way we can! We talked to a Penetcostal guy on Wednesday and gave him a Book of Mormon and he wanted to listen to President Monson so he could end up being a solid investigator!

Thursday we had New missionary Training and it was so fun to see my friends from the MTC!!! I love all of those dudes so much and it seemed like forever since I had seen them! We also got to go to Buc-ee's which is the best thing in South East Texas. We counted and there were over 100 gas pumps and the store is the size of a Walmart!! We are going to zone conference next week so I will be sure to get a picture of it next week! But it was amazing and I got a T-shirt there because I was seriously so impressed! It is the Disneyland of South East Texas for sure! 

Friday was a baller day! We actually got to start rebuilding a Lady's house! she had her sheet rock up and we had to mud it! We also installed her dishwasher and other appliances and put in all of her hard wood floor! Building a house back together is one million times better than mucking out the nasty sewer water filled stuff. We worked with this older couple that just came down in their RV to help people out down here! They are from Mesa Arizona and I was super impressed they were willing to come down and help out. The Lady that owned the house we helped build thanked us by feeding us gumbo! She was so honored to be the first person that had fed me gumbo and it is super good!! Its basically like rice and then you put sasuage and chicken and this soup stuff on it! 

Saturday we got to attend our first baptism! Elder Bott worked with this guy in his old area and we got to go back! It was super cool and the spirit was super strong! You can tell that this is the true church just by the feeling! 

Quick funny story: we got these brownies from a member and one of the elders bunched them all together and put it in our zone leaders appartment and when they called us it was the funniest thing in my entire life (haha) because they didn't know it was a brownie! 

Sunday was our first time back in normal church! there were only like 60-70 there since nobody lives here but it was so good to be back to normal and here all the testimonies given! Fast sunday was a little rough after we got home from church at 11:30 (church is at 8:30 since there are 4 wards in our chapel) we had to bike around in the heat so it was hard for sure! But we were blessed for it! We got 3 new potential investigators but one isn't in our area which is a bummer since he stopped us and wanted a Book of Mormon!! That NEVER happens!! 

My favorite thing I read in my scriptures this week was Lehi’s dream in the Book of Nephi. The Tree is Gods love for us and because he loves us the fruit of that is his Son and whoever comes and partakes of the goodness of his Son will have eternal life! Stuff we proabably always hear but we should be so grateful for our Heavenly Fathers plan for all of us! I know he has a plan for the people in my area and for now that plan is just for us to serve the people here and not worry about the numbers we are getting! 

Love you guys and hope you remember GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!

Elder Larson

This is literally the only photos anyone has from this week! I'm the worst but I'll repent and take so many next week! 

Mom’s Questions

Are you assigned to one ward?

Yes, we are assigned to one ward 

Have you attended a full 3-hour block on Sunday yet?

We actually did this Sunday and it was awesome  

Do you work out 30 minutes in the morning?  What do you do?

Oh heck YES we do! Me And Elder Baker entered the bat cave...... It's just this ridiculous workout thing with pushups, sit ups and squats.   On day one you do pushups and squats and then every other day you do sit ups and keep building up.  We are trying to make it through all 30 days. I think day 30 is like 240 pushups and 400 squats hahaha so we might not make it but it is fun to say we are doing the bat cave!

Do you prepare your own meals?  What do you eat?

No, We have awesome members. We prepare lunch and breakfast. I usually have eggs and toast And then pb and j for lunch 

Have you eaten anything unusual?

We had this one southern dish I don't remember what it is called or more how to spell it I can say it but I can't spell it! But I've had jambalaya, gumbo and all sorts of other good stuff! I haven't had anything I haven't liked. 

Have you had any opportunities to play the piano?

I play the piano every district meeting and I love to play whenever I see one so I'm glad I learned, thanks mom!