Thor came out sometime ago so I thought that title would be appropriate. We also wanted to get Wi-Fi in our apartment since we had to walk down to Taco Bell every time we needed to use Facebook. So, I knocked on some neighbors’ doors and asked them about Wi-Fi. The guy who lives next door gave his password to us and he is an Odinist and we talked to him for probably an hour and it was the funniest thing! He was a pretty strange guy and said some pretty crazy things about what he believes so that was really fun!
This week was pretty much the same. We are still trying to find stuff to do since we don't have a super solid investigator. We have been visiting lots of families in the ward just trying to figure out who is still here and such and we have lost like 15 families so far to the storm!
Last P-day ended up being a little lame since the zone leaders had to leave to go to exchanges at like 1. So, they left us alone and we spent most the rest of our P-day helping some people move out an apartment so #extrablessings I think.
Tuesday was pretty awesome! We got to bike from like the very top corner of our area to the bottom left! It was like almost 10 straight miles of biking! It was right after our dinner appointment and we had to be there in like 30 minutes so we were FLYING! Me and Elder Bott were drafting off of each other and everything so we were balling!! It reminded me of the good old days racing bikes at home! But we added this lady on Facebook and have been keeping in touch with her on there!
Pretty much every Wednesday we get a text from Sonic that there is some deal going on and the Zone Leaders are always down here so we always go to lunch together at Sonic which is super fun! We always do a comp study with them after so it is just the best of times! I love those guys!
Thursday was an adventure! We were biking in this part of our area that is pretty far away and none of the missionaries like to go there because they have to bike super far. We decided to do "hour of power" there. Every Thursday we go to a member’s house or call a member and have them say a prayer with us to have their faith combined with our faith to be able to find someone. We called one of our favorite members Bro. Scott. This guy is just the coolest guy and I love him so much! Anyway, after we prayed we were super excited to find someone and had lots of faith that we were going to have an awesome hour! So, the first house we went to there was these 2 dogs outside which is pretty common. The one was just sitting by the door and the other came over by us and was a homie. We played with him for a bit and then we decided to go knock. While I was walking up to the door the dog by the door just freaked out and then started chasing me! The Homie G dawg then came from behind me and bit my leg haha! It didn't break skin, but I still have a mark. So that hurt but we weren't going to let that stop us and we ended up finding someone that was pretty cool to teach the message of the restored gospel to! Then we took this super crazy dirt road as a short cut to get to our next appointment! It was super awesome we found this little hut things and stopped and took tons of pictures on our little adventure!
Saturday, we got to study with the Stake President Harris and he is the coolest guy! He knows so much about the gospel it is insane so our studies with him are the coolest things ever! Then we got to go do some service for a guy we met a couple of weeks ago! He is really cool and is going to start reading the Book of Mormon now! We are going back to see him on Thursday so we are hoping that he reads and prays with that real intent so he can find the answer and know it is true!
Of course, every Sunday is the best! I love the Sabbath day and you can always receive revelation if you go to church with the attitude do listen and to learn what God would want you to learn! This week we went to the Nations house for dinner on Sunday and Brother Nation actually served his mission in THE mission! AND he was companions with Coach Henry!! They both served in Beaumont! So, if Connor still has him for school (I’m not sure he does anymore) then he can tell him that I am serving where he did!
Being on a mission has been such an awesome thing and I have grown so much as a person and my testimony is stronger than it has ever been! I love this gospel and I know this is the way to bring the most happiness into your lives! Love you all and talk to you next week!
Pretty much all of our pictures were taken on our adventure so enjoy!!
Elder Cameron Larson
Mom’s Questions:
Is there anything you would like us to send you for Christmas?
I don't know about anything specific. Maybe like a nice duffle bag that I can put my stuff in that I collect over the years... but I really don't have too much!
I have heard of some 12-week training for new missionaries. What is that and how is it going?
Yea, they have extra study stuff they have you do with your trainer for the first 12 weeks. We honestly haven't been the best at doing it, we never really got in the habit when Harvey came and threw off the normal schedule. but we are working on being better at that! This was week 9 for me so starting next week I will only have 3 more weeks of 12 week!
What advice would you give to Connor as he is preparing for a mission?
Well there is a lot that is different with a mission. Probably the biggest thing is to have your own testimony when you get out here. There are a lot of times when you don't have a ton of success that would make you want to not try as hard or shake your testimony. But if you know the reason you want to serve is to help others come closer to Christ and feel the same joy that you and your family have already felt then you will just love the people even if they treat you badly and such! So, I think the biggest thing is get your own testimony which needs to be done by reading the Book of Mormon. I wasn't super good at reading until like halfway through my senior year but when I was really reading and wanting to know the gospel more for myself I got way more out of it and started to love reading and going to seminary! The other big thing is to apply what you learn. It is cool to learn the gospel but until you put your faith in the gospel and actually live it you won't FEEL it is true.
Do you and Elder Bott have any inside jokes?
Mom we beeennnn havin’ millions of inside jokes. It would just take so long to explain so maybe I will let you know more when I get home hahaha! Plus, they wouldn't be inside jokes if I told you…..would they. *insert dab* Mostly we just say all of the funny things we hear people say like (N'allthatN'errythang).
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