Soul Brothers!

Elder Larson and Elder Baker

Heyo from Port Arthur Texas!! Well we had to end up waiting until Wednesday afternoon for transfers due to the weather.  So, this week went by really quick but lots happened. 

So, about my new area. Vidor is basically only white people because it is where the KKK started and some people are still terrified to go there but Port Arthur is totally the hood so it was quite an adjustment. Our ward is huge too! We have a Chevy Malibu so that is pretty sweet. But the companionship earlier this month didn't do a very good job with miles so we are biking quite a bit right now haha!  Our ward has 2 sets of missionaries and covers from Bridge City to a town called Anahuac so the ward is like 90 square miles. It',,s a huge ward but we only cover from Bridge City to Port Arthur and then the Sisters have all of the rest of the ward since there isn't much out there. 

The week really started on Thursday since I didn't get here until Wednesday night. Thursday I was trained to be a district leader by the zone leaders here. They are super awesome and fun to work with. Then we found some super cool people. We went to this trailer because our bishop had heard someone moved in and they had actually taken the lessons in California and so we are trying to get their records over here but she said that the Elder from California was going to come over here and baptize her so we aren't too sure about that but they are super cool!

Then Friday I taught my first district meeting! It went pretty well and it was fun to have the zone leaders there for it. Next week President Ross (1st counselor to the President and the one that lives in Vidor) is coming to my district meeting so that is going to be sweet! Friday we went over to Bridge City  and talked to one of our investigators named Juan. We have him on date for February 3rd but we have to work with him on some Word of Wisdom problems and other things before we can get the interview and baptism done but he is a super cool guy. 

Saturday, we went down to the hood and it was such a fun day haha! The people down there are just awesome and really fun. They are super humble and love God......however, it is impossible to get them to do anything haha. but we went and taught this investigator named Harvey and it was a bomb lesson. He told me, "Im finna gunna read the Book of Mormon and come to church" but he finna did not haha. 

Sunday, we had one of our investigators from Port Arthur actually come! Her name is Debra and she is a super sweet lady! We invited her and told her where it was at but we didn't actually expect her to come but she came for all 3 hours and our ward potluck after! She really enjoyed it and said she will come next week so hopefully we will be able to get in and teach her this week. 

But man, I don't know how many people have called me their soul brother already haha it really is a lot of fun here and it is going to be an awesome time down here in the PA!

Elder Cameron Larson 

Mom's Questions

Is your new area a biking area or do you have a car?

So we are a car area and we got like one of the nicest cars in the mission haha!

How big is your new area?  How many wards do you serve?

The area is hugeeeee you can look it up on lds.org I am sure. We are the twin city ward.  We serve in 1 ward.

What new responsibilities to you have as a District Leader?

So as a district leader I teach district meetings on Fridays, do nightly phone calls where I ask the sisters in our district about their investigators and their plans to help them progress and so I follow up with them on things like that. Then I get their actuals and other goals and things and have to keep track of them and relay information from them to the Zone Leaders and from the Zone leaders to my district.

Do you use the workout bands that we sent you for Christmas?

Yes, I actually do! On Tuesdays and Thursdays here we wake up at 5:20 to workouts with a member (Cross Fit) so those are intense which is awesome!

What do you and Elder Baker have in common?

We both like to have a lot of fun! So we are going to have a blast this transfer but don't worry we will still be working hard! (and we both had the Vidor Harvey experience haha)

Do you cook your own meals and do your own laundry in this area? (I think you were spoiled in Vidor)

Yeah we get fed sometimes but mostly we cook and we do our own laundry but we are blessed with a washer and dryer in our apartment.