I gave a blessing!

Hey family and friends! I loved the messages I get from you guys! It brightens my day everytime I hear from some of you. I've had some questions on the Facebook account. So they changed the rule so you don't have to wait 12 weeks now. You just need to do the training, so I finished that and now have Facebook. 100% approved, if it wasn't, my mission president wouldnt have let me add him on it.

While we were contacting I decided to stop and get a profile pic

This last Thursday was awesome! We had interviews with President Wright and I love talking to President and Sister Wright. They are both so awesome and you can feel the spirit as soon as they walk in. I love them and how much joy they bring into all of our lives. They are amazing people!

As far as investigators go, we taught Evelyn again (the 102 yr old) and we are talking with a few part member family's but haven't picked up very many new investigators. So nothing too special. We do talk to a lot of people and how I see it.... everyone has their agency. And some people aren't ready for the gospel, we are planting seeds or just feeding them water. That's the important part.

We also participated in light the world if you saw on Facebook! They had a Christmas tree lighting downtown Fairfield and there was a lot of people there! We set up a little booth as a zone (Me, Elder Salsbury and the spanish elders set it up). But it was really cool! We handed out a lot of pass along cards and the calenders for light the world. So it was really successful and we put ourselves out there. It was cool because we put little acts of kindness such as "give a compliment to a stranger, give a stranger a high five, say hi to someone" little things like that on the back of the pass along cards. It was cool to see people participate and see lots of smiles as people passed by. #lighttheworld

Light the world stand Friday night

Light the world day 2

I mostly wanted to talk about what happened yesterday because it was super cool! I gave my first priesthood blessing! Yeah when he asked if I could give it I was a little terrified because I had never given one. But I trusted in the spirit and went in not knowing what to expect. When I gave the blessing, I could feel a lot of power and energy rush through me during the entire thing. I know it wasn't because I was nervous and it was the power of God. I know that the power of God is real and restored on this earth today. I am so grateful to be worthy to exercise that priesthood. It reminded me of something my trek pa said to me/us. He said never be in a situation where you are asked to exercise your priesthood and you are not worthy to do so. I will never forget that. I would like to invite you to participate in light the world if you are not already doing it. You'll find joy in serving others and lighting the world. I know you will be happier from doing it. Just like this church itself. Sometimes it's hard to follow some of the standards or live up to God's expectations. But you will find joy and happiness and receive blessings when you do your best to follow the standards. 

I hope you all have the best week! Follow Christ and be happy! I love you all! Also... I'll get a pic of my apartment inside and out next week since I've been asked!

Love Elder Larson