Trust in the Spirit

Yay! I hope everyone is participating in #lighttheworld. It's so awesome to see smiles on people's faces and bring the Christmas spirit in. We've tried to participate as much as we can as missionaries but there are some things we can't do, so go do them! Haha

It's was a really great week. Something I guess you could say I'm "struggling" with is determining whether it's the spirit or just my thoughts. On Wednesday I had a pretty cool experience with this. Elder Salsbury and I were about to bike to dinner when we had been out tracting all day. I saw this small apartment complex with 4 different apartments. I told Elder Salsbury we should knock them and he asked me if it was the spirit or just me. It took me by surprise because I had to make a decision. I told him it was the spirit and we knocked the doors. When we went up I had a good feeling. All 4 of them opened up! 2 of them watched the light the world launch video and invited us back for this week, 1 just watched the video and 1 just wasn't interested (but that's better than some of the things we've gotten). It was an awesome experience. 

I've realized that if you are obedient and have the spirit with you, it will often be spiritual promptings. In a missionary sense, if you have a prompting to knock on a few doors and none of them open up... maybe that slowed you down long enough to cross paths with someone you wouldn't have normally crossed paths with. Just be obedient and have the spirit with you. 

I'm not sure if any of you remember... in the mtc I finished the book of Mormon for the first time. I took Moroni's challenge and prayed to know if it was true. I didn't have anything special happen for multiple weeks. I gain more and more of a testimony of it as we share the truth of it with others. I have read the book of Mormon cover to cover. I know it contains the fullness of the gospel. I know that if you read it and abide by it's precepts, you will know Christ better and become more like him. I can promise you that you will be a happier person no matter the circumstances. I would invite you to start reading it if you are not and read it again if you already have. You will get something new out of it every time. If it helps, start in 2 Nephi or something because I know you've all read that a lot of times. 

I hope everyone has a great week! Go light someone's world! I miss you all! Also huge shoutout/Thanks to my family, the berndt's, and the o'bryants for sending packages, huge thanks, they make me so happy and make my day! You guys are the best!

Love Elder Larson 

Our huge apartment 

Lighting the world (we went caroling at a retirement home)