He is risen

Hey everyone! I had a pretty crazy week! Last P-Day we had a lot of fun going to the jelly belly factory and getting a tour of that. We went as a whole zone and it was our companionship that set it up hehe.

The jelly belly factory (we are missing 2 sisters and 2 elders)

I forgot to mention last Sunday during church one of our bikes got stolen and it was a very expensive bike... we had exchanges from Tuesday night to Wednesday night and during our exchange we saw the bike! Ha we asked the homeless guy how we would get OUR bike back and he said for 100$. So we tried to trade a different bike and do all these things while other missionaries (there were 6 of us) called the cops. Since we had a receipt the cop knew it was our bike and made the homeless guy give our bike back... let's hope we don't get jumped now haha.

Exchanges on Wednesday

So the Owens have had some major health issues. So we haven't been able to teach Willow very much. Brother Owens had to go to the ER because of his back, but they are staying super strong! Sister Owens has been reading her scriptures to him and asked us if we had any for him (we did). I know Satan can't stop their family with the amount of faith they have. We are gonna start seeing Willow more to stay on the path to baptism.

We have started teaching this nice sweet Filipino lady named Joy. She is hilarious and is actually starting to learn. We have seen her 3 times in the past month and a half, we just want her to come to church! Hopefully she will progress and have a desire to be baptized.

Some of you, maybe most of you know that my Grandpa pasted away this last Tuesday. Most of you know I'm a pretty emotional kid. When I got the news, I cried for about 10 minutes alone in a separate room from everyone else until I was overcome by the feeling of love; Love from my father in heaven, love from my Grandpa, love from everyone in my family back home. I'm so grateful I was able to go see him in the hospital before I left. Tuesday night I was reminded of words that I was taught as a child, "he is not here, for he is risen." I am so grateful to have the knowledge, that because of our savior we will all live again. "Because he died, because he lives, we may all live again." This is the message we teach. I love this gospel. I love you all so much! Thank you for all the love and support I have received. I hope everyone has an amazing week.

Love Elder Larson 

My grandparents and I in the hospital October 19th, 2017