Elder Jaron Larson: Pray for Happiness!

Hey everyone! This past week went so well! I'm sold on the belief of praying for happiness and having a good day. No matter what trials come our way we can find joy through them. I mean... for starters... Elder Boehner and I both gave really good talks yesterday in sacrament meeting for about 15-20 minutes each. I spoke on missionary work/conversion and Elder Boehner spoke on "we are commanded to love." We were even able to get a few investigators to church. It was honestly just a fantastic week.

On Wednesday we went on exchanges which was a great day! We had another great lesson with Jacob (the one we met on his way to the cemetery). We are supposed to hand him off to Ukiah 1st but we haven't been able to the pass off lesson with them. We mentioned baptism to him and he said he would love to if/when he realized this is the true church. So that was awesome! Then right after that we went over to this storage unit and helped this Catholic lady move some of her stuff out. Even though she wasn't interested, she was super grateful. We then went down a couple units to some other people and offered to help. They too were not interested but said some powerful words. He said "You guys aren't a 'say' church, you're a 'do' church." He too was very grateful for us and our service.

We were also able to get in contact with 2 of our investigators we haven't been able to. One named Ann and the other named Kim. Ann is just like golden... I'm not sure exactly why she isn't baptized haha but it was very nice to meet her. Kim is the other one and she is deaf but can read lips pretty well. And no I don't remember like... any sign language haha, I can sign the whole alphabet and that's about it.

I was reading in Helaman 5 yesterday and when I came across verse 30... I got pondering about it. "30 And it came to pass when they heard this voice, and beheld that it was not a voice of thunder, neither was it a voice of a great tumultuous noise, but behold, it was a still voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper, and it did pierce even to the very soul" I feel we often forget how the Holy Spirit talks to us. Even I as a missionary forget how the Spirit speaks to us. The best thing that we can do is to have the spirit with us. Galatians 5:22-23 shows you what having the spirit it like. Who wouldnt want to have that. This week, try your hardest to listen to the spirit. Just embrace the silence and feel the spirit. I promise you'll be able to feel peace and joy in the trials you are now facing. I testify that having the spirit will help because I've experienced that for myself.

I love being a missionary. I love the scriptures and the lessons taught in them. I am so grateful for my savior and for what he did for you and I. I'm so grateful for the opportunity I have to be a servant of the lord. What a blessing it is. I love you all and hope you have a fantastic week.

Love Elder Larson