Pain and Gain

Wowza! Sorry this is a day late for all of you that expect it! We had zone conference yesterday... which went really well, I might talk about that a little more next week! Past couple days have been great though! Transferred happened so I'm officially District leader. Been kinda wild keeping tabs on my district and making sure they are doing good. I was pretty happy during the first district council because the zone leaders and sister training leaders taught instead of me. We'll see how the next 4 go. 

We did go see Sergio, the less active, which was really good. He's such a great guy, he hasn't been able to go to church the past 4 weeks... so we've really tried to focus on getting him back. We had a good chat with Jim on friday. We also helped him paint the back of his house! So that was fun! It's kinda hard with him because he reads the scriptures and progresses... But he can't come to church because he has serious back issues. 

We also had a GREAT lesson with Eddie. Eddie was someone that simply just  wanted to come to church... so he's come the past like 3 weeks but we haven't been able to teach him. Thankfully we were able to! It went so good though. He was so receptive. I think my favorite part is that he said the difference between our church and other churches is that ours is like a family. I love that everytime someone talks about our church like that.

Alone with this whole ministering thing... it's simply just doing what Christ would do. Just loving everyone and serving them the best you can. When you get to know your ward family, as you serve them and you love them... you become so much closer. This church is supposed to have a family vibe. I mean... We all belong to family of god. Maybe that's just something to think about the next time you are walking down the road and see your neighbor. Just love them as Christ would.

I hope you all have the greatest of weeks! I'll tell you all about our amazing p day and zone conference next week! Also.... HOLY CRAP time is flying. I've been out about a year. 

Love Elder Larson 

Cute Elder Chipman

The dark part in the beach is where we played flag football