How are you all doing?!?!? Sorry about last week, the ZL's
needed to email so they came to email over here, which didn't leave us a
whole lot of time, just to read emails, but not send any):
Anyway, sounds like everyone is having a
total blast!! Through sports, service, and coming closer to the Savior!! LOVE
IT!! Yeah... got the Halloween package last week!! Thank you so much for it!! It
was fantastic to see the chocolate!! Haha Haven't had chocolate in a while!
Real chocolate! Lucky ducks, be grateful for the cold. It's flaming coconut
trees over here! Yeah... there was a tsunami watch ,but from what we heard it hit Solomon islands, and wasn't supposed to come this way...not sure... we just heard
it on the radio at our feed the other night!
This week was crazy!! Crazy amazing!!! So on Tuesday we
had a Christmas devotional with Pres, his wife, and the APs!! And it was
ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTIC!!!! I LOVED IT!! Lots of thing happened, but I want to
share an experience that totally changed me, changed my outlook on the
priesthood, service, my Savior!! So we went caroling and we went to the
hospital in Tuasivi, which I've been so familiar with the past month(;, but we
went to each of the wards in the hospital and sang to everyone! And then in the
biggest ward, where people were in each of their own rooms, and family members
were around, and then President said something that immediately came to my
mind... The work of our Lord and Savior with his apostles was on the earth back then.
And the Savior to his 12 special witnesses, "...began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey. And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place....
And they went out, and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
And thats what we did in the
hospital. Anyone who would desire a blessing, not known to us if they were even
members or not, we asked and explained that we held the Power of God, just as
Christ and his apostles in Christs time, to be able to heal them, according to
their faith! And then we continued singing and then this was the best...we all
had finished singing, and everyone was dispersing to the vans, but I had
followed Pres Hannemann when he was shaking hands with a few different people,
and he finished at a young couple, with a sick little boy, about 2 years old,
sitting near the doors. Pres turned to me and said, "You stay here"
and then my companion wasn't too far behind me, and we were the only two left
in the hospital area, and Pres told us to give the blessing to the little boy.
Then he left to take care of the other missionaries. So that left my comp and I
the only two missionaries left in the hospital, with heaps of people staring.
But at that point, it seemed as though it was just us, the couple, and the sick
little boy. We explained what we were going to do and how the blessing was
going to go, and then I thought we were just going to perform it while the mom
held the little guy, but my comp asked to hold him while I did the annointing.
It was the most spiritual experience I have had giving blessings. Because as I
held the little boys quite warm head in my hands, it was only after the
annointing that he had stopped fussing and fell asleep peacefully. Then my comp
gave him to me to hold as he did the blessing. And wow. Power. As my companion
gave the blessing, I just thought immediately to Christ, when he said bring all
the children unto me and I will bless them. And as I stood there in that
hospital holding that sick little boy and everyone staring at us, I just felt
the Power of God rest upon this little guy and his parents, just a power of
peace. It was amazing! We finished and gave the little guy back to his mom, and
it was just amazing! She was beeming as we handed her son back, they weren't members
but hopefully they felt the same power and peace at that time in the hospital
as I did. Words can't describe my feelings at that point. Heavenly. That's the
only one that can even come close. The priesthood has been restored upon this
earth, and I, to all priesthood holders, please stay worthy of the Power of God
that you hold. It will bless you and your family. I testify of these things, in
the name of our Savior, he who died and shed his blood for his to use His
Atonement and become like him, even Jesus Christ, Amen.
Well, that was just
one of the powers this week! We're finding people through the roof over here
and we can feel the Spirit of God working through these people! We'll have 2
baptisms this week, Fuaiupu and Tanielu, and then next week hopefully 3!!
Bringing people to this gospel is the BEST GIFT anyone could give them this
Christmas season! Share your testimony, share a Book of Mormon, invite a
nonmember to church, I promise you will feel the Christmas spirit more that you
have ever in your life if you take this commitment!! Love you and hope you have a bomb as week!!!
Love you all,
Elder
Larson(;
Our feed
with a wonderful family! And the Christmas program we did on Tuesday. Just pondering
the Love of God and the beautiful world He created!
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