TALOFA AIGA!!!!
So, beleive it or not, I've
had an even better week than last week!!!! Sunday was just as great as the
last! we heard from the director of the MTC, President Heaton!! He spoke on the
importance of the sacrament and keeping the Sabbath day holy!! But first, we
all sang If You could Hie to Kolob, and it was so spiritually uplifting it was
phenomenal!! when we sing powerful songs like this it's absolutely reedonkulous!!!
Totally spelled that wrong on purpose .....anyways, Elder Bickmore and I taught
our first lesson without notes in Samoan and wow, the spirit was WAAAAAAAAY
STRONG!!!!! We taught the first lesson of the Restoration all the way to the
Great apostasy and holy smokes it was phenomenal!! We testified of Joseph Smith
and Thomas S Monson because he's having trouble with undertanding modern day
prophets because his parents are against modern day prophets and says their
liars...BUT, we testified that his Heavenly Father loves him and families are
forever!!! It was amazing!!! AND THEN, the next day during my personal prayers
I prayed super hard to my Heavenly Father for the interpetation of tongues,
because if we can't undrstand our investigator, we can't help him answer his
questions!!! And our lesson that day with our 2nd investigator, we TOTALLY
understood him and we've been here 2 weeks!!! Haha the only backfire after is,
the other investigator is the other Samoan teacher, and during the lesson I was
trying to say, Christ was crucified and His apostles were later killed, but I
accidently said that Christ killed His apostles so the gift of tongues is still
a work in progress but that's what the MTC is for!!! Haha our teacher could not
stop laughing so we're still a work in progress!! Oh and this is for anyone who
would like to try it!!! During my personal study this week, I have begun in my
prayer by asking Heavenly Father a question whether it be, "How can I
become a better missionary?" or "how can I better help become a
better soa?? (companion)......and then I flip to a page from 1 Nephi 1:1 to the
end of P of Great Price, and then read the entire of the both pages, and I
asked that first question in my first personal study time this week and I
flipped to Helaman 5:12!!!! It talks about setting your foundation in Jesus
Christ so as to keep away from Satan and his whirlwinds of hail storms and when
our foundation is set in our Savior Jesus Christ, "we cannot
fall"!!!! MANAIA!!!!!!!!! I got sick yesterday with some wierd headache
thing and my balance was off all morning and I tried to tough it out cause I
didn't want Elder Bickmore to miss any class, but I couldn't do it so we went
back to residency and he studied while I took a power nap and I felt better afterwards
so the rest of the day was good!! I'm going to bear my testimony in Samoan now
just to get some more practice and so you guys can kind of see what two weeks
in the MTC does to you...
Ou te molimau atu o Iosepha
Samita o se perofeta. E moni le Tusi a Mamona. E mafai ona tatou toe ola Ia, ma
tatou filifili mea tonu taimi 'uma!! E alofa a'u le Talalelei ma e fa'amanuia
le Talalelei aiga!!! I le suafa o Iesu Keriso, Amene.
Kyle, Cade, and Keato....keep
killing it on the field!!!! You guys eat right, be obedient, and you'll be
blessed on and off the field!!! Kyle, keep kicking trash, keep me updated on
the madison game too!!! I met an Elder that played for madison last year and he
said that you'll kill em cause they're cockier than Kobe Bryant! And an Elder I
met that's going to Kiribati said that there's this protein that a guy in his
ward made called Man Feed that you can order online, and it's basically
calories and protein and he said if you drink it with bananas and strawberries
it's phenomenal, (and mom it's all all natural no worries;)!! It'll defnitley
help during the season too!! And congrats with the fire hydrants, trust me
you'll thank mom and dad for pushing you to finish cause being an Eagle Scout
goes a long ways with colleges!!
Cade I remember my first
practice and trust me, I felt the same way, but keep it up and you''ll be the
next Peyton manning in no time! And trust me, Mr. yee was not that great of a
coach so be thankful he's not your coach. I know your're putting in work my
man!! Have fun at Junior high but be smart cause you're going to get hit with a
lot of wordly things, but pick a primary song or a hymn or a scripture to keep
your mind off it, and the Lord will bless you for your obedience!!!! Read
D&C 121 45-46, it's my favorite scripture and I know it will bless You!!!!
And Keato!!! Dude, keep
up the good work in the sports your playing!! I'm glad you've been having fun
with Jacko and trust me, school is a blessing and if you go in with a happy
attitude, you'll do well and you'll LOVE IT!! Trust me, looking forward to
sports after school is a definite plus too!! If you want a scripture on
enduring to the end, D&C 14:7!!!
And all of you guys read 3
Nephi 5:13 again!!!!!!!!! We've all been called to serve and trust me get ready
now and You'll be blessed and WAAAAAYYY ahead once you hit the MTC!!! Love ya
usos!!!!(bros)
Mom, thank you for the
packages they are AWESOME!!!! AND your rice krispies were a hit in our room
back at residency!!!!! I appreciate it all!!! I'm glad You liked the letter, I
knew Papa was with me and so were my kids it was such a cool and overwhelming spirtual
experience!!!!!! LOVE YA SO MUCH!!!! Oh and can you send me everyone's address
so I can send them their thank you cards?? I don't know where to send them all!
Dad, ya the food, it does
things too ya, I've gained 5 pounds of partial muscle partial fat, but I'm
puttin in push ups on push ups with crunches on crunches!!!! Trust me, I won't
be fat when I get home!!!! I'll look like a pretty solidly, toned Palagi
Samoan. (White Samoan!!)
I love you all and so sorry I
can't reply to everyone, we've only got an hr!!!
I love you all and thankyou
all for everything!!!!
Alofa,
Elder Larson
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| Muamua Le Atua means God First |
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| Samoan District |
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| First pic with brothers--Cade and Keaton |
