Howdy everyone,
This week was a interesting one. Yesterday(Sunday), was so awesome. We had stake conference and Weatherford T. Clayton from the seventy came to speak to us. He had some great thoughts. That was something I really have been needing. We also got to sing in the choir.
Also yesterday I saw some "missionaries" from another church while we were driving. I told Elder Hogan to stop and park. We got out and pretended like we were going street contacting. Oh boy this man ran right up to us and I mean ran; he was sprinting. He just started bashing with us--he was just tripping to the max though. Him and his companion said that you don't need ANY works to get to heaven. I asked him if he believes in the Bible and of course, he said yes, so I said do you believe in the commandments, and he said yes. I then said well keeping the commandments is a work. I also pointed out how Jesus says you need to be baptized to enter heaven, and that is also a work. He just started speaking loudly and fast to try and mix us up. He then said you don't have to keep the commandments to go to heaven. Man is straight tripping.
Then his friend was dissing on the Book of Mormon, and asked us if we believe in the King James version of the Bible. I said yes. He starts flipping to Revelations where it says no words can be added or taken away. Before he even got there I said to him, "I know exactly where you're turning man." Then he closed the Bible and just kept bashing. Holy, it's crazy how important the Book of Mormon is to help clarify the doctrine of Christ.
My testimony wasn't shaken at all, the Holy Ghost has testified to me that these things are true. I can't deny the feelings of the Holy Ghost. The Book of Mormon is true; no doubt in my mind.
Other cool things that happened:
-We put two people on date
-It's been cold this past week
-We got to sleep in yesterday
Some of my goals(keep me accountable):
-Finish Book of Mormon before Christmas
-Finish Old Testament before end of my mission
-Repent daily
-More meaningful prayers
-Understand the nature of God, and implement attributes he has
-Recognizing and acting on promptings from the Holy Ghost
That's it for this week! Love y'all!
Elder Larsen
P.S. we got transfers and Elder Hogan and I are staying together. The other Elders got doubled out and now there is only one set of Elders in this area.
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