compañero nuevo

so my new comp is Elder Murcia from Leticia is the south of colombia. He
tells me its not more dangerous than here but its in the south of colombia
in the jungle, it is. He is finishing his mission here this transfer so
thats fun, someone has got to be dying elders compaions and it might as well
be me so i get the blessings for it. being in Nauvoo sounds super cool
especially going through the temple, i miss that more than i thought i
would. Being in the street all day everyday really makes me realize i grew
up in a pretty temptacion free environment. here in the happy streets of
santa marta you can find ways to break all 10 commandments in about 10 mins
if you wanted. But its a good place, they took out 2 more missionarys so
here in the city are only 12 missionarys (6 of them are in my district).
They arent many of us here in this city of half a million but thats good
because there never are excuses to not contact. Makes Jacob5:7 mean more.
There have been firworks going off at random moments because it is the dia
de la virgen del Carmen the protectora SANTISIMA de motor cycle drivers so
its a party. Also the evangelicos in the barrio had a big party thing in
the street for 3 nights straight complete with chanting and drums and
dancing and a guy who would blow a rams horn. Then the preacher likes to
get up and talk about how bad the USA is so that people wont talk to me (the
Lord prepared 2 of his neighbors to find the truth and i was able to help
them). all in all ive been really greatful for the TRUTH these past weeks
and to know the truth not by all of your wonderful testimonys and examples
and prayers (they sure help thats for sure) but becasue God cared enough
about me to give me one when i asked Him. Ive been feeling really happy
with the people these last couple weeks and the Lord has blessed me to be
more loving of them and more saddened by their weaknesses/ sins. And im
really happy to have latino comps again!!
Thanks for your love and letters keep saying thanks to eachother (we just
had to teach that to the family Vasquez because the wife didnt know how)
Love
Elder Larson

p.s. mom how are the other missionarys doing

p.p.s. DAd you forgot to send a scripture, i like them, so heres one for you
2 Cor. 12:1-3 and then DyC 131, arent you happy you make it up there!!