yeahh we baptized Marco freulan de la cruz sanchez! it went really well and he was super happy. never have i had so many techinal problems such as church doors that wont open, water that doesnt come, and members who want to use the baptismal font for a primary activity but i dunked the guy and the Lord was with us. Also this week we have found 2 great familys which has been really uplifting. It seems like we could save cartagena from getting destroyed early after all.... oh wait all the people who are listening to us arent from cartagena... how ironic! really this city is SO gritty and dirty. The music here is really loud and vulgar (and the problem is that i understand it now) and the people aren’t in the mood to listen to two Mormons. But if i have learned anything here (and i have learned ALOT) it would really be how much the world values life and the real price of sin. You can see the weight the people carry in their faces and the price that they pay for years. You can hear in their tone of voice when they speak about what they do. and you can just feel it as you contact them that they are lost and want something but just dont want it from where they should. But they just live for the weekend like scared children and then try to forget it all drinking the weekend away (the weekend here starts thursday). And then monday they are back without money or hope because they are just where they were a week before. Obviously they all need to repent and me as well so that’s what im working for. There was a talk I read from Elder Maxwell in an old liahona that said something I really liked an it applys to Cartagena ¨the atonement is so wonderful because through repentance our tomorrows are not slaves to our yesterdays¨ that is what we all need to know.
but regardless of what they people here do im have really been blessed and happy in what i am doing. we are finding the pure in heart and we are purifiying ourselves while doing it. We had a good fast yesterday and the members are giving some refernces this week so that will be a good way to find some new people to teach. The baptism was really satisfying and again i am reminded of how much i really dont do in the conversion of someone and how grateful i am for the little part the lord does allow me to play. The devoncial was really super and very purifying to listen to the music. I love the steadiness o the prophet and the force of his simplicity. I feel a lot like the description of pte uchtdorf that we pass by and nobody really sees us, only those who really want can see the beauty of and the truth of what we carry. I am so thankful everyday for my testimony that the things that I say and teach are true and for all your testimonies which unite with my to bring happiness to a world that I didn’t know before my mission but know I know. And I know how much it needs what we have. True love and a light, the gospel of Jesus Christ
love you all
Elder Larson
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