so it was a christmas miralce to talk to you all. i was also glad that the call finally came through. you all sound happy and fun and healthy, just not as much as i am haha. i hope you all are relieved having heard my voice and my fault of english skills, i think im going to have to take ESL classes when i get back, sweet huh! Mom you really showed your counting skills when i was trying to figure out when was mothers day and you let me know real quick it was in 5 months and then only 3 till im back in the states thanks it makes me feel loved.
well here is the last e-mail of my one year of complete service to the lord. crazy huh. I made some big goals for this year back in enero ( i dont remember how to spell it in inglsh) and ive accomplished some and got close to others. This year was a big deal for me because i knew it was going to be one year completly dedicated to the Lords service, one year of alot of change and progress. I´ve learned alot and ill guess ill share some things i think i have learned.
1) that i dont and cant convert anyone- time and time again i have seen as my investigators have been baptized and confirmed that they have learned so much from the Lord. That my lessons and testimony are just the very very small starting steps and help them begin to bleieve but they only KNOW when they actually pray and God answers their prayers. this also is so important that we always force ourselves to learn primarily from the Lord and always look for his answers.
2) That i will learn paciencia my whole life- when i think im pacient i not there is always a new level of pacient that im going to learn.
3) being humble and repenting always go together- you cant be humble and not repent and you cant repent without being humble. since true repentace is a change of mind and heart and will to be one with the Lord it implys humbly changing to be more like him.
4) that in missionary work there is always sucess and joy and people waiting to be found but it is only for those who participate with all their corazon alma mente y fuerza.
5)Learning from the Lord sometimes hurts, alot, but after he always picks you up and reminds you that you are his child and he loves you
6)really understanding that you are a child of God and that everyone else is as well is so fundamental but so profound and something that should affect all our realtionships with others
7) treat others how you want them to be and not how they are
that also goes with love others for who they can be and not who they are
8) the way for salvation is prepared for EVERYBODY who wants to walk it and is prepared to pay the price
9) write long letters to mom when you can
10) if all else fails or you dont know what to do- be exactly obiedient
well thats drop in the bucket of what the Lord has taught me and im sure ill learn from this year all my life but that is what i could think of today. Thanks for everything, thanks texas garlicks for the card.
Love ya
Elder Larson
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