Thanks for the letters it was great to hear from you. Thanks so much for writing every week it means alot and as simple as it sounds lots of missionaries dont get letters EVERY week like im so blessed to get so THANKS ALOT! Also thanks mom for spelling Colombia with an O and not a U like the majority of the gringos that write me, you with the spanish awareness award for the week yayy! Oh speaking of spanish (i speak spanish thanks to miracles) its been fun speaking with my chilean compa straight from Chile. He says alot of words that arent words here and gets a little frustrated when nobody understands him, also his vocabulary is more refined than that of the costeños and what i have learned. Words that are bad words (or palabrotas in spanish) in chile are fine to say here which is funny because half of the words i say get him riled up! Like if i drop something i say ¨carajo¨ or ïrda¨which is what the bishop says but he gets red faced and tells me to say things like sapos or rayos (toads or lightning). Personally i think saying TOADS when i drop something will 1) prevent me from growing facial hair for being so girly and 2) make the costeños laugh at me for being a sissy. But ive just realized that my spanish vocabulary is….. well we could say and i basically talk like a costeño, which is to say compared to other latinos, simple yet descriptive. But i like it!
this week has been great because we have found 2 families and they both came to church yesterday! The made quite a sacrifice to come because both walked) about 25 mins to get to church (walked because they cant afford anything else…. just like me). That was pretty awesome and we are going to be praying hard to keep them excited to come. Pray that they can understand the answers that God is giving them to their prayers. WE are working hard and still looking for the BISHOP we are going to batized. My compa is fun because he all excited about everything, his first district meeting he loved it, and today was zone conference and i thought he was going to stop breathing when Pte Roundy started to teach (but really it was a good sermon from our dear Pte. Roundy).
Ive just been really grateful for the service ive been able to give these past months and that i have yet to give. If one thing i have learned is that in serving one learns so much. Serving anyone brings happieness but serving the Lord is the BEST way to grow and learn. Because nobody can do the Lords work by themselves so if someone wants to serve the Lord, He welcomes them knowing that He will have to help that person every step of the way so that they can be sucessful. Well the work i do i can never do alone so if you think i have gained any kind of sucess its because the Lord taught me how to do it and helped me to do so.
Gracias por todo les queiro mucho
Elder Larson
p.s. enjoy the fotos!!pps the first one is me with my two hijos its the LARSON FAMILY in the mision colombia barranquilla!
This is Quinn's Blog run by his family. As a missionary he won't be able to check the blog, but please post comments and we will forward them on to him in our weekly letter. Also, feel free to write him via "snail mail" at the address posted below.
Another great way of contacting Quinn is through Dearelder.com Where it says Select a Mission click the drop box and highlight the Colombia Barranquilla mission and then click Write a Letter. Fill in the informaion about your name and address and where it says Select Title chose Elder and then write in Quinn Larson. These letters get sent like emails to Quinn so they are much faster than writing a letter. He still however, needs to respond to you via "snail mail" so make sure you leave an address in your letter so he can write you back!
Quinn has waited for this time to serve for a very long time, and he is excited to be in Colombia serving the Lord. He sends his love and thanks to all his friends and family.
Another great way of contacting Quinn is through Dearelder.com Where it says Select a Mission click the drop box and highlight the Colombia Barranquilla mission and then click Write a Letter. Fill in the informaion about your name and address and where it says Select Title chose Elder and then write in Quinn Larson. These letters get sent like emails to Quinn so they are much faster than writing a letter. He still however, needs to respond to you via "snail mail" so make sure you leave an address in your letter so he can write you back!
Quinn has waited for this time to serve for a very long time, and he is excited to be in Colombia serving the Lord. He sends his love and thanks to all his friends and family.
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