HILO!

I just forgot everything I was going to say. Last week was pretty slow, but there was one day where we stood on a street corner with a mormon.org/christmas and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints signs. It was fun we got a lot of honks. Someone took a picture of me. It was great.

Let me tell you that all those times I winged lessons in seminary and talks were worth it. Yesterday in church we had to give last minute talks.

Despite last week being slow, last night made up for it. Katie, a recent convert of ours, to make long story short, she was baptized in another ward but lives in ours, so we are teaching her the new member lessons. Anyway, last week we asked her if she had any friends who need the gospel, she said a firm "yes." "I'll invite her to the next lesson." So last night we met her friend. Her name is Stephanie. They are both 14 by the way. Stephanie thought it was a great message.  We asked her if she would like to meet again and she said yes, absolutely. We asked when? She said, anytime. She has no religious background, but she was just awesome and she received the lesson very well.

I would like to share a scripture with you found in Mosiah 2:21-22.

I say unto you that if ye should serve Him who has created you from the beginning, and is preserving you from day to day, by lending you breath, that ye may live and move and do according to your own will, and even supporting you from one moment to another- I say if ye should serve him with all your whole souls yet ye would be unprofitable servants. And behold, all that He requires of you is to keep His commandments; and He has promised you that if ye would keep His commandments ye should prosper in the land; and He never doth vary from that which He hath said; therefore, if ye do keep His commandments He doth bless you and prosper you. 

Even if we serve the Lord with all our heart, mind, and strength we wouldn't even be close to paying him back, but He loves us so much He doesn't require us to pay Him back He just wants us to keep His commandments, BUT… we can't even love Him enough to keep His commandments.

So love Him and do your best to keep His commandments.

Elder Larman