Quick update

Good evening everybody!! This is a bit late so I'm going to keep it short. It was a good week tho.

Here's a list of some things I did this week:

- played in a touch rugby tournament. Our president allowed us to play because it is an annual event that missionaries usually go to. I got smacked up the whole time. All the Samoans were just running around me.
- we are setting up a time to record a song in a studio. We are going to produce the song and then put it out on social media soon. So stay tuned...
- had exchanges with Elder Hawkins. We basically did service all day and then had a lesson with a drunk guy on his front porch.
- felt really lonely on valentines day as I saw all the couples in downtown Wellington😂

I'll just share one thing real quick that happened to me tonight. We were visiting a less active that served a mission a while ago. He talked about his mission and how he loved it. Then, we began to talk about the importance of conversion. I began to think about the difference between conversion and a testimony. Elder Bednar has a good talk about it. Our friend most likely had a testimony of the gospel, but he wasn't converted because now he is less active. If we all were truly converted to the gospel, we would never go less active or turn away from the gospel. So, now that we know and understand this, we should strive to do the things that can help convert us to the gospel (read scriptures, pray, go to church). All of those things. I hope and pray to be converted to the gospel so that I never stray from the church.

Anyways, love you all. Have a good one.

Ofa lahi atu Elder Larson

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-zone pday hike
Good evening everybody!! This is a bit late so Im going to keep it short. It was a good week tho.

Here's a list of some things I did this week
- played in a touch rugby tournament. Our president allowed us to play because it is an annual event that missionaries usually go to. I got smacked up the whole time. All the Samoans were just running around me.
- we are setting up a time to record a song in a studio. We are going to produce the song and then put it out on social media soon. So stay tuned
- had exchanges with Elder Hawkins. We basically did service all day and then had a lesson with a drunk guy on his front porch.
- felt really lonely on valentines day as I saw all the couples in downtown Wellington.

I'll just share one thing real quick that happened to me tonight. We were visiting a less active that served a mission a while ago. He talked about his mission and how he loved it. Then, we began to talk about the importance of conversion. I began to think about the difference between conversion and a testimony. Elder Bednar has a good talk about it. Our friend most likely had a testimony of the gospel, but he wasn't converted because now he is less active. If we all were truly converted to the gospel, we would never go less active or turn away from the gospel. So, now that we know and understand this, we should strive to do the things that can help convert us to the gospel(read scriptures, pray, go to church). All of those things. I hope and pray to be converted to the gospel so that I never stray from the church.

Anyways, love you all. Have a good one.

Ofa lahi atu Elder Larson


                                                                     zone pday hike



dinner with the sofe family


some views of the Wellington harbor




hike from last week



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