Hello Family and Friends!
I rejoice with you in the Gospel of Jesus Christ! I want to
thank you for what you do, but mostly for who you are. THANK YOU so much for
all the prayers that y'all have given in our behalf. They really do make a huge
difference.
So this last Saturday we received transfer news and I will
be staying in North Little Rock, but I was released as an office Elder and
called to be the district leader of the NLR District. I am literally just
moving across the hall, so that was pretty funny. I will also be serving with
Elder Kayden Patterson again. And what's a super awesome bonus is that Elder
Raish and Mair are coming to the office! I love both of these amazing elders.
I'm really looking forward to doing exchanges and enjoying how awesome this new
transfer is going to be.
We are also having more success with Jacob and Kamber. For
those who don't know Jacob and Kamber are a part member couple and they are SO
AWESOME. They came to church on Sunday and stayed for the first 2 hours!
They had a marvelous time. I'm really excited to keep teaching them on a
regular basis now. We are going to use Facebook messenger to teach Kamber while
Jacob is working in Russellville this week so that will be a new experience for
us. It is going to be great. If y'all could pray for Kamber that she will be
ready for baptism on the 25th of August that would be much appreicated.
We also have a bunch of service opportunities lined up for
this week so that's awesome. I'm really glad that I will be able to get back
into the swing of things here in North Little Rock.
This last week we traveled probably over 1000 miles. We went
to Stuttgart and taught some great lessons there. We went there and spent a day
with Elder Barnes (who is a great missionary) and taught some lessons. It was
great to be back in the field again.
We also drove missionaries to west Memphis for doctors
appointments this week. That was a very enjoyable day because the people we
took I love so much. I also love driving the assistants Mommy van. It is
seriously so much fun to drive. I now know why so many mothers love vans.
Lol.
We also had a call to drop off some media down in Hope for
the Watermelon festival down there. It was a great excuse to go down and see
that wonderful place again.
After getting back from Hope we traded out cars with the
Assistants and loaded up for Southaven Mississippi. We pulled in close to 11
PM. The next morning we went to Holly Springs Mississippi and helped some
missionaries quickly move out of a bad living environment and into a new
apartment. That all went well and we had no complications so that was a real
tender mercy. I like driving, but 3 hours in the truck is pretty long.
We did an estimate and in 4 months we think we traveled over
15-17 thousand miles, and spent over 300 hours driving. That's a loooonnng
time.
Anyway it's been a good run in the office. I'm really
pleased with how everything has gone. I couldn't have imagined how many lessons
I would learn in such a short period of time.
The scripture for the week comes from Alma chapter 32. This
is one of the greatest discourse on faith recorded in scripture. Alma is
teaching the people who have had hard circumstances come into their lives and
they were wondering how they could increase their faith in Jesus Christ. The
parts that I want to share with y'all come from verses 21&28
21 And now as I said concerning faith—faith is not to have a
perfect knowledge of things; therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things
which are not seen, which are true.
28 Now, we will compare the word unto a seed.
Now, if ye give place, that a seed may be planted in your heart, behold, if it
be a true seed, or a good seed ... it will begin to swell within your breasts;
and when you feel these swelling motions, ye will begin to say within
yourselves—It must needs be that this is a good seed, or that the word is good,
for it beginneth to enlarge my soul; yea, it beginneth to enlighten my
understanding, yea, it beginneth to be delicious to me.
My dear friends, that's the test. If reading the Book of
Mormon brings good feelings into your heart and you feel closer to God, then it
must needs be that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. If the Book of Mormon
is the word of God then Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God. If Joseph Smith was
a Prophet then this church is the Restored church of Jesus Christ. I
testify that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I have read it many times,
and each time I read it fills my soul with such heights of love, and depths of
peace. I know that because of Jesus Christ sin's curse has lost its grip on me.
He is my comforter, my strength and my all. I will stand as a witness of Christ
is all the world. He is my best friend and I will serve him with all my heart
until he returns or calls me home. Here in the love of Christ, I stand.
I love you all so much! Please email me if y'all have any
questions. I would love to here from you.
Stay blessed my Friends!
Sincerely your brother in Christ,
Elder Skyler G. Larsen
Hope, Arkansas is famous for their watermelons - and being the birthplace of Bill Clinton
Elder Larsen and Elder Carter
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