Sister Paige Larsen—Email Excerpt

We had a Zone activity today at the mission home, which took a few hours. I love the mission!

We had a lesson at 11:00 am today, and the spirit was so strong. When we asked Louis, our investigator, how he felt about what we had taught, he touched his heart and said that he felt emotions. He was raised with non-religious parents, and he was illiterate for about half his life. He is a sweetheart.

The fellow we met at the metro station has set a baptismal date for September 4th. Yesterday, when we were only halfway through the baptismal invitation, he was so excited that he interrupted and asked, "When? How many times can I be baptized?" So he picked out a date with the calendar on our cell phone. He loved the iron rod, especially when we explained it.

Elder Larsen-Email Excerpt

The missionary work is going well. We found six new investigators, and a baptism fell in our laps. A girl took the lessons in Arizona, and she is getting baptized here. All she needs is an interview. We have some others that are progressing more slowly but doing well. One of our investigators said hi to us in the library when were emailing. We had a fun lesson with him.

We were teaching Vincent last week, and Ezekiel, his stepson, was in the kitchen. So I invited him to be part of the lesson. He declined because he knew Jesus, but he listened in the kitchen. Ezekiel came into the lesson halfway through to argue with us about things that had nothing to do with anything at all, and he talked a lot. So I did my best to take control, speed through the last principals with very bold language, and committed them to baptism. Interesting situation: he felt the spirit to the point that he told all of us he knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet, but he had trouble with the Book of Mormon. Usually, it’s the other way around, but he committed to read and pray, and he is working toward September 10th.

Elder Larsen-Email Excerpt

I have been transferred to Concord, North Carolina. I am still in a car half the time and on a bike half the time. I was crazy stressed out in York, but now I’m in Concord which is in the Charlotte Central Zone. It is by far the best area I’ve ever been in. It’s kind of weird because I’ve only been to hard areas, and this area is a sweet area.

The work is sweet! Things are looking up!