the refrigerator and I meet face to face

Hey Family,

I am doing well. This week was good because a lot of things happened. We have been working very hard to help our investigators progress. We set three baptism dates with Milagros Feleciano, Daniel Molina and Jennifer Molina(His sister). Milagros is the most bossy 9 year old I have ever met, even more bossy than Jessica,( hahahaha) and a very funny attitude like you would find on the streets. Her whole family are members, but they are way less active, so she really doesn't have anyone else to look up to. her mom has crones so she has a very hard time staying at church when she comes. I have hope that because of Milagros Example she will inspire her family to come to church more and more.

Daniel and Jennifer Molina are very cool. We ran into their mom outside of Publix and she just looked at us for a minute and then said," Elders" in her cute little Spanish accent. She wanted us to teach her kids and help them come closer to Christ. Daniel is about 16 almost 17, and Jennifer is 17 almost 18. Missionaries were over there before and baptized their now inactive father and now we are working on the rest of the family. We set a date for the 5th of February, so we will see if they will keep their commitments and get baptized on that date.

Me and elder Gordon went up this Saturday to the Willis's farm. Together me and Elder Gordon dug out a 5 foot post in the ground. It was hard and very tiring. The suction in the Florida mud made it almost impossible to pull it out. but with our strength and might we were able to pull that bad boy out. Then we helped bro Willis put up the other posts and wires. I was digging a post hole and I ran into a big tree stump. I reach in to feel around and before I new it fire ants were all over my right arm. It hurt but I am good.

One funny thing happened to me on a Friday night. Elder Gordon and I were at the Spanish Elder's Apartment having a sleep over in Ruskin so we could save miles and get up to work faster in that area. So while we were there, Elder Gordon and I played an interesting game. I call it "Slapping faces". It was so much fun and I was winning too. But as we kept going, we kept edging toward the kitchen. Their Shack is very small and four missionaries in one of those shack is a little crowded. So, We were in the kitchen and I kept dodging his swings and blocking his swipes, then he swung and I dodged his hand. but I did not dodge the Refrigerator. My head hit the refrigerator so hard I didn't even know that I had hit it. Elder Gordon and the Spanish Elders Broke out in laughter while I was holding my head. There was a good bump on my head but I iced it really good so the swelling went down very fast. So Elder Gordon has learned to just wait for me to knock myself out instead of doing it himself. man I wanted to shoot that refrigerator.

One thing on the spiritual side that I learned from my Refrigerator experience was that I need to stop beating myself up about stuff. I find myself regretting things that I have said during lesson, or saying that I am not good enough to teach this person. Satan has really just convinced me that I don't matter. Well, I told you about My wake up call. I know that I am worth everything to my Father on earth and in Heaven. I can do all things Through Christ. He believes in me and he wants me to believe in myself. I know that these things that I say are true.

I love it out here and I hope that you all are loving every minute you have to glorify your Father in Heaven. Take good care.

-Elder Spencer Larson