No more food! ugh

Hey my family,

This week was a long one but it was good. I had an exchange with Elder Martinez for three days and it was very good. I felt the spirit as we taught the first lesson to the Edouard family and a spiritual message with the Maxwell's. On the second day of the exchange we went to visit with Daniel and Jennifer Molina, and their mom was there. I found out how I could be a better teacher to best fit to their needs and they also gave us a referral. We went to go contact the referral and it was funny. We acted like we had just been tracking in the area and we knocked on their door. The referral was a part member family with an 8 yr old and 11 yr old who were not baptized. Brianna the 11 yr old was really excited to see us and in our second visit with them she said that she wanted to be baptized. It is awesome!

When I got Elder Gordan back we just had some fun. We ate so much food all week long, I have a double chin now. aahhhhhhhh! It is really not that bad but I am determined to stay fit. On Wednesday we had lunch with Silvia Perez, a recent convert of the Spanish branch, and she fed us so much food. Then after an hour or two still being full we went to teach the Edouard family. The Edouards are a Haitan family and they are so much fun. She has a little boy about 1 year old named Benji and he goes crazy when we come over. But They are looking very positive and we are trying to commit them to coming to church. At the end of the lesson she said we needed to "Taste" her food. So we said yes thinking that we were going to taste a small portion of food. I knew that we had made the wrong decision in saying yes when she told us to sit down. Then my worst nightmare happened. She brought out a big plate piled 5 inches tall of rice and beans. Then on top of that she brought out a fish called red snapper. Elder Gordon and I just looked at each other, we said a prayer that we would be able to eat it all and not offend This Haitan woman. With alot of struggle we were able to eat all the rice but she let us take the fish with us. It was a miracle that we did not die.

After that miracle we had another miracle, Dinner was canceled with the Molinas but they still wanted us to come over and watch the Testament with them. It was the best movie ever to watch with them. We all felt the spirit so strongly and we bore strong testimony of the truthfulness of the spirit and of the visitation of Jesus Christ in the Americas. They had a lot of questions that we were happy to answer. We cooked Chicken Alfredo for the Molinas the next day.

Many other things happened. We gave a blessing to Sasha Mullins because she was sick. We baked cookies for the Hills and they really liked that. small and simple things are the things that seem to mean the most.

The Superbowl was on this Sunday and I can't believe that I missed it this year. We were visiting with Bro. Haws a member of the Bishopric, and he took to the next door neighbors house. They were all holding beers in there hands and getting ready to watch the Superbowl. I laughed when I saw a cookie jar filled with money saying on the cover "Beer fund". It was fun to see there reaction to us and the questions they had and the comments they made. The man of the house invited us to stay, watch, and have a beer, and then we can share a message with him. We laughed pretty hard and said our goodbyes before the game started.

I hope that all of you will be safe and get better from all the sicknesses and flues. I will keep you in my prayers always.

Love Elder Spencer Larson