We are going to baptize the heck out of people

Hey guys,

This week was a fantastic week yet again. I had many good experiences and a couple really bad ones. I was able to learn from all of them. I will start with the bad experience. So we were following up with a guy who was in the area book. He was working but his dad was there to talk with us. At first he was very pleasant with us but then he started preaching at us his knowledge and doctrine. Lesson one, when a man starts spitting out doctrine at you, usually that means they aren't interested in what you have to say no matter what and they won't listen at all. I fail that test. I thought i could convince him that what we are doing will bless his life but he would not listen and the spirit was not there at all. It was so frustrated, mostly at myself but I really appreciate those moments after, because I learn from them. And that wasn't the last time that people spoke against us this week. It all happened a lot in this one week, it was very weird.

Now to the good stuff. Our new investigator Alex(17) is a really cool girl. She is the girlfriend of Mike, a young man in our ward who is getting ready to go on a mission to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Yeee haa! I make fun of him all the time and sing the Oklahoma song when he is around. So we taught the restoration to Alex and challenged her to read the book of Mormon. She has Dyslexia
and told me that she hopes that she can understand and read it good enough. She has been reading it for a week now and is already finishing up with 1 Nephi. She says that she understands it very well and has no trouble reading the Book of Mormon. that was huge and I told her that the holy ghost is helping her read it. But I think that just like stephen we are going to go over the Law of chastiy soon just to make sure that Mike and Alex are kept safe. But so far so good for her progress in the gospel.

Big Jo came to church and she is actually getting involved with the lessons and she is starting to get it. Repetition is her friend.
I think she will get baptized but we still need to hear from President about what Salt Lake says. Mia is out of the Hospital and is doing well. She had some mental issues and got some medication for it. She is still set for the 10th of March and we are going to see about getting her and her family over to a FHE with some Members. Those always bring unity and the spirit.

We went to Golden Corral with Bro. Ojukwu and Our investigator Jeff. Jeff and Bro. Ojukwu are both Black and Bro Ojukwu is a huge guy about 6ft 6in maybe 7in. So we pigged out at golden corral and had a wonderful discussion with jeff about god and his humor and his view of us. And for some reason every time we go out to eat, some one out of the blue comes to talk with me. Like this one lady came up to me told me I looked familiar and she actually looked familiar to me. Just stuff like that. I love the missionary spirit that we all carry where ever it may be. there are so many opportunities to do missionary work it is crazy.

Transfer calls came this past Saturday and I was hoping to stay here with Elder Larson but Sadly He is leaving me to die here in Tampa 4 with Elder Elizondo. I am however happy to be staying in this area with Elder Elizondo. WE are going to have a blast and we are going to baptize the heck out of people. So Just one last Transfer and I am done I will hold on to the end and I will work my hardest to the very last moment I have here in florida. I love you all, Mom have fun on your Cruis. See you all soon.

Elder Spencer Larson

Weather has been crazy

Hey everybody,

I didn´t even know that Valentines Day had already passed by, it seem like I don´t know anything thats happening in the world. The weather has been crazy this week, every day it´s realy hot in the mornning untill it hits 4 O´clockpm then it starts to rain, it´s crazy and then people get sick because the weather changes so fast. I am already acostumated with brasil, I think I spelled that wrong, whatever.
On to my Investagators, Misrael(27), he didn´t go to church this because he just wanted to be lazy. He has already been taught everything but he´s being timid in accepting a baptisimal date. He said that he whats to know that these things are ture like we know that they are true, but I think that there is something elss that he´s not telling us. he said that he´s reading The Book Of Mormon and praying but that he is not reaceving an anwser....?
Sheila(19) is preparing for baptism(the 17th of march) but she is only reading when we read with her and she isn´t praying and asking, but she has gone to church 3 weeks in a row, so will keep working with her. We have taught The Resturation, The law of Chastity. and The Word of Wisdom, and she said she´s keeping them.We were/are teaching Patricia with sheila but she doesn´t pay attention and don´t show any intress.
We are teach our neighboors(Bruna(17)and Sergeo(41)Marked for the 17th of march) but they say they don´t have time to read, or to go to church, bruna is showing that she whats to get baptized and continue going to church, but I beleive she´s doing this more because of her boyfriend than anything elss. And we´ve only taught her The Resturation, naxt lesson The Law of Chastity.
It´S funny because like spencer we also someone that is mamber of the Baptist Church , but the only diffrence is that Spencers investagator accepyed the message, but ours was like fighting with us say that we are wrong and stuff, but in the end she said she would read and pary to know that what taught was ture, I hope she´s open to get the anwser because she´s cool and she speaks English and she did in the US.
But that was a little bit about my week.

I love you guys and I hope you all have a wounderful week.

Elder stephen larson