May 16, 2011

How is it all going there? I saw some great pics of the band banquet and chanel student of the month! Great Job everyone! JAred and clinton wow im so proud of you guys being the Presidency! It is such a great opportunity to serve in the Band. Who is the new band pres and the band parent council pres? WEll i know all of you want to here about Cabo san lucas, well im here to tell you that it is just amazing here. I hve loved every miniute of my time here and The ward here is just amazing too. There are several american families in this ward with blonde headed little kids that all speak spanish and it is just amazing. We have some very good investigators and looks like we will be baptizing this weekend! Well in this ward there are 2 sets of missionaries and the others baptized this last sat, and our investigators went and now the are so excited for there special day. The people here are so different than the people of Sinaloa and it has been very fun to see the differences between states, just like the people in the US also. Me and my comp are just having a great time together and we are teaching alot. We get along very well and just have a blast all day everyday. THe other elders from our ward are ELder Molsee and Lish, both from Idaho and they are just having a ball too. They live pretty close to us so we get to see them pretty often and we are all just best friends. The mission over here is just completley different and i dont know why. The people here are alot more willing to listen and to accept these amazing changes in their lives. Also the members in this ward have and wonderful heart for missionary work and always are will to help us with anything and always want to give us food too so it is all good here. I just wish all of you could come out with me one day here in the mission so you could meet these amazing people that we have the privilege to meet every day. It is just so amzing when you pray contantly for the spirit and the inspiration that only comes from heaven and then you find another child of God that is just waiting to listen to the message and be reminded that they have a Father in Heaven and a Brother that has sacraficed everything for them and that through this sacrafice, they can have joy and peace in a life of turmoil and pain. It is so amazing to see people really become converted to Christ to leave everything to follow the paths of righteousness. All of the converts of the church are such amazing examples to me as they are humble enough to listen to the spirit and maybe have a couple of doubts but act on the spirit and accept this amazing gospel. We have been reading in the book of mormon, all the mission, and today I read about Nephi and when he broke his bow. His family was in the desert and needed food and in this time of crisis, his only way to retreive food for his family, broke. All of his family was sad and murmured against God. Even his own father Lehi. And so Nephi, knowing that God is his Father and can do anything for his children, decided to what it took to have food for his family. So Nephi made himself another bow and an arrow and had a sling, THen he went to his father and said, Pray to God so i can know where to go to find food. So in the Liahona, the answer was written and Nephi got food for his family and all praised od again. So what do we learn fro this? That we will have hard times, even when we are doing all that is right and all we can to serve God, but the advesary is strong. WE must do what it takes and build ourselves a new bow, then get on our knees and plead with God that we can know what and where to go next. I know that if we ask for help with these things in our lives, that we can recieve all that we need from our Loving Heavenly Father. My family I love you all. When the going gets tough, work harder and ask Father for His divine help. I love you and take care till next week!

Elder Larkin