Welcome to Beaver... Never
sure what kind of day it’s going to be, snow or sun...we're bipolar!
3/11/13
Dear Familia,
Do you know what it feels
like to lose an hour of sleep??? Well we do! I hate Utah and their time
changing issues. I think I might just stay in AZ for the shear fact that we
don’t have to change our clocks :P haha
Mom…I feel your pain when
it comes to Spanish now. I have been struggling big time this week with it.
It’s so hard to speak English all the time and then randomly go to an apartment
and have to speak Spanish. But our investigators are patient with me and
understand. hahaha I say a lot of funny things. I’m not sure I will be staying
here another transfer : ( We had interviews with president this past week and he
talked about sending me back to the VC : ( I’m not sure how I feel about it…but
I guess I won’t worry about it till it gets here. The Lord knows what’s best
right? (…I know I know...of course He does.)
Mom, Glad you got my
letter! Glad you liked the High Five : ) hahaha
… oooh yeah and that dumping picture…its right in the middle of a
trailer park on the North end of town. It’s a sketchy place, especially at
night. But Sister Bo and I were dying looking at that hole with that sign.
Gooood Ol’ Beaver! You like our Valentine’s picture?? We did that for Leslie’s
baptism. So fun!
Sister and I have been
pretty busy, but we would always like more. We have a baptism of a family of 5
this Saturday…IN SPANISH! It’s going to be awesome! I have to say the opening
prayer, I’m really nervous!
Mommas don’t get
melancholy… You’ve got lots of pictures to look at : ) AND you are free to
write me a letter anytime! Haha
Haven’t heard from Jerry
since he got home, not sure what he’s up to. Kolby has been super busy in his
area, which he’s happy about : )
I love that scripture you
sent me! Thank you. I am sharing it with Sister Bo too. I think we needed that.
She has been stressing about lots of different things lately. I think it will
help her J
Here in Beaver Sister
Bojorquez and I and are trying out new finding ideas….BUDDY…what were some
things you did to help you find. We have tried everything in PMG and things
others have suggested. We have now asked
all the wards to only sign us up for Less-Active families to eat with. All the
wards have pretty large populations of Less-Actives. If it doesn’t help us in
finding we hope that we can at least start working with those that need to come
back to the Gospel.
This Sunday was suuuuuch a
good Sunday for us! I felt like I was at Disneyland…even though I have no idea
what that feels like….anyways. We are
finally getting more of our investigators to attend church! Yesterday we had
the opportunity to speak in one of our 9 am wards. We were excited because we
haven’t spent very much time in this particular ward. It’s older and all the
people are spread out eeeeverywhere so it hard to keep track of the people. We
decided to go around everywhere we possibly could in the boundary and tell
everyone we were speaking. Many Less active families we invited said they would
go. We were excited!
Remember me telling you
about a lady named Malinda? We have been working with her since we got here and
it’s been a tough struggle. We haven’t been able to get her to come back to
church. BUT she came to hear us talk. It wasn’t her ward but we said that it
didn’t matter…it’s still church! THAT’S A START! When she first walked in she
was all stressed looking and by the time she left after our talks…she was
different and seemed not so stressed. She felt the spirit!
AND Claudia, she is an
older lady we have been working with. We haven’t gotten far with her because
she has been in and out of the hospital. But she finally got better and has
been able to get out of her house. She came to church to hear our talks as
well. She told us she was only going to go to the first meeting and then go
home. She wanted to start off slow and work her way into church. She STAYED for
the WHOLE thing! She loved church! She was pretty tired by the end of it, but
she said she was glad she stayed. When we heard that she stayed, it was like I
just won a marathon or something!! I got this exciting feeling and I knew that
Heavenly Father was there with her giving her strength to stay and learn. I was
so happy! J
We only have 3 ward blocks
and we managed to make it to 5 different wards for different meetings….talk
about a roller-coaster of a day. It was so worth it.
I never realized how much
we “members” take advantage of church! We just think it’s another thing we go
to or are a part of. I’m really learning how to appreciate church more and how
to be a better “student” when I attend. We need to appreciate it for all that
it is and can be.
Mom and Dad… There is a
girl here…her name will be Hermana White…she is from Beaver and is going to
Mesa for her mission, Spanish speaking. I gave her your info so she can contact
you. I hope she does. Keep a look out for her
: ) Feed her if you see her : ) (We would love to feed her and anything else she needs, hope we get to meet her!)
Did you know Gilbert is
becoming its own mission??? CRAZY!
Well familia… off for
another adventure here in Beaver Utah!
Love you all!!!! Don’t
forget the small and simple things….church, prayers, scriptures. You’d be
surprised what treasures that Lord has in store for you!
Mom, I love you as much as
I loved the omelet I had for dinner the other night at a member’s house. It was
awesome! Buuuuut not as good as yours, I missed you that night.
Xoxoxoxox
Sister Larsen
Tell Grandma Thanks for
the box! Tell gramps thanks for the card!!!!! : )
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