Welcome to Beaver... How much do you treasure the
Gospel? 5-6-13
Mooooom!
I caannnnnnt wait till
Sunday! Actually I forgot all about it till today when we walked out of our
house and evvvveryone asked us when we were talking to our moms! ha! This week
has been nuts I can’t wait to tell you about it. Soooooo Sunday is a supppper
busy day for us. We have church and appts till 6pm :( Soooo I can’t call you till
then. We will be going over to President Robinson’s again :) Sister R gets to
Skype and I will be in the other room calling. So I am allowed to call you on our cell phone
or if President lets me call on his or you can call me. Our cell is ….... don’t
get too excited and try calling early ;) hahaha ...PS I only have 45 mins. sharp! (Missionaries can call home on Christmas and Mother's Day. Looking forward to my Mother's Day this year, for sure!) :D
SALT LAKE!!!!! Wooooow Kiryn and I will have lots in common
now and we can share "Utahan" stories :) Tell her I am so happy for
her! Tell her when she gets there she will fall in love and she will soon come
to find that this is the place for her. I can’t believe she is going I am so
proud of her! :) Tell her she is going to need soooome WINTER gear! That’s for
sure- it’s brutal there. Beaver has been warming up thank goodness but we are
getting another storm today so it dropped to freezing. We are so bipolar!
.....MOM! Tell Kiryn to make sure that the clothes are CUTE aaaaaaand the
skirts have to cover her knees WHILE SITTING not standing and make sure they
are comfy and work worthy....we missionaries get on the floor a lot and teach
lots of kids.... just heads up! She will soon understand. (Kiryn Judd is my niece, she received her mission call to Salt Lake City, Utah and will report the beginning of June.)
I got Kort's wedding announcement. It was super cute! I’m
happy for her that she is finally making this step. (Kortni Judd is another niece) Lots of exciting events ahead!
Tell Leah and Chance I am happy for them on the new house :)
I haven’t heard from
Tim in months ;( I can’t seem to find her or my letters are going to random
places. I have been thinking about her lately... I’m sure she’s just busy. I
hear from others that are in Flagsstaff and its super fun to hear all their
stories. Crystal is all grown up and has a house now and Mike is married...lots
are having babies. Liesel is in honeymoon heaven ;) ha! Don’t worry...I won’t
be getting married anytime soon :) What if I moved to Mexico? (Timothy is a friend of Moriah's..she is a girl, in case you are wondering who "Tim" is)
Well this week flew by for us as well. We had a surprise
BAPTISM!!!!!! I realized this week why I have been in Beaver for so long. Not
only did Heavenly Father want me to see all these amazing miracles, but he also
wanted me to teach Pamela and help her get to the waters of baptism. Pamela has
been an amazing investigator to teach. I have learned so much from her and her
relationship with Heavenly Father is incredible! Originally we had her on date
for May 4th but because of different reasons with family, we kept changing her
baptism date. Last Sunday we officially decided with her that her baptism would
be on the 11th of May. The following Tuesday we had an apt. with her and in the
middle of the lesson she perked up and said "No Sisters. Sister Larsen, I
need to get baptized this week! I need to have the Holy Ghost with me more. I
think it will help me to understand this Book of Mormon more!" "Oh
and after my baptism can we get this temple stuff figured out...I need to
go!" ... Sis Rodriguez and I were a little surprised and yet excited at
the same time. We weren’t really sure how to react, but we knew that Heavenly
Father answered our prayers and made everything right. It makes me think of how
much I take for granted the Holy Ghost. Am I desperate to have the Holy Ghost
with me like she was? How about yourself? I think for those of us who grew up
in the church, we forget how blessed we are and how amazing the Holy Spirit
really is. We managed to get everything together in 3 days and on Friday we had
a wonderful program. I was impressed with the ward- we were worried no one
would come due to short notice, but the room was full and the support, they
gave her on her big day was overwhelming. Pamela’s husband who is not a member
and didn’t want anything to do with our teachings came to the baptism and also
came to church the following Sunday. We thought he would only stay for
Sacrament...but he stayed the whole block! He said he is really reconsidering
the option for us to teach him. My heart grew in happiness and almost leaped
out. He hasn’t wanted us to teach him the whole time we taught his wife! After
church was over he said he loved Sacrament and Sunday School, he really
"felt God" there. As missionaries church is the number one place we
strive to get our investigators. It’s one of the only places we trust that our
investigators can feel the spirit and trust the teachings.
This Sunday we also got our family of 4 to come to church.
It was the first time they had ever been to church! :) The dad only stayed for Sacrament
but the mom and one of the kids stayed for the whole block! We were able to go
to Sunday School with the mom and she loved the Gospel Principles class. We are
having to work really slow with family because none of them have had any
religious backgrounds and the dad has never even "thought" about God
before. It’s definitely a change but one we are enjoying. We are having to
think harder about the lessons and be sure to have the Spirit with us when we
teach. It’s been good for Sister Rodriguez to see how investigators can be on
such polar opposite ends of the learning.
Sister R and I are having a blast and loving it out here :)
Gotta go! love you loooooots. Tell the family I love them
and look forward to hearing from y'all
Mom I love you like
allllllll the minutes we put into putting Pamela’s program together... that was
a lot.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxox
Sister Larsen
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