Time Change in Utah!

Welcome to Utah...Where we are now an hour behind.      11-5-12

Daylight saving??? WHAAAAT in the world is this? ... Our times switched this week and I am alll messed up now. I have no idea what time it actually is and I have been having panic attacks at night because I think I am going to miss my appointments in the morning. Soooo confused! hahaha

Sister Anderson and I had another great week. We are meeting a lot of new people and trying to strengthen the ones we have.  She is an awesome missionary and has been teaching me a lot of things to be a better/stronger missionary. She is very bold and isn’t afraid of people. I am learning how to be bolder and be more confident in not being afraid of sharing. I don’t know what it is... but the moment I received a nametag... I don’t seem to share like I use to. There is always room for improvement...right? :)

About the apt.. it is a single apt ...just Sister Anderson lives with me but we have a row of apts all together and each companion lives in a separate apartment. We are spoiled!!

Halloween this year for me was interesting! haha sounds like everyone there had a blast!! :)  We were able to attend several Trunker Treats with our investigators and help them get integrated into the social world of the church. It was fun to see them have a good time with people their age and also people with good morals. Most of the people we are teaching right now are kids. On actual Halloween we had to be indoors by 5pm and couldn’t go out for the night. It was weird to be inside at 6 ...we weren’t sure what to do with ourselves. We did a lot of paperwork to catch up on our books and such. Then since we are in a strip of apts. we went down to our VC directors apt and "rode" on our broom and Swiffer :) haha it was sooo funny! We hung out there for a bit and all the Senior Elders told us "scary" stories and entertained us till 9 when we had to head back home and plan for the next day. I enjoyed riding my Swiffer :) hahaha

Glad to hear everyone is doing well.

So this week woo man how do I explain this week.... Well we started teaching our two new investigators :) That was fun! They are 10 and 15. Not siblings.

The 10 year old... Both of his parents are les-active in the church and decided not teach their kids anything. We went over and started to talk about God and he didn’t even know who He was. It’s pretty scary! This has been happening with almost ever single one of our investigators.

So in total we now are teaching 5 young kids who have never been taught anything :( It stresses me out. I don’t understand.

Teaching all these kids has really made me think about my life and how I am going to raise my kids/family. There is a particular family we are teaching... I have really grown to love the family. So this couple married and adopted two kids. Both parents are members and the dad served a mission in Japan. When they got their two boys... the mom decided since the dad was an RM she was going to leave it all up to him to teach the kids about the gospel since he was an RM.... well 14 years later the boys know nothing about God or life in general. They are all about the world and what is good for themselves and nobody else. The mom is now looking back and realizing how big of mistake she made. She now invites us over almost every day to try and teach her boys and get them to understand God. ...Its super sad.

I look at this family and I see how important my job really is as a mom. It’s not all up to my husband to teach my kids. It has to be equal! Both of us have to be willing to pitch in to teach and protect our kids. I know I know I am sounding crazy right now especially because MORIAH LARSEN never talks about marriage and KIDS :0 hahahah but really these past 3 weeks...that’s all I can think about. I think the Lord wanted me to see these family’s for a reason. I think I am starting to understand God’s plan for me more and more each day. I am realizing what an impact I can have in this world and how the things I have learned in life can truly help others. I wish everyone could see that they have the light of Christ in them. I heard a quote once... "Just because you gave someone else part of your light, doesn’t mean it becomes dimmer... It means the world just got a little bit brighter with one more light becoming brighter" ... This world needs more lights to shine bright.

Everyone in UT has been talking about elections and it’s amazing how much one person can change the thoughts and actions of others. I haven’t really paid any attention to the speeches or anything so I don’t think I could even vote properly this year...but I hope that no matter what happens this week... our lives change for the better. I pray that soon people can start to see God more and appreciate what they have.

Sorry I think I am rambling now and I am not sure how much you want to share this with others... This week has just been a whirlwind of learning and thoughts.

Mom and dad.... I am ever so grateful for the time you put into us kids growing up, I am grateful for the love you have expressed each day, I am grateful for the opportunity you gave me to learn about God and His Son Jesus Christ. I am grateful for the life I have.

Family I love you all. I hope you have the best week of your life!

 Mom, I love you.... like I love cold weather :)

It does get pretty chilly here....or maybe I just have become weak against the cold. If you want to throw in a jacket of mine that would be cool too. Don’t feel like you have to send me packages though :)

Tell everyone around you how much you love them.... Jesus Christ didn’t just ask us to love our family... he said to love everyone. Think about that the next time you talk to someone :)

Sister Larsen

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

Fun with New Companion

Welcome to Utah....Where we find alll sorts of people to teach.         10-29-12

Mom, Dad, Budster, Leah and alll those reading this...

 Mom: Glad you got the letter. I toooooold you you needed tissues...I did too. That was the coolest thing I have experienced. Michael was confirmed this past Sunday and it was soooo spiritual. This boy is happier than ever! He is officially my "real convert" I got to teach him all the way through :)

(We received a letter from a foster mom thanking us for raising such an amazing daughter and missionary. Moriah and her companion taught one of their foster teenage boys. The foster mom explained how much his life had changed since being introduced to the gospel and being baptized. It was definitely a happy tears inducer!)

Sister Anderson is a hoooot! ahhhhh I have laughed soo much this past week it’s amazing what a companion can do to you. I think I have made up my laughing for the past 12 weeks ;)  hahaha she gets my humor and I get hers and we work reallly well together. She is trying to learn the area, but there is sooo much to learn. I love being able to teach her though. I never thought I would be able to explain our area because there is sooo much. I love Sister Anderson!

Sacrament: oooookay let me clear this up. The members who said “absolutely not” need to go back and relearn who our Savior is. The sacrament is a reminder to repent and be better. It’s a reminder of our baptismal covenants as well....we promise each week to remember Christ and be a witness of him. Isn’t that what an investigator is trying to do? How are they going to learn what the sacrament is or what it can do for their life if they don’t partake of it? Investigators are in the process of repenting just like everyone else so of course they are allowed to take the sacrament. Each week they get the chance to promise to be better...it may be small steps, but none the less they are striving to come closer to Christ. ooooh and if "members" had to understand the sacrament before they took it, then there would be a lot of people not taking the sacrament. It takes time to develop a testimony of the sacrament. AND why do the members give their young children the sacrament...they don’t know what it is! ahhhh I get frustrated when members think they are better than "investigators" Less-Actives are under the direction of a bishop....members shouldn’t be judging them on their actions. Everyone is welcome to partake...in the end...the Lord is the ultimate judge on how it’s going to affect the person.

(The above was based on a question I asked Moriah. We had a discussion in Sunday School about the sacrament and I wanted to know what the missionaries are instructed to teach. Got it! Thanks Sister Larsen)  J

Leah, how are you doing? How’s the family? I loooved the costumes you made. Scccccaaaarrrrry!! I hear you are booked for shoots :) That’s awesome!!

Budster, how’s that little one of yours? I can’t believe Ryan Harding came to see me! hahaha that’s pretty funny. I asked him if you were coming and he said no. I hope work is treating you well and you are doing well with your business :)

Ok so this week:

Michael got baptized :) woooot wooot! Best Monday I have ever had!! ;)

The other days were full of a lot of tracting and talking to people. Yesterday we had a miracle and found TWO new investigators. They are young kids. One of them we have been fighting to get through the parents to get approval and FINALLY last night we knocked on the door and her mom answered and we got to talk to her and she said she could take the lessons on strict conditions. ayi ayi ayiiii...

Then Sister Anderson and I went and taught Trevor. Remember Trevor? Well this time it was the whoooole family. We were having a pretty good lesson and then alll of the sudden Sister Anderson had this feeling she needed to ask Trevor to be baptized. I said no...It isn’t time. Well she did it anyways.... ooooooh boy! The parents flipped out!!! The dad said how dare you ask him that. He’s not ready for this! He is just a boy. The spirit left right away and I was left with no words. I knew I needed to back up my companion but I couldn’t say a word. I just sat there and let her get herself out of her hole. We eventually walked out of the house and Sister Anderson was almost in tears. I felt bad. I wanted to say "told you so" but I knew that wasn’t the right thing to say... I just let her vent and then said "well now we know!” haha We still got invited back this next week but we have to change the way we teach and how we approach things. We are pretty much "just teaching" him right now and then we can see if later down the road he is ready. It’s so sad to see this family. They know they messed up by not teaching their kids about the Gospel and now we are having to make up for it for them. I pray that no matter what, Bailee and Willow and Sawyer understand something in the Gospel...I never want to see family in the position this family is in. The Gospel blesses us in more ways than we realize. It’s not just about the religion. It’s about life and the skills it gives us.

So far the saddest thing I have seen on my mission is those who choose to reject me....Ultimately rejecting Christ and not teaching their family about this glad message the Savior has for us. I know that the Holy Spirit is soooo true! It’s our teacher and guidance. Watching it change lives is the coolest thing I have been able to watch. In the VC...I looove watching people listen to the Christus and start crying. I know that our Savior lived and died for us. I know that it is because of Him we are able to learn and grow.

I love you alll

 Mom....I love you like Sister Anderson loves Candy corns....and THAT IS A LOT!!!!

xoxoxoxox

HAVE A FABULOUS WEEK!!!

 

                    Wow! You were not kidding when you said, "All sorts of people!"  LOL  :)

 

 

 

 

New Companion!

Welcome to Utah...TRANSFER TIME!              10-22-12

Hiiiiii :)

Sheeeeeesh talk about visitors!!! Seeing Ryan was pretty crazy! He looks like he’s doing well. I got to talk to Jared’s relatives too. Soooo fun. Also that night I ran into the Whitney family...I couldn’t believe it! Their kids are all grown up and look so different. Did you remember them? It was so fun to get an update on everyone in that family. I told Ryan I hope Buddy isn’t headed over here I don’t think I could handle that. He said no but he sent me pictures to show you....that was fun to see those. The Eyring family estimated the wedding at 30,000!! They had their flowers shipped in from Holland :0 craazzzzy!!! Ryan said Buddy’s speech was good :) I wish I could have been to all these events! I can’t believe they are alllll married now.

ELDER NIELSON?!?! Wow!!! That’s sooo cool! I had a dream the other night about Buddy’s future! I had a dream that there was a lot in store for him. In my dream he was becoming bishop and then stake president.... Buddy you better be doing all the Lord wants you to...he has big plans for you :)

I CANNOT believe you’re watching the district haha those are the movies/clips we watch to train from.  I don’t think I could watch anymore!!

Sooooo this week has been pretty crazy.

Hannah was baptized on Wed :) and it was such a spiritual experience. Her dad who is a member but anti right now, came and at first he was in this mood and didn’t want to be there. At the end he was happy and started talking to people. Its amazing what the spirit can do to us... we just have to let him in :)

I think in the last letter I told you about a family the "Wordens" they are a new family we are teaching. The dad is from Safford and thinks he knows Grandma. Well anyway... he hasn’t been to church since he was 21 and he didn’t teach his children anything about the church... well this last week in our lesson I had this strong feeling I needed to invite the family to church. I didn’t know what was going to happen, but I just sat there and waited. The young son who we are teaching said, “well mom, well dad, are you going?? " They both just looked at each other and said this isn’t about us...this is about you. He said no I won’t go to church unless you go. The dad got upset and said, “son that’s not an answer, are YOU going to go to church?” This went back and forth for a few minutes and then all of the sudden we realized everyone came to the census to go to church together! It was crazy!!! So for the week Sister Tornar and I prayed and prayed they would come. Sunday rolled around and we walked into church and we couldn’t find them. Alllll of the sudden.... Mom and Trevor (son) walk in and no dad....we were a little heartbroken but we still had hope. The mom said that the dad didn’t like to be late and so he wasn’t go to show. 30 minutes later DAD walks in!!!! I have never soooo happy in my life!!! The whole family was in brand new clothes and looooked GREAT! The Sacrament meeting was perfect (about BOM) and each member went to their following classes :) ahhhh that is success for a missionary...seeing a whole family coming to church and having a smile on their face.

Another investigator we have been teaching since I got here, his name is Tim and he and his wife are a pretty stubborn couple. Helen is a member but doesn’t go because she got offended... anyways... we planned the most amazing lesson I have taught yet!! We had them watch the "Reflections of Christ" slideshow and then we talked to them about their feelings and how the pictures affected them. We told them that the feelings they are feeling right now are only found in church as we learn of Christ and strive to be like him. We committed them to church and asked them if they could join us and experience these feeling again. Tim committed and said he wanted to go and Helen had to work... Sunday came and Tim showed up...so another investigator to church ....YESSSSS! Unfortunately this time the talks were not very good and the songs were the most random songs I have ever heard. I had never even sung them! Tim leaned over and said how come I can’t hear you two singing??... hahaha we said because we don’t know these songs ;) . I was praying so hard that something good would be said. I think I even dozed off and Tim saw me... not a good thing to show your investigators hahaha I told him I was listening ;)  Well after sacrament was over.... Helen’s mother (she came too she was visiting) said well we're going to go now and Tim said aren’t there other classes now. She said well yes but you don’t have to go to those today. He said he wanted to... so he too went to alllll of church on Sunday for the first time!!! gaaaaahhhh.... These people are so amazing and I love being able to teach them!!!

Michael’s baptism is TODAY!!! woooohoooooo!!!!! :)

I was reading in 3NE 27:30 this morning and I came across a really cool verse. Verse 30  "And now, behold, my joy is great, even unto fullness, because of you, and also this generation; yea, and even the Father rejoiceth, and also all the holy angels, because of you and this generation; for none of them are lost."

I was thinking about how personal this scripture can be. It’s because of you mom, you dad, you Buddy, you Leah.... everyone that our Father and Savior are happy and joyful. It’s because of US that people are going to be saved and not lost anymore. It’s because of YOU that this world is slowly going to change. Our Savior has given us soooo soo much in this life! He only asks one thing from us... that is to remember Him. When we remember Him.... all other things fall into place :) We are better people because we strive to be like Him. I hope that when you’re out and about you remember this promise you made when you were baptized :) People are watching us more than ever these days... give them something to talk about... the GOSPEL :)

Ooooohhh and transfers!!! Soooo do you remember that older lady that came up to me at church and said ooooh one of my seminary students from W. Virginia is there? Her name is Abby Anderson.  Wellll small world...she is my new Comp!!! We are staying in my area... and I get to drive :) I think I’ll only be here for one more transfer and then right before Christmas we have transfers again. So now you’ll get to hear about Sister Anderson and my adventures :)

Wellllll I can’t think of anything else :) Life is good and YES I am happy!!! I am learning to love my mission more and more instead of "enduring" it. I think once you get past all the craziness and get past yourself... everything falls into place haha :)

 Mom....I love you…like Utahans loooove Halloween! It’s crazy around here!!

xoxoxooxoxox

 

 

 

 

Sistert Tornar is headed home to Paris, France after 18 months of service.

Welcome to Utah... where we can have 5 baptisms            October 15, 2012

Sayyyyy whattt?... yep you read that right!

Hello familia!

loooooved the pictures!!! Sorry I missed Chance's Birthday...tell him for me please :)

 Glad you had a good time eating Pizza :) Mom you are so good to the family even with a scooter ;) ... I hope you have a better week and relax :D

 WinCo is a crazy place I heard!!! They are all over Idaho I guess.

 Glad Leah is feeling good. Everyone looks good in the pictures :)

 Jared’s wedding!!! Crazy!!! Tell them to have fun :) ...and St George is close ;) haha JK I think if I saw Buddy I would cry with happiness and then go home with him.

Well this week has been a whirlwind of happiness :) The Feesago family FINALLY got baptized on Sat (13th) . It was such a great program! The mom was not ready to be baptized but she said she still wants to learn and strengthen her testimony. She said within the next year she will be baptized :) At least she has goals :) Her two boys were baptized and it was so fun to see them both smiling so big afterwards. This family is now one step closer to be sealed in the temple!!!! :)

Sunday we ate at the Lunt’s house and we were talking and then all of the sudden Sister Lunt and I got talking about YOU mom...it was soooo crazy!! I just kept thinking how small my world has become. We were laughing about all sorts of things and she told me several stories about you and her on Pom Line  :) it was fun! Glad you got to talk to her she reallly wanted to talk to you hahah ...we took a picture too!! I’ll send that. They are VERY well off her husband is a gyno and works in the hospital. Their house looks like a hotel and they have almost everything you can think of. Luckily they are very humble and down to earth. They are such great missionaries!!! The husband is our Ward Missionary leader...their son came home in Jan and they are sending out another one soon. Fun fun family!! They served us Mexican :) I said now I really feel at home!!! :)

Each day this week we have been praying for new investigators because we have no one teach anymore and every day we have found someone who is interested!!! It is so cool!! We are teaching a young boy now as of this week whose parents grew up in Safford. I’m pretty sure grandma knows their family too. Both the parents are members but they never taught their kids about the church... this 14yr old boy has no idea about God, Christ, nothing! It’s kind of tough to teach the very very basics, but it is wonderful to see his growth and understanding already. The mom knows and feels bad she didn’t teach him anything so she know sits in on the lessons and then tries to re-teach after we leave. She wants him to know everything!

This month before Sister Tornar leaves we have been doing everything we possibly can! It’s been kind of crazy! It’s going to be sad to see her go, but I know she will do great work in France. I will be getting my new comp next Tue. So that’s pretty scary... I could go anywhere and do anything :) I think I will be staying in my area...but I’m not sure if I’m going to train or if I’m going to get a comp that is already out here. I think either way it will be great! This is my first REAL transfer!! I can’t believe I have been out here for about 3 months. Time just flies by!!

Tonight we have a surprise baptism. Hannah has finally decided (after a year) to be baptized!!! :) We are soooo excited for her and we know that this step will help bring her family together again. Shelli (her step-mom) is the one we went hiking with last week :)

Today is Sister Tornar’s and my last real P-day ... we are going to try and make it good :)

 Lots of funny things happened this week, but it is way too much to write and I want to get you pictures. Sooooo I think that’s it.

I hope everyone is doing well and trying to be the best person they possibly can :)

Don’t forget ... Mosiah 14:5 ... that with him we ARE healed... there is always an opportunity to take part in the atonement.  Our sins are a daily occurrence... we must continue to pray for forgiveness every day and then we will see the true love of Christ.

I love you dearly my sweet family! Thank you for everything you have done for me already. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts...I feel them every day!!

Mom.... I love you like...  well I just love you with all my heart!!!

 

                                                 Brother Brigham and Sister Larsen??  lol

Pictures from St. George, Utah

                                                       God's country or just "heaven?"

                                                             Moriah in her "element."

                                                                  A Zone "P" day hike.

    Sister Tornar (on the left) is headed back home to Paris, France after serving 18 months in Utah.

 

Dinner with Sister Lunt's family.

(Diana Hatfield Lunt is a high school friend of mine, haven't talked to her or seen her since the 80s

her husband is the ward mission leader. Diana meets my daughter and feeds her, IT IS A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL! :) Thank You Diana for calling me and telling me all about your evening with my daughter! You made my week very happy!! :)

10 days till Sister Larsen is no longer a greenie!‏               Part of an email 10-10-12

Helllllo Family!!!

Dork dot....means you’re a new missionary at MTC and everyone has to say hi to you :)

 Sooo I have had so many things I have wanted to write about for this week but my mind is running 50 miles a minute today. We got to hike Zion again today but an actual hike this time and it was brutal! BUT soooooo cool. It normally takes 6 hours to do it and we did it in 3.5. It was pretty cool. I ran down the whole thing and Sister T thought I was crazy. She had a tougher time, but she did it and she’s still alive! :) ...We'll see in the morning ;)

I talked to a family yesterday that is Steve and Neola’s neighbors. Did you know they moved again? Still in Maricopa just different house. They said they will tell them I said hi hahaha small world!

 GUESS who came to UT??? ....The Medleys!!!! ooooh it was crazy and sooooo goood to see them!! It was just for a small time, but I am so grateful for the time I did have. I couldn’t stop smiling!

 CONFERENCE!!!! CrAzY!!! Wow it’s been the talk of the town around here.... we are getting so many YW who are wanting to ask us for advice now whether they should go or not. It’s kind of old now. I know that’s not a good attitude, but I honestly don’t think I would have gone at 19. I know that this is where I am supposed to be here and now at this time. It’s going to be great having a toooon of new missionaries  I hope all those that choose to go... go with a full and willing heart. Missionary work is not easy, but it is so worth it!!

I didn’t get to watch all of conference because of the VC and talking to people...but I got a good chunk of it. They started out strong on Sat. There was no messing around this time. I loooved all that I heard I thought I learned a lot and answered my questions I had. I think these men are so inspired and they love us! They want the very best for us. This is a crazy time in the world.

So the new RS President, we ate dinner at her daughters house. We were looking at her family pictures and noticed her mom...we couldn’t believe it was her. Her daughter was so humble and verrry down to earth. It was so cool.

So this week...  Did I tell you about our miracle baptisms???? By the end of this week we will have 6 more baptisms!!!! WE got a call sometime last week and the Cottam family who have been waiting for over a year to get baptized called us and said IT’S TIME! So Monday night we had 4 young girls FINALLY have the opportunity to get baptized :) . The bishop had special permission to do confirmations that night and WOW!! Each girl received such an amazing blessing. Each one was so personal and as I listened to each one I thought he was giving them a Preisthood Blessing. The blessings were so special. We have 4 more Sister Missionaries in the making!! :)

On Saturday Sister T and I will have the opportunity to see the Fessago Boys get baptized :) Their mom is not ready to be baptized yet, but her time is coming :) We are so excited for this family!

So as of now I think I will be staying in my area for next transfer and yes I’ll be getting a new companion....in 10 days!

This week we got a referral for a family, they have 10 KIDS!! Crazy! 8 of them are adopted from Ethiopia and barely speak English. So Sis T and I are trying to teach them verrrry slowly ;) great great family!! We are excited for them and can’t wait to see their progression.

Things at the VC are going well. I had a hard week because it was slow a good chunk of the time so we did a lot of sitting/studying. The days that were busy were reallly busy and I talked to so many people...I don’t even know what I taught haha

I talked to a lady the other day that is from Kentucky  and she is praying for Romney. She is not a member, but she said that if he becomes our leader... it’s going to be God's way of calling his people and telling them they need to come unto Christ. She also loves Glen Beck ha-ha ... Our world is ever changing!

 Well there isn’t much else to say.

 Just remember " Put Christ’s name on, until it feels broken in."

CTR ...what do you think that means??? Choose the right? Well yes...but NOW there is a new meaning... CURRENT TEMPLE RECCOMEND :) hahaha pretty funny huh? We had a member tell us that and I laughed for a good 5 minutes about it. People here in Utah are so funny!

Wellllll love you family!

Mom....Love you like a chipmunk loves PB&J sandwiches in the forest :)

Hola my dearest familia!                              Part of an email 10-1-12

 I LOVE BEING ON A MISSION! :)

 Sooo glad Leah and mom were able to attend the Women’s Conference together. We were not able to watch it because we were serving at the VC :/ ...we miss out on those kinds of things. We also will miss out on part of General Conference because president says we are to be working on those who don’t have testimonies rather than working on our own. He is very passionate about missionary work!! :)

So this week was fuullll of lovely things!

 On Monday we met with the Feesago family again and they invited us over for dinner. We were kind of worried because they wanted to talk to us about something...we had no idea! We got there and it was pretty normal and all of the sudden they said... "So it’s time!" ...we were thinking time for what?? They pulled out this piece of paper and said we planned our baptisms! We want to be baptized Oct 13th! Is that okay for you girls?  IS THAT OKAY!? Uuuuh yesssss! We are so excited for this family. We are still working with the mom, but we are planning on her being baptized that day as well with her sons. We will have 4 baptisms that day if all works out. :)

I had some interesting interaction with people as I have served at Brigham’s this week. I went almost every day. It was busy! I met people from all over the world and as I taught them I realized how hard it would be if I didn’t know anything about the church like them. I realized how lucky I am to know the things I do. I loved being able to teach them about Brigham Young and the church.

On Thurs... We taught Hannah again....she is getting closer and closer to baptism each time we teach her. This week we talked to her about the commandments. I got to teach her the lesson this time and I used a really cool analogy, sometimes we think of the commandments as a burden or something that keeps us held back but really they are there to help us. Think of a kite. A kite has to have a string to help it fly around and stay in the sky...right? We know that if we cut the string the kite will crash to the ground. Think of yourself as a kite. We need something in our life to keep us up and help stable us..right?  That is exactly what the commandments are. They are our string. Commandment have been given to us by God because he knew this life would be hard...we needed something to help make it a little easier. I hope you can think about this. What would life be like if we didn’t have rules? Would we really be free??

Friday was the best day so far!! So Thursday we had to eat at the Church because we didn’t have a dinner date with members... some other members found us and was so mad we were eating PB&Js. They invited us for dinner for Thurs. So Thursday rolls around and we go over for dinner. They didn’t prepare anything to eat they surprised us and wanted to take us out to eat... it was kind of a hassle because of schedules, but in the end it worked out and we eat and had a great time. As we were leaving we were behind this car... the lady was waving her hands so we thought she wanted us to go around her. As we started to drive around her she jumps out of her and starts yelling at us! She then goes us up to the members car and yells at the husband "CAN YOU PUSH MY CAR ACROSS THE STREET!" ... these dumb brods are too stupid to do anything...she was bashing us hard-core. Sister Tornar and I were so confused! We were like what did we do?  I was appalled at the names she was calling us. Sister Tornar didn’t know what any of them meant so she was super confused!  The member stepped back and said whoa! Actually these are my friends I just had dinner with. I could help you if you calm down! He was so mad at what she was calling us. She jumped back in her car and just sat there. So Bro. Woolley started to push the car... he couldn’t do it by himself, the car was huge and it was stuck in the groove of the street. Sooooo Sister Tornar and I jumped behind the car (IN OUR SKIRTS) and helped Bro Woolley push this car across this busy street. We had no choice but to push her out in the middle of traffic...we had cars slamming on their brakes and inches away from hitting us. It was pretty scary, but all we could do was laugh and laugh while we were pushing. We finally got her across this street and turned around and people were laughing because we were in skirts. The lady never got out of her car to talk to us. She was so embarrassed as to the way she acted. WE never really understood what was wrong with her but Sister Tornar walked away and said I’m so glad we helped her...I think we acted very Christ like with a huge grin. I was laughing soooo hard I couldn’t breathe! We thought about that for the rest of the night. We said "we wish more things like that happened to us..That was fun!" hahaha I hope that someday she sees missionaries again and ends up talking to them :) She could really use some happiness in her life :)

This week I got to go on many companion exchanges- So I got to go out in my area and teach with another Sister. I went on 3 different ones this week. It was such a great experience to be able to learn from other Sisters :)

Well this week has been full of laughter and crazy moments. I love it here!! Sister Tornar goes home in 3 weeks....we can’t believe its October already!!! I feel like it should be Feb still...where has my life gone all this time! I still can’t believe I am on a mission! I am learning so much here and really growing. Life is so full of complicated things, but really there is only one important thing, our Heavenly Father! Putting him in front of everything is the only thing that is going to help get us through this test we are trying to take.  I know that as you read your scriptures and attend church with the mindset that you’re going to learn something... your mind will be opened to so many great things. Try attending church with the Idea "today I am going to receive revelation"...go to church with life questions in mind... you will be answered. Enjoy church, love church. I wish I was able to attend it more often.

Thank you for your ultimate love and support :) Love you all...think about you often!

 Well I think that’s all for now...

Tell Paula I got her card :)

 Mom... I love you like a Dinosaur loves meat!

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