Dear friends and family,
Christmas time is
here! Main Street is decorated, the site is decorated, and we are practicing
for another "Music and the Spoken Word" Christmas performance!!
Everyone is in the Christmas spirit and I love it! I think the reason people
love Christmas so much is because whether they are aware of it or not, they are
saying Christ's name whenever the holiday comes around, and Christ brings
goodness... So even just the mention of His name makes people happier!
Christmas in downtown Susquehanna |
With her new companion, Sis. Robison |
This week we visited
Jennifer and her family. We shared a message about the true meaning and
importance of Christmas-- what they each could do in the next week to be more
like Jesus Christ, to help them remember why the holiday is so important. The
kids also LOVE the song "I Am a Child of God." We sang it for them
the last time we were there, and between visits, Jennifer's daughter, Katelyn,
had found a Mormon Message of it on YouTube and had been listening to it. And
we sang "I Am a Child of God".... 3 more times that night! I found
the lyrics and all the kids squished on the couch around me singing their
little hearts out! It doesn't matter where we are from, who we are or who we
were, the knowledge that we are children of God is something that touches
everyone.
We
met with Tom twice this week and taught him about the Plan of Salvation, and
especially how important Christ is in all of it...actually, He is the most
important part of the plan because he makes it all possible! But on Friday we
had our first baptism in the font at the site, for a little boy named Deken,
whose family just recently became members. We were able to invite Tom to the
baptism and he really liked it. He asked us if Deken's dad was the man
baptizing him, and we said yes. He then asked who would "his dad,"
when he got baptized, which both just made us smile! He has such a good heart
and we are trying to help him understand and learn everything he needs to know
about the restored gospel and Jesus Christ that will allow him to become the
person he wants to be.
We went to the Christmas devotional on
Sunday night and
invited our neighbors, Kris, Ronnie and Travis. They all really enjoyed it and
we got to show them around the visitor center and watch the devotional on the
big screen in the chapel. We committed them all to write down their thoughts
and impressions from the devotional before we go see them again this week. I
think the devotional was such a great reminder to us about Christmas, and what
it is really about, and that's Christ!
They found some miniature ponies while out finding! |
At the Visitor's Center |
Keep Him in mind as Christmas approaches! I
love you all and hope you have another wonderful week! Hurrah for Israel!!
Love,
Sister
Larsen
At a Zone Conference (a training meeting for missionaries serving relatively close to her area) |
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