Hello SNOW!

Dear friends and family,

It's officially winter! Snow has stuck!! Sister Robison says the best thing about snow is having a companion who is from Arizona... So I'll just let you imagine what my reaction to the weather has been like :)

 Last week we met a boy named Steven and planned to come by his home to teach him this week. When  got to his house, Steven's dad answered and told us he wasn't home, but if there was ever a red bike on the front lawn we would know he was home. We couldn't wait around, so we went finding, knocking doors a couple streets over. After a while we started walking back to our truck and saw a boy on a bike coming down the hill... It was Steven!! What a miracle!! We were able to talk to him for a few minutes, and he told us he had been reading the Book of Mormon and loves it, and loves learning about God. Hopefully we will be able to catch him at home this week for a lesson!

We started teaching a cute little family! Ashley, the mom, is so sweet! Her dad was raised Amish, but didn't like the fact that it was forced on him, so he didn't raise her in any religion. But both she and her husband are wanting to bring faith into their own home, especially for their two little kids. We talked a lot about families and prophets and are excited to teach the Plan of Salvation in a couple of days! I think teaching them about God's plan will be really good, especially since their little girl is asking what happens to people after they die, due to recent deaths in their extended family. The restored gospel of Jesus Christ and Book of Mormon really do answer questions of the soul. That is definitely something that makes the most sense to me-- that our Heavenly Father is a loving God, who wouldn't let His children wander about in confusion with no direction and no purpose, but He has given us so many different resources and tools to discover for ourselves the peace we can receive in this life and in the life to come!

Snow at the PRS

We also had a neat experience at the site! It's definitely slowed down, but that doesn't mean the miracles stop! We were in the guide room studying and the phone rang so we answered. A man, Robert, called us asking if he had called a number where someone could tell him more about Jesus Christ (cue jaw drop because that can't even be real life)! And he couldn't have called anyone more excited to talk to him! He was raised in a Jewish home, but had always had a curiosity about Jesus Christ and who He is and what He has done. We were able to invite him to church, to the Priesthood Restoration Site and direct him to mormon.org (best site ever!) where he could learn more. A few days later, Elder Richardson answered the phone but felt like he needed to have Sister Robison and I talk to whoever had called in. As it turns out, it was Robert again!! We were able to answer the questions he had about the site hours and he is reading the Book of Mormon online now. We are trying to set up an appointment with him this week! It is so neat how anyone and everyone is drawn to Jesus Christ and finding purpose through Him!

It is through Christ that we can do all things! I am so grateful for my Savior who has made it possible for me to find happiness in every step of life, through ups and downs.  He makes it possible to make the bad times good and the good times better! We can each find purpose in our Father's plan because of Jesus Christ who is at the center of it all.   Hurrah for Israel!

Love,

Sister Larsen

Check out what we spotted -- a pair of bald eagles!