Dear friends and family,
It's been an interesting
past week... I caught some kind of nasty bug which completely took me out, so
I've only been able to go to the site 2 days this week. The rest of the week
I've been home bound with my sick buddy, Sister Agado.
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| How good is Sister Walker to us??? Two grateful sickies! |
We've become best
friends with Kleenex, Sudafed, DayQuil, orange juice, and even looked for
someone to pay us for every hour of sleep we got but were unsuccessful. But we
have been so, so, so incredibly blessed to have so many people taking good care
of us here at the PRS.
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| So thankful for modern medicine! |
We're both feeling better, still on the mend, but
getting back to feeling 100%!
Sunday was my first full
day back at the site, and that night Elder Walker was able to broadcast the CES
devotional for us in our little theater, which was so fun to watch with the
sisters who I hadn't seen all week!
Both Sister and Elder Quentin L. Cook gave
great talks, but there was something that Elder Cook said that I really loved.
He said,"Being sincerely Christlike is an even more important goal than
being authentic." The more I think about
this statement, the more I love it!
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| CES devotional with my sisters |
I think about how in today's
world everyone is looking to be unique and individual. It is important to
discover who you are and be yourself because there's no way you can get through
life trying to pretend to be someone you're not, but even more important than
being "you," is being like Christ. On the mission I feel that as I've
been trying to find more of Christ and help others find Him, I've been able to
find more of myself. When we emulate the Savior, we begin to change and become
more like Him, which is ultimately allowing us become who we have the potential
to become. It's like one big circle! When we try to be like Christ, we find
ourselves. When we find ourselves, we discover our potential as children of
God. And when we discover our potential as children of God, we know we can
become like Jesus Christ... And the pattern starts all over again.
Of the few tours I have
given this week, I've met some more amazing people who are wonderful examples
of losing themselves in Christ, finding who they truly are and can become. I went
on a tour with a woman, her 6 children and her grandmother. The
grandma/great-grandma has 8 children, 39 grandchildren and 61 great-children.
She had been on a two week long road trip with her granddaughter's family
seeing all the church history sites, and in just a few days would be flying
back home to say goodbye to another grandchild leaving on a mission. She has
lived a long life centered around Jesus Christ and his restored gospel. Another
family came in, a couple and their daughter in her 30's with special needs.
Much of these parents' lives had been given in caring for their sweet daughter
in such a Christlike way, and in turn they had seen how their daughter's
Christlike ability to love had helped them and so many other people. Just from
the way they treated each other, and the way they talked about the gospel you
could see the light of Christ shining in their faces.
I love being able to see
Christ in other people, helping others find how they can become like Him, and
becoming more like Him myself. It's a wonderful work to lose yourself in!
Love,
Sister Larsen
Some more pics this week:
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| The view from our kitchen window |
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| Beautiful Susquehanna |
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