Dear
friends and family,
New weather, new
opportunities, a new companion (Sister Anderson.... woohoo! Bringing it back to
our MTC days!),
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| Classic companion selfie! |
I seem to always write about amazing
people, but another amazing family walked through our doors this week! This
couple is soon to have 10 children, 6 of whom are adopted from different
countries all over the world (their 10th, another little boy from China, is
coming in October). They are amazing, amazing people who truly understand the
worth of souls.
When we were in the Smith kitchen two of
their little girls saw our referral cards and copies of the Book of Mormon (interesting
fact: Joseph Smith received the gold
plates this past week in 1827! And the world changed forever!) sitting on the
shelf of the hutch.
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| Happy September 22nd! The day in history 189 years ago the angel Moroni visited Joseph Smith and he received the plates! |
They both asked if they could take a card and Book of
Mormon, and of course we said yes... so long as they had a friend in mind to
share the book with. The girls both responded that they did! We then got into a
great conversation about their friends and how they could share the gospel with
them. What I loved watching was this entire family talking about sharing the
Book of Mormon and their experience at the Priesthood Restoration Site with
their friends. The more they talked to together, the more excited they got!
Hopefully in a couple weeks I'll get to share how their story continues :) The
excitement of missionary work is contagious!! Sister Anderson and I have really
been focusing on the referral card aspect of our tour in a non-pushy way, and
it's been amazing to me that more often than not, people think of a friend or
family member of theirs who they would like to share the gospel with. And that
catching onto that missionary excitement is just the very first step in sharing
the gospel with others.
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| Also this week: hauling rock and helping our favorite VanOrdens |
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| The "Hobbit House" sisters -- boy oh boy do we have some good laughs together! |
This weekend we watched the
Women's Session of General Conference, which I have to say is so much fun
watching with a bunch of sisters, while Sister Walker runs around the theater
throwing chocolate at us during the songs :) But aside from that, the talks
were absolutely amazing!! (and are available here: https://www.lds.org/general-conference?cid=HP_SA_24-9-2016_dPFD_fLHNA_xLIDyL1-C_&lang=eng) If there were a theme to the conference I think it
would be something a couple of the sisters quoted from President Nelson,
"We need women who have a bedrock understanding of the Doctrine of
Christ." The church, and world, need women who are grounded in Jesus
Christ and his teachings, who live what they believe and never give in or give
up. All of us here at the site loved, of course, President Uchtdorf's story
about the missionaries who knocked doors in an apartment building, all the way
to the "4th floor, last door" and their story of faith. We all need
to have our faith centered in Christ and have the faith to act on it. President
Uchtdorf said, "Faith is a conviction so strong it moves us to do things
that we may not otherwise do." Faith is what should motivate our actions,
even when we cannot see what is before us. That is when we trust that God does
see all that we cannot. Faith is not just trusting in God's wisdom, but in His
love too.
It all comes back to our
love for our Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ-- our desire to share, to
grow, to learn and to try a little harder to be a little better everyday. May
we all look for those opportunities given to us to exercise our faith. Hurrah
for Israel!
Love,
Sister
Larsen
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| Another fun tour this week with this darling family |
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| Tiny flowers |
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