Dear
friends and family,
What a crazy weekend we had with Labor Day here! We had a ton of people come to the site which was awesome!! Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday were back-to-back tour days... You take a tour, walk back in to another group ready to go, grab a drink if you can and walk back out the doors again. I LOVED it! It's crazy to think that this weekend could very well have been our last "crazy" time before things really die down for the winter.
What a crazy weekend we had with Labor Day here! We had a ton of people come to the site which was awesome!! Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday were back-to-back tour days... You take a tour, walk back in to another group ready to go, grab a drink if you can and walk back out the doors again. I LOVED it! It's crazy to think that this weekend could very well have been our last "crazy" time before things really die down for the winter.
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| Picture shared by guests below |
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| Note from Alicia: This couple is in Sis. Larsen's Gramps' ward in Utah -- he serves as her Gramps' Bishop. A few of the many visitors over Labor Day Weekend. |
With all the hustle and bustle later that Friday
afternoon there was a woman who came into the site for a tour with some
of her friends. I noticed she had a difficult time walking so I offered
her the jazzy (our motorized wheelchair), which she quickly accepted!
Her group began their tour, waiting by the front statues
while I ran out to the shed to get the jazzy. When I got there, I took
off the cover, unplugged the charging cord, hopped right onto the seat
and put in the key to go. When the little screen lit up the battery
showed it had just 1 of 6 bars. I turned around and saw that the
charging cord had not been connected to the outlet in the wall. The
jazzy had been sitting there in the shed for days, unplugged, left with
hardly any battery to run on.
I didn't know what to do. I knew this woman needed the jazzy if she was going to take a tour. I knew there was no way she would be able to walk it all, and there was also no way any of the elderly people she came with would be able to push her in a regular wheelchair. I didn't know how far the jazzy would be able to go until it died, and I didn't know long it would take to charge. And I also knew there were people at the site who in minutes would be ready to go on a tour and I would be needed, so I couldn't take all day trying to decide what to do. Amongst all these little thoughts running through my mind, one came strong and clear, "Say a prayer." So right then and there I folded my arms and said a quick prayer that somehow Heavenly Father would help me and that this woman would get the experience she needed and had come for. Like the primary song I had been singing all day, I knew Heavenly Father was listening and had faith he would answer. When I opened my eyes and looked down at the jazzy's screen again I could hardly believe it... all six bars on the battery were full. I didn't know how my prayer would be answered, but it was in an amazing way!
I drove the jazzy over to the woman where she and her group were waiting and sent them off on their tour, and said a gratitude prayer for this miracle that had just happened!! Later I happened to be in the building when she came to return the key and she thanked me for letting her use the jazzy and told me that it ran perfectly.
This little experience may seem small, but it definitely strengthened and solidified my testimony that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. We need to pray because He is there and speak because He is listening. It doesn't matter whether we are praying for a little jazzy to work, to know which job to take, or to even know that we are a child of God, He wants to hear from us and help us. And when we receive promptings from the Holy Ghost, we need to act on them without hesitation and miracles can happen!
Seek out your own daily miracles! Hurrah for Israel!
Love,
Sister Larsen
I didn't know what to do. I knew this woman needed the jazzy if she was going to take a tour. I knew there was no way she would be able to walk it all, and there was also no way any of the elderly people she came with would be able to push her in a regular wheelchair. I didn't know how far the jazzy would be able to go until it died, and I didn't know long it would take to charge. And I also knew there were people at the site who in minutes would be ready to go on a tour and I would be needed, so I couldn't take all day trying to decide what to do. Amongst all these little thoughts running through my mind, one came strong and clear, "Say a prayer." So right then and there I folded my arms and said a quick prayer that somehow Heavenly Father would help me and that this woman would get the experience she needed and had come for. Like the primary song I had been singing all day, I knew Heavenly Father was listening and had faith he would answer. When I opened my eyes and looked down at the jazzy's screen again I could hardly believe it... all six bars on the battery were full. I didn't know how my prayer would be answered, but it was in an amazing way!
I drove the jazzy over to the woman where she and her group were waiting and sent them off on their tour, and said a gratitude prayer for this miracle that had just happened!! Later I happened to be in the building when she came to return the key and she thanked me for letting her use the jazzy and told me that it ran perfectly.
This little experience may seem small, but it definitely strengthened and solidified my testimony that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers. We need to pray because He is there and speak because He is listening. It doesn't matter whether we are praying for a little jazzy to work, to know which job to take, or to even know that we are a child of God, He wants to hear from us and help us. And when we receive promptings from the Holy Ghost, we need to act on them without hesitation and miracles can happen!
Seek out your own daily miracles! Hurrah for Israel!
Love,
Sister Larsen
Also this week:
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| "Speaking of Primary, our (few) cute Primary kids wrote all of the PRS missionaries little notes! I love being in Primary with them!" |
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| "We found frozen yogurt!! It's been over a year since I had fro yo and it was so good!!" |
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