Hello!!!
This
week has been great. Especially this past weekend :] I loved
conference so much. It lifts me spiritually and strengthens my
testimony so much. There were so many scriptures that I had just
read, and just been pondering when they were used in conference. One
in particular was Helaman 5:12,
"And
now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the arock
of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build
your bfoundation;
that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his
shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty cstorm
shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down
to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which
ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men
build they cannot fall."
I
had read that in my personal study this week and was thinking about
its promise. If we really have Jesus Christ as our foundation, we
will never fall.
I really did a self-analysis. Is Jesus Christ my foundation? Is there
a possibility that I might fall? Because if there is... my foundation
is completely centered on Him, and there are some things we need to
do to strengthen that foundation! I invite each of you to do that
same self-analysis.
Of
course there were many many talks that I loved and that meant so much
to me. I could write all day but I'll just mention a couple. I loved
Sister Dalton's talk! The world needs virtue! And it starts with
parents living virtuous lives and giving that example. So much filth
in the media today. We cannot have that in our homes. I go into so
many homes where the television is always on. Parents expose their
young, innocent children to immorality and filth as something
glamorous and desirable. Return to virtue :] It goes right along with
Elder Bednar's talk on the law of chastity.
I
also loved Elder Perry's talk on obedience. There was something
different about the way he spoke in this conference, so bold and with
so much power. He means business. And of course, Elder Holland's on
faith. I loved how he invited us to lean on his faith we were are in
lack.
With
the combination of meetings, conference and our VC schedule we had
very little time in our area, but the Lord blessed us to really help
us use that time effectively.
We
had a miracle on Sunday morning! We had three investigators committed
to come to conference. We are so excited about the new investigators
that we have found. We are having a lot of success by working with
less-active members--they generally have family/friends that are not
members; This is how we have found most of our new investigators. The
Sunday Morning Session began and none of them showed up :[ We were
pretty bummed and I remember just praying about what we need to do
different. I know that people have their free agency... but I want to
do everything that lies in my power to help them progress. We got up
about 40 minutes through the conference and saw Sister Tolman in the
hallway that had told us earlier in the week that she was going to
visit one of our investigators, Lupita, on Saturday at the hospital
(to visit her 2 week old baby that was born 4 months early). We asked
her if she had been able to visit Lupita and the baby. She had, and
had done se with her husband (a counselor in the bishopric) and were
able to meet Oscar, Lupita's husband! We haven't even gotten to meet
him yet because they've been so busy with the baby. They all got
along so great, and they even invited Lupita to come to general
conference--and she came!! We didn't even have the opportunity to
commit her to it and she came! It was such a blessing. I know that
even thought we didn't plan on her coming, the Lord did; because
every single one of the talks on Sunday morning were perfect for her.
Exactly what she needed to hear in this time! We are so blessed to
have such great members! And we love Lupita!
We
found two new investigators on Sunday night by passing by the house
of 2 less active members that we had never met before. We found
Marcos (15 years old) and Janet (17 years old). The two of them live
with their older sister that is around 22 years old, her husband, and
the husband's kids. Their mom lives in Mexico, and their dad in
Chandler. These kids are so precious to Heavenly Father and I know he
wants us to help them. They practically have no adult supervision.
And both of them have a lot of anger and sadness towards the things
that have happened in their lives. They were so open with us telling
us how unhappy they are in life. I love them already and want to help
them. The situation is so hard, but I know the gospel of Jesus Christ
will bless their lives!
This
morning we woke up at 4:45am to go hiking!! We hadn't done it in a
long time but the weather is getting to be perfect for it. It was an
activity that we did with the whole zone. It was a hiked called
"flatiron" that I did my second transfer with Sister McKee.
But it had been over a year and I forgot how hard of a hike it is!
It's super intense and a little scary. Not to mention that I've
gotten out of shape in the past year haha. Sister Aquino and Sister
Weber (Sister Cottrell's companion) don't like exercising and don't
really like the outdoors... but they came and we all survived.
Barely. haha. I'll send a couple pictures from the hike!
It's
been a busy week--but I like it that way!!
I
love having prophets on the earth that lead us and guide us in
righteousness.
May
we build our foundation on Jesus Christ and never fall.
I
love you all!!
Love,
Sister
Larson
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