G'day g'day!
Not
too much to report this week... There was a lot of cold weather and
crises with our sisters and a lot of us fixing things and trying to find
new people to teach. But such is life.
We got to go to the
temple this week, which was wonderful! I love being able to go with my
fellow missionaries. It's cool to feel the spirit that is there with all
of us as servants of the Lord. The only thing better is to be in the
temple with my family.
It was President Maxwell's birthday!
Sister Maxwell organized a massive celebration with nearly all the
missionaries in attendance! There were wonderful musical numbers (a few
of President's favorite hymns sung by a missionary choir, a selection
from the Messiah by his son-in-law, and a few other hymns sung by the
favorite mission singers) and a hilarous and adorable slideshow of
President's life, followed by brownies and ice cream for everyone! We
all stayed for nearly an hour afterwards and were just able to talk with
each other and have fun with no pressure to rush back for appointments.
It felt really good to just relax for a second! I think I've forgotten
what that feels like.
We had dinner at Rudy's on Saturday
like we usually do. Jorge got us another fabulously thoughtful cake! We
watched Elder Holland's talk from conference, "Where Justice, Love, and
Mercy Meet." It was so wonderful.
It was sad to hear about
Elder L. Tom Perry's passing. Many missionaries, and I'm sure many
others, are praying for his family. I am so grateful that we do have
prophets and apostles on the earth today, and I am grateful that we can
trust that whoever fills Elder Perry's place will be called of God just
as he was.
Much Love,
Sister Larsen
PS, in the photo are Jorge, me, Sister Hatch, our friend Liga (she's going on her mission to Sydney in a month!), Mohsen, and Rudy. Cool people.
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