So this week we had the opportunity to
help package food for victims of the huge typhoon that hit in Tacloban. Our
mission has also recieved some missionaries from Tacloban mission and they'll
now be serving in Manila. That's really difficult for them because they learned
Cebuano and Waray-waray in the MTC and now they're in a place that speaks
Tagalog... however, people understand English pretty well here which is useful.
For the service project we went for maybe 4 hours and put 6 cans of calimari
(squid) in with bags of rice. There was SO MUCH FOOD there. It was amazing.
We were very happy to help. That's me and my companion Sister Cooper in the
picture. I'm so thankful for Sister Cooper, she's an amazing companion!
One of our members served his mission in
1991 and served with a companion named "Larsen." He asked me one day if that
was a relative of mine, and asked if it was my dad. That would have been crazy,
since we're helping his kids progress towards baptism within the next couple of
months. I said no, it wasn't my dad, but possibly a relative... Dad, know any
of your relatives who served in the Philippines in 1991?
Our ward here is awesome too. Bishop
likes to play ping pong and volleyball, and is in his early 30's. He does a
great job coordinating with the missionaries and so does our ward mission
leader. I'm a big fan of this ward.
So... we were "booked" to sing in church
on Sunday, since we sang at the Elder's baptism on Saturday. Sister Cooper has
a cold and literally no voice, and so a ward missionary came up with us and it
was me, Sister Cooper (who wasn't able to sing), the two Elders, a ward
missionary, and the ward mission leader who sang in sacrament meeting. After we
sang at the baptism the night before, Bishop asked if I would be willing to sing
a solo in church sometime while he would play the piano (he's really good at
playing.) So.................... we'll see when that happens. I'll let you all
know. A member asked me after we sang how long I'd been a member of Mo tab
(Mormon Tabernacle Choir), kidding around with me. I don't think my voice is
THAT awesome, but I'm happy if I can help bring the Spirit through music.
I also finished reading the New Testament
this week. I will tell you... I absolutely love that set of scriptures. I've
learned SO much from reading it. This was the first time I really read it all
the way through... and there's so many important doctrines there which are
supported and upheld by the Book of Mormon. Let me tell you... scriptures are
amazing. We are so blessed to have them, and we should always take the time to
learn from them and grow in wisdom spiritually. The time and effort that
prophets of old took to write them was for us, now. I hope we all remember to
take the time to read with real intent the scriptures, and gain the knowledge
that will make us happy at all times in our lives. The Savior's actions and
teachings in the NT are some of the most beautiful things ever written by
mankind.
I hope everyone has a great week. Love
you all!
-Sister Larsen
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