The life of a missionary is so awkward!! Haha you go talk to strangers (who
clearly don't want to talk to you) and ask them super heavy questions (like "do
you have a belief in Jesus Christ?") within the first 15 seconds that you meet
them. Everyone in my area is old too, so we get a lot of grumps, and a lot of
people who just want to visit. It's a strange thing to be a missionary, and
awkward is about the best word that I can think of to describe it! But it's
great, and you get used to the awkwardness. I think that's why so many
missionaries are awkward after they come home. You just get used to being
awkward so it's all fine and dandy and you just accept that fact about yourself.
Haha anyways, this week was great!!
Monday we had P-day and did a lot of cleaning and shopping. It must be a
sight to see two girls in dresses/skirts washing a car. It's hard when it's a
little windy too...my skirt kind of blew up in the wind, and needless to say
anyone that would have been there could definitely have seen that I was Mormon,
but luckily this town is tiny and there was no one else at the car wash. Haha so
that was exciting.
Tuesday we got to e-mail for a little bit, and Sister Parkinson and I only
get a little over an hour on the computer each because there is one computer and
we have to do it on Tuesdays because our town is tiny and nothing is open on
Monday, so we come to our chapel (about 20 minutes away from where we live) and
get to e-mail. After that we got to visit an investigator named Jim. He is an
older guy who is very lonely and absolutely cannot go anywhere without his
little dog named Annie. He brings her to church. A lot of the people in the
branch aren't happy with it, but Sister Parkinson and i look at her like a
service dog because we think he has depression and she helps him. He had a
baptismal date but isn't very sure about it now, so we're still working with
him.
Wednesday we had District Meeting in Penticton. It was so great to be able
to see the other sisters (I'm in an All-Sister District) and talk with them.
They are so incredible and I love them all! We did some tracting that day and
that was about it.
Thursday we did Weekly Planning. I really don't like it. It takes us about
5-6 hours to do it and is a long process, but we wouldn't be able to get through
the next week without it so I'm grateful for it. Sister Parkinson and I started
not feeling too well later so we just stayed in and finished some things we
needed to get done. Later that night, we got a text from a less active in our
branch who we were planning on going to see tomorrow. She said she couldn't meet
with us because her 8 year-old son had been in a fire and was badly burned so
she was at the Vanouver Children's hospital with him. We both felt even more
sick after hearing about that, so we fasted and prayed for them on Sunday and
we're really hoping everything is okay. The little boy, Cody, had 3rd degree
burns over 40% of his body and is in an induced coma right now for the pain. The
Elders in Vancouver couldn't even go in to give him a Priesthood blessing
because of how severe it is. Keep them in your prayers though. Prayer is a very
powerful thing and I'm coming to realize that more and more everyday I'm on my
mission.
Friday we did A TON of baking. Sister Parkinson made some homemade rolls
and I made some cookies. We made some for every single active member of our
branch, which is only about 30 people, but it was still a lot of baking. We did
some tracting and then went and visited Sister Barclay. She reminds me a lot of
Grandma Rosie. It's pretty funny. She is so sweet and has so much faith but is
still just so goofy and silly. The thing that made her remind me most about
Grandma Rosie was she said one morning she woke up really early and couldn't
fall back asleep so she went out front and sat on her porch with the birds and
said "good morning birds!!" and just talked to them for a little bit. I love how
people here remind me so much of people I love back at home. It makes me feel
closer to home for sure.
Saturday we took all our goodies to the members and "heart-attacked" them,
which is where you cut out a bunch of paper hearts and stick them all over their
door. Sister Parkinson and I think we need to come up with a new name for that
though, seeing as everyone in our area literally could have a heart attack any
minute and die.
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Sister Parkinson and I making hearts for heart-attacking people!!!
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Sunday was fast Sunday so we went to church and then visited some part
member families in the area. It was nice. There isn't a ton else to report about
Sunday.
Yesterday, Monday, was Brother Bender's baptism!!! Ahh!! It was so
incredible. He had been investigating the church for over 40 years and his wife
(who's a member) had been waiting so long for him to get baptized!! She said she
can't wait for them to be able to go through the temple in a year. The spirit
there was so amazing and I just want to go baptize everyone now!!! Afterwards,
Sister Parkinson and I had to get some shopping done, so we went and this lady
just randomly walks up to us and starts talking to us like she knew us. It was
really weird and both of us thought maybe she was a member or something, but she
said she was friends with Sister Simpson, (the sister who lives upstairs whose
house we're staying in) and she was interested in learning more and she had a
lot of questions!!! We are really hoping we will be able to meet with her soon.
She is definitely ready to hear the gospel.
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| Sister Parkinson and I with Brother and Sister Bender at his baptsim |
I love you all so much! Have a wonderful week and remember that THE CHURCH
IS TRUE!!!!!(:
Love, Sister Brittany Larsen
P.S. Oh darn! I forgot to put in there that when we were talking to an
older lady on her doorstep on saturday, she totally let one rip. It was so
funny. Sis. P. and I had a hard time keeping it together lol
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