Alright, another week full of weird, random things. I feel
like that's just how my mission is going to go for the rest of forever. First,
I need to rant about something. Something that anyone who hasn't served a
mission won't really understand, but I just need to rant. I NEVER WANT TO STOP
BEING A MISSIONARY EVER. People. I have 6 months left. I've already cried about
it and I just don't really ever want February to get here. Don't get me wrong,
seeing my family is on the top of my list of things that make me excited, but
it literally breaks my heart to know that I won't be a missionary forever. I don't
want to go home and listen to "normal" music or do this weird thing
called "dating" or figure out what i need my so-called
"major" to be in school. I just don't want to do any of it. Someone
please just say a prayer to let me stay on my mission for the rest of eternity.
please.
okay, now that i've said all of that, let me tell you what
the Spirit told me the other night when i was having a mini freak out about all
of this. The Spirit said, "brittany. stop freaking out. you can't stay on
your mission forever. no one can. otherwise, no one would be able to fulfill
the rest of God's commandments like getting married and having children and
providing for the need's of your family." that comforted me for a little
while til I realized that I don't really want to get married for like 20 years.
haha okay, maybe not that long. it probably just freaks me out right now
because I am not focused on that, i'm focused on helping everyone around me
gain salvation, but i just hope my feelings change on that subject by the time
i get home haha. anyways, let me tell you all of the funny things that happened
this week. first, we were going finding the other day and walked up to this
trailer that had stuff hanging all over it. like your classic old school stuff
from the 70's. painted hearts, fake flowers, yellow vases. you name it, they
had it on their porch or hanging on their house. they even had a creepy
mannequin in an indiana jones hat and a poncho. so we're standing there on this
porch and right above their doorbell is this long lline of hearts on a string
and at the top it says "i will follow God's plan for me" and then a
bunch of little hearts on the string all said things like "service",
"family history", "temple work", things like that. i was
just like "what the heck?! these people totally have a testimony of the
gospel and they don't even know it!!!" haha it was so funny. so no one
comes to the door so we start walking away. then we get outside their little
gate and this man comes out with like 4 little dogs that are all barking their
heads off. so this old man is super nice and is joking with us the way that old
men do. so i ask him if he knows anything about where he got that thing hanging
next to his door and he says he has no idea and i tell him that it's totally something
that was made in Relief Society that somehow him and his wife ended up with.
and he said, "how do you know?" and i told him the "i will
follow God's plan for me" is a primary song. and he didn't believe me. so
i sang it to him. right there in the middle of his yard. sister han was looking
at me like i was a crazy person, but i didn't really care. i enjoyed myself.
and the man believed me. he'll get baptized one day. don't worry.
Also, on that same street literally 5 different people asked
us what our first names were. I need a new first name to tell people. I get
tired of saying my name because apparently knowing just my last name isn't
invasive enough for them. they need to know both. like, whatever. and i broke 2
watches this week. so that's a bad omen for a missionary i feel like. we went
to a ward activity on saturday night. i may or may not have jumped in the
bouncy castle there. i don't know. you'll have to ask someone else that was
there. it was possibly the greatest highlight of this transfer. and then
yesterday while we were finding we talked to this man who was a minister for 2
different churches....yeah, don't try to tell me our church isn't true. then
some punk kid was trying to tell me about the trinity. stop. i've like 10 years
on you kid. oh well, i hope everyone finds the truth someday. that's all about
all i got for the week as far as funnies go. cool revelation i received
yesterday during the sacrament though. we were sitting in front of this family
who had like 4 or 5 kids and i'm trying super hard to focus on be reverent
(because it's so hard for me sometimes. i just wish i was a little kid again)
and the kids behind me are being a little antsy and the mom is trying so hard
to keep them quiet. and the mom said to one of her kids, "the water is
coming, you should be thinking about Jesus, right?" and it made me think
of how sometimes in life, we all get distracted or antsy or unfocused. then
when Sunday rolls around it helps us to refocus and try our hardest to be good
the rest of the week, which is why church is a commandment (revelation!), so
the Spirit whispers to us shortly before Sunday, "The Sabbath is coming,
you should be thinking about the Savior, right?" just though it was neat(:
love you all. xoxo
love you all. xoxo
sister brittany anne larsen(:
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-golfcart ride(: tour of royal roads university last p-day.
awesome member took us(:
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| -HUGE, cool tree. |
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| -lex luther's house in Smallville I guess? I don't know, but it was gorgeous! |
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| -beautiful garden! |
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| -district fish & chips |
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| -donkey!! |
