"I am called of God. My authority is above that of the Kings of the Earth. By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is my master and He has chosen me to represent Him, to stand in His place, to say and do what He Himself would say and do if He were personally ministering unto the very people to whom He has sent me. My voice is His voice, my acts are His acts, my words are His words, my doctrine is His doctrine. My commission is to do what He wants done, to say what He wants said, to be a living, modern witness in word and deed of the divinity of this Great and Marvelous Latter-Day work. How great is my calling!"
-Bruce R. McConkie

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Well, I think I'm officially ready to start a moving business. We helped a member and her family move from one apartment to another one day. The only problem was, we had a meeting with the Stake Presidency early that morning and we forgot to bring clothes to change into because we were running a little bit behind schedule. Oops. They had some t-shirts there to lend us, but we had to make do with the tracting shoes and skirts that we were wearing:) I wanted to take my nylons off so badly. It was a pretty hot and humid day. Then, we didn't have time to go home and shower before we went to the temple visitors center with our investigator to see the Joseph Smith movie. I felt bad for everyone that was in the car and watching the movie with us. We weren't the best smelling crew... It wouldn't have been that bad, but there was a TON of stuff. Literally. Probably even more than that. I don't know how they fit all of that stuff in a little apartment, but they had a gift for storage I guess. The good thing was that there were a bunch of brothers from the Elders' Quorum there to help. Helping one person move in a week isn't that bad. The fun part comes in when the next day we were working in a certain area and we thought of a former investigator that lived there. We had had some appointments fall through and felt like we should call her to see if we could go see her. When she answered, we found out that she was moving from her apartment, but that she was doing it by herself. We asked her if we could come help and she gladly agreed. When we got talking to her, she told us that she had been praying that someone would be able to help her. We called shortly after. She told us that we had truly been sent from God to help her. So there we were in our proselyting skirts again. Carrying matresses and boxes. Luckily, this move wasn't as big scale as the previous one, but we still needed some more muscle there. We called a recent convert named Oliver to come help us. It would have gone faster, but Glenka(the former investigator) has a definite gift for talking...A LOT. We finally got everything loaded in her vehicle and then piled in our cars to follow her to the new place to unload. We had just started taking the matresses off the top of the van when it started pouring rain. The drops were so big that it was kind of painful. Needless to say, we were soaked in a matter of moments, but we had a lot of fun. We went out to eat while we waited for the rain to stop and while we waited for the food we taught her the plan of salvation. I never ceased to be amazed at all of the questions people ask us like, "How did you know to call me today?" or "How did you know that I needed to hear that scripture?" It's been happening a lot lately, and I know that it is because the Lord is helping us and guiding us. He know what all of His children need and He is giving us the privilege to be instruments in His hands. I am so grateful for the time that I have to gain all of this experience and let my testimony grow. I know that this is the Lord's work and that He always provides help for ALL of us as His children. It's so AMAZING! I love you all. Have a happy Mother's Day! Hermana Larsen

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