"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

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Well, I'm sure everyone is dying to hear the details about my new area. So here they are...I live in Annandale, VA. We live with members in a very...VERY...VERY large house. They go to an american ward so we just see them in passing when we leave in the morning and get home at night. We get a room and bathroom in the basement and share the whole downstairs with them (except they hardly ever use it) which includes: foosball, ping-pong, a pool table, dvd player with projector and surround sound, and lots of space to move around. We also pretty much have free reign over the kitchen and she provides all the dishes and spices. Nice! Don't worry, we only use the dvd player for church movies and exercise videos in the morning:) It's fun watching stuff in sign language and trying to pick it up. The recent convert that we visit only does American Sign Language in answer to Mom's question, but her family only speaks spanish and is working on learning sign language. That's why we visit them.
My companion is Hermana Nichols. She was going to the Air Force Academy before coming on a mission. She claims Colorado as her home and she's a really hard worker, which makes me very, very happy. I would be completely fine with finishing my mission in this area. There are a lot of challenges that we face, but a lot of blessings that are received. Hermana Nichols has been here for about 6 months so she's pretty sure that I'm going to be taking over the area after this transfer. That means that I drive all the time so I can learn my way around. Speaking of driving, we drive a Chevy Malibu. Man those cars are fat! It's so hard to turn around in them. I feel like I'm driving the old Impala again except if I have to back up my companion has to get out of the car and help me. Not fun. Remind me when I go shopping for a car (not that that's going to happen any time soon) to get a car with a good turning radius. These things are ridiculous!
Well, I don't have a whole lot of stories for you because I'm still trying to remember everyone's names here. I'll try and think of something better for next week. Love you!
Hermana Larsen
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