Some of you might be thinking: "Wow, Sister Larson, your English spelling has gone downhill. Do you really not know how to spell awesome? I mean, come on." Well let me explain a bit. Our investigator, Lionie, who is 12, has been practicing her American accent with us. She automatically puts an "r" sound whenever there's an "ah" sound in any word ever. Therefore, "awesome" becomes "aresome," even though that's not actually how we say it. It was so cute though. :)
This week we've been working a lot with Lionie and Ellie, her sister. They are both getting baptised this Sunday, the 31st! We are so excited. It's been great teaching them because they know so much already (they've attended church for 3 years) and because they are younger, it's forced my companion and I to be really basic in our teaching.
That got me thinking about how the gospel is really quite a simple thing, and that oftentimes we try to think of something new, something clever, something different to learn that we don't know already in our study of the gospel. But really, we don't. Everything we need to know is in the basic principles of the gospel: faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism and renewal of our covenants, using the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. It is in a study of these basic principles that we get a deeper understanding of what the gospel means to us.
And on a fun note, we got to bake up a storm yesterday for p-day! We made so many snickerdoodles I lost count, some truffles, some no bake cookies, and a British favourite: banoffe pie. It's bananas and caramel and whipped cream in a cookie crust. It's quite delicious, and it is a favourite pudding, or dessert, over here.
Love,
Sister Larson
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