Monday, July 27, 2020

July 27, 2020 - It's the Final Countdown (Week 71) - Susquehanna, PA

Hello hello beautiful people!

I have some great news, and that is that my COVID-19 test came back negative!! I am officially Corona free!! The results came back just in time for me to have some fun too! I got the call on Thursday so sadly until that point I was still stuck inside our house. But don't worry we partied real hard for the 24th of July. 

President Spallino ended up giving us Pioneer day off and so we went on some adventures. We all went to Collesville, NY to see the Josiah Stowell and Joseph Knight homes. This was my first time going to these places and let me tell you how amazing it was. It's so incredible to see how much all of the early latter-day saints sacrificed and went through to defend the things that they knew to be true. I am so grateful for all of these people as well as the pioneers. 

On our way home from the homes we stopped and got pastries at the cutest little bakery. I got a cream puff and that thing was seriously the size of my whole head! The Sleight's are the best ever, but they definitely aren't the best at directions haha. We ended up missing our turn 3 different times and so we had to take a little detour. It was okay because they got to tell us our futures. I guess I am going to marry a Polynesian and we will own a pineapple farm in Hawaii. Sounds like a pretty good future to me. That night we went to the beautiful waterfall and had a picnic. It was a day well spent. 

Thank you for all of your love and support, I really do appreciate for everything that all of you do for me. See you in 3 weeks!!! 

Stay sober & stay chaste!

- Sister Larsen


Sister Brown and I holding feet again, you can see how she felt about it..... 

the 3 amigas at the waterfall, in our 'jesus te ama' shirts

My comp and I at the Knight home

Don and I with Joseph Smith

Gold and I with our friend Joe (Joseph Smith that is)

Don and I got ice cream

!!PSA!! keep pennsylvania beautiful

backyard, our go to ice cream place

the beautiful susquehanna sunset

buck falls

don and I really like peanut butter

Thursday, July 23, 2020

July 20, 2020 - Sister Brown and I held FEET!! (Week 70) - Susquehanna, PA


Hello friends and family!

Well there is honestly not too much to write about this week. Tuesday the Schumers left and they broke my heart a little....😓 but i get to see them soon which I am very very excited about. On wednesday we went to go pick blueberries at a recent converts farm. It was so beautiful, I never wanted to leave!

Okay, this is where things start to get boring.... on thursday I started feeling sick so I went to the site, but I rested all day. That night I called the nurse and she told me to stay home and to rest until I feel better. Later that night she told me that she was actually going to start calling places to get me a doctors appointment so I could get tested for COVID-19. So friday morning I went and got tested, but sadly I won't get my results back until friday. Dont worry yall, I will keep you updated. 

Until then I have to quarantine and stay home for the next week until we find out if its rona or not. I'm currently on day 4 and I'm starting to go a bit crazy, so if you have any suggestions to help me out let me know. 

Until next week, stay sober and stay chaste!

- Sister Larsen


Blueberry picking!!!

Blueberry picking!!!

Blueberry picking!!!

Sister Brown and I holding feet lol

At the doctor getting tested for rona - It was negative

Monday, July 13, 2020

July 13, 2020 - Sister Brown Grew a Mustache (Week 69) - Susquehanna, PA


Happy 16 months to me!!!

I hope you all had a fantastic week, because I just want to reemphasize that TIME IS JUST A CONCEPT!! I only have 5 weeks left and I am starting to freak out! I wish that I could be a missionary for a while longer, but I am also so excited to come home and see you all! 

This week was pretty long, but that's okay because that just means that it felt like longer until the Schumers leave. But sadly today is their last day.😭 I never knew that saying goodbye to someone could be so hard. But on the bright side, I get to see them in 5 weeks!!! 

On Monday night after pday we all decided to hang out in Sister Brown and Sister Donakey's room and write in our journals. Well, when we are together not much writing gets done. For some reason I had the weird impulse to draw on Sister Brown's face. So I decided to be a nice human being and I politely asked her if I could do so. She gave me permission to draw on her face, except with all this humidity it made her skin a little oily..... So these markers weren't working the best until Sister Donakey handed me a permanent marker. Long story short, I made a masterpiece on her face and then when she tried washing it off she didn't have much luck. But don't worry because she doesn't have her mustache or sick tattoos anymore. 

Wednesday was Sister Schumers birthday so we celebrated with some really good cheesecake that Sister Dowling made. Well, the seniors had the bright idea of giving us those party blower things. Well, Sister Brown and I had a lot of fun with those. I will attach a picture so you can see what I mean. 

OH MY GOSH!!!!! On Friday Sister Gold and I placed a Book of Mormon! It was Sister Gold's first and my first in about 4 1/2 months. All of us site missionaries decided to go get some ice cream for a last hurrah with the Schumers. It was pouring rain and all of the Sisters decided to dance in the rain besides me and Sister Gold. We weren't about to get sick and wet and ruin the seniors car haha. Well thank goodness we didn't because just as we were about to leave a super cute couple were eating some ice cream on one of the benches. As we were about to get in the car Sister Dowling asked if we wanted to give them a Book of Mormon, so being good missionaries we went over and gave it to them! They were the sweetest people ever! 

Friday was Emma Hale Smith's birthday and so all of us Sisters sang the song Emma by the Nashville Tribute Band. If you haven't heard it go look it up right now. But I want all of you to realize how important Emma was and is in the restoration of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Emma was a BEAST!!! She endured what no other woman had to endure and she stayed faithful to the end. If you don't know much about Emma, go do some research because she is the best person ever! 

Stay sober, and stay chaste!!!

- Sister Larsen

Sister Brown and I with our party blower things

I LOVE COWS

GANG GANG

Sister Gold and I before we gave out that Book of Mormon

Sister Donakey is seriously one of my best friends

Backyard ice cream

harvesting our black radishes

family picture before my parents leave

my beautiful masterpiece on Sister Browns face

our NOT TODAY SATAN shirts

Don and I

Thursday, July 9, 2020

July 6, 2020 - Covid Ruins Everything! (Week 68) - Susquehanna, PA

Hi friends! This whole week was so so good, and then Sunday was straight trash fire!🔥

The Sisters from Palmyra came on Friday and it was so much fun to see them and take them on tour! This week 2 more groups of sisters are coming and I am so excited. 

On Saturday you can bet that we partied so hard for the Fourth of July. We had a barbeque with all of us missionaries here at the Priesthood Restoration site. We had tons of food and it all ended with a jam session. It is memories like these that make it so hard to leave, but not yet people! You still have to hear from me for 6 more weeks hehe. 

Sunday started out pretty good, we went over to the Schumers for sacrament meeting. Although Covid ruins everything it has helped me realize how individual the sacrament is. God is so good! In fact, He is actually the best!❤ Well, Sunday was going well and we were eating some dinner when Sister Schumers came over and told us that her and Elder Schumers are leaving. It is literally the dumbest thing that I have ever heard in my life! It was a really rough night and all of us sisters were bawling. The Schumers are the greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I love them the most and I am going to miss them so much! But don't worry everyone because when I get home I will be swimming in their pool everyday! hehe!

Have an amazing week! Stay sober, and stay Chaste!!

- Sister Larsen

the OG's of Susquehanna

our Fourth of July party

Sister Reynolds and I made love rocks not a love fern, because our love never dies

of course I had to jump in the picture with my favorite senior couples

taking advantage of the nice weather

weekly chinese food friday

Palmyra sisters!

more of our Fourth of July party