tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813303747011207592.post5667034873598880864..comments2023-07-04T06:10:36.756-07:00Comments on Elder Bryson Larkin: 4 Weeks Down, 2 to go...ishElder Larkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06300026225041609891noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-813303747011207592.post-8898963766639973222015-09-25T10:24:59.626-07:002015-09-25T10:24:59.626-07:00Hello Elder Bryson Larkin!
I just want to say how ...Hello Elder Bryson Larkin!<br />I just want to say how much I enjoy your letters! It is exciting to hear how you are so enthused and excited about your mission and having such wonderful and even fun experiences! Your grandpa told me, yes, he is on a mission, but boys will still be boys! (Just so you don't break any mission rules!) Locking the mattresses and all in the showers---and beef bullion cubes?!!! You naughty elders! Always remember to ask yourself "What would Jesus do?" But I guess adding a little fun to mission life would probably be OK, as long as you don't over-do it!<br /> I am happy for you to be having such awesome experiences with the students at the college. Sharing the Gospel is really very soul-satisfying and increases your own testimony at the same time! We are still LDS 12-step Missionaries here in Ivins. It has been a very awesome experience also. I have really learned so much about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how it is important for all of us to be able progress and become like him and so we can eventually return to Heavenly Father's presence. <br /> We had a regional Conference a couple of weeks ago. Elder Russel M. Nelson spoke to us via satellite from BYU and it was awesome. He asked that we all read the Book of Mormon again and grandpa and I have been reading a couple of chapters each evening and discussing it. We are really enjoying it. Your grandpa fell off a ladder a month ago. He had been up on the roof working on the swamp cooler and coming down he somehow fell! He landed on the flat bed trailer that was next to the ladder. We think it knocked him out for a bit and when he came in the house right away we realized something was not right. He kept repeating himself and he didn't even remember he was even up on the roof! I took him to the emergency room and after a CT scan they determined he had a concussion and a brain bleed. He was kept overnight to make sure it didn't get worse. He has been taking it real easy ever since and a CT scan last week showed that the bleed had cleared but his brain is still a little bruised and he has to still be careful for a couple of months. He just mowed the back lawn this morning and now is taking a break. I sure love that man! I wouldn't know what to do without him and I sure hope he is here for a long long time yet.<br /> The Pope is here in the US right now and the media is all abuzz with that. He seems like an admirable man, but how much better if the world only knew and accepted Prophet Monson (and all the ones before him) and the Gospel in it's fullness---the world would be a much better and safer place! <br /> Well, Bryson, just wanted to tell you how much we love you and how pleased we are that you are serving your mission---what a wonderful thing you are doing! And yes, it blesses us as well--we enjoy so much hearing of your experiences and seeing your testimony grow! We love you Grandson and keep you in our prayers daily and nightly! <br />Love always,<br /> Grandma Norene MackleyUtahGirl48https://www.blogger.com/profile/09043624862920684795noreply@blogger.com