Boa tarde todos!!
This week... was INCREDIBLE! There was a miracle every day. I'm really amazed at Heavenly Father's love for all of his children, for a couple different reasons.
We had a baptism on Sunday! We found a little girl this week whose grandparents are members but she hadn't been baptized. She is 10 years old, her name is Clarice, and she is super sweet! When we found her, she was with her grandparents. We wound up sharing about the restoration and she totally understood it! At the end of the lesson, we asked everyone to kneel and Clarice to pray and ask if The Book of Mormon is true. We also asked everyone to stay kneeling for a minute in silence after the prayer. Clarice's prayer was so incredibly powerful. For that one minute, everyone stayed kneeling, and there wasn't a dry eye in the room. I felt as though I was in the temple. Clarice, a little 10 year old girl, certainly changed my life for the better, reactivated her less active mom, and invited her aunt to take the missionary discussions. I will never forget when Clarice looked at us and said, Elders, I want to be baptized. As soon as possible.
It was so special to see her enter the waters of baptism and be baptized by her grandfather.
Another wonderful moment was when I met a member of the ward who met my Great Grandfather! My great grandfather had served in Recife many years ago. This member said that his family were the pioneers of the church in recife, so I asked if they knew a Presidente Larson. This member had a picture with him! He was pretty young, but his father had served with him. They had a picture and everything! So cool!
There were many other very powerful miracles that happened this week. I'm a witness that the Heavens are certainly still open and that we have a loving Heavenly Father who desires nothing more than the eternal happiness of His children.
I love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Larkin
