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On today’s show, we get to meet Chelsea Larsen. Chelsea served in the Florianópolis Brazil mission from 2005 to 2007. Chelsea is our young women’s president, a fantastic mother, was an incredible missionary, and is just one of those people in the ward who could serve in virtually any calling and be great at it. And in my missionary minute, I talk about a Sister missionary in Scotland.

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A special thanks to Chelsea Larsen. I didn’t mention it in our conversation, but Chelsea and her family are moving soon to Idaho Falls and they will be very missed in our ward.

In today’s missionary minute, I wanted to talk a bit about my mother-in-law Ruth Sidwell who passed away last Friday. I had hoped to interview her about her mission to Scotland. She hadn’t been feeling really well so I was waiting for her to get a bit more energy and then her health declined rapidly. Luckily she did not suffer much.  Through the past 3 ½ years since we moved to Port Angeles, I’ve heard numerous stories about Scotland. She served during a time when there were not a lot of sister missionaries. But she said that their mission president wanted as many as e could get and kept asking for more sister missionaries. I think that was a wise mission president.

Chelsea illuded to a meeting we had with the young women Sunday, and I counseled them all to prepare for a mission, rather than wait until they are 19 to decide, decide now. Plan on it. The Church needs more sister missionaries. We have two sister missionaries in our ward now and they are seeing miracles happen. In my mission the best missionaries were sisters.

I think my mother-in-law would agree that it’s a life-changing experience that leaves you a better person.  A mission can be a transformational time when your testimony in Jesus Christ and His gospel is really cemented. As Chelsea said and as my mother-in-law told me, missions are not easy. But they are so worth it. I loved my mission. It has played a huge role in my life and still influences me today, 30 years later. I started an entire podcast because of my love for missions!  Nothing else that I have done has had such a huge impact on my testimony.

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