361. The Missionary whose Family Died While She Served Reflects on Tragedy one year later.
This is a touching story, as told in LDS Living, today, Feb. 24, 2015. I remember reading about this just a year ago today. Our prayers go out to her and her brother Ian, and anyone else who loses a dear one, especially suddenly. Missionary Whose Family Died While She Served Reflects on Tragedy One Year Later JENSEN PARRISH - While I was serving as a missionary in the Vancouver Washington Mission, my family at home—including my father, mother, and two brothers—died from a carbon monoxide leak. But there’s hope for healing that can only be found through the gospel of Jesus Christ. On August 24, 2013, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland came to visit our mission. All the missionaries gathered in a church building, anxious to meet him. He spoke with such power, and I remember the Spirit testifying to me that he was indeed an apostle of the Lord and that anything he said would be of God. I remember he gave each of us a promise. He said, “As you serve your missions with all your