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Pam (Metz) Larsen and Young Living Essential Oils-PP Interview part 2
The best way to create a vision for developing a business, is to let your passion drive you. When you love a product and are thrilled with how it is changing your life for the positive, the opportunities to share your passion abound. We asked Pam a few more questions about how her business with Young Living Essential Oils has developed…..
How do you involve others in this journey and what have been your challenges-expected and unexpected?
“I’ve always been a more private person, so opening up to share is sometimes difficult for me. I have to sometimes remind myself that I share my stories because I think these oils are amazing and want everyone I know to experience them. I’ve also learned that not everyone is as open to taking a natural approach as I have become.”
What have been your blessings-expected and unexpected?
“Definitely the impact these oils have made on my family. I love being able to just grab my box of oils when we have something wrong. And the friendships I have built.”
How do you teach others about your product?
“I share my testimonies, and I have several resource books, Facebook groups and websites I share with others.”
Here is one of many of the awesome flyers that Pam puts together for her business builders and her customers. 
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Passion Perspective Interview Pam (Metz) Larsen and Essential Oils
In 2014 Pam made the decision to jump on board with an essential oils company called Young Living Essential Oils. In Pam’s interview for this Passion Perspective week we asked her a series of questions….
What sets Young Living oils apart from other essential oils? I absolutely love this company! I definitely made the right decision. They have been in business longer than any other essential oil company and have just celebrated their 20th year! They are the only essential oil Company that owns their own farms and distills all their own oils. They have their Seed to Seal Process which means they stand by their quality from the beginning to the end. They are there from when the seeds are put in the ground, to the harvesting, distilling and then bottling. What other company has a CEO that goes out and works on the farms, and is physically helping with every aspect of their Seed to Seal guarantee? Pretty awesome!
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Passion Perspective-Getting to Know Pam (Metz) Larsen
Rachel has been meeting the coolest people in her community that have fascinating interests and passions…..
One of her new friends, Pam (Metz) Larsen, she met through FIT4MOM, a stroller based workout group. A few months after their friendship began, Rachel and Pam were surprised by their realization that they had gone to high school together. Rachel started to get to know Pam better and she found out that she uses Essential Oils-one of our new passions. Our interest in essential oils has been growing and we have all been learning about essential oils. We are so excited to feature Pam on our Passion Perspective Week so that we could share her wealth of knowledge about Young Living Essential Oils with you.
Here is a short bio of Pam:
“I was born on the east coast and moved a few times with my family. We eventually made our way down to Southern California where I now call home. I met my husband in college, 12 years later and we have two beautiful boys. I worked in the veterinary field for about 7 years after college, and then became a licensed cosmetologist, however I feel like my life became complete when I became a mom. I found my purpose.” 
Here is a beautiful picture of Pam and her family.…
Family-Supports One Another
We have been blessed with a family that supports one another. In triumphs and through trials, in new life and in death, in celebrations and in sorrow…our family sticks together. Last year, around this time we had two very important people pass away. We pulled together, we got through it and we grew in grace and wisdom. We experienced forgiveness and healing and we have moved on. This October, we celebrated a new birth, Mikah Ada. She is our 7th grand child and her arrival was just as exciting as our first grand baby. She is a precious addition to our family and although she is only 3 months old, I can’t imagine life without her. I often feel overwhelmed with gratitude for the pleasure of hearing the little voices of my grandchildren and I thank God daily for my family!!!
Family can also be a collection of friends that become as close as family through shared experiences over time. When we lived overseas from 1983-1985 the friends that we met in our community and at our awesome church became family. Since most of us were living very far from our real families, we spent every holiday together creating new traditions and sharing old ones. We still hold those friends close in our hearts even though we do not see them very often. We stay connected through phone calls, emails, social media and the infamous Christmas letters that we send every year.
Last night we had the privilege of attending a special anniversary celebration for dear friends. It was a reunion of sorts because so many of the guests had a rich past full of memories together. I was reminded of all that we had shared as we raised our kids together, served in church together and built lasting friendships …
Read MoreExciting Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has come our way…..
Here is the email we received a few days ago…..
Congrats! Someone Thinks your Blog is Amazing!
“Just wanted to share the good news that your blog was nominated for a Blogger of the Year Award (People’s Choice)! Blogger of the Year Awards is the final event at Build your Blog Conference. We will honor winners and finalists at a formal dinner and awards gala.
The awards will be given at the closing night of the Build your Blog Conference in Salt Lake City, February 20-21. 2015.”
Here’s how it works:
- 5 finalists will be chosen and announced on Feb 1, 2015.
- All finalists will receive notoriety and prizes worth $500 or more and will be featured at the Blogger of the Year Awards Gala at the Build Your Blog Conference.
- The winner gets $1,500 cash (plus prizes). Overall we’re giving away over $20k in cash and prizes at the event!
Here is where YOU, our readers can help!!!! Click on the picture below and you will be taken to the website where you can vote, one vote per email address so get everyone in your household to vote. Type in your email in the first box and scroll down in the second box almost to the end where you will find www.GrowingWeisser.com. Select our blog, GrowingWeisser and after you type in the code they show you, please vote for us. As a bonus for you, our readers, everyone who votes for People’s Choice is nominated to win a 4-day family vacation to Disneyland!!
Share this opportunity to vote for GrowingWeisser with everyone you know!!! We would be honored to have your support and hopefully more people will be blessed by our blog.
Thanks from all the Growing Weisser Gals!!!…
Read MoreRenewal in 2015
Happy New Year to all our faithful followers and to many new friends who I hope and pray will join us in our journey in 2015 to share, learn and apply more deep-rooted wisdom into our lives to help our growing families. This year we are going to have a theme for each month and in January we will be focusing on renewal.
Some people are totally committed to making New Year’s resolutions each year. Our family had a tradition of making a family crest each New Year’s Eve. We discussed the values that were important to us and how we could improve in the future. We colored and cut and pasted on a poster board and created a fun family project that had lasting meaning for all of us throughout the year. This was a way to set up a foundation for RENEWAL in the year to come. It reminded our family of the character qualities that were important to our family as a unit and gave us some goals to help us make a difference in the lives of others during the new year. (Click on the link making a family crest for details of how we made our family crest and try making one for your family.)
This year my husband and I talked a bit about what could make a significant difference in our lives as we entered 2015 and and bring us a sense of RENEWAL- a fresh start, a positive way to refocus. We decided to embark on a “read through the bible in a year” plan. There are many ways to go about this commitment but we decided to try a method that we discovered while visiting our eldest daughter’s church, Fusion Christian Church. We have been trying for the first 5 days …
Read MoreChristmas Blessings
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
The Growing Weisser Family is taking a two week break over the holidays. Here are a few pictures from our pre-Christmas festivities. Enjoy your time with family and friends.
May the God of the universe who made Himself known to us in the person of Christ Jesus, be near to your heart this advent season and forever!
The Christmas tree goes up…
The stockings are hung…
Visits with Santa…the fun has begun!!!
Families gather…
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The cousins are so sweet….
Baby Mikah is our newest blessing…
A day at the Nutcracker, can’t be beat!
The tacky sweaters come out….continuing the FUN…
Christmas carols, favorite movies and presents for everyone!!!!!
May the God of the universe who made Himself known to us in the person of Christ Jesus, be near to your heart this advent season and forever!
Love from the Growing Weisser family!!!
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Read MoreThe Joy of Giving through Serving
The joy of giving through serving came alive for us tonight as we volunteered at a wonderful Christmas event at Christ Church of the Valley in San Dimas. The event is called CCV Toy Store and this year, “Love All Serve All” was the theme. Mark 10:45 says, “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” We showed up and received our assignment for where they needed our help. We were on the children’s activities/craft team where we helped the kids make a fun Christmas tree collage with paper, glue, sequins, glitter paint and stickers.
Our friend, Carrie, showing us her creation
We set up the crafting tables and cut out shapes, filled paper cups with sequins and got everything organized for the kids. 
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Shopify Store is Up and Running
Christmas is 10 days away and many people are dashing out the door to get their shopping done! Dash no more! We have a great gift idea ready and waiting for you and those you love! The Growing Weisser Store is open for business. This holiday season we are featuring the Baby Bear Stew; A Family Heritage Cookbook in our store. Simply sign into the store and you can purchase right from the comfort of your home. Order in the next day or two and we will get your cookbooks to you before Christmas, otherwise they will arrive ASAP. Over the past two weeks we have been featuring the story of Baby Bear Stew and some of the unique recipes inside this treasured cookbook, so go back and read all about it. To order, click here or use the “our online store button” on the sidebar of the blog?
Merry Christmas and blessings to you this holiday season!
Love from all the Growing Weisser girls!
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Blessed by Family and Baby Bear Stew
It has been a really great experience reflecting on the legacy of my family this past week through the posts about Baby Bear Stew. Not just reflecting with amazing food and recipes, but the legacy of tradition, togetherness, and love. It is a joy to have the privilege to be in a family that enjoys being together, loves caring for one another in unique and creative ways, and loves to carry on family traditions.
It only makes sense if my first reflection is the way my family was always prepared to have a few extra people at the table. And I know that this tradition was not just a result of an excess of food (which was usually the reality at every meal), but an overflow of love. Now when I cook, I have the same problem of preparing more than enough and can’t seem to figure out how to just cook for two. And we seem to always have an abundance of cookies and treats as well, just in case someone stops by or we have to go to someone’s house.…
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