Aug. 24,2009

You are working a ton! How is it? did you get your hours back? are things going good over to there or is it about the same? That is so cool that you are getting that much hay from the field, the last few years we have been getting half that! Totally sweet, and thats good that you found someone that can do your hay, that would be nice to have your own swather then you can get even more? Did you crash Jerons bike on your way up the mountain? Ill be honest i was kind of expecting something. haha no offense....just saying. Did you take pictures? are you going to record it like you did with Jeron? So the gear shifter is worse? it has always been bad and kinda hard to get in reverse. you have to push it all the way to the right and almost up a little before you go down. I cant imagine anymore slop than how it was! it always felt like it was in neutral! That sucks if you have to fix that now. Are you still going to sell it? Is it clean? i miss driving....It has been 3 months now. Im a terribly good driver compared to everyone else out here. But im the best driver there is so i guess thats nothing new right? And about the lawn. I dont think anyone waters their lawns here. it doesnt get too hot and it rains pretty often. we didnt mow it for like 3 weeks and the landlord come over and did it and all the houses near us. our grass sucks. haha. Houghton Lake was pretty neat. It super shallow but it is pretty big. I dont know if i told you guys about Houghton lake....i think i did. There are some members that live right next to that apartment that catch squirrels and drown them in the lake! haha it was dang funny. I guess The other two missionaries helped disect it and stuff. Kinda gross, they said it was purely for learning...haha the pictures were gross. How is the deck coming along? Send me pics!? of the house too! I miss the mountains....People up here are always like "ya but we have beautiful trees in the fall time.." Psh who cares! We have awesome mountains all the time! Stupid Michiganders. haha And i like your words of wisdom Study till you puke, and pray to get better. HAHA im going to right that on the wall. Dang funny! But its true! im trying to read the Book of Mormon this transfer, i started a week early tho, im almost through 2nd Nephi, Im cruisin! Haha anyways. Im out of stuff to say. Thanks for teaching me how to work! Even if i didnt do it a lot...haha It has helped me so much out here it crazy, anyways love you! keep smiling! Talk to you next time!

Aug. 17,2009

Thats the final straw for me.... ill send you my new email address. Brianne.....I never do anything stupid....everything i do is graceful and well thought out and i never slip up. ok? Tell me about Bear Lake. Were their boys? don't lie to your mission stricken brother! That's awesome that you befriended a non-member teach her! Booyah LARSEN POWER! Tha'ts pretty sweet about the guy that went on a mission and remembers what dad said! That is so cool. That just makes me think of all the people that i have talked to on the doorstep that haven't wanted to learn. maybe some of them will remember what i said and when the next opportunity for them comes they will be more open. Its pretty sweet. Well i need to write a letter to pres and set up my othe email before we go to dinner with the Cravens! love you all you are the best! The church is true! There is so much to learn in the scriptures its amazing! I'm reading the Book of Mormon in the morning and the Bible at night! I realized how much i need to learn last week when we were teaching all of our lessons, and i know the things in the scriptures come from God through his prophets and there is nothing on earth that will help us more in life than the teachings and the stories that are found in the scriptures. I LOVE to read them as much as i can, every time i pick them up i get excited, because every time i read....i learn, and i become closer to the Savior, and by being closer to Jesus Christ i gain confidence in the things that i teach people and i love it. im so excited for the experiences that will come my way and i want to be able to encounter them the the Spirit of the Lord, because without it i know i cant teach. I love you guys keep being the examples you are to those around you. We are so blessed and we need to share the things we know with Gods children so they can experience the joy that we have. I really need to go. Talk to you all next time! I'm so excited to hear from you again!!!! dang brothers getting married. haha its awesome! Love you all so much! Peace out!

Aug 3,2009

Helllooo Family. Here i am in little Harrison of course. Last week was alright. We ran out of miles so we had to walk a thousan miles everyplace(crap, thats how Ryan would say it) abd Humidity is so freaking stupid i hate it. We were doorknocking a few days ago and it was probably like 60 degrees or less but it had just rained. i was sweating like a hog! i sweat worse on that day than a 85 degree day walking in the sun. blaaggh! ok im over it.....I hope i get a wedding announcement You'll send one...*fists a shaking* thats way cool though im excited. send some Hamiltons my way please! Im getting a little bit better at this missionary thing, its getting more and more exciting everyday. Every person is a new experience. its like a new challenge everytime. Im happier too, so that helps out when i talk to people. i notice people will start smiling and listening better when im happy and excited about what im sharing. so it is becoming fun. Mornings still suck terribly! OH MAN! The worst day of my life happens every morning. and then after lunch its over. But i took a Sunday nap yesterday after dinner and i think that fixed me. so im making that a requiremement from now on. Sunday nap time. I didnt appreciate a good nap until that one, mm mm it feels good. Im still learning what to say at all the situations i come to, but Elder Little is showing me what to say and stuff. Sometimes i wish he would shut up so i could get a word in, but whatev. I dont think i have reallly been yelled at yet. but im excited for the day. You can always send treats with any package you send me, thats a silly question! That way i wouldnt have to eat all of Elder Littles! haha i eat all his candy. The big doofus. He thought he could win me in an arm wrestle!(Dad will appreciate this)I thought he could too! he's 6'6" and 230 pounds and he looks muscular, But i kicked his butt. hehe, then i told him to stop being a pansy and taught him how to do it and he won, but just barely. Im huge, haha. A lady at a garage sale gave us an Arnold Swarzeneggar encyclopedia of body building book. haha so we have been reading how to get huge. its kinda funny....i think...soooo about this "amp"... you cant just say Kory Broke the amp hah.... was it mine? does it still work? Details please! has he installed his system yet? I must know!Im not sure if i told you I gave a talk? well i did last sunday. it was on Pioneers so im really happy grandma gave me those stories, cuz they really helped out..We have dinner with the Lee's every friday night. I told him i play guitar, so he pulls out his brand new Alvarez guitar! the same one Jeron had! it was so awesome. I might have to buy a guitart off ebay, because i cant find one anywhere. We had hobo dinners and just sat around the fire. I love going over there. And we also had dinner at the Bartlets. And i found out his Brother/cousin is Bob Bartlett in Newton! The name sounded familiar so i thought id pass it on. I loved going there too. it was the most "at home" i have felt since coming here to Michigan. We joked and there was lots of sarcasm, we shot squirrels off his deck. It was a good time. I even ate some spaghetti and loved it... wierd i know. Sad news, 2 of our investigators dropped us...it was really wierd. Melissa believed everything we said, she felt the Spirit. but Don, got caught up on the Spirit World and some scriptures in the Bible. They are joining the Baptists, he even said 'i think people that dont have a chance to hear about Christ will be judged accordingly after this life......' but thats not what the Baptist believe. Its either Heaven or Hell with them, so hopefully he realizes that. We are still going to go over and see them and stuff. cuz they were really cool. We picked one up yesterday at church tho, so that was good. Her mom is a member and she wants to learn more, so thats pretty sweet. We went up to Marion the other day because we had some referrals. It was the first time we had gone there and they were having some "old fashion days" so the whole town was going crazy. there was a one man band, who i took some pictures of. he would chase people around as he played his keyboard and sang. he was goofy. They had a pretty sweet car show too! there were a lot of sweet Camaros, like 6 i think. i took pictures of them all so you could see if any of them were like yours. i couldnt remember what year you had, so i took pictures of all of them. Im going to write to Grandma Larsen today. I feel so bad for not writing her sooner, oooops. Well i ran out of things to say. Im doing better all the time here and im learning a lot! There is so much i dont know its rediculous, so im studying hard and learning all i can. Hope everyone is doing good. Tell me whats happening in good ol cache valley. I really miss that place. and i miss you guys more. But its getting easier all the time. I love you all and hope you are doing well in all your adventures. talk to you next week!the one and only,Elder larsen