March 10,2010

Hello there!
So so sorry i didnt email on monday, We had some other missionaries with us and they had to get heading back and so i didnt have too much time. Plus i couldnt concentrate with everyone talking, plus i was stresssed out about our lessons that cancelled. PLUS
A ski resort in richmond? I would tear the heck outta that place! Where did you here that from? That would make me so dang happy. Our little town of Smithfield would become a ski town! WOOT WOOT! Lyndie Loo is getting married huh....what a punk she can barely think for herself! hah thats sweet though. make sure you tell them hi and congrats for me. Hah that will teach em. my hair was pretty long in some of those pics ive got it cut since and now its getting to the point where it needs to be cut again. I have an idea mother...you need to hire some younger blood, or something. But then i guess they cant really sew and thats what you need.......scratch that. So much for my ideas. Anyways
This past week kinda sucked. Just because we had like 5 appointments fall through and so we were really low on numbers but we did doorknock into someone who could be interested. It was kinda funny actually. We had been out like an hour and everything was fine. Then at her house she opened the door and i was tripping over my words bad. I gave my worst doorknock approach ever, but yet she was the only one that was intersted in talking to us. Hah! So that just goes to show you. Im looking for the elect gosh darnit and the Elect are looking for me and thats proof of it right there. "There is a less-accountable kid coming to your door, he is going to say something really stupid and stumble over his words...let him in so he can teach you." Thats what the spirit says to people before i knock on their doors. HAH! Ok not really usually i have really awesome stuff to say, i still blame it on her eyes. They were like orange-yellow. Like a dog. Thats what threw me off i think. I thought i was talking to a dog.....right. So we taught some lessons throughout the week. We had a sweet dodgeball tournament in Scotts basement with some of the youth. Im going to set another one up friday night. Hah the Youth here are freaking studly. They all love me too so we have a lot of fun. We are going to be taking them all to the ghetto of muskegon in the next little while. Go talk to some gangtser and scary black people. Hah i love talking to thugs. Were the Jesus People.! booyah! The levasseurs came down to Muskegon for a circus and they called me up and invited us too. So that was pretty cool. We got to see some guys going around the "ball of death" on their dirtbikes and stuff like that. it was way sweet. Oh and tomorrow i am going up to Hart with Brunson for trade-offs! Woot it will be like old times! Im so excited, I havent seen Mama Myers for a month! Rediculous if you ask me! I still need to get her a gift. I had this cool idea to get her one of those willow tree figurines, with like a mom with her two sons then i was going to paint ties on the boys and tags and so it would be her missionaries that come in through the years. then write her some cool note or something. hah but i cant find the right thing so i might have to scratch that idea. but then after that i have trade-offs with the ZLs Elder Hiatt is coming down here with me and we are going to have a good time. Hes one of my bros. So this week should be fun. We also have some big plans to teach more people. I made a list of 20 people i wanted to see this week so hopefully we can see most of them. so far we have like 14 of them scheduled so we will be busy. But it will be nice for a change. We didnt have the car all last week so it was pretty gay. We did a lot of walking around and doing pointless doorknocking. Hah okay not pointless just ineffective. I actually really enjoy doing it. PLUS it was warm outside all week! The snow is almost all gone! Woot woot! And its supposed to be in the 50s next week i think. O and mother. I am trying to eat up all the stuff out of the apartments so i can quit spending money, but i do go to ceasars and subway every now and again. our dinner calender has been pretty crappy the last few weeks. So we have been making our own dinners a lot. Or calling Scott and having him take us out! :) He is so dang cool. He wants me to stay here way bad. He is talking to president about it too so hopefully i can, cuz this is probably the best area in the mission. Not just sayng that either. I could stay here for another 16 months :) so thats about all i got. Im still learning a lot and still kickin! This transfer has been cool because i have been able to do most of the teaching and so i have grown a lot this transfer and i can spit out a lesson on anything now. Hah well not anything. Im getting better at asking questions and making them teach :) So things are really good. My testimony is growing all the time, and thats something that you cant take away hah mission life is great. I hope you guys are all happy and making the most out of every moment. Thats what its all about being happy.So make sure you smile and love life. I love you guys and tell the grandparents hi and i love them. I feel horrible for not writing. So im going to start doing that more. I havent written a letter in 4 months......hah! oops. So tell everyone hi and that im doing good. Love you guys
Elder Larsen

Jake is going to be a dad?! What the heck. He can barely tie his own shoes! He will have to teach himself while he is teaching his kid. Hah Im not sure if anyone even told me they were having a kid. Thats so cool though. I can see him being a little menace to society. Hah Thats how it should be too. We are basically doing what you were talking about. Teaching members and asking referrals. Thats why we have the 20 lessons a week goal. We are supposed to be teaching members and getting their trust and the spirit of missionary work going through the ward. I haven't been very good at it though ill be honest. Thats something we are working on this week. We have a list of people we have to go teach. So things are going a lot better. Im working harder and so that has made a big difference. I have to fight my natural laziness a lot. Hah I wasnt raised to be lazy....i just am. hah not really. just sometimes. ANYWAYS......sounds like you are still kicking. I feel bad when i dont write you because you write really awesome letters. But i do appreciate it. and i thank you for your testimony and example. I hope you and Brit are doing fantastic. Tell her hi for me. So i better get to work we have 3 lessons set up this evening. YAY! So i love you and have a good day :)