Hello my people.
First of all this guy next to me emailing just started saying something in another language, and pretty loud....i wanted to say hush to him cuz we are in a library of learning! PLUS! We are in america.... Please speak it, gracias. Anyways..... This week was alright. Im sick of this gloomy crappy weather. I have had about enough of it all. Well first and foremost. The bigest thing that happened this week. I learned how to do a Rubiks cube....Thank you.. Thank you. Yes i got skillz. I had to speak in sacrament again....One of the speakers was sick so someoen told Wood they wanted him to introduce himself and share a testimony. Then when they got up to announce it they told me to do the same thing....So i got about a 2 second warning so that was cool, So i got up there and made a joke and bore my testimony, and talked about missionary work and encouraged the 18 and 19 yr olds in the ward to go. They are all so cool. If i lived here i would be good friends with a few of them. We just stopped by a lot of Less-actives and taught them. We do a lot of that here in Michigan. we have like 300 members in this area. But only like 100 are active. So we have quite a lot of work to do. Dang em all. We had interviews this week...And zone conference this coming week. Elder Wood is alright. Im kinda sick of him. He is such a robot. Its hard to even have a conversation with him sometimes. Hes alright though. We get along at night hah, he likes me and wants to serve another transfer with me....hah what am i going to do. Hah i say that to him a lot. What am i going to do with you? Ugh. Oh weel. Dont worry about me things are fine. We are seeing javonna and joe tonight so that should be good. We will be teaching them the restoration unless something comes up, my favorite lesson to teach. Well this computer is about to kick me off. so i better get off. I might be going to scotts to finish emailing ya'll im sick of emailing thats for sure. I might just start calling you every now and then. is that ok with you? hah Anyways peace out my family. Love you guys.,
Hey dad. So ya the weather here is pretty crappy its mostly off and on snow. The forecasters are worse at predicting the weather than utah tho thats for sure. I think we are supposed to be getting like 8 inches today or something. Its not even snowing. We got a little bit last night but nothing too serious. And about Grizz/ I dont know if you have seen those invisible fence things. You can set up a perimeter around the house and if grizz goes past that he will get shocked until he comes in. Knowing him he may never come in. But you may want to look into one of those. There is also one that shocks the dog if he goes a certain distance away from the device. That way you can have it set up in the backyard or something and he could still go to the barn and around a ways but he wouldnt be able to go on vacation like he has been doing. Food for thought. hah. I do hope he is alright though. I hate to say wait for me to go to the Henry mountains.....but i might just have to. hah! That would be a fun trip for sure! So wait for me!!!! My address
2612 Riverview Ave Apt #2
N Muskegon 49445
Ill be sending off an SD card with all of Hart and N muskegon pix on it. So be looking for that by the end of the week sometime. Well thats all i can write this week. Love you dad thanks for everything! Have a good week and dont forget to.... :)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Febuary 16, 2010
HARRO!
Sorry i didnt email yesterday. We didnt have a car and we had some stuff scheduled so we werent able to get it took care of. But good news! Im here now and i only had to walk like 2 miles to get to the library here! Hah this is rediculous. So last week i got my new companion Elder Wood. He is alright. Hes kinda akward and doesnt like to have fun. So its been a really big change for me. Cuz im all about having fun namean? But at the same time its pretty cool because i get to lead everything because i dont trust im too. Hah. Ill just have to teach him a few very important life lessons. HAh! We actually went to the same school.....Josh Wood. He is a year younger than me, i think he said his mom ran into you at the store or something. He had seminary with Brianne.... But anyways last week we were able to see Javonna and Joe(Shirley Paynes kids) It was aweseome we taught them the Plan of salvation since their mother just passed away and they were both getting really into the lessons and asking good questions, so that was good. They didnt make it to church though like they said they would. Thats the story of my mission life. Joe might be coming to the church tonight to play some basketball with the ward. I havent played it forever! Its going to be funny. And we also saw some other people that im not going to talk about because nothing exciting happened.
We have interviews this week. Which should be interesting....Pres has got something against me and im going to bring it up and ask ha come? I got my package! Thank you so much! That cologne was perfect. Was that the expensive kind? And i ate almost all of the peanut butter bars! They were tasty! Hah They smelled good and tasted good so they must have been fine right? The money is muuuuch appreciated! I have the best family in the whole wide world!
questions questions. We went to Mama Myers house for the superbowl. Woot Saints won just like i said. The baptism didnt go through. We met with him again and we were just going to go over the questions and make sure he knew everything and before we even started. He said :"I dont even know what baptism is, i dont know what its for. I dont even know what alll of this is about!" Dang kid! I strangled him for a minute "Why you little...!!" He has been taught everything a few times. Hah so we are going to meet with him again. He keeps saying he wants to get baptized. Hes just a punk kid though. ha.so that was kind of a bummer. But hey theres the whole transfer to get him under. I am planning on two baptisms this transfer. So i guess i better start working harder. Didnt i guess brazil for Brandon? I seem to recall...And why does Eric need fingerprints taken? Is it for a visa or what? He didnt get caught doing something that im not aware of?
So its snowing like crazy today. Hopefully it keeps up so we can cancel church! woot woot! Hah i said that to Wood and he got all akward, not much of a joker he is. But we are doing some good around here. He wants to work so when we get the car im going to work him to death! Hah so things are good. Im still studying the BoM and stuff. So my testimony is constently growing for being in the service of the Lord. You learn a lot about yourself and your potential while on the mission. I think thats one of the major reasons we are sent out. There is so much to learn and we can grow to be such great people, but we need the help of the Lord in doing so or we will fail. And i know that to be true because i have felt both sides of that. And i am truly growing and the Lord is molding me into some kinda Warrior missionary i think.... Im going to start packing heat and bustin caps out here..ok haha i cant be serious for more than a minute i promise. But i just want you guys to know that i have a testimony of this gospel. the Lord is watching over us and he is blessing us more than we know, he doesnt ask much of us. But he promises things that should make us want to do nothing more than serve him. He is loving, he is merciful, and he is always there for us if we reach out with the faith to feel his loving influence and his guiding hand. I love being in his service and im grateful for the family that has been given me. I love you guys, thanks for your prayers. They are heard and answered and i can feel that. Until next time. Ive been Willy.
So Im supposed to be having you guys look up some names. Al Geisler in this ward might be a relative. He grew up in Smithfield for a while. His mother is a Larsen. you guys need to look for a John Christian Larsen, or a Christian John Larsen. One of those two.
And my other question. I need Grandma Larsens Email. I cant seem to find it. Tell the grandparents harro! for me. And im thinking about them and eventually ill write them a letter.
Loves
Sorry i didnt email yesterday. We didnt have a car and we had some stuff scheduled so we werent able to get it took care of. But good news! Im here now and i only had to walk like 2 miles to get to the library here! Hah this is rediculous. So last week i got my new companion Elder Wood. He is alright. Hes kinda akward and doesnt like to have fun. So its been a really big change for me. Cuz im all about having fun namean? But at the same time its pretty cool because i get to lead everything because i dont trust im too. Hah. Ill just have to teach him a few very important life lessons. HAh! We actually went to the same school.....Josh Wood. He is a year younger than me, i think he said his mom ran into you at the store or something. He had seminary with Brianne.... But anyways last week we were able to see Javonna and Joe(Shirley Paynes kids) It was aweseome we taught them the Plan of salvation since their mother just passed away and they were both getting really into the lessons and asking good questions, so that was good. They didnt make it to church though like they said they would. Thats the story of my mission life. Joe might be coming to the church tonight to play some basketball with the ward. I havent played it forever! Its going to be funny. And we also saw some other people that im not going to talk about because nothing exciting happened.
We have interviews this week. Which should be interesting....Pres has got something against me and im going to bring it up and ask ha come? I got my package! Thank you so much! That cologne was perfect. Was that the expensive kind? And i ate almost all of the peanut butter bars! They were tasty! Hah They smelled good and tasted good so they must have been fine right? The money is muuuuch appreciated! I have the best family in the whole wide world!
questions questions. We went to Mama Myers house for the superbowl. Woot Saints won just like i said. The baptism didnt go through. We met with him again and we were just going to go over the questions and make sure he knew everything and before we even started. He said :"I dont even know what baptism is, i dont know what its for. I dont even know what alll of this is about!" Dang kid! I strangled him for a minute "Why you little...!!" He has been taught everything a few times. Hah so we are going to meet with him again. He keeps saying he wants to get baptized. Hes just a punk kid though. ha.so that was kind of a bummer. But hey theres the whole transfer to get him under. I am planning on two baptisms this transfer. So i guess i better start working harder. Didnt i guess brazil for Brandon? I seem to recall...And why does Eric need fingerprints taken? Is it for a visa or what? He didnt get caught doing something that im not aware of?
So its snowing like crazy today. Hopefully it keeps up so we can cancel church! woot woot! Hah i said that to Wood and he got all akward, not much of a joker he is. But we are doing some good around here. He wants to work so when we get the car im going to work him to death! Hah so things are good. Im still studying the BoM and stuff. So my testimony is constently growing for being in the service of the Lord. You learn a lot about yourself and your potential while on the mission. I think thats one of the major reasons we are sent out. There is so much to learn and we can grow to be such great people, but we need the help of the Lord in doing so or we will fail. And i know that to be true because i have felt both sides of that. And i am truly growing and the Lord is molding me into some kinda Warrior missionary i think.... Im going to start packing heat and bustin caps out here..ok haha i cant be serious for more than a minute i promise. But i just want you guys to know that i have a testimony of this gospel. the Lord is watching over us and he is blessing us more than we know, he doesnt ask much of us. But he promises things that should make us want to do nothing more than serve him. He is loving, he is merciful, and he is always there for us if we reach out with the faith to feel his loving influence and his guiding hand. I love being in his service and im grateful for the family that has been given me. I love you guys, thanks for your prayers. They are heard and answered and i can feel that. Until next time. Ive been Willy.
So Im supposed to be having you guys look up some names. Al Geisler in this ward might be a relative. He grew up in Smithfield for a while. His mother is a Larsen. you guys need to look for a John Christian Larsen, or a Christian John Larsen. One of those two.
And my other question. I need Grandma Larsens Email. I cant seem to find it. Tell the grandparents harro! for me. And im thinking about them and eventually ill write them a letter.
Loves
Febuary 1,2010
HAH Mom you are so dang funny. Our whole family is! Its rediculous if you ask me. Thanks for singing to me on my b-day! I had an alright day i guess. We had interviews at our apartment and pres brought me alittle cake that he bought. So that was nice of him. Interviews went really well actually. He told me he wants to get me to the point where i am with some younger missionaries. so thats good. I want to train really bad. so i guess we will see in a few transfers what will happen. There's a good chance that me and Tidrick will be staying together i think. T-calls are on friday, so ill be finding out this week. I didnt get your package yet. But brianne told me there are some peanut butter bars. So thats good! I got Jeron and Beckys package.Which was awesome.Im sorry you guys are losing it. I think its because you say you are losing it so much so it gets in your head and then you actually start losing it because you believe you are....chew on that for a while.hah. I cant believe you guys let Eric inside our house! hah thats waycool. Is he leaving for the mission? Isnt it in february sometime? Thats so cool that Brandon is getting his call! Hah im guessing he is going to Canada. Thats my guess. second guess is Australia. And third is China. Ive heard a lot of stuff about China opening up. I heard that when it does they are going to need like 50,000 missionaries to go there. Thats just about as much as is out right now! Elder Liermantold us that. He has some connections in SLC, but it might just be talk. I dont know.So this week we had Shirley Paynes wedding. Her family did it at apentecostal church. have never seen so many black people in my life.wow...The church was right in the middle of Muskegon Heights, which is a pretty intense ghetto. And wow. There were probably 300 people at the funeral. and only 6 of them were white. Hah! Everyone had these sweet fur coats on and all this bling and stuff. Soo many gangsters everyhwere, and then theres me. The whitest of the white. Hah it was pretty tight i loved it. But Shirleys Son Jakata wanted us to speak at her funeral. So I let Tidrick do it because he knew her better. So he got up there and spoke about her and shared a scripture from the bom and he got a ton of people clapping and stuff. Hah it was really cool.But it drug on for a while. And it was kinda rediculous. There was alot of shouting and "carrying-on" as mom would put it. People would get up and shout amen! and praise jesus and everyone was crying. It was crazy. so we ended up leaving early because it was taking so long.We are going to be meeting with Jakata and Javahna on wednesdays. So there is some really cool potential with them. That would be sweet to baptize both of them and get them into the church. Thats what Shirley wants im sure. I attached a picture of Jakatas son, Tugi. Hes pretty funny.So this next sunday we have a baptism! YAY! Hunter LaNore is the name. He is a way cool kid, so im excited about that. Ill send some pictures. We are going over there a bunch this week to reteach him everything so hes ready and stuff. We also helped a lady move this week. Her name is Joanie. She has two kids and i guess the missionaries taught her once and it went very well and she really enjoyed it. So she asked us if we would help. She is a way nice lady and she really likes us so when we get the car on wednesday we are going to go have a lesson with her. She is one of our top investigators so im excited about that. So things are going pretty well. to answer your question. i dont really do anything in the ward.OH i just remembered something. So saturday night we got a call frombro Lammi to give a talk the next day......so we almost called in sick...haha just kidding, We both prepared 10 minute talks that night when we got home and so in sacrament meeting the lady before us went waaayyy over her time. We sung the intermediate hymn when we should have been ending the meeting. so it was 5 after and i just decided to share a little quote and bear my testimony. so i stood up there for like 3 minutes and then i sat down and Tidrick decided to give his talk. So that was kinda stupid. He made me look dumb, but at the same time he looked dumb. I was kinda mad to be honest. so we ended sacrament 20 minutes late. hah! it was kinda funny. But yeah anyways all i do is go to classes and worry about investigators. We also have to go to PEC every morning and talk about everythign we did in the past week. Who we taught and what we taught and what happened. im about to go inactive because of all the dang meetings. HAH I hate meetings. people talk way too much and say way more than they need to say. And thats the truth. just say the facts and get on with it. I dont need your dang opinions. hah! people are funny/stupid. Thats another truth. booyah! Thats me venting again. I do that sometimes.hah but its all good. So thats basically my week. I dont know what else to say. so peace! And love!Your son
Dear Theresa—
Just wanted to tell you how honored I was to have your son for supper again this past Sunday evening. We’ve missed him since he was transferred to North Muskegon, which is 30 miles away. He and his companion drove to Shelby and spent Sunday night with Elders Brunson and Baros, and they all came here for supper. They are so wonderful to have around, and I so enjoy it when they are in my home! He has such a quiet sense of humor, but when it comes out, he has everyone laughing—and we spend a lot of time laughing. Thank you, again, for sharing him with us. I miss him, myself—and I can only imagine how much of a sacrifice it has been for your family. Just know that there are others who love him and care for him while he is away from you.
Love in Christ,
Ruth Myers
Dear Theresa—
Just wanted to tell you how honored I was to have your son for supper again this past Sunday evening. We’ve missed him since he was transferred to North Muskegon, which is 30 miles away. He and his companion drove to Shelby and spent Sunday night with Elders Brunson and Baros, and they all came here for supper. They are so wonderful to have around, and I so enjoy it when they are in my home! He has such a quiet sense of humor, but when it comes out, he has everyone laughing—and we spend a lot of time laughing. Thank you, again, for sharing him with us. I miss him, myself—and I can only imagine how much of a sacrifice it has been for your family. Just know that there are others who love him and care for him while he is away from you.
Love in Christ,
Ruth Myers
Friday, January 29, 2010
January 25,2010
Hello everybody!
This week was pretty dang good. oh and Happy birthday to ME! Im so happy to be 20 pretty soon. Im sick of lying to people and telling them im 21 so i can get into clubs and stuff. So im getting closer and closer! hah not really.
This wednesday we had trade-offs which sucks. I hate them with a passion, mostly because all my comps have been awesome. I went down to grand haven and it was kinda lame. We both fell asleep during studies for like and hour and a half! I had drool running down my neck! Thats never happened before! We just did a lot of pointless walking around trying to find service and stupid stuff, inefffective stuff mostly. So that was a waste of a day. but im back now and all is good! We had a sweet lesson with this kid named Hunter LaNore, he is one of our investigators and he has had a cast on so he couldnt get baptized. But its off now! So February 7th..if thats saturday...Is his Baptism day! Woohooo! And it was way cool because he had two of his friends there and they started asking questions about baptism. One was like "doesnt baptism take away your sins?" and so we got to teach them both about it and now they say they want to get baptized! So hopefully we can meet their families sometime soon and teach them all! Thats a good potential baptism list if you ask me! I want to baptize a whole family more than anything else on my mission. That would be the most awesomest thing ever. I told the two kids Jason and Tim that if they came to church i would give them a tie. They were both asking how to tie one and they said "i dont have a tie" I love when people say that, because i get to bribe them into coming to church!
In other news. One of the members in our ward died. She was a really sweet black lady named Shirley Payne, she had us come over and teach her every week and she loved missionaries. She went on and on about them to her friends and family. so that was really sad. we went over there to see her, because we had met someone door knocking(by the way, door knocking the ghetto rocks. Muskegon Heights FTW) and thought we would drop by to see her and her daughter answered and told us what had happened. It was so unexpected, she had a heart attack when she was walking home from the store. So that was really sad. But her daughter and son wanted to talk to us. So we went over to their house and talked with them for a few hours and got to know them and talked all about Shirley and we started teaching them from the BoM and it gave them a lot of comfort. They want us to come over every week. So maybe they will want to be taught. We are so blessed to have the knowledge that we have. That this life isnt the end. Its only the beginning. To know that when we die it is sad, but its also a miraculous thing, its part of the plan that was established before any of us were born. And it was good for me to be able to share some comfort with those humble people. The Lord works in mysterious ways, maybe by Shirleys death the rest of her family can come into the gospel, i guess we will find out. I love the work, i love sharing what i know with others i love the people and hope that i can be an instument in Gods hands and bring some of his children back to him. I love you guys and thank you for everything you have every helped me with.
This week was pretty dang good. oh and Happy birthday to ME! Im so happy to be 20 pretty soon. Im sick of lying to people and telling them im 21 so i can get into clubs and stuff. So im getting closer and closer! hah not really.
This wednesday we had trade-offs which sucks. I hate them with a passion, mostly because all my comps have been awesome. I went down to grand haven and it was kinda lame. We both fell asleep during studies for like and hour and a half! I had drool running down my neck! Thats never happened before! We just did a lot of pointless walking around trying to find service and stupid stuff, inefffective stuff mostly. So that was a waste of a day. but im back now and all is good! We had a sweet lesson with this kid named Hunter LaNore, he is one of our investigators and he has had a cast on so he couldnt get baptized. But its off now! So February 7th..if thats saturday...Is his Baptism day! Woohooo! And it was way cool because he had two of his friends there and they started asking questions about baptism. One was like "doesnt baptism take away your sins?" and so we got to teach them both about it and now they say they want to get baptized! So hopefully we can meet their families sometime soon and teach them all! Thats a good potential baptism list if you ask me! I want to baptize a whole family more than anything else on my mission. That would be the most awesomest thing ever. I told the two kids Jason and Tim that if they came to church i would give them a tie. They were both asking how to tie one and they said "i dont have a tie" I love when people say that, because i get to bribe them into coming to church!
In other news. One of the members in our ward died. She was a really sweet black lady named Shirley Payne, she had us come over and teach her every week and she loved missionaries. She went on and on about them to her friends and family. so that was really sad. we went over there to see her, because we had met someone door knocking(by the way, door knocking the ghetto rocks. Muskegon Heights FTW) and thought we would drop by to see her and her daughter answered and told us what had happened. It was so unexpected, she had a heart attack when she was walking home from the store. So that was really sad. But her daughter and son wanted to talk to us. So we went over to their house and talked with them for a few hours and got to know them and talked all about Shirley and we started teaching them from the BoM and it gave them a lot of comfort. They want us to come over every week. So maybe they will want to be taught. We are so blessed to have the knowledge that we have. That this life isnt the end. Its only the beginning. To know that when we die it is sad, but its also a miraculous thing, its part of the plan that was established before any of us were born. And it was good for me to be able to share some comfort with those humble people. The Lord works in mysterious ways, maybe by Shirleys death the rest of her family can come into the gospel, i guess we will find out. I love the work, i love sharing what i know with others i love the people and hope that i can be an instument in Gods hands and bring some of his children back to him. I love you guys and thank you for everything you have every helped me with.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
January 18,2010
Hah i think my mission has been totally different from the other two. Theres always something wierd going on here that we get invited to. I dont mind one bit though! Im loving it! I dont know if i told you what happened to the duck hunter game.....Its sad. So i was using it one morning for like 30 minutes flying it outside and i was having a good ol time. Then i had Brunson come try and he missed the duck like twelve times and he finally got it just in time for it to fly onto the roof......so no more ducky. I still play with the gun though....Whats with everyone getting married. I am about tired of it! I could puke! Last week was lyndee and this week its Brandie now possibly Josh?. Wow this is rediculous. I told you last week what i wanted i think. Maybe some teeth whitening stuff too or anything. im not picky. Im always up for a good tie!
So this week we had zone conference and it was pretty good. I only fell asleep once! I cant listen to president that long. Sometimes he reminds me of george w bush. The way he tells his joke and laughs at them and sometimes he says things like. "Its better to ask forgiveness than permission." Things like that. Ha So if i ever get in trouble ill just use that quote and ill be free! Hah it was good though. He issued a challenge. Theres a talk about the Book of Mormon by Quentin L Cook at a mission president seminar that was really good. Did you know him and Elder Holland were missionary companions? ANyways they had the same challenge that was given to us. Its this. By April 1 we are supposed to read the Book of Mormon(we were given new ones)and mark anytime it talks about Christ. Any names anything. Then after that we are to read it again by Aug i think and mark every Principle and Doctine and then total them up on each page. So i thought that was really cool! So far im loving it and im only 10 chapters in, but its amazing what that does for you to be looking for Christ in every verse. He is there more than we realize i think. And you start learning more about his character and how much he was really helping out those people and how centered their lives were around Him, its a good lesson for us. I think when we read we just figure its going to be talking about God so we dont really pick up the significance of what is being said and how much is being said.. And one thing i have found is that for the most part when it says Lord or God it is talking about Jesus Christ.Which i thought was very interesting, because it says "they prayed to the Lord" And we dont really pray to Jesus..so thats kinda confusing, but then you never know if when we pray if they are both listening...im thinking they both are...thats just me though...i dont know its all so confusing. Cuz i think in verse 10 it also says the "God of our fathers" is Jesus Christ. And we know that Jesus Christ was the God/Jehovah of the Old testament, so if they called Christ God and Lord back then why wouldnt their descendants, The only thing im wondering about is the prayer thing....Me and Tidrick talked about it for like 2 hours while we were in bed. Hah so im still a little sketchy on the whole thing but so far it has been a mind-opening challenge. And im very excited to have a goal like that. Wow i think i just confused myself again when i read through that. Hah! go me! so that was the focus of Zone conference. I got to see Elder Sneed again. Its been almost 6 months. I have a lot of friends here in this zone. Most of them are close too so thats sweet. They are all going to leave me though!!!! All my friends in the mission only have 1 or 2 transfers to go. Then im friendless again. Yesterday we got to ditch church early! That was refreshing! hah! someone Tidrick helped teach up in Traverse City got baptized and so we got to go up there for that. It was way cool. Ill send you some pictures sometime this week. Scott took us up there. Hes the coolest member i have met on my mission for sure. I finally got to see Lake Michigan! About time huh? And the funny part is i had to drive 2 and a half hours north to see it! When its only like 3 miles west of the apartment....seems kinda backwards. So thats about all that happened this week. Love you guys! Peace out
I cant believe im having an easier winter here, thats so crazy. Im loving this place though. I think i could actually live here in Muskegon. Its pretty cool. Ive heard down south a little bit in like St Joseph or south haven and mayber even here its basically just like southern california. There are nice beaches and it gets way hot and its jet ski paradise pretty much. Then in the winter you dont have huge mountains or anything but they do have resorts and stuff. Muskegon is a kickin place. i like it. I just wish i was here in the summer. Hopefully i get to stay here for 6 months. So thats sweet. Oh man im hungry. I guess its time for subway. I spend a lot of my MSF there...since its right accross the street and all. Sounds like you are working too hard! Go have some fun dangit! Thats what its all about right? haha. Hope everything is going good at the homestead. Thanks for the pix and the letter. Love you
So this week we had zone conference and it was pretty good. I only fell asleep once! I cant listen to president that long. Sometimes he reminds me of george w bush. The way he tells his joke and laughs at them and sometimes he says things like. "Its better to ask forgiveness than permission." Things like that. Ha So if i ever get in trouble ill just use that quote and ill be free! Hah it was good though. He issued a challenge. Theres a talk about the Book of Mormon by Quentin L Cook at a mission president seminar that was really good. Did you know him and Elder Holland were missionary companions? ANyways they had the same challenge that was given to us. Its this. By April 1 we are supposed to read the Book of Mormon(we were given new ones)and mark anytime it talks about Christ. Any names anything. Then after that we are to read it again by Aug i think and mark every Principle and Doctine and then total them up on each page. So i thought that was really cool! So far im loving it and im only 10 chapters in, but its amazing what that does for you to be looking for Christ in every verse. He is there more than we realize i think. And you start learning more about his character and how much he was really helping out those people and how centered their lives were around Him, its a good lesson for us. I think when we read we just figure its going to be talking about God so we dont really pick up the significance of what is being said and how much is being said.. And one thing i have found is that for the most part when it says Lord or God it is talking about Jesus Christ.Which i thought was very interesting, because it says "they prayed to the Lord" And we dont really pray to Jesus..so thats kinda confusing, but then you never know if when we pray if they are both listening...im thinking they both are...thats just me though...i dont know its all so confusing. Cuz i think in verse 10 it also says the "God of our fathers" is Jesus Christ. And we know that Jesus Christ was the God/Jehovah of the Old testament, so if they called Christ God and Lord back then why wouldnt their descendants, The only thing im wondering about is the prayer thing....Me and Tidrick talked about it for like 2 hours while we were in bed. Hah so im still a little sketchy on the whole thing but so far it has been a mind-opening challenge. And im very excited to have a goal like that. Wow i think i just confused myself again when i read through that. Hah! go me! so that was the focus of Zone conference. I got to see Elder Sneed again. Its been almost 6 months. I have a lot of friends here in this zone. Most of them are close too so thats sweet. They are all going to leave me though!!!! All my friends in the mission only have 1 or 2 transfers to go. Then im friendless again. Yesterday we got to ditch church early! That was refreshing! hah! someone Tidrick helped teach up in Traverse City got baptized and so we got to go up there for that. It was way cool. Ill send you some pictures sometime this week. Scott took us up there. Hes the coolest member i have met on my mission for sure. I finally got to see Lake Michigan! About time huh? And the funny part is i had to drive 2 and a half hours north to see it! When its only like 3 miles west of the apartment....seems kinda backwards. So thats about all that happened this week. Love you guys! Peace out
I cant believe im having an easier winter here, thats so crazy. Im loving this place though. I think i could actually live here in Muskegon. Its pretty cool. Ive heard down south a little bit in like St Joseph or south haven and mayber even here its basically just like southern california. There are nice beaches and it gets way hot and its jet ski paradise pretty much. Then in the winter you dont have huge mountains or anything but they do have resorts and stuff. Muskegon is a kickin place. i like it. I just wish i was here in the summer. Hopefully i get to stay here for 6 months. So thats sweet. Oh man im hungry. I guess its time for subway. I spend a lot of my MSF there...since its right accross the street and all. Sounds like you are working too hard! Go have some fun dangit! Thats what its all about right? haha. Hope everything is going good at the homestead. Thanks for the pix and the letter. Love you
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
January 12,2010
Hello Hello Hello,
How is the bestest family in the world? Thank you so much for the money. OH man i needed that. I was broke! I dont even know how it happened. Dang kid! Ryan i just barely got your package today, They kept forgetting to bring it to me and so last night i went up the the LeVasseurs to say hi to them and then we stayed up here in Hart to spend P-Day together, But i loved it! That book was something that i have always wanted actually. I was going to start writing quotes down and stuff. I was even thinking about putting quotes and lyrics and stuff all over me walls. Hah So that was awesome! Good good good. That made me way happy. Mom im just getting over my cold. I think its just about gone. I was taking some stuff here and there. I had some lozenges grandma sent me so that was good. They helped out a little. But im good. a little cold never hurt anyone! I shoveled snow off a chicken coop this morning. A member up here invited us over with the other missionaries and fed us a great big breakfast. So that was way nice of them! I cant believe Kelly got in a wreck! AAAHHH! Ill check back later to see if Ryan wrote anything about it. JOSHUA CANNOT GET MARRIED WHILE I AM ON MY MISSION! IM CALLING SNEED TONIGHT! HE IS GOING TO BE MAD TOO! Okay im cool, I just had to let that out. Thats cool that he is thinking about it though...../sarcasm off. Things are sweet here. I got to butcher a goat the other day! I skinned it and i let Tidrick gut it because he has never done it before, and because its nasty...he popped the stomach and the poop-bag. It was a nasty mess. And he thinks he is going to be a doctor! Hah we got some sweet pictures of it though. And we ate the heart and liver. By the way, It was a members goat and they helped us. It wasnt just a random goat we decided to murder. It was planned. Like all my murders.....buahaha. He actually missed its head when he shot it. and almost blew off his jaw. Hah! Noob! Muskegon is great though thats for sure. We are teaching some way cool people and we might be getting some more gators this week. We are working with two 19 year olds that are planning on missions. so thats pretty cool. We get to show em the ropes a little bit. Well all the other Elders have been done emailing for a while now so i better go, I will write more later tonight when i get back to Muskegon. Love you guys, hope all is well. "There is sunshine in my soul today.....hah that was dumb. Love you guys! Bye
HAH Im not mad, i just accidentally hit the caps so i decided to play it off like i was mad. Josh can do what he wants. see if i care....And now lyndie is getting married. She is still a baby! What the heck. You will have to tell her hi for me and maybe kick her in the shins please. For my b day i have an idea. For the last 6 months i have been stealing all my comps cologne, and i keep forgetting to buy my own when im at a mall. So maybe some of that would be good. Im not sure what kind i like the best, ive had some burberry and kenneth cole. I like those a lot. But whatever you get will be fine i think. We just barely got back from a dinner appointment, and they have this amazing hill by their house. i didnt think hills like that existed in Michigan, but we are going sledding for sure. We will invite some people we met the other day and maybe turn it into gospel sledding? Possibly letting them sled into Muskegon bay and baptize them on the spot? I like it! hmmm not too shabby of an idea me thinks. Too bad nobody has a snowboard or id be doing that! Ya we are at Scotts house right now. This is where we do emails mostly. He gave us a key to his house so we can go do our laundry and email and stuff. He is a stud. He is driving us to Traverse City next Sunday after church. I guess someone Tidrick taught up there is getting baptized, so we got permission to go up there for that. Its a long drive though, oh well! What else am i going to do right? I decided im a very spontaneous person... very... I like it hah. Random thought for the night.....I got a letter from Grandma B today. Wow she is awesome. yep yep. welp gotta go love you guys!
Hah sorry you are all cold and stuff. I think we have as much snow as you, it has been a way easy winter so far here. I hardly ever wear my coat, haha its all good. Im not complaining! I was expecting hell frozen over...Oh I just remembered a funny story. So we picked up this inactive member for church., Hes mexican...I guess he didnt have time to shower, but he came out of his house in a suit and he looked really good and stuff. But he brought this big duffel bag with him into the church and he walks straight into the bathroom. I was talking to some members and i kept noticing that people would go into the bathroom and then walk straight out, so i was like what the heck is going on in there. Tidrick came over and told me he just went in and Frank had taken all his clothes off and was shaving in the sink at church with nothing but a towel on! Hah! So i waited a little bit and church was about to start and nobody wanted to go in and tell him, so i went in their and i was like "Whats going on in here?" And he just said, I didnt have time to shower so im shaving. Like it was nothing new to him. Hahah it was so cool. Everyone was giving him the strangest looks in there. it was great! So that made my day. Theres your unusual story of the week! That pedestal looks heavY! Im glad i dont have to move that around! Hah im sure its going to look good though. You did it of course. Thank you so much for the money! I was pretty broke. Hah i dont know how it happened. I really appreciate it though. Thanks! I always love the pictures you send too! I miss mountains! and 58 inch plasma tvs! Hah someday i guess. Hah well i better get going. Love you dad thanks for everythihng you do for me.
Your son,
How is the bestest family in the world? Thank you so much for the money. OH man i needed that. I was broke! I dont even know how it happened. Dang kid! Ryan i just barely got your package today, They kept forgetting to bring it to me and so last night i went up the the LeVasseurs to say hi to them and then we stayed up here in Hart to spend P-Day together, But i loved it! That book was something that i have always wanted actually. I was going to start writing quotes down and stuff. I was even thinking about putting quotes and lyrics and stuff all over me walls. Hah So that was awesome! Good good good. That made me way happy. Mom im just getting over my cold. I think its just about gone. I was taking some stuff here and there. I had some lozenges grandma sent me so that was good. They helped out a little. But im good. a little cold never hurt anyone! I shoveled snow off a chicken coop this morning. A member up here invited us over with the other missionaries and fed us a great big breakfast. So that was way nice of them! I cant believe Kelly got in a wreck! AAAHHH! Ill check back later to see if Ryan wrote anything about it. JOSHUA CANNOT GET MARRIED WHILE I AM ON MY MISSION! IM CALLING SNEED TONIGHT! HE IS GOING TO BE MAD TOO! Okay im cool, I just had to let that out. Thats cool that he is thinking about it though...../sarcasm off. Things are sweet here. I got to butcher a goat the other day! I skinned it and i let Tidrick gut it because he has never done it before, and because its nasty...he popped the stomach and the poop-bag. It was a nasty mess. And he thinks he is going to be a doctor! Hah we got some sweet pictures of it though. And we ate the heart and liver. By the way, It was a members goat and they helped us. It wasnt just a random goat we decided to murder. It was planned. Like all my murders.....buahaha. He actually missed its head when he shot it. and almost blew off his jaw. Hah! Noob! Muskegon is great though thats for sure. We are teaching some way cool people and we might be getting some more gators this week. We are working with two 19 year olds that are planning on missions. so thats pretty cool. We get to show em the ropes a little bit. Well all the other Elders have been done emailing for a while now so i better go, I will write more later tonight when i get back to Muskegon. Love you guys, hope all is well. "There is sunshine in my soul today.....hah that was dumb. Love you guys! Bye
HAH Im not mad, i just accidentally hit the caps so i decided to play it off like i was mad. Josh can do what he wants. see if i care....And now lyndie is getting married. She is still a baby! What the heck. You will have to tell her hi for me and maybe kick her in the shins please. For my b day i have an idea. For the last 6 months i have been stealing all my comps cologne, and i keep forgetting to buy my own when im at a mall. So maybe some of that would be good. Im not sure what kind i like the best, ive had some burberry and kenneth cole. I like those a lot. But whatever you get will be fine i think. We just barely got back from a dinner appointment, and they have this amazing hill by their house. i didnt think hills like that existed in Michigan, but we are going sledding for sure. We will invite some people we met the other day and maybe turn it into gospel sledding? Possibly letting them sled into Muskegon bay and baptize them on the spot? I like it! hmmm not too shabby of an idea me thinks. Too bad nobody has a snowboard or id be doing that! Ya we are at Scotts house right now. This is where we do emails mostly. He gave us a key to his house so we can go do our laundry and email and stuff. He is a stud. He is driving us to Traverse City next Sunday after church. I guess someone Tidrick taught up there is getting baptized, so we got permission to go up there for that. Its a long drive though, oh well! What else am i going to do right? I decided im a very spontaneous person... very... I like it hah. Random thought for the night.....I got a letter from Grandma B today. Wow she is awesome. yep yep. welp gotta go love you guys!
Hah sorry you are all cold and stuff. I think we have as much snow as you, it has been a way easy winter so far here. I hardly ever wear my coat, haha its all good. Im not complaining! I was expecting hell frozen over...Oh I just remembered a funny story. So we picked up this inactive member for church., Hes mexican...I guess he didnt have time to shower, but he came out of his house in a suit and he looked really good and stuff. But he brought this big duffel bag with him into the church and he walks straight into the bathroom. I was talking to some members and i kept noticing that people would go into the bathroom and then walk straight out, so i was like what the heck is going on in there. Tidrick came over and told me he just went in and Frank had taken all his clothes off and was shaving in the sink at church with nothing but a towel on! Hah! So i waited a little bit and church was about to start and nobody wanted to go in and tell him, so i went in their and i was like "Whats going on in here?" And he just said, I didnt have time to shower so im shaving. Like it was nothing new to him. Hahah it was so cool. Everyone was giving him the strangest looks in there. it was great! So that made my day. Theres your unusual story of the week! That pedestal looks heavY! Im glad i dont have to move that around! Hah im sure its going to look good though. You did it of course. Thank you so much for the money! I was pretty broke. Hah i dont know how it happened. I really appreciate it though. Thanks! I always love the pictures you send too! I miss mountains! and 58 inch plasma tvs! Hah someday i guess. Hah well i better get going. Love you dad thanks for everythihng you do for me.
Your son,
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
January 4,2010
Happy New Year!
Here i am in Muskegon loving life! Im loving it here. I got to meet the ward and they are way cool. There was an eight year old that got baptized on saturday so i got to meet people there and then at church i got to talk to everyone so that was cool> There are some awesome people there, and im finally in a ward! Woohoo! There are actually teenagers here, haha. I didnt think teenagers were allowed in Michigan. I got to meet all of them and they were way cool. They invite us over to hang out with them and play ping pong and pool. I almost talked one of them into letting us go snowmobiling....so we will see, haha. But its a way fun ward. I might even be related to a guy there. He grew up in Boise and his mothers maiden name was Larsen. Hi name is Al Guysler, i dont know how it was spelled, thats how it sounds anyways, but i think we might be related somewhere. So he thought since we were related he would pick on me all day. And he did. Hah. him and another guy are both from Idaho. And for like 20 minutes in gospel principles they were talking about how awesome Idaho was and how Utah is lucky they let us have Cache Valley. They call it the Terrestrial Kingdom and then over the hill in Idaho is the celestial. Hah bunch of dorks. They both served in the Michigan Lansing mission too. Im not sure if thats where they met or what, but that was pretty sweet i thought. So there are some really funny members so im loving it here. Last night we had dinner at a members house and they had a bnch of kids .there so we played hockey with them and stuff for a long time. I got the little girl to promise to come to church. She is seven and had a bad experience in church and hasnt gone back. She made me promise that i would sit by her and bring chocolate and that we can write on each other with this invisible ink marker we were playing with. hah so that was pretty sweet i thought. Those are the appointments i like, haha. kids are the best. So im really loving thearea. Our apartment is pretty good too, and my comp is a stud. I dont have my camera or i would send you a picture of him. Next time i guess.
I dont know if you guys got the new ensign, but there is a pretty cool talk by Elder Holland that we have been sharing with people. Its about Looking towards the future and not dwelling on past mistakes or things that you had to leave behind. He talked about Lots wife, how they were fleeing from Sodom and Gammora and she looked back, and he said she looked back Longingly and so she was turned to stone. He related that to us and how we should always be moving forward and stop dwelling on past mistakes. Because Faith always points to the future and if we dont have faith about our future we are just spinning our wheels and not progressing and growing. So we thought that was a good message to share for the new years. We have been teaching that and about how we should always be trying to improve ourselves in the gospel and about how we should forget about those things that are holding us back and keeping us from progressing, because thats what this life is for to progress so we can return to Heaven and so i thought that was a really good talk for this time of year.
So it has been pretty dang cold here the last few days and its ticking me off. Its snowing right now and its supposed to get worse too. This winter so far has been cake. I hardly ever wear my jacket. I get scolded almost every day for not wearing it. I have a cold now so i guess they were right! Hah! Well wehave a dinner appointment soon so i better get off. I might write later tonight to the rest of yall or maybe tomorrow. Who knows. So i got to jet. Love you all. Have a happy one!
Elder Matthew Larsen
2612 Riverview apt 2
North Muskegon, Mi 49445
Happy Birthday!
So i was in bed and i decided to make a poem for you. I remember it was really funny and i was laughing as i went to bed and when i woke up i couldnt remember anything i was thinking about. Dad gum brains! They only work half the time i think! I hope you had a good one though. Our family usually throws pretty good parties. Thats way cool that you went biking at night, thats my pops! You need to tell me some of your crazy stories of your younger years. Did you ever get in any fights? Hah i know some stories but not all of them. I have the bestest coolest dad around. Everyone that sees your picture mentions how big you are and i mention other things about you and they are always blown away. Hah! Hope your heads all swolled up. I need some good stories though. Of body building and fights and stuff like that. haha . i better go to our dinner appointment. We arent supposed to wear deodarant there, sorry. hah The kid gets seizures if he smells anything a little different so we are supposed to wash up befre we go. so i love you and ill talk to you later.
Scott Says hi!(we email at his house)
Here i am in Muskegon loving life! Im loving it here. I got to meet the ward and they are way cool. There was an eight year old that got baptized on saturday so i got to meet people there and then at church i got to talk to everyone so that was cool> There are some awesome people there, and im finally in a ward! Woohoo! There are actually teenagers here, haha. I didnt think teenagers were allowed in Michigan. I got to meet all of them and they were way cool. They invite us over to hang out with them and play ping pong and pool. I almost talked one of them into letting us go snowmobiling....so we will see, haha. But its a way fun ward. I might even be related to a guy there. He grew up in Boise and his mothers maiden name was Larsen. Hi name is Al Guysler, i dont know how it was spelled, thats how it sounds anyways, but i think we might be related somewhere. So he thought since we were related he would pick on me all day. And he did. Hah. him and another guy are both from Idaho. And for like 20 minutes in gospel principles they were talking about how awesome Idaho was and how Utah is lucky they let us have Cache Valley. They call it the Terrestrial Kingdom and then over the hill in Idaho is the celestial. Hah bunch of dorks. They both served in the Michigan Lansing mission too. Im not sure if thats where they met or what, but that was pretty sweet i thought. So there are some really funny members so im loving it here. Last night we had dinner at a members house and they had a bnch of kids .there so we played hockey with them and stuff for a long time. I got the little girl to promise to come to church. She is seven and had a bad experience in church and hasnt gone back. She made me promise that i would sit by her and bring chocolate and that we can write on each other with this invisible ink marker we were playing with. hah so that was pretty sweet i thought. Those are the appointments i like, haha. kids are the best. So im really loving thearea. Our apartment is pretty good too, and my comp is a stud. I dont have my camera or i would send you a picture of him. Next time i guess.
I dont know if you guys got the new ensign, but there is a pretty cool talk by Elder Holland that we have been sharing with people. Its about Looking towards the future and not dwelling on past mistakes or things that you had to leave behind. He talked about Lots wife, how they were fleeing from Sodom and Gammora and she looked back, and he said she looked back Longingly and so she was turned to stone. He related that to us and how we should always be moving forward and stop dwelling on past mistakes. Because Faith always points to the future and if we dont have faith about our future we are just spinning our wheels and not progressing and growing. So we thought that was a good message to share for the new years. We have been teaching that and about how we should always be trying to improve ourselves in the gospel and about how we should forget about those things that are holding us back and keeping us from progressing, because thats what this life is for to progress so we can return to Heaven and so i thought that was a really good talk for this time of year.
So it has been pretty dang cold here the last few days and its ticking me off. Its snowing right now and its supposed to get worse too. This winter so far has been cake. I hardly ever wear my jacket. I get scolded almost every day for not wearing it. I have a cold now so i guess they were right! Hah! Well wehave a dinner appointment soon so i better get off. I might write later tonight to the rest of yall or maybe tomorrow. Who knows. So i got to jet. Love you all. Have a happy one!
Elder Matthew Larsen
2612 Riverview apt 2
North Muskegon, Mi 49445
Happy Birthday!
So i was in bed and i decided to make a poem for you. I remember it was really funny and i was laughing as i went to bed and when i woke up i couldnt remember anything i was thinking about. Dad gum brains! They only work half the time i think! I hope you had a good one though. Our family usually throws pretty good parties. Thats way cool that you went biking at night, thats my pops! You need to tell me some of your crazy stories of your younger years. Did you ever get in any fights? Hah i know some stories but not all of them. I have the bestest coolest dad around. Everyone that sees your picture mentions how big you are and i mention other things about you and they are always blown away. Hah! Hope your heads all swolled up. I need some good stories though. Of body building and fights and stuff like that. haha . i better go to our dinner appointment. We arent supposed to wear deodarant there, sorry. hah The kid gets seizures if he smells anything a little different so we are supposed to wash up befre we go. so i love you and ill talk to you later.
Scott Says hi!(we email at his house)
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