Friday, April 19, 2013

Week Fifteen

Eric is feeling much better after a visit with the doctor.



I guess I didn't bring my Citalopram with me because I wasn't taking it.  I remember everyone telling me that all I needed was Wellbutrin so that's all I've been taking.  Plus I figured that since I didn't even know why I should be taking Citalopram, let alone that I needed it, made it a good reason to not worry about it.  So whatever it's all sorted out now.


I went straight to Elder Brandon after buying my medication and told him that, so I was still in the area when he called you.  I yelled "Tell her that I'm going to go ahead and get money out of my savings!" as I walked by but I guess he didn't hear me.  I already took $20 out but I think I'm going to grab 20 more out because I ended up having to pay like $27.

Yes I'm grateful for how nice my roommates (and Elder Davis) were in regards to taking care of me. When I threw up all over myself and my bed I sort of hobbled out saying I threw up again and that I'm going in the shower.  When I got out I was just sort of sitting in the tub feeling terrible when my companion knocked on the door asking me to hand him my soiled clothes so he can go wash them.  When I got out all of my covers and clothes were in the wash and they had made my bed with my extra sheets and everything.  It was really nice.  I still have a ton of candy that I can give them and I'll just say that my mom wants you guys to have this but if you want to send more candy for them then I guess you can do that.

Dad told me in an e-mail about his trip to San Diego, complete with pictures.  Janetta also sent me an e-mail and I responded saying that she's the first sibling other than Andrew to e-mail me, and that they can do this every week yet they don't seem to for whatever reason.  She didn't reply, and I still haven't gotten an e-mail from the other two sisters.

What team is Katie in?  Is she playing for the Jr. High or something?  Sorry I don't know these things but I don't recall you telling me.

When I go to the site for the falcons and click on the cam, a new tab will open and a window asking me what application I'd like to launch it on.  I choose Windows Media Player every time.  Maybe that will help?

(Salt Lake City Peregrine Falcon Cam - http://wildlife.utah.gov/dwr/learn-more/peregrine-cam.html)

I haven't used this format in a while so here goes:

SUNDAY: We had a Stake Conference in the Assembly Hall on Temple Square.  It's cool that we get to have it in a really historic building but we had to sit on the balcony.  I don't know if you've ever sat on the balcony in the Assembly Hall but unless you're sitting on the very back side that faces the pulpit you have to sit at an angle because the sides of the balcony are slanted down towards the pulpit end.  So for two hours all the weight of my body was resting on my left butt cheek.  It was very uncomfortable.

We also had a very excellent fireside by Tom Holdman and his wife Gayle.  I don't know if you know who he is, but he makes stain glass windows; his work can be found in over 27 Temples.  He's also very slow to speech, as in he has a stuttering speech impediment.  So it's very inspiring to see how he manages to give firesides all the time and how he managed to serve a mission despite that.  The only work I've seen by him is a new addition to the Salt Lake Temple.  There's a stain glass window above the exit stairs of the Celestial Room depicting Adam and Eve being cast out of the Garden.  Apparently that window was made with the left over glass of the burned down Provo Tabernacle, which is really cool.  Anyway, I looked him up on Lds.org and he has a bunch of articles and stuff about him talking about the very stuff he told us about so I'll just leave them here so you can read through them.

http://www.mormonchannel.org/everything-creative-documentary/5
https://www.lds.org/new-era/2001/12/windows-on-eternity?lang=eng
https://www.lds.org/ensign/2002/04/sacred-grove-sacred-light?lang=eng

MONDAY-TUESDAY: Umm...nothing much actually to report.  I helped patrons and they listened.  One little old lady was so fascinated by the microfilm that she spent all day just reading parish records one by one.  I don't even know he she found the ancestor she was looking for or not.

WEDNESDAY:  Al the young missionaries, the Brandons, and the mission Presidency had a session together at Salt Lake Temple.  We do this as a mission twice a year, and we eat at the cafeteria afterwards and get up to $7 paid for us.  Tell Grandma and Grandpa that I was endowed for Kenneth Harbert, an ancestor of ours.  They sent me a bunch of Temple Names and I'm slowly going through all of them.  Also all throughout the session we kept hearing people outside the Temple cheering as newly wedded couples came out to greet their guests.  It was pretty annoying.

THURSDAY:  I bought food now I'm typing this up.
That's about it for now.

Love you all,

Elder Larson

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