I tell you this before adding Eric's letter so you will understand what he is talking about in some of his responses to Molly's letter to him.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Are you talking about Elder Walker as in Elder William R. Walker? You guys are lucky, he's going to be the next speaker at the CES Fireside.
Yeah the Falcons don't do much but I've seen some pretty crazy stuff. Sometimes the dad will bring in food and that's hilarious to see because the mom just sqwuaks at him like crazy as if she's saying, "Where have you been! I'm starving and have been watching the kids all day and have been worried sick about you! You were out hanging with your friends again weren't you!" The eggs should hatch in a couple of months and then it will be a little more interesting.
(The female with her eggs)
Everyone told me about Shamus*, poor little dummy. I really do miss him though, as well as the kitties. The only animals I have right now are the falcons. Becca told me that you're feeding Viktor dandelions lately which is really good for them so I'm happy for that. I wasn't sure where to buy dandelions at stores and it was during the winter so I could go out and pick some for him so I'm glad you can do that now. (Yes real men pick flowers for their tortoises.)
*Note: Shamus and I went on a really long walk at Art Dye Park and he managed to get an infection in both eyes. It has been "fun" putting drops in his eyes all week.
So I have to tell you about this experience. Elder and Sister Ejima, a senior couple on this mission from Japan, invited my companion and I over for dinner. They fed us well. I was shocked but they had a flat stove top for Japanese BBQ and gave us piles of sliced steak, cucumbers, squash, and mushrooms. It was amazing. a-maz-ing. And Sister Ejima prepared a little lesson for us with pictures she drew herself and little quizzes. They're still learning English so it was really nice.
Elder Brandon took me to Dr. Smoot on Monday where I THOUGHT I was going to get my teeth in. Nope. He just buzzed off some gum around my right implant and told me I'm ready to go to the dentist and get them in. Why he can't just do it I don't know. So yeah try to arrange with Elder Brandon a time to go to the dentist so I can get those teeth in. I'm not sure which dentist it has to be though.
And on Wednesday (yesterday) Elder Brandon passed me off to drive other elders to Wal-mart for shopping. Which I did today. I'm glad I'm driving today because most of the elders driving here terrifies me.
I do know the conversion story for Mons Larsson. There was excitement in the area where he lived (Malmohus, Sweden) because a Mormon missionary was going around. I don't remember the details exactly, but I do know he and his wife Elna read through a Book of Mormon, compared it to The Bible, and found no fault with the doctrine and knew it was true. Then they immigrated over. He was in the George Rowely Handcart Company and because he was a master carpenter of sorts he built his own handcart. When he got to Utah it was taken away because they didn't know it was his own personal handcart and he didn't speak English well enough to tell them. He didn't mind in the end though.
Robert McBride III was one of the first persons in Britain to get baptized (so some of his kids claimed.) He moved around from Rothesay, Scotland to Lancashire, England quite a bit before finally deciding to immigrate to Utah. They were part of the Martin Handcart company and he sadly died on the upper crossing of the Platte River along with many others that night. I actually requested Robert McBride III's patriarchal blessing the other day because I found out he had one.
I only remember tidbits of Grandma and Grandpa's conversion story, but I know Grandma wouldn't marry Grandpa until he was baptized. You'll have to tell them to send me a long e-mail or letter describing it all in great detail because I would enjoy that.
I don't have much time for anything else so I'll just say I'm still doing well and I still have the same companion and for once I'm not moving out of my apartment even though it's a new month.
Love, Elder Larson
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