I don't know if the Gibbs have noticed this yet but I was shocked to find Elder Gibb in a church news article on lds.org: http://www.lds.org/church/news/elder-andersen-says-asia-members-faith-shines-like-light-on-hill?lang=eng
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| (Our next door neighbor serving a mission in India) |
Big changes are going on in the mission right now. And on Wednesday I found out that I was part of it.
Elder Scotto is now on a plane going home. I got my last picture with him on Monday:
And I got to say goodbye to him last night too but I didn't get to see him this morning.
On Monday when I got back to my zone from lunch, one of our Senior Elders came up to me and asked, "Are you Elder Larson?" I looked down at my name tag and said, "Yes." Then he said someone called for me but he didn't know who I was so the person on the phone said they'd try another number. When I asked him if he knew who it was [who had called] he said he didn't know.
So I went back into my staff area to use a phone and called Elder Davis to see if it was someone at the mission office. He put me on hold. TWENTY minutes later he picked up, and while laughing really hard with the other APs laughing in the background (his phone is always on speaker), he asked if I was still there. I was like, "...Yeah..." and that made them laugh even harder. Apparently Elder Davis found out the answer real easily but then got distracted and forgot all about me being on hold so he apologized several times, but now it's a really funny story we like telling people.
Anyway, Elder and Sister Andersen were trying to reach me. When they called the British Reference Desk "They're supposed to call my Zone Leader but whatever" and were told that they don't know me, they thought they did something wrong because they're still learning.
Anyway, anyway, not only did I have a cleaning appointment with the dentist on Tuesday that I had no idea about (Elder Andersen asked if I wanted a cleaning appointment and I said yes but I guess I should have made it clear that I thought we were talking in a couple of months here) but I was also told that President Peterson wanted to see me on Wednesday.
So on Tuesday I went to the dentist again and got a cleaning, and I found out I had two cavities because I need to floss better....sorry...but for the record Dr. Liddell says that every one of his patients gets cavities because they need to floss better. He also gave me some prescribed fluoride toothpaste right there for no charge because he said I could use it, he's a really nice guy. So sorry about the random dentist bills you'll be getting.
AND NOW HERE'S THE BIG CHANGE PART
So I went and talked with President Peterson on Wednesday and guess what? He made me a district leader! I'm replacing Elder Peterson as a district leader because he leaves at the end of July (he's the one in the picture you sent me strangely enough.) So yeah, I'm a district leader. Here's my district:
The gist of what I have to do is conduct regular district meetings with my district on Mondays. Assign elders in my district spiritual thoughts, ip talks, etc. And I have to prepare a lesson myself every Monday. I also have to go to everyone in my district at 9:00 PM every day, bring them their mail, makes sure they're all doing okay and that their apartments are clean, and to check them in. (Not allowed to go outside after district leader checks you in.) Then I report to the APs who report to the Brandons, well Andersens now because Elder and Sister Brandon are officially released from that position but they'll still be hanging around until about August though.
As a district leader elders are also allowed to come to me for counsel, which is a little bit frightening, but I think I can handle it.
Also as a last hurrah to our presidency the district leaders, aps, Brandons, Andersens, and President and Sister Peterson went to Olive Garden at 11:30 today. (I became a district leader at the right time apparently.) I got some pictures of that:
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| They wouldn't stop moving. |
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| They're not forks, they're "threeks!" |
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| This was the tip pile. |
Anyway, so yes I'm quite excited and humbled by these changes. I haven't met President Workman yet but he I heard him say that he's not going to change anything until he understands completely how this mission operates, so for now we're just going to be continuing with what we're doing until further notice.
The JSMB is indeed closed on Saturdays so I think the library wouldn't mind getting a package for me.
Thank you about the story about the turtle and I hope Viktor is well. Yes all reptiles can be carriers of disease but that's why you wash you hands after handling them, and I'm sure pet stores are much cleanlier than they were back then.
Love you too and have fun at the AquaBats,
(Note: The Larson family is going to see The Aquabats! at the Vans Warped Tour this Saturday -- Super Rad!)
Elder Larson
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