Week Thirty Three

I can tell there's been storms all over Utah but none of them seem to want to hit where I am and it's usually still really hot and sunny. 

Because we will be teaching now there's been so many changes going on lately that it's hard to keep up.  First of all we now have young missionaries assigned as zone leaders now who will help with our teaching.  Here's what our mission leadership looks like now:

 I now have to teach two lessons every district meeting.  I have to prepare my regular lesson as well as tell my elders what we are going to be teaching out of Preach My Gospel this week and sort of help them along with preparing their lessons with that.  And then of course I have to teach a lesson with my companion on Sundays.  Oh and You'll also notice that Elder Gandolph is going to be living with me, but I'm not going to be training him.  Elder Tabor and Elder Hamblin are moving out because we were all surprised to hear that Elder Tabor is going to be a district leader too now.

(Molly mentioned to Eric that there were lots of nicknames in her mission. Eric teaches her the following lesson):

In our missionary handbook, which is just the same as all missionary handbooks with the few exceptions conditioned to our mission, it says that you are not to refer to any other missionary other than Elder or Sister and their last name period.  So I guess times have changed.

(Actually, times haven't changed. I remember my mission president getting after us for calling each other by nicknames. He asked us if we thought that in the councils in heaven we thought that they called each other by nicknames -- "Abe, Abe! So good to see you. How you been Mo?" -- probably not.)

I'm glad school has started and that Becca already has a job (at Chick-fil-A) and that everyone will be doing productive things.  I gave Dad some ideas for some good family home evenings that I believe will help but I guess it's up to him.

So yes our mission leadership is now the same as every other mission, I'm going to be doing a lot more now, and Elder Seitz is still my companion.  That's all I can think of sorry.

Love,
Elder Larson