Eric didn't have a whole lot to say this week because he seems to always have a lot to worry about with planning lessons, district meetings, dealing with other missionaries, and so on...
Well I still have to attend Stake Conferences and there are little kids in that and in our last stake conference in the Assembly Hall (remember the awkward sitting cheek thing?) we had a primary choir so yeah that was fun.
I'm so happy to hear about soccer and horses and stuff. I don't know how else to respond other than...Cool!!
(Note: Molly coached Katie's soccer team and they just lost in the second round of the playoffs. So soccer season is over for Molly and Katie.)
I mailed a letter yesterday and I don't know when it will arrive. Thanks for all the stamps and that weird picture from Becca or whatever that was.
I'm not really sure what to say because I just spent the last 20 minutes trying to calm down an elder who was making a scene. He was having trouble getting into his G-mail account and IT'S HIS P-DAY! I'M SUPPOSED TO E-MAIL HOME ON MY P-DAY! G-MAIL IS SUPPOSED TO LET ME IN ON MY P-DAY! Those were his words not mine. So yeah that was fun.
We have a two week break from teaching from Preach My Gospel because of Fast Sunday followed by General Conference. But that doesn't mean I get a break from holding district meetings so my brain is still fried over all the time I'm spending thinking about that.
My mission is going by so fast and I can never think of anything to talk about because I can never remember anything. I think it's going by fast because the Lord is hastening His work. (waka waka)
And yes I'll let Dad and Andrew wine (sic) about football.
Love,
Elder Larson
(Note: I did not whine about BYU getting beat by the University of Utah for the fourth straight year. The fact that the University of Utah leads the series against BYU 14 to 7 in the last 20 years never even entered my mind and it DOESN'T BOTHER ME IN THE LEAST!!!)
Following is Eric's response to a separate email I sent him in which I mentioned a post from my sister, LaRee Phillippi -- who is serving a mission in Nauvoo with her husband, Gary. LaRee said that she found out that our great, great grandfather, David Crockett, was in the Nauvoo Legion:
Just from what I can see with the records we have available here, we have plenty of muster rolls for the Nauvoo Legion in the Utah Territory (because as you might know, that was what our militia was called before we were a state), but not anything specific for Illinois when they were actually at Nauvoo. All we really have for that is "Brief History of the Nauvoo Legion" type books and I don't know how helpful that will be. I'll try looking around at the Church History Library to see if they have any kind of specific records for the militia in Nauvoo at that time (that I probably won't be authorized to view but will try anyway.)
And speaking of Susan Easton Black, I've met her! She gave a fireside to my mission about the martyrdom of Joseph Smith on the anniversary of his martyrdom. So you should tell Aunt LaRee that. Also have you tried asking Aunt LaRee for where she got her sources?
Yes I asked one of the consultants on the British Floor what happened [in the BYU/Utah game] and he said it was a pathetic game and that BYU just wasn't giving their all. But my friend Elder Broadhead said he's happy they're not going to be playing Utah for a while because he says he enjoys BYU until the rivalry game because he hates how intense our rivalry is and how riled up it makes him. And I kind of agree with him completely. So there's that.
I believe the theme for the BYU shirts of this year is "Loyal Strong and True" and that's one that I actually really like because that's how I feel about BYU.
(Note: I too am Loyal, Strong, and True to my beloved BYU and will remain so no matter how many times they get beat by that evil team up north.)
Love,
Elder Larson
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Week Thirty Six
Thanks for the pictures.
I'm kind of worried about Grandpa because he hasn't e-mailed me in a while as well as all the stuff that's going on but if you say he's doing fine then I guess that's good.
Yeah I've posted plenty of ancestor pictures from your side, but I was looking for some good pictures of Lehi Larson Jr. because there doesn't seem to be any good ones around and I wanted a picture of grandma and grandpa larson from when they were younger. Also I'm working on this crazy family tree thing on my wall. Mons is on top, then I put Lehi, then I'm planning on putting Lehi under him, then Grandpa, then Dad, then me. But my problem was I wanted a picture of Grandpa when he was a little younger and I have yet to find a picture of Lehi Jr. that looks good for my wall.
Becca sounds like she's having fun. I told her she should save up her money and buy a horse that way our crazy house of animals will finally be complete.
I'm glad Janetta got that really cool position (second counselor in the Beehive presidency). I'm officially a first tenor in the mission choir and am doing surprisingly well. Janetta didn't tell me anything about getting it though she just said she had fun whacking Miah with a stick all last week. Whatever that means.
Umm, I'm having a hard time thinking about what I did this week because I can't believe one has already gone by again. I got Janetta McBride's Patriarchal Blessing but it's really hard to read and so...yeah I guess I can say I have it.
We had a bit of a scare on the mission because there's currently a strange group of men targeting elders on our mission. They're trying to talk to us, and they're always carrying a video camera with them as well. We don't know if they're some sort of Anti group of what but they're causing trouble for us so we're telling everyone to be very alert and careful and don't talk to weird people with video cameras.
My teaching last Sunday went well again, but we're still teaching in the foyer and the sisters we're teaching are still upset about that. But we're currently trying to solve that problem. How, I don't know.
I forgot to buy stamps again and there's about 5 letter I need to write. So maybe you'll get something this week, maybe you won't, yeah I don't know.
I'm doing well but I'm super busy. My brain is always feels dead when I try to e-mail you because there's about 4 lessons that I'm constantly trying to prepare throughout the week.
okay bye.
Love, Elder Larson
I'm kind of worried about Grandpa because he hasn't e-mailed me in a while as well as all the stuff that's going on but if you say he's doing fine then I guess that's good.
Yeah I've posted plenty of ancestor pictures from your side, but I was looking for some good pictures of Lehi Larson Jr. because there doesn't seem to be any good ones around and I wanted a picture of grandma and grandpa larson from when they were younger. Also I'm working on this crazy family tree thing on my wall. Mons is on top, then I put Lehi, then I'm planning on putting Lehi under him, then Grandpa, then Dad, then me. But my problem was I wanted a picture of Grandpa when he was a little younger and I have yet to find a picture of Lehi Jr. that looks good for my wall.
Becca sounds like she's having fun. I told her she should save up her money and buy a horse that way our crazy house of animals will finally be complete.
I'm glad Janetta got that really cool position (second counselor in the Beehive presidency). I'm officially a first tenor in the mission choir and am doing surprisingly well. Janetta didn't tell me anything about getting it though she just said she had fun whacking Miah with a stick all last week. Whatever that means.
Umm, I'm having a hard time thinking about what I did this week because I can't believe one has already gone by again. I got Janetta McBride's Patriarchal Blessing but it's really hard to read and so...yeah I guess I can say I have it.
We had a bit of a scare on the mission because there's currently a strange group of men targeting elders on our mission. They're trying to talk to us, and they're always carrying a video camera with them as well. We don't know if they're some sort of Anti group of what but they're causing trouble for us so we're telling everyone to be very alert and careful and don't talk to weird people with video cameras.
My teaching last Sunday went well again, but we're still teaching in the foyer and the sisters we're teaching are still upset about that. But we're currently trying to solve that problem. How, I don't know.
I forgot to buy stamps again and there's about 5 letter I need to write. So maybe you'll get something this week, maybe you won't, yeah I don't know.
I'm doing well but I'm super busy. My brain is always feels dead when I try to e-mail you because there's about 4 lessons that I'm constantly trying to prepare throughout the week.
okay bye.
Love, Elder Larson
Week Thirty Five
This is last week's message from Eric (Tuesday, September 10, 2013). I guess I forgot to post it.
On Thursday Elder Liddiard pulled me aside and gave me a map of the church we meet in with little numbers. My job was to assign companionships in my district to the little numbers that were chosen for my district. I was annoyed to see that one of the little numbers was in the foyer. Knowing that would probably be the hardest spot I chose it for me and Elder Seitz. And, well it was the hardest spot. We somehow made it worked but it was really loud and awkward and groups of people were constantly clustering around us so they could chat totally oblivious to what was going on right there. The three senior sisters we taught enjoyed our lesson immensely but asked if I could please get us another place to meet because we worked so hard on our lessons and they could hardly understand it; and so that's what I'm working on right now.
I keep forgetting to tell you, but the mission president's executive secretary, Elder Holman, is a clarinet player in the Orchestra at Temple Square and has been since 1999. Janetta wanting to be a saxophone [player] reminded me of that. Also since when does she have a saxophone?
So how did Becca hear about the Bridling Hope for the Horses and Stuff..Foundation? (I forgot the name, okay!?) Because I was impressed by that. Also was that Gaelic as in the Scottish Gaelic, or Gaelic as in Gaeilige which is referred to as the Irish Language by us English speaking folk?
Speaking of Chik-Fil-A, I ate there in my first time for forever and the chicken sandwich I ordered was awful. I think it had been sitting under a heat lamp all day because it had no moisture and it was really crunchy and gross.
I'm really busy today despite it being my preparation day so I've kind of been working on this letter as the same draft all day only to finally look at it all and think, "Huh..it's still really short." So sorry about that. And I keep saying I'll send a letter but I ran out of stamps and I keep forgetting to buy more.
Love,
Elder Larson
On Thursday Elder Liddiard pulled me aside and gave me a map of the church we meet in with little numbers. My job was to assign companionships in my district to the little numbers that were chosen for my district. I was annoyed to see that one of the little numbers was in the foyer. Knowing that would probably be the hardest spot I chose it for me and Elder Seitz. And, well it was the hardest spot. We somehow made it worked but it was really loud and awkward and groups of people were constantly clustering around us so they could chat totally oblivious to what was going on right there. The three senior sisters we taught enjoyed our lesson immensely but asked if I could please get us another place to meet because we worked so hard on our lessons and they could hardly understand it; and so that's what I'm working on right now.
I keep forgetting to tell you, but the mission president's executive secretary, Elder Holman, is a clarinet player in the Orchestra at Temple Square and has been since 1999. Janetta wanting to be a saxophone [player] reminded me of that. Also since when does she have a saxophone?
So how did Becca hear about the Bridling Hope for the Horses and Stuff..Foundation? (I forgot the name, okay!?) Because I was impressed by that. Also was that Gaelic as in the Scottish Gaelic, or Gaelic as in Gaeilige which is referred to as the Irish Language by us English speaking folk?
Speaking of Chik-Fil-A, I ate there in my first time for forever and the chicken sandwich I ordered was awful. I think it had been sitting under a heat lamp all day because it had no moisture and it was really crunchy and gross.
I'm really busy today despite it being my preparation day so I've kind of been working on this letter as the same draft all day only to finally look at it all and think, "Huh..it's still really short." So sorry about that. And I keep saying I'll send a letter but I ran out of stamps and I keep forgetting to buy more.
Love,
Elder Larson
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Week Thirty Four
Eric says:
You ended that message from Grandma with, "Grandpa suggested that you teach the senior couples about the young elder mission rules, too." I guess I didn't realize that it was Grandpa suggesting that, but what I meant is that that's not my job, It's President Workman's job.
As for the driving record situation, the only reason they need my driving record is because the cars we drive aren't ours, they're actually owned by the Temple Square Mission. So yes the Sisters are nice enough to let us use their vans. But that's why they ask for driving records of who's going to be driving their vans because they want to know if the person driving it is actually capable.
I'm happy about the changes and from what I can tell some of us are [happy], but most aren't and are pretty stressed about it. Us leaders are trying our best to work with them and I'm sure once we all get comfortable with it they'll do fine. Yesterday Elder Seitz and I presented the lesson we are going to teach on Sunday to our district to show how it's done. And everyone in my district said they feel confident they can do that, but that's just my district.
We didn't have to work on Labor Day because the library was closed. We just had a little pizza party and then district meeting. Before that I pretty much just played board games with my apartment all day. We also discovered that one of our coaches has a bed in it so we turned into little kids again and played around with the cushions and stuff.
Also Elder Seitz and Elder Hamblin and I went to get milkshakes at Johnny Rockets at City Creek. They sat us next to the annoying jukebox so that we couldn't hear each other talk.
I'm still singing in the choir and I got upgraded to a tenor. How I managed that I do not know.
I never have the time to type everything I want in one e-mail so I keep promising letters and those usually don't end up happening either. But I'll try my best this week.
Love,
Elder Larson
You ended that message from Grandma with, "Grandpa suggested that you teach the senior couples about the young elder mission rules, too." I guess I didn't realize that it was Grandpa suggesting that, but what I meant is that that's not my job, It's President Workman's job.
As for the driving record situation, the only reason they need my driving record is because the cars we drive aren't ours, they're actually owned by the Temple Square Mission. So yes the Sisters are nice enough to let us use their vans. But that's why they ask for driving records of who's going to be driving their vans because they want to know if the person driving it is actually capable.
I'm happy about the changes and from what I can tell some of us are [happy], but most aren't and are pretty stressed about it. Us leaders are trying our best to work with them and I'm sure once we all get comfortable with it they'll do fine. Yesterday Elder Seitz and I presented the lesson we are going to teach on Sunday to our district to show how it's done. And everyone in my district said they feel confident they can do that, but that's just my district.
We didn't have to work on Labor Day because the library was closed. We just had a little pizza party and then district meeting. Before that I pretty much just played board games with my apartment all day. We also discovered that one of our coaches has a bed in it so we turned into little kids again and played around with the cushions and stuff.
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| I don't know how this happened but it did. |
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| A random waiter came over and volunteered to take a picture as soon as he saw that I had a camera. |
I never have the time to type everything I want in one e-mail so I keep promising letters and those usually don't end up happening either. But I'll try my best this week.
Love,
Elder Larson
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