Week Forty One

"hello Mom

My mission is going great i am getting more bapizsims more then you i am spiritualy fill and my cup runth over the mission presidency is making quite a view changes to the mission. and i and getting really discoriage  about this topic can you give me a care package pleace so i xcan get this off my chest thank you very much and dont for get i have names that i have on family tree so you can do some of them i love you have a great wonderfull week.  also i'm a distrct leader and i go to bountiful temple next friday on haloween"

Okay so I had a really hard time thinking of what to write so I turned to Elder Menke and told him that I'm having a really hard time thinking of what to write (he's my preparation day companion) and then he took my keyboard and typed the paragraph above.  I thought it was so funny that I'm sending it to you.  He was purposely making it look really stupid so when I told him that I actually sent it he got really scared so he wants you to know that he actually knows how to spell and that that was just the rough draft.  (He's really funny and I get along well with him.)

Anyway, the companionship change was not an overnight decision or anything.  President Workman has told us that he's been praying and losing tons of sleep over the decision and then he said that the answer came to him and that the Lord has always protected missionaries by sending them out two by two and we were no different.  He's a very inspired man and I know him closely, and I know that he knows what's best for this mission because he's been given charge over us and was set apart by the prophet.  So you don't need to worry about this change being a small simple thing he thought of.

I hope I'm not confusing you about all the companions that are now assigned to me because I can barely keep track of it.  Elder Seitz is still my companion and we live and prepare lessons together.  But during the day Elder Menke and Elder Dominguez and I walk to zone together because we're in the same zone, Elder Seitz isn't in my zone so it wouldn't be possible to walk with him and stay with him during zone.  At 4:00 PM I have to run to the JSMB to get the mail and I go with Elder Tabor and Elder Liddiard because they're leaders like me, and we also walk to our weekly leadership meeting together.  And I think that's about it.

I'm doing much better now and I had a really good week.  Elder Menke is making me laugh a lot, and I'm making other people laugh a lot because I can be funny again (I couldn't act funny around a certain Elder because he would get out of control.) and yeah I think I'm okay now.

Like Elder Menke so movingly tried to describe, on Halloween we're going to the Bountiful Temple for a session and a fireside thingy by the temple presidency in the chapel.  So that will be fun.  And, yes I'm still a district leader and I'm still holding district meetings. 

That's all I can come up with, sorry.

Love, Elder Larson