4/26/11

Hello hello!

Have you guys ever considered what it would be like if all of our voices were like cb radios and everytime we opened our mouths it would make that static PSSSHHHH sound? man, frightning proposal isn't it? SO!!! this week was fun, kind of a long one, but all is well. not much has changed though, but i do have a fun story to tell you guys about a miracle that came from terrible idaho weather. so we have this investigator who is pretty close to baptism. he is really a good guy. so we've been trying to set up an appointment with him for AGES and nothing was ever working out. well, yesterday, it was a pretty nice day, and our car is totally out of miles (again) so we decided we would ride our bikes up to sun valley to try and visit some people. well its about ten miles from our house, and going TO sun valley is all uphill from hailey, but we went and we finally made it. well, just my Larson Luck, nobody was home. so we had dinner about an hour from the time we finally got done looking, which was plenty of time to bike to dinners house. so we started back. WELL! just my Larson Luck (again) out of NOWHERE it starts snowing like crazy! and we're just in our white shirts! so we are riding past this members house and we are like hey lets stop this is nuts. so we stop and go to the members house. well, as it turns out, the member is pedros boss, and neighbor! He called him right there and pedro came over and we taught an AWESOME lesson! the spirit was amazing there. SO, the moral of the story is, crazy things happen, and sometimes they suck cause you have to ride your bike in the snow, but the outcome always outweighs the circumstances. its like that end justifies the means stuff. sometimes its true. so that was my awesome story for the week. thanks for listening guys! hope you had an awesome EASTER and you got to think about Christ a bunch, cause i know i did, and it was a great day. i love the Gospel! its the best! and i love you guys! you're the best too. I hope you all have a wonderful week, and that you get to see awesome miracles too, hopefully that don't involve snow in the Valley, although that would be a miracle itself wouldn't it! welp... see ya later!

Love,

Elder Larson

P.S. Mothers day is almost here. crazy!

4/19/11

Hey everybody!

Well, not too much has happened this last week. we had our baptism with Quinton, which was awesome, he was so happy, so that was great. then on friday we got transfer calls! Elder Palomo and i are staying together for one more transfer he in sun valley. i'm am going to be his last companion, so this will be fun. haha so we are just trying to keep busy and keep him focused. we wanna get a baptism this transfer! so we are going to be working hard, i'm gonna wear him out before he dies! anyways, sorry this isn't long folks, i'm just boring! And its Easter this weekend, so Happy Easter! this is a great time for us to really think about the Saviour and what he has done for us. i know my thoughts have been drawn to that a lot lately. I am So grateful for the Saviour, and i am grateful for the daily assistance we receive from his atonement. we are so blessed, even when we don't realize it sometimes. count your blessings! the Atonement and Family are #1! YAYYY! alright, have a good week! I love you guys! oh yeah, and i'm officially 9 months old, WHATS UP?

4/12/11

Well.......

Its the last week of the transfer... not much to report unfortunately. but things are going well. we taught a whole bunch of lessons this week, and we are getting ready for transfers. i don't know what is gonna happen, so don't be surprised if you don't get an email next tuesday! haha but yeah, sun valley. pretty much the same. lots of tracting, lots of trying to figure out what we are going to do, and lots of rain and snow. haha but its all good. My companion goes home in six weeks, so he's pretty home-minded, or trunky, so i am dealing with that, but its okay. i've done it twice before. haha we'll see if we stay together for the next six weeks. a ver. what else, oh! i went and saw bruce willis and demi moore's homes yesterday, they are nice. we saw a bunch of elk over there. haha you know me with my eagle eyes, spotting animals everywhere! other than that though there isn't anything going on. we have a baptism this saturday! i forgot to mention that. Quinton Byington. he's a young kid we've been working with. that should be pretty good. he is a funny kid, but he's got anger problems, so we are trying to help him with that too. the other day, he was playing pokemon, one of the newer ones, and i asked him if he played red or blue versions at all, and he looked at me like, what the heck are you talking about? i realized that he is like 12 years younger than me and that he wasnt' even born when that game came out. haha it was funny. old school! anyways, not much else to report. i love you all, and i hope that you are doing great. i miss you guys, but the work has gotta be done! the church is true, and its the only way to live for us. we will never see greater blessings in our lives than those we see from living the restored gospel! i love you, and hope to hear back from you, have a good week!

Elder Nick

4/5/11

Hey everyone!

How is everything? Great i hope! not too much new stuff to report on this week. conference was amazing, and i hope you all had the opportunity to watch or listen and get fat spiritually from the awesome messages given! President Monson is just something else, isn't he? you can tell just watching him speak that he loves us, and that he truly is a prophet of God, and thats what its all about! I was really happy with conference, lots of focus on the family, and on Temples! MERIDIAN IDAHO! that was my last zone. i'm excited about that. We had one of our investigators to come to priesthood meeting, which was awesome, cause he doesn't even speak that much english, but he still came! i feel really good about him. what else... suitcoat season is officially over, thank heavens. summer is on its way, thats for sure. well, spring where i am right now. i shouldn't get too ahead of myself. but yeah, i gotta run, get my shopping done and get a hair cut! but i hope all is well back home. keep your heads up and remember we have a Father in Heaven who loves us dearly, and wants us to be happy, we decide whether we want to be or not! i love you all!

Elder Nick

(and i attached these pictures. this is twin falls, the bridge is 480 feet tall, and it is one of the only places you can legally basejump still. and supposedly evel knevel tried to jump it. haha awesome huh? i though so)

3/29/11

Hello family!

How is everybody? well and prosperous i hope? those of you who got to go to Disneyland, well, i'm jealous of you all, that is fo sho. but i shouldn't envy. it is bad! anyways, this week was fun. nothing out of the ordinary really. i have been practicing my "following the spirit" skills, which is a tough skill to develop. haha he's not nearly as loud as one might hope. but i did have some awesome experiences this week where a name pops in your head and you think go here, and you find someone at home! haha i know i should be having lots more of those, but like i said, i'm still in the developemental stages! haha but we did find two new investigators this week, which is a huge blessing. one is an 18 year old kid who i swear looks 25. Miguel, he's a really good kid. his little brother Rafael is a member, and the only one in the family. thats courage right there isn't it?. lets see, what else is there to report. the snow won't quit. on sunday we came out and there was like a foot of snow. but it all melted but the time we got out of church. but every morning, there is more snow. haha it just doesn't want to give up. oh well. thats how it is. we didn't run into too much hate this week, so that was encouraging. haha BUT, our car is completely out of miles, so we have been hoofin' it lately. we have been walking like 8 miles every day, and i'm just about done with that too, so thank goodness for the new month coming up. what else.. there isn't much else really. i miss the sun and the heat, but its for my experience right? alright, i gotta run, so i'll talk to you next week.

Love,

Nick

3/22/11

Puravida!

Hello hello everybody. how has your week been? fantastic i assume? i am sure you have been enjoying the beautiful arizona weather, cause i sure haven't. haha it is cold and snowy! but all is well. This week was fun, we stayed pretty busy. there isn't a ton of work here, but we are trying to pick it up, so it has been fun challenging ourselves, and setting goals. i never was good at that. all i know about goal setting came of Jim Fultz. haha but it has been good! so this week we gave like four or five blessings, so that is cool. i am still getting used to spanish blessings. but not too much has changed. i am working on developing charity lately, or the pure love of christ. whats crazy is, every talk last sunday, and our zone meeting, was on charity! i think the Lord is trying ot tell me something. so i am working on that, seeing people as our Heavenly Father sees them, and loving them for who they are. someone told me something cool the other day. don't love people as they are, love them as the people they can become. that is cool, cause there is so much potential in each and every one of us. our Heavenly Father has blessed us all with very unique and special blessings, and we never know what another persons potential. so i liked that. anyways, not too much to report! i am loving the area, and my companion, and we are doing our best. keep up the good work at home, and remember that our heavenly father loves each and every one of us, and we are his children! Alright, i gotta run, so have a wonderful week, and family, enjoy the happiest place on earth! take pictures! oh yeah, and i dominate at uno!

Nick Larson

3/15/11

Hello Hello from the arctic!

I'm just kiddin its not that cold i am just trying to make myself sound tough, as usual! But it is snowing frozen cats and dogs right now, that isn't a lie or exhaggeration. Anyways, this has been a really fun week. getting used to a new area, well that is kind of hard, but it has been fun. i have met a lot of really cool people, and we have founds lots of new people to teach, so that is a blessing fo' sho'! lets see, i'll give you a run down on the area. it is big, we cover four towns all spread out. there are like three people in the spanish group, we actually have to translate sacrament meeting. haha fun. there are three wards. umm there are lots of hispanics for reasons i cannot determine for myself, but i like it cause i get to use my spanish more. the rich people don't want us, so that has been fun. we have tracted every day so far. i have mets lots of Jehovas Witness, FUN. i destroyed a family in UNO the other day, i think you all would have been proud. i don't know much else, i'm in a new area, so i'm still trying to figure out whats going on myself! haha i saw 16 elk the other day, that was cool. i still haven't seen Bruce Willis' house, its on the agenda for things to do. haha dad said i need to send more pictures. well, truth be told i would, if i took more pictures. haha i will try and send some with this email, of elk and a mountain or something. haha i love you all immensely, and i hope the best for you all. Have a fantastic week, and remember that we are instruments in the hands of the Lord, and that he knows best. i have been thinking about that a lot lately. anyways, have a wonderful week, and until next week, A-Dios!

Elder Nick