Week 3

This week has been quite a week. nothing new really, but the same ol' same ol' here is crazy! lots of class, and lots of spanish! It's coming along just fine, and it's truly amazing the blessing of the Lord's hand in my life as i try to figure out this language. it has been a lot of fun! i enjoy just speaking nonsense and translating stuff whenever i get the chance. after this saturday, we are required to speak only espanol durante los classes! i'm a bit nervous about that, but i think it'll be alright. this coming saturday Elder Lovett and I are teaching the second lesson en ingles, but from then on, all our lessons will be en espanol! muy bueno. i am excited to grow more thats for sure. the district has been a lot of fun! we lose two Elders to the Peru mtc tomorrow morning, two of my favorite elders tambien. oh well, esta bien. six more weeks in this place! time does fly here it's hard to believe. the food is... okay, but getting old. i'm up seven pounds from when i left though, which is a bit of a difference! i'd like to share an experience i had this week. as an intermediate spanish speaker, one of the benifits is the opportunity to go to the Referal center and talk to people who have contacted the church and ordered BoMs or dvds or whatever. I have gotten two people to commit to having the missionaries over, and set appointments for both. one of them was quite an experience for me. the woman was from somewhere in africa but living in new york, taking care of her ninety year old mother. i started to talk to her about her experience with the church, and she said she was interested, but hardly ever home. i bore testimony of everything to her, and as we spoke, she told me, you know, it's amazing that you caught me at home today. i was just about to leave to the hospital, and i was running late.. right then i thanked the Lord for that experience. how inspired. she agreed to see the missionaries, and i have been praying for her since. what if we had never tried to call. i pray that it makes a difference in her life, and that that little time off of her schedule changes her life with the gospel. i am out of time, so i will email next week. i love you all, and miss you, and once again ask you to pray for the missionaries. always. i love you all have a good week

elder larson