11/9/10

Its been a good week! this place is such a funny little place, where dreams come true, and missionaries eat more than any normal human being should. i'm still gaining weight, for those wondering, and i had a member family laugh at me when they asked how much weight i've gained and i said 17 pounds in 3 months..... i'm getting fat. but thats okay. so not too much has happened this week. the mission has a way of staying fairly stable. is that the right stable? is there more than one way to spell stable? anyways, i did have a cool experience. that guy that said he wanted to get baptized but didn't set a date, well he set a date! it was a cool experience, and it was a great testimony to me of the power of faith and prayer. he is going to be baptized on the 27th of this month, and he asked me if i would baptize him, so i'm excited, but a bit nervous about that! i have never baptized a person before, i'm afraid i might drown him... anyways, other than that nothing to eventful going on here in the Kuna area. our spanish work is slow still. good news though, i'm not the youngest missionary in the field anymore. we got a new crop of greenies on tuesday. i'm now a pailer green, but still green haha. what else... it's cold. its 38 today, last night it was 31 degrees. the low today is 28, so that is going to be miserable if it hits there. this is where it all turns around on me i suppose. the weather held out as long as it could for me. thats okay though. so Elder Farthing and i are still getting along great. he is still getting used to english work, and i'm still getting used to missionary work, so we have fun. other than that though, not much else going on around here. we had a wonderful meal on sunday with a spanish family, which consisted of pisoli (a mexican stew) pork chops, and taco shells filled with mashed potatoes? haha it was a strange combination, but we ate a ton. people just pile food on you.. it's hard to say no. ALSO, you will never believe this, but we have a two members in the melba 1st ward who one looks IDENTICAL to Ron Burgundy, and the other looks IDENTICAL to Mr. Bean. if Brother Burgundy and Brother Bean got in a fight, who would win? i expect a response to this question by next tuesday. anyways, keep up the good work at home everyone, and remember that as members of the church, we are all expected to be doing missionary work. members are full time finders, at least thats what elder bednar tells us. haha so find someone for the missionaries to teach this week! keep your eyes peeled, there are lots of people out there who arent members, and are held from the truth, only because they know not where to find it. (Doctrine and Covenants something:something.) anyways, i love you all, and i miss you. i hope all is well at home, for everyone. pray for the missionaries! and have fun. and be happy. and.... keep the commandments? (that last one is not optional) Okay! have a good week!

Elder Larson