Dear Familia!
Hey everybody! how have your holidays been? hectic i am sure! haha well i'm sure you have all made it through mostly unharmed. the holidays here were fun! a lot different from home that is for sure. its fun being with other people and having the opportunity to spend that time with someone else though! i definitely took my holidays at home for granted! but all is well here in the IBM. the work is going great, and we are getting a lot done. i love the people in this area. after a while you just feel invested. its gonna be weird when i finally leave this area. but that shouldn't be for quite some time, so i don't have to worry about it! so, what to say what to say. well, we are hopefully going to have a baptism this week, a twelve year old kid, i've been teaching him for a couple of months now. i am really hoping that will work out. we also just started working with this guy who is just an awesome investigator so far. we are going to try and commit him to baptism tomorrow, which is exciting! the work is just fun around here, the people are so nice, even if they are going a little bit against the grain with you. i have really been enjoying the full english work too. it kind of spreads us thin, and its scary teaching alone in spanish, but the Lord provides, and i have seen lots of miracles already this transfer. so, things are going great!
I guess i should probably tell you all about my new years AKA the funniest two days of my mission. new years eve, we went to a tongan fiest with the other elders of our district (one of them is from tonga) where i had the opportunity to eat meat straight off a pig, i ate a fish eye, and i ate pig brain! haha so awesome! i'm sure none of you are very surprised though. then we went and taught an awesome lesson, then went to a baptism, which was also awesome. we went to a church and played sardines with some of the elders and sisters from the zone, which was really fun. not much like home, thats for sure. then new years day, we went to another baptism, then went and played broom hockey with some other elders and sisters, after which we got taco bell and did, dum duh duh dummmmmm!!!!!!
Hey everybody! how have your holidays been? hectic i am sure! haha well i'm sure you have all made it through mostly unharmed. the holidays here were fun! a lot different from home that is for sure. its fun being with other people and having the opportunity to spend that time with someone else though! i definitely took my holidays at home for granted! but all is well here in the IBM. the work is going great, and we are getting a lot done. i love the people in this area. after a while you just feel invested. its gonna be weird when i finally leave this area. but that shouldn't be for quite some time, so i don't have to worry about it! so, what to say what to say. well, we are hopefully going to have a baptism this week, a twelve year old kid, i've been teaching him for a couple of months now. i am really hoping that will work out. we also just started working with this guy who is just an awesome investigator so far. we are going to try and commit him to baptism tomorrow, which is exciting! the work is just fun around here, the people are so nice, even if they are going a little bit against the grain with you. i have really been enjoying the full english work too. it kind of spreads us thin, and its scary teaching alone in spanish, but the Lord provides, and i have seen lots of miracles already this transfer. so, things are going great!
I guess i should probably tell you all about my new years AKA the funniest two days of my mission. new years eve, we went to a tongan fiest with the other elders of our district (one of them is from tonga) where i had the opportunity to eat meat straight off a pig, i ate a fish eye, and i ate pig brain! haha so awesome! i'm sure none of you are very surprised though. then we went and taught an awesome lesson, then went to a baptism, which was also awesome. we went to a church and played sardines with some of the elders and sisters from the zone, which was really fun. not much like home, thats for sure. then new years day, we went to another baptism, then went and played broom hockey with some other elders and sisters, after which we got taco bell and did, dum duh duh dummmmmm!!!!!!
THE GALLON CHALLENGE!
for those of you unfamiliar with the gallon challenge, essentially you have one hour to drink a gallon of milk. sounds easy right? wrong! elder shelley (from gil-beezy AZ) and i went for fastest puke. we both did half a gallon of good ol 2% in about 5 minutes and just blew up! then we both decided that we were going to finish our gallons. so after four tries and eight times puking, i finished the gallon, all in about 20 minutes. it was so SO funny. i quite enjoyed doing that. haha reminded me of doing crazy things at home. awesome. that was pretty much new years! haha
anyways, i'm sorry everyone for being a bad letter/email writer. i will be better. anyways, i miss you all a ton, and i hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. keep choosing the right, and praying for the missionaries. there are guys out here that really struggle. i have been blessed with lots of comfort and support thanks to all of you, and i appreciate that. keep working hard, and keep your heads up. i love you, have a great week!
anyways, i'm sorry everyone for being a bad letter/email writer. i will be better. anyways, i miss you all a ton, and i hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. keep choosing the right, and praying for the missionaries. there are guys out here that really struggle. i have been blessed with lots of comfort and support thanks to all of you, and i appreciate that. keep working hard, and keep your heads up. i love you, have a great week!
Elder Nick Larson
Not for the queasy!
EWWWW.... Awesome shot.
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