09.06.10 and 09.13.10

Sept 13,2010


Mom,
Eesh this week has flown by.  So today I put on one of my fake ties and i thought it looked so ugly, so i told myself that i'd get rid of it today. so I walked into one of the many shops on the street and traded my ugly fake tie for a really nice purple one.  I had to add a little money but i got rid of the ugly tie.  Thats my story for today.  This week has been pretty good, nothing exciting happened just work work work.  Tomorrow we'll be going to Nairobi for a two day leadership training.  we come back on Friday.  It should be a good time. I feel bad for our gators, we won't be able to meet with any of them till saturday.  We were suppose to go to a waterfall today that is here in arusha, but we ended up not going, i hope we can get it arranged to go soon.  I'd love to see it.  Friday we went up the mountain to one of our gators who is a retired veterinarian.  He's a funny old man that knows very good english and also french.  He raises chickens and works part-time in town to keep him busy.  But anyway when we went up there the dust was terrible.  Seriously the dust was like powder and it was about 6 inches deep. we were covered in dirt/dust when we got home.  But the trip was totally worth it, he had a huge list of questions about the Book of Mormon. So it was a good lesson.  I love teaching about the Book of Mormon, I know that it is the word of God and that as we read and study it constantly then our testimony and relationship with our Heavenly Father will improve.  I love the plain and precious truths that we learn from it.  I hope that all of you are reading and studying the Book of Mormon everyday.  I love you all, take care and have a great day.
Love
Elder Larsen


Sept 6,10


It only took me twenty years......... but i finally learned how to whistle. :)
Well this week was pretty good, it was the first full week of work since Elder Nhdlovu got here.  It's been so nice just to work like normal and not have to worry about traveling somewhere or other missionaries.  Not this week but next week we'll be going to Nairobi for four days.  Tuesday we'll go up, Wednesday and Thursday will be a leadership training and then Friday we travel back down to Arusha.  So that week will be all messed up as far as the work goes.  Which means we have to make the most out of this week and do all that we can to help our investigators to progress.  We haven't done anything to exciting lately, other than i got a hair cut this morning.  I've needed one so now my head feels lighter.  We climbed up on the roof and took some pictures.  Its a pretty good view of Mt Meru from the roof top, the only bad thing was the roof is made of tiles so we had to be careful where we walked.  but it was good, we got some good pics.  I've also been working on cracking my bull whip.  Elder Ndhlovu gave me a few pointers and now i can crack it multiple ways.  thats the closest sound to a gun that i can make, so i like it, and so do the neighbor kids.  :)  they come running every time they heard it.  So i got Grandma Larsen's letter. Letters are awesome!!  It sounds like the Brazilian roads are similar to the African roads. :)  so i also wrote you guys a letter and sent it today, so hopefully it'll get there soon.  Well not sure what else to say, so i hope all is well and that you're recognizing the Lord's hand in your life.  I know that when we are obedient to his will, he is bound to bless us.  ( D&C 82:10 ) ?? i think that's the right reference ??  haha anyway i love you all and i hope you have a fantastic week.
Love Elder Larsen