March 9th 2010

Hey,

Thank you for the email. Things are going good in Powhatan. It is starting to warm up which has been very enjoyable. It was almost 70 yesterday. I finally got to wear a short sleeve shirt again. It was great.

The work is going well. We have been able to do some biking as well. Its so much better than a car. I didnt realize how much I enjoyed biking compared to a car. I enjoy getting the exercise and being able to talk and say hi to people while riding. We were riding along this one road and we passed a couple of ladies that were out for a walk and we went up and talked to them and come to find out one used to be a member and the other one is interesting in learning and said we could come and teach her and her husband on Saturday. It was cool. And it all started just from being able to go up to them and tell them hi and ask how their day was going. We hope and pray we can have a good lesson with them on Saturday. I know we will I just hope they follow the impressions they receive.

We still havent heard from David or Mike. Mike has still been pretty busy, at least thats what it seems like. But I dont think he realizes the importance of the message either which is something we want to talk about more next time we get to talk to him. We stopped by Davids home to see how he was doing, and to see if he would bring up the letter you sent, but nobody answered the door. We will stop by again this week. We are working with some other people though that have alot of potential. It seems like many of the solid people here all have great potential but they all take along time. We are working with a part member family where the husband is not a member but he has told specifically that he would like to be baptized and sealed to his family. It was great to hear, but unfortunately he works tons and cant meet more than once a week, if that. And he doesnt retain what we teach him super well, and work often gets in the way on Sunday, so there is alot that needs to happen but over time Im sure he will come along. His name is Ben Nixon.

And we also picked up this guy named Woody, he has a cool name, who told us that he would like to be baptized but he says he doesnt want to come to church until he feels he is prepared. We told him to the best of our ability that he was prepared and ready to come but he told us one day he will wake up and decide to come. So we are going to keep working with him and help him feel ready. We have another lesson planned with Chris though tomorrow and we plan on getting him to church again this Sunday. He is still in some pain from his surgery on his shoulder but there is no reason why he shouldnt be able to come to church again.

I would definitely write to ____ and see how he is doing, and tell him about being a missionary. I would need his address though. I was actually trying to think of people that I could send a letter too and see how they are doing but I couldnt think of anyone. So thank you for thinking of people. But this did make me think of _____. Do you think he would be a good person to write? If you do you could get me his address and I can write him next week. And if you think of anyone else that would be good just get me there address.

Well thank you for the food offer. One of my favorite things to do as a missionary is accept food from people. :) We are doing great with appts and get fed well here. The members feed us almost daily. But we could always use some more snacks around the apt. Nothing with high fructose corn syrup and nothing with lots of sugar. Anything else would be great. Thank you mom. I Love you.

And Spencer, good job on your testimony. I am sure you did wonderful. I miss you too.

I love each of you,
Elder Larson