June 23, 2010

Hello,

Thank you for the email. We have had a pretty crazy week this week. I don't know if I told you before, but we actually don't live in our area. We live in a city called Yorktown and we serve in a city called Hampton. And every day we had to use a car to drive into our area and use a bike rack to carry in our bikes. Anyway, that wasn't a big deal at all, but on Thursday at about 1 o clock the office called us and told us they needed our car at about 4 o'clock that day and that we would be moving the next morning, which was Friday morning. So they didn't give us much notice at all, and we had to make time to pack all of our stuff among all of our appointments. We had to cancel some of them. And then Thursday evening after we dropped off the car we had to find rides for our evening appointments. So we found members that would be able to drive us into our area and then drive us to our appointments for that evening. And luckily there is a very nice member who has a truck and he was able to help us move on Friday. He came and picked up all of our stuff and then we went to our new apartment.

But the new apartment didn't have anything in it at all. No beds, desks, or any type of furniture. So we spent the day Friday using his truck to pick up beds and also kitchen stuff for the apartment. And wow, there are a lot of small items that you don't realize how much you take for granted because they are already inside an apartment when you get there. Like a vacuum, shower curtain, pillows, garbage cans, pans, plates, a spatula, seasonings for food, and there was no microwave. But we have been blessed. There was a member who had an extra microwave and he gave it to us, our ward mission leader bought us a vacuum and a lot of other small things, and there is a place called the needs network which is ran by a member of the church and they have tons of furniture and other house items that people donate and then the needs network gives it to those in need. They told us we could take anything we wanted. So we got our beds and desks from them. We also got a table and chairs from them too. We have been taken care of well.

Well our investigators are still doing good, but there is not a whole lot of news. No one came to church, which was a bummer but it was mostly because they were doing something for father's day, so it was a decent excuse. We also haven't been able to see them for a real good lesson because we have been so busy with moving. We are seeing Joylyn tomorrow though with our ward mission leader and that should be a good lesson. We are going to have him invite her over to his home for a lesson. Nicole has been out of town but we talked to her yesterday and she is doing well, and we set up a lesson with her for this coming Tuesday. We are also working with this investigator named Emma who went to the SUV fireside and she wants to come to church. We also finally got in contact with the Keaton's agains and we have a lesson with them tomorrow. So we have alot of good lessons coming up.
I have been careful on my bike and did not get into any crashes. Thats really cool that Spencer is going to be baptized in a river. I wish i could be there for it. That is going to be a lot of fun.

Oh and our new address now is 110 Litchfield close, Hampton, Va, 23669
Well thank you for the prayers and I am excited to meet President Perry. I think he gets here on the 28th. Take care and I will talk to you next week.

Love,
Elder Larson