12/19/2010

Hello Everyone!!!

Well its been a great week here in my mission. We have gotten alot done. lets see... where should i start... So tuesday was just a normal day... not much to report there... EXCEPT we got 10 lessons!!!!!!!!! That has been our goal this week. (to get ten lessons everyday) i don't know if you realize how hard that is.... That is teaching at least one lesson every 45 minutes..... and to go from teaching MAYBE 2 or 3 lessons a day to teaching 10 is a HUGE jump.Tuesday was so exhausting... but we did it... we made it through the whole day and got 10 teachings. I was so proud of my trainee cause he taught most of them cause i wanted to make him stretch =) he wasn't to happy with me ;) but that is okay =) he will learn. On wednesday it was also just a regular day.... be we felt bad at the end of the day....... we didn't reach our goal of ten lessons....... We only go 9 =( so it was a rough day... we taught some drunk guy so that was fun though =) on Thursday we had a pretty good day. WE TAUGHT 12 LESSONS!!!! That was a way amazing day, and we are still not sure how it happened. So friday starts the fun. I had a meeting at the office for district leaders so we went there and i got to go with Elder Hinkly. i know i wrote about him along time ago when i was in the MTC but he is way cool. He is one transfer older than me in the mission. But he is way good. So we went to the meeting where we discussed meetings and stuff and i recieved a package from my mother =) Yay ME!!!!! after recieving the package we left and came back to the apartment where my companion and i proceeded to leave the apartment and go and work, after getting 4 lessons we determined it was time to go to the ward Christmas party!!! let me tell you this christmas party was the most fun party i have ever been to! Just to give you a low down of what happened. The preisthood played a game where they tied an egg plant around there waist so it hung between there legs... and then they proceeded to swing the egg plant without using there hands to knock a little blue piece of plastic around the room.... if any of you can imagine what that looked like hahaha. also the relief society did a dance.. It was to an egyptian song i think that said it was by shaquira... It was way funny to watch.... Our ward mission leader had a microphone and during the presentations he would yell things like "Clap one time" but philippinos don't understand that so the would applaude.... and he would say "Isa lang gani!!!" (I said only one duh!!!) his tone while he said it was just so funny. after the all the fathers did a dance..... It was so funny!!!! i couldn't stop laughing. we got a recording of it. and if i get a chance next week i will email it! It was just so funny. It was like a techno hiphop dance, and if you can imagine 8 short philippino old men dancing... It was just one of those you had to be there moments =) so that was our chirstmas party, including dinner afterwards. it was way good. on saturday we had a baptism!!!!!! i got to baptize again. his name is Jayson Rafol, he is a way nice kid and way ready to be baptized =) he is going to be a way strong member. Sunday was just a regular day =) well that is about it for my week =) so far that is how we have celebrated christmas, i'm working on a writen letter that i will send with a better description of how people celebrate but for now... "THATS ALL FOLKS"
Love you guys,
Love always,
Elder Larsen

P.S. for all of those wonder how to say merry christmas in my new language it is as follows... and read carefully so you don't say it wrong
^^^^^^^^^^^^MERRY CHRISTMAS^^^^^^^^^^^^^ or if you want to get technical it is Maayong Paskwa....... but nobody uses it! haha