Sacramento...baptism central!!

Also  save all the music for me in a play list to listen to on our drive home ok?  eleventh essential and avvet brothers all of it radical face get the album somethin so i can listen :) :) LOVE YOU DAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Zachary Larsen <zlarsen@myldsmail.net> wrote:

DAD- Yea hollands talk was good but my favorite ones were elder bowens and elder bednars. I been teaching bednars lesson all over the place here.I love the picts of friends and family they made me tear up haha. Mike mailed me so thats good! parker is just bein lame haha. So kate is going to serve a mission?!?! thats good i support it! as much as i am having a pretty hard time here i support missions all the way! you cant be doing anything better with your time at that age. I have seen a lot of blessings come from this mission. We saved a guy from killing himself and are now activating him back in the church. He suffers with mental illness but he is such a caring guy. He is just really upset and doesnt think he is worth anything to his family since he dont have a job or a lot of schooling and his wife is doing all the work. We showed up and he said i been praying and im not mad at the church anymore i want to take the investigator lessons again and find my faith. We talked him out of suicide and he is doing really well. So a mission is important for other people not just for you. With gabe his baptism is on the 27th and we are hoping tog et his dad to clean up and start going to church again so he can be the one to baptize him. I just think we talk about how important families are so time to put our money where our mouth is and get this family united again. We might have another baptism next month as well. our district has 6 baptisms as of now this month and maybe 3 more. So this place is on fire! Also i went on an exchange  and i got a baptisimal date with an investigator and  5 referrals 2 contacted ones 6 potential investigators and 3 lessons! can you say that day the lord wanted soemthin done? We worked hard and i have been leading the area for a while now so thats good. I watch the BYU games our member watches them so i do too oops :) Well im excited for NBA and how are the 49ers doin? Seems like you were pretty busy this last couple weeks eh? Tell steph to squeeze it out already haha!! You will love the pictures im sending home they are pretty funky.  glad to hear chinchi is doin well i think about her a lot her picture is on my wall no joke. Love the new dogs i hope lia is ok without us there. Jeremy is makin some HUGE changes just sayin, he dont sound the same at all. Lets see pictures of the new house next time AND SOMEONE GO TO FEAR FACTORY AND TELL ME ABOUT IT SO I CAN LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH THEM! :):) i love ya all!!  honestly the homesick problem it gets bad one some days but hey i guess this is not for me so if i am, miserable for 2 years then i am but whatever its not i mission for me its to help others and i do my best at that! How is the weather? here its 35 degrees in the morning and 80 degrees by afternoon so i never know what to wear for the day haha. Also thats not a scary story i heard much worse from south stockton which is where ill go if they send me tegolic speaking, i have now been told they might send me ASL since i learned some in the MTC so thats cool which means i would just sit in fair Oaks CA.  the transfers are the tuesday after next week so you wont know for 2 or 3 weeks :) I love it here though i know im doin well keep me posted on home ok? Oh look up the heartland theory of the book of mormon and then read Alma 48 and 49 and 50 ok? its pretty sketchy stuff haha. SUPER COOL THOUGH! did the info get to the fire dept?? how are the visits with G-ma Adams? FAMILIES ARE IMPORTANT! if i am the most useless Elder in all of california i want everyone in my area to know the importance of family!  sometimes i feel like when people say i might attend church that the song written by jack johnson is true the song is called Flake.Also before the snow move the Futon from outside ok? please take care of it so i have it for college.  Also could you send me moms testimony and tell me how to say i love you in french and spanish :)  I love you!!! My release date is July 22ed 2014 jsut so you know and there is a scripture in PHIL in the bible i believe its PHIL 2:4 but look in there its short and it talks about how we should not complain about work so make sure everyone at home knows that one :)  LOVE YOU!!! i just need money to replace in my debit card when i buy the supplements. :) love ya!!! just another story,  we taught a guy who had 55 alcohol bottles laying around his room and more in the fridge He is talking about baptism now so i think its funny! To bad we had to send him to the YSA Elders we are always finding there people sucks haha! He is a pretty cool dude! I am also keeping a journal so no worries on that i hope to write down all my adventures in it so thats cool! i need to write down the alcohol guy story but also just keep the Email with him in it in case i forget ok? The rest of the family sucks for not writting me :) 

Megan- I love you straight up thats just how it is. Im glad you E-mailed me please keep close ties with my family they love you and have your family write me a letter. :) You are a good influence to me and im sorry you feel lonely sometimes! I do my best to keep you a letter goin. I want you to know that i love ya and that we have a good future in store! I sent a book to ya thats not the present i said i was sending thats comin later you will love it! I know you will love that book i heard the fireside he talked with us so i aint read the book but i heard him speak keep the book so i can read it! Know that ill be home sooner than you think! just write down the months 1 through 12 and mark off every month after 2 months pretend i left in July since im goin home a transfer early so i been out for 3 months 1/8 the way done or 3 more general conferences left or 2 more birthdays :) whatever helps you. Thank you for the pictures though they are son amazing for me to have! keep chillin with the gang ok? they all need to still love eachother when i get home!!!!!! Just think about all the stuff we are goin to do when i get home ok? dont date nobody to seriously! and all my other friends make sure they guys dont treat her wrong ok?  LOVE YA!!

Kevin- im so mad you didnt write me last time but the hand written letter makes up for it :) I love ya bro keep everyone busy! make sure all my friends stay friends! I know what you mean about the idle mind sometimes my trainer doesnt do anything and it makes me really homesick so sucks what can ya do though?  Well good thing you got a calling! i decided the theme of conference is STEP IT UP! step it up with child care step it up as a man step it up with faith and step it up with your faith!  so i liked it on dads part is my favorite talks so look em up! keep me posted on your life nobody has shot at me yet  this week so thats good LOVE YA!

Krystal- i miss you too its really to bad i dont see ya. i love that you go to the haunted houses still please keep it up for me so i can go to one when i get home :) keep the gang tight knit ok? good! also i miss ya a lot and your a really good friend honestly thank you for the letters every letter helps me out here. I have been having a rough time out here so its good you send letters. Like i said this is not for me its for other people so i just have to keep it up.  we have encountered SO MUCH WEED and SO MUCH ALCOHOL we taught a guy who had 55 alcohol bottles laying around his room and more in the fridge He is talking about baptism now so i think its funny! To bad we had to send him to the YSA Elders we are always finding there people sucks haha! well i think your amazing as always!!! stay cool red :)

IN GENERAL- doin great out here sorry if i complain to much this place really is a blessing i love it and i know its where i should be! EVERYONE SERVE A MISSION THAT CAN!!!! oh also for anyone, is brandon serving a mission sooner now with the age change?  he should so we get home around the same time :) also parker send me a letter are you goin on a mission?  let me know, dont worry i am your friend not your missionary im still the same freak of nature you last saw, people always stare at me weird and the puns are not a big hit here i found that out but i keep doin em anyway! LOVE YOU ALL!

General Conference is AWESOME in Eugene

Conference was amazing just in case you didn't get to watch all of it, they are really focusing on the importance of families this year. Also, 18 and 19 yr. olds going out??? crazzzyyy stuff is about to be going down. I hear the election is getting dirtier then it already was. Must be a ton of crazy stuff going on, a lot of  the time when people slam the door in our face they just say "Voting for Obama" or "Who are you voting for..." hahaha its kinda funny. You two out on a romantic getaway on a private beach in cali hahaha never thought I would see the day when you were partying on a private beach hahaha I'm going to have to check out Ether4, i'm trying to add more and more to my list of scriptures I need to read every week. So padre I here you're a handsom guy, something must have changed since I left hahaha!! i'm jk, I'm so happy to hear that both of you are havin a blast, and I love how happy you all seem to be, it really keeps me going over here, and thank you for the prayers, keep em coming I need all the help I can get. I've been thinking a lot about mom, Elder Taumoelaus father is in bad condition and his Aunt died a few days ago so we've been keeping busy to keep his mind off things. He's got such a deep understanding of the P.O.S. and he's deeply converted. At the MTC I had a moment the last sunday, I had been praying every night to know that mom had forgiven me for all the crap that I put her through, and  then when my district president was giving his talk to us I actually heard a voice and I felt something so strong in me that made me know that she had forgiven me, it totally destroyed my day but it really changed me. That was the turning point for me. My favorite talk was either Boyd K. Packers, because brightly beams our fathers mercy is the best hymn in the book or Hollands or Bednars. Bednars description of conversion and testimony was awesome, it really gave me a lot to think about. Then Jeffery R. Holland talking about Peter when christ was resurrected was boss. If you didn't hear it go look up the talk. We had several miracles happen last week. When we were driving home Elder T and I took a different route for some reason and we saw a member on the side of the road going to his truck. I felt like we needed to talk to him so I rolled down me window and said hey. Turns out his best friend had died and he was having a really tough time. We gave him a blessing and talked w/ him for awhile. He was severely depressed and he knows that the fact that we took a different route home was inspired by God, and I know it was as well. We also finally got into the house of this family that we have been working on the entire time i've been here and we brought them to GC. I've given more priesthood blessings over the last week then I can remember. But I am so thankful for these opportunities, as much as they help the people I'm blessing, it's blessing my life even more. It really is a blessing to be able to be a miracle in other peoples life. It's an incredable feeling. A challenge that they gave us at GC was to pray everyday for an opportunity to serve someone else, so I challenge you to do the same, along w/ the fam. I know you probably already do but really think about it. I love you so much and I am so greatful for this opportunity to be out here. You are the best dad, and Darleen I'm so greatful for you and you being in our lives now. Take care of padre over the next week and keep on praying for me i'll be doing the same for all of you. Love all ya'll have a great week.

 

p.s. i'm trying to get you pics and some videos of my first day in the field. you'll be proud hahaha not really but its really funny what we did to my companion!! put some pics of the beach shots in an email when you can. Also If you could send me a copy of moms music from kevins list including the Hurt song that would be awesome. We can actually listen to a ton of different music out here, just gotta clear it w/ Sis. Young. Love ya bye

Crazy action in Sacramento!!

DAD-Oh also story time!! ok im going to leave out the names so that you can have a little doubt on who it was haha  :) So two elders are out on the streets looking at a map to find out where they are going. Suddenly BAM! car crash not with the missionaries they just saw it. Then the guy that got hit starts running away from the accident, The guy who hit him comes out of the car and with a shotgun and well lets just say the guy is probably no more and the missionaries were out of there as soon as they saw the gun and while they were getting out they heard the gun shot. pretty crazy huh? well lets not all focus on the bad though :) there is a lot of good in this area and us missionaries see it every day i personally love it here and love the people they are so great even if some of them are crazy anti Mormons haha they are just fun to listen to. Like this guy started a convo with us by saying did you know you guys believe that god came down married marry and thats how she gave birth to Jesus  i said really?!?! because i have never heard that before. In my mind im like im really glad you knew what i believed because i didnt sign up to go out here to teach my beliefs and knowledge and by the spirit of god and study hard and its crazy that i didnt know that im glad you told me what i believe. haha. Anyway this place is amazing interesting and a little corrupt but such is life am i right? this place is good, cant wait to head down to Stockton which is not for sure yet but ill let ya know i have a feeling thats where im going is Stockton tegolic speaking haha we will see. So thats my story for this week.  Hope all is well.

First i spent the cash on the camera it was like 230 dollars i think. maybe a lil more but its super nice i love it and it will never ever break! second yea criminals are everywhere haha i have a story for you ill post separately. We are coming up on 2 baptisms this month im very excited we are goin to hopefully dunk em on the 27th. They are two awesome kids about 12 and 13. they saught us out and wanted to know more and they are very very smart. Sadly we had to hand over two of out investigators to stupid YSA missionaries haha that was the biker guy and the druggies guy we were teaching and they were my first two miricle guys i and a strong connection with them we found them tracking and i loved teaching them and they loved having me over so that was most sad. I told the YSA elders if they dont dunk em ill prank them for the rest of the mission haha. I love those guys and the YSA elders are super cool. I hope to have their job one day office work is really fun here haha. I also have this inspiring thought. I want the family to meet with grandma adams once a week you decide the day, i just think it will be good for her i dont have her address so i cant write her. Promise you will do that ok? no matter how busy the family is do it :) i think family is very important and and what grandma adams to know that. Also Please invite kimball to be present when i skype home so i can talk with him it think it would be very good for him in the holidays ok? i want to talk to him anyway even for just a second. so let him know that please i love ya! :) How great was conference!!!! i freaking loved hollands talk and bednars talk! i have already been using them in lessons! i loved conference i got notes on all the talks i hope to share them with yall one day it was so so so good! We also chilled with the office elders so it was nice to just eat food kick back and watch just the four of us. I also ate round table which is what rock creek use to be just thought it was funny haha. Tell mike stewart that if he dont reply to my letters ill send my evil twin of which  he knows of after him haha i love that kid whats mike been up to? Oh back to conference how crazy was the age limit change huh? i dunno if i can handle 19 year old sister missionaries! haha. Everyone freaked out when we heard that! Also if you look the MTC time has been reduced by 1/3 so english will be 2 weeks MTC Spanish will be 6 weeks MTC and  Russian and those languages will be 9 weeks MTC HOW CRAZY IS THAT! Speaking of languages i have the possibility of being switched to the tegolic speaking part of the mission that would be pretty crazy! one of the office elders was like that too so i talked with him on how he did he said he came in and started in stockten and was english then switched to tegolic then switched to laotion then back to english so he knows all of those languages haha THE SPIRIT HELPS WITH LANGUAGE STUDY! I'm glad you got my note too i read it every day its very helpful feel free to post it on the blog its really good! Ill have megan bring the parper to you i know she loves you all and wants to see ya. I am glad your having fun in cali I hope you really enjoy your stay there! that guys sounds intense i dunno if i could handle him haha. bring home some of his pictures haha. I got some funny pics headed your way i hope you like them.

Darlene- Sounds like a busy week you have had im glad you have had fun. I hope all is well and that the wedding is really great for you. I would love to visit that place when i get back and i would like to see that dog, i have seen my fare share of dogs here but not so nice ones usually haha. Like this dog is a mix litterally looks like the warg from lord of the rings. Ill take a pic of it when i can. Well this are crazy busy here im picking up several traits from my island comp. I am playing the ukelaly i think im getting pretty good too haha. Well keep me posted on everything keep my dad in check. Call him banana king often i know he loves it. 

Jeremy channels Theoden

PADRE!! first of all let Gordon know that I am praying for him and tell him how sorry I am, i'll try and write him a letter. Its tough to get to write a bunch, time is just so precious around here. BTW who is kylee?? all ya'll are talkin about Kylee and I don't even know who she is hahaha Gracie is with Minnie now, she is a happier hampster i'm sure. I will be grieving all week. I heard that Tom was going there, he went into the MTC the day after I left I thought, at least that's what bullcut told me. I think that you got lucky not being called into the bishopric, you can't dodge that bullet forever and you know it. On the topic of media, I've been visiting with a recent convert family these last two weeks and they are SOAD fans... You can bet we are basically best friends now, they like Mumford and Sons fans, indie rock in general, and I have them listening to Tool now. Yeah, great family, Zack is the son and Katie is the Mom. She's not doin so well, but her son is increadible, he stays w/ her most of the day and talks w/ her. They are an increadible group. I'm pretty sure I know part of the reason I have been sent here though. Sis. Lemire is active but her family is completely anti, we were giving her a blessing and the son walked into the room and ripped a fart and laughed. I wanted to take him out to the back and beat the living crap outta him, but I refrained. She has only about 5 years to live, so i'm making it my mission to sit down with the kid, Robert,and at least teach him how to respect his mother. I don't want the him to experience the guilt that would come if he keeps his relationship w/ his mother like this and she goes the way of the earth. I have been laughing at my companion and Elder Black because the Avengers, they haven't seen it so I just talk about how awesome it is all the time hahahahaha. I officially had my first fight w/ my companion also. I rocked him, got him in a boa squeeze 5 times. The last fight he tried to gouge my eye out so I let up and he flipped me but I had him locked in and then it was a stalemate so 5-1-0 right now haha. Have fun in the sun, but not to much fun! Tell Grandpa I love him and happy B-day. Tell Darleen I say hi and congrats on gettin the house off! Make sure Ashely feels at home, it'll be easier w/o Zack and I there, not as much testosterone. I chated football w/ a kid at a members house haha Nebraska came back from a 3-27 deficit against Wis.!! I love ya padre, and I love this place and what I'm doing. Its been a harder week, but we still have had a ton of success. I miss you and the fam, tell everyone wazzuppp. tell Darleen and Ash. hey for me. Love ya!

 

Katie! I am so pumped for GC!! its gonna be dopeee, I can't wait to see what they've gotta say. How could you not see that he looks like Draco?? its almost like he is a body double for him. Don't worry i've got a journal going, I write almost everynight. This last week was a little inconsistent but its been busy..
I'm happy to hear that the Mutual is going well, I can't believe you are finding time w/ everything else you are doing hahaha. you're crazy. I'm sad about Gracie to :( make sure Chinchy is okay, keep up w/ her! Become good friends w/ Cassy! The MTC opened my eyes a little bit, the world is so much bigger then Utah, and becoming friends w/ people from out of country is awesome. I'm writing this Australian sister and she is awesome haha. read what I wrote from dads I don't have long to write so I gotta rush it. LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!! keep up the awesome work and with Cassy if she isn't interested don't push it, just invite her to the house, maybe a mutal thing and that'll be all you need to do to plant the seed!!

 

Kevin!!! There is a kid in my ward that looks just like you when you were young, and acts just like zack!! its all kinds of home sickness all bunched in one little twister of destruction!! ha Morning shift is tough at first but it'll be awesome in the end, having the nights to yourself is sweettt. I pass out whenever I can around here haha Once we finish planning i'm out. GC is gonna be sweeettt! I don't know if you will ever win the fight for the window w/ Lia she is one tough puppy that I miss.. keep up the war effort though, Larsens don't fade away into the night. "Eomer. Take your Èored down the left flank. Gamling, follow the King's banner down the center. Grimbold, take your company right, after you pass the wall. Forth, and fear no darkness! Arise! Arise, Riders of Theoden! Spears shall be shaken, shields shall be splintered! A sword day... a red day... ere the sun rises! .... Ride now!... Ride now!... Ride! Ride to ruin and the world's ending! DEATH!!!  Forth, Eorlingas!!" hahaha this must be the battle you fight kevin i believe in you! Don't worry about the shoes btw, dad got them to me. We'll keep running in the winter, its about as cold as it will be here in the mornings now, its about 40 so it's whateves. I love you kev I gotta run but I miss you and remember.. It'll be a sword day..a red day..ERE THE SUN RISES!! love ya

 

Lisa, Dusty, Alex, Liam!

I don't have anytime at all I'm sorry I need to learn to dole out my time better. I love you and I miss my little Nephews tell them I love them. thank you for the advice, I need all the help I can get hahaha Love ya!

 

Love all of you, Jason, Steph, Darleen, Lisa, Ashley, Alex, Liam, Kevin, Katie, Padre, Zack! I pray for all of you everynight. Love ya bye

if you see some of my friends say whats up!

Zack gets to MOVE people :)

MEGAN- Hey just a real quick message to megan. I sent a huge letter to you its 3 pages and important so i hope you get it i just got your letter saying you aint got nothin from me. so if you dont get it in the next little bit write me again ok? anyway im going to wait a couple days for another letter and if i dont get one ill send another one out to you ok? i hope you get it because i sent a big one to you with a present. so send a letter out like same day you get mine ok? send it super fast ok? I love ya and you know it im thinkin of ya everyday i promise. hope your doin the same. :) i sent it out last tuesday so i hope you get it real soon. please send a letter to me really fast. :)
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:41 AM, Zachary Larsen <zlarsen@myldsmail.net> wrote:
JASON- awesome jason! i am sad to miss HIMYM but i guess it happens. Keep me posted on two other series will ya? Walking dead and the new fire one chicago fire if you would :) sory about your meds that blows. I am happy to report no more 24 hour fasting!!! makes me happy we fast about 12 hours maybe a lil more. I wish i had some sleeping meds i dont sleep well here and especially with my comps snoring ill record it with my new camera! Its bad haha like a lawn mower starting and stopping by my head all night not even jokin. Hope PT goes well sorry it sucks so bad keep updated on that stuff. A you can imagine HIMYM is quoted tons here especially SUIT UP! stuff like that.

DAD- that sucks so bad i miss my hamster so much and my chinchy :(  well RIP Gracie she will be missed a lot. i was hoping a mirical would happen and she would be there when i get home but somehow i doubted it. Keep the cage im might get another one when i get home i love hamsters. Tell Bro kimball im very sorry and if he needs or wants me to do anything even from here im willing too we are dealing a lot with death up here to sadly. We are teaching a family who's wife has cancer real bad and she is not doing well he is really interested so is the family. He never had any religion before but missionaries helped him move down here and we helped him move in so he is happy with us and really loves talking with us. Well i hope you have fun in santa barbra if you come up my way im in carmichael haha. Although if i saw and talked with you i would probably get in trouble or just really trunkie so it may not be a good idea haha.  glad you had fun at the music festival and that all is well with the dogs. you should send me a pic of lia i miss her! i am about to get my new camera today so ill make sure its the same sim card. The plane person is just the plane person she leaves way east coast, she was just visiting, but i made a real good connection with her and she is reading the book of mormon so thats awesome. The bike guy is super cool have not followed up with him we think for gods reason really every time we go over there to see him something comes up and we cant haha. How is mike doing? whats her doing? Tell him to write me back haha!  both mike stewart and tomlinson if you see them. If yout hought i was eating well you guessed wrong haha i have been introduced to a top romen sandwich (SUPER GOOD) i think it will kill me though. You bet im showing you how to make one when i get home. I also have had a meat pie, first thing i thought was sweenie todd so i was wearry but it was super good! I hope all is well at the house though. Also let me clear up the mirical, So i was super home sick and thinking about coming home because it got pretty bad. I then started thinking because im so focused on this stuff that i am not worthy for unknown reasons but i figured out what to focus on and how to focus on it and how even thinking about the end of my mission is helpful now because it helps me stay focused on the mission work, wierdly enough. I also talked to president and he was helpful and gave me a blessing which was really good. I still get home sick and miss people but i can handle it better now. I CAN ALSO SKYPE!! and we might be getting I pads for our mission which is cool.  Well i do love ya very much and the family and everyone reading this. Just know the church is true and all is well. I'm sending you a letter with some good stories too and ask megan for the little orange paper im sending her you will love all the stories and stuff i love them anyway haha. Yea let me tell you a little bit about my area before i go. Carmichael is a nice area with like half rich half poor. There was a stabbing a couple streets down from us about a week ago and people smoke weed freely here, However the people are super accepting of the gospel we get as a zone about 100 baptism a year on average i think is what they said our goal as a mission for the year is 900 somthing we are close. It is filled with really really strong members, we live down the street from a members family in utah just so you know. I hear the sirens here at least 3 times a day haha so its busy not the nicest place but its safer than most haha. OH! how about that eagles game huh? close only winning by 3 points haha. Keep me posted on BYU football and the 49ers! OH! where you putting that money? is it on my card for wells fargo? because i need to buy more supplements and mission medical wont cover me because they suck haha. WEll LOVE YOU! Oh also to show off in this very hilly area i bike about 15 to 20 miles a day needles to say im loosing weight and building leg muscle dunno how they both happen but it does. I also forgot to tell you i outlifted my tongan companion what a lamer right? We did a huge move like huge. This rivaled the old man don fredly move. We only had 4 people too. IT SUCKED but i was able to work harder and longer than my comp so i felt really happy with that and i was not even to sore the next day just really sore that day which made biking a trip haha. We also got to talk to a criminal who was "framed" for somethin real big i dunno if she was tellin the whole truth to her but i aint a therapist she seemed really frantic and wanted to talk with the bishop for help and she was less active and moving and her family are a bunch of jerks and what not so we helped her i gave her 2 bucks and yea thats the last i heard from her i saw her talking to the bishop though so thats good!  its an interesting place here. Oh! another thing! make a play list of all the new music i will love so i can listen to it on the way home at the end of my mission ok? i mean it promise me you will!

Kate- happy to hear all is well with you and friends and hope it continues that way. How is the project i gave you to be hanging out with megan goin? If i forgot to give it to you im givin it to you now :)She needs a break from school. (yes i know megan your reading this haha) I am sad that gracie died does meg know? if not she does now. I hope all goes well with you and the Nazi :) im only jokin though germans are cool. if you want you can say Ich hebe (haba) Kien geld (gelt)  It means i have no money! tell coleman and nesbit to send me a letter! i miss them both tell them i think they are the best teachers i ever had honestly and they were a great influence to me and that i miss my talks with coleman.  well im outta here love ya keep me posted! hope all goes well with homework DONT SKIP LUNCH FOOD IS IMPORTANT! :) Also yes im keeping a journal ill let you read it when im home its pretty cool.

Kevin- i love those songs and now they are stuck on my head! Also yes i can ride my bike with no handle bars all the way to the church ahha. Also funny thing my comp said our church was super packed and it was half of what normally shows up in our home ward haha. I love ya kev just sayin! im unhappy to hear about dad selling the bed that was the best bed in the history of ever!!!!! Yea sad day about my room ill miss it haha. yea mission is super good and it helps me a lot honestly. I'm getting a lot of cool experiences though I know im home sick and probably always will be but this is a trial that must come to pass ill learn to quit being a freakin baby and suck it up haha. I also love that conference is coming up but honestly those are the worst haha anything we had family traditions i try and avoid haha. so hollidays and conference will probably be hard but at the same time i will love the talks now that im paying attention to ALL OF THEM haha. Biking is not so bad here other than bikes get stolen so freaking often haha. I LOVE MY BIKE so its pretty cool. Oh super cool thing make sure everyone in the fam knows our ward has had 100% home teaching for 11 months and continuing make sure crescent 18th starts that if it dont happen when im home im going to make changes haha. They do some cool stuff! our bishop is also our 1st councilor in the stake presidency for now they aint released him as bishop yet i think its funny haha. Well keep me posted on your life movies music all that stuff. LOVE YOU BYE! Send me moms mix of music ok? ill have president ok for me make sure its in CD form though.


Dustin/Lisa/Nephews- Sorry i cant see the pictures it wont let me you have to put them up how dad has put his up. I cant even get onto the blog yall got set up for me i dont think. Im excited to see it when i get home though so thats cool. Thank you for the support from all yall its super cool! I hope your practicing star craft with mike stewart so you guys can beat me when i get home haha.  I hope i can see those pictures next time! i do love you and your family its amazing to talk about them :) i love all the things you all did for me and the example you set. I look at the fam picture everyday its hanging up with moms obituary i keep on me. These things give me a powerful testimony and i use it often.especially to investigators like trent who have no selfworth at all they dont care about themselves (his brother as well) they are sad to see but i love going over there and talking with them they read and explain it to me they love the messages. they are super cool sadly i cant teach them after our next lesson because they belong to the YSA elders (curse them haha) So the next lesson will be introducing them to the YSA elders and following up on our commitments to them.  well i love you and miss you all bye!!

IN GENERAL- Hey people who aint sent me letters or E-mailed me need to ok? ok good! i hope all is well with you friends! i miss every single one of my friends and i think about you every day im not even joking. i hope your all ok since i aint heard from most of you. brandon, valarie, mike stewart, mike tomlinson, and much more... im not pointing fingers ;) i miss yall and hope to hear from you make sure all letters are sent to my california address that is the address to the mission office not my home address just so you know. also mike stewart you should mail me back!! :) :) i promise i dont bite very hard but you do know i bite haha.  well i got to go love you all bye bye!! see you in 15 transfers or 21 fast sundays which ever you prefer to think about :)

Zacks 1st email from the field

DAD- yea i heard teh BYU game was sad but oh well i aint doin sports haha. yea my companion messed his ankle up and i cut up my leg kick ball can be rough with the sign people haha. well as you visited i got called an apostate but whatever they are just jealous haha. well mirical time!! i have been super home sick honestly and i thought about going home and the more i thought about that the more it thought about me not being worthy to be here and what not so i was teaching a member family that had us over for dinner and it hit me that i just need to make sure for certain everything is cleaned up and president is great so ill talk to him so he can make me feel better haha but as i was teaching i just had a great feeling that what im doing here is good and i love it here the members are super strong and feeding us almost every night! the people that want to hear the gospel are great! but tracting is just so hard for me and being rejected time after time really blows but when i find that one person my whole day is so much better! we were inspiration tracting we call it and thats where we find a house we are inspired to check so we were knocking person says get lost knock on another no answer knock on another no answer walk up to a biker SUCH A GREAT GUY! we talked he took a book of mormon and said he would call us we are going to visit him he says he wants to hear more from us really funny really nice! We mostly work with less actives with my companion! anyway so im a lot better now still home sick but im trying to just get lost in the lords work and keep my mind off home family and friends. my P days are on Monday just so you know. G-ma told me about your fishing trip great fun! i hope your not mad when i say my camera is broke i dunno how but it is so emergency money is getting a new camera :) yea i got the tie and sim card love the tie and the card hope you got my other sim card i sent! i am actually hoping i go to the gettoh area next because everyone there respects you not like up here in carmicheal area they are to rich and busy for the likes of us. However we are teaching some really great people we are going to have a baptism for 2 soon as well :) I am learning the piano and staying at an old ladies house who is a member she is 87 and went skydiving HOW COOL! she is really sweet every now and then i get a glimps of football she loves watching football haha. i know strict obedience is hard. I am continuing my sign learning with the "def" sisters here we call them that but they are just ASL sister missionaries. no we aint been to the shire yet but i saw it and want to go there. Stockten is a real bad place just so you know, they have a monthly death rate sign i think its monthly might be yearly either way its for the murder rate its at 37 last i saw. I hear its a great place for missionaries though. There is place in my mission called the shire so thats what i mean by we aint been to the shire:):) well im sorry to hear about gordan send him my love ill pray for him for sure! As far as needing anything how much money do i have on my card??  i just need to get my camera so emergency cash is on the camera sorry..... Well i love you and the family and i love here and teaching is easy just wish i could do more service ya know. I LOVE YOU ALL HOPE TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU AND ABOUT THE MOVIES! i love everything about you all and keep sending me goodies i also am sending home some college supplies so put em on my box :) missionaries leave behind useful things. Oh! also i talked to someone on the airplane she is reading the book for mormon now we had a great talk the whole ride she loved it said she felt the spirit so that was happy news! also mail me in snail mail so i get it before monday what jeremy's address is and whatever else you wanna say in it ahha i love you!! Also the mission thing here is we have to part our hair every day and say love you to all ELDERS not sisters when hanging up the phone haha.  I LOOK LIKE A DORK WITH PARTED HAIR! so i get away without doing it some days :) Also first day here gnarly fire right by the temple so i could not go there sadly oh well i got other times to go.

Kate- thats ok you missed my call i was not on very long you will see me on Christmas, THATS RIGHT SEE ME i can Skype here! I am told that anyway we will see. glad you had fun at homecomeing i its a great dance! whats funny is i think for my first homecoming i went to Bonzi or Asian star so your following my footsteps. Yea i know him and his older brother so he is a pretty good kid from what i can tell! Sorry to hear about the dog i miss her a lot i love her so very much i really miss her i wanna see her when i get my Christmas call. i hoipe that everything picks up there soon sorry to leave yall desolate without us there haha. i love you very much and miss you hope school is going well for you! keep me posted on your life it gets me through the weeks thats for certain. LOVE YOU!

Kevin- actually ill have you know my sign name is sand fish because i did flips dives and flopped around in sand volleyball and kick ball, ill show you how it goes when i skype home just remind me ok!!!! I love you!! i also love it here even though it gets me down i love talking to those who want to hear and those who reject me they say not to take it personally out here but thats hard for me with these people i dont know why. anyway glad lisa is following my footsteps seems like i left behind some fun trends eh? by the way my comp SNORES like nobodies business and he is asleep literally in seconds im not kidding it sucks to sleep but i manage i just wake up a lot so i stay pretty tired haha. yea he is a tough guy but he is all bark and no bite he is funny and laughs a lot very loving but i keep him around so he keeps me safe haha love they guy.

Steph- honestly i miss the MTC things were already planned out and it was easier haha. I LOVE the MTC everyone there is really nice. the free dinner aint changed thats for sure everyone feeds me :)  anyway glad everything is ok and i left some kind of impression even if its just a wild dog impression haha im joking i love you very much!! HI slade i love you too your awesome and i hope to see you on my Christmas call!

Megan- sorry i aint wrote back they only let me write letters on mondays as well IT SUCKS! anyway your awesome i love you and a letter is being sent your way its great! It's also very long with a gift. Feel blessed because my family dont get gifts yet haha! hope all is well write me often send as many letters as you think can make it before monday or one HUGE one taht makes it before monday, but read mine first ok? 

TO ALL OTHER FRIENDS- WRITE ME! that is all :)  OH! also parker pick up your ammo and what not that was got for your birthday ok? and dad make sure the CPT. gets my info :) love you all and to all a good night HOHOHO (lady of the night lady of the night lady of the night)  OH ALSO JASON YOU NEED TO REPLY!!!!!!! hope you like the teacher pic that looks like Dr. cameron! BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE BYE

Jeremys 1st field email :)

Padre!!!! It has been an eventful week on this end as well. It's all good about the call, I saw ya'll on Saturday so its whatever. Yeah my companion is Kuntaa Pomo, (like a boss in Estonian) I set up a Baptism my 3rd day in and we have 2 others along with another probable on the way. It's been a great week. My first day out tracting was crazy, while my companion, who is Elder Taumoelau btw, was doing correlation with another ZL, Elder Olivera, I was out with  Elder Martin who came in with me on the plane. It  was my first time and Elder Martins first haha we had low expectations to say the least. But I ran into a guy named Gregory with his brother on the side of the road and he started talking to me. His brother was homeless and was trying to get some food stamps at some government place. I started talking with him and I got into the restoration a bit, then he started talking about some stuff that sounded like he got from Slaughter House-Five (Kurt Vonnegut). He was fairly eccentric but I really felt like he absorbed the message and felt the spirit. Sadly he was out of my zone so I wasn't able to meet with him again. That Sunday, however, he was at Elder Black and Elder Haines ward and said that he had read the BofM and that he wanted to know more! I was pretty pumped hearing this ha. I've had such a great time so far, my group of Elder Taumoelau, Black, Haines, Olivera and Martin have had some crazy times already. The mission really is a ton better then the MTC was. Thanks for sending those thing, btw send everthing priority mail because otherwise I have to go up to the Mission home which is about 2hrs away. Also I haven't told you where I'm at yet. I'm in Roseberg, the zone is pretty big but its beautiful country. Its about an hour N. of Grants Pass, which is where I was hoping to go. Every morning we have 1 1/2 mile run up a mountain, its pretty killer hahaha The bike is awesome also, we just got it set up last night. The investigators that we have set up for baptisms are awesome. Rodrigo is the one that we are working on the hardest, he's tough to teach because he really doesn't have a very solid education. The others are Olivia and Shayleena. They are both friends and are quite incredible sisters, w/ all of the temptations around here they have managed to stay away from it. They are more modest then most of the other sisters in the ward, they always wear long dresses and they seem to understand the commandments better then any of the other youth in the ward. They are extremely modest, which is rare, save a few others in the ward. On top of that they are pretty hot which would make it even harder, it kind of throws me off a bit haha They have an insane amount of faith I feel like they are teaching me sometimes. I went out tracting in a town called Glide on saturday. We ran into a bunch of older gents and most of them weren't interested at all, but I think some are going to give us a call back. We also ran into a Jehovah's Witness who seemed extremely interested and we are going to meet with her next week. A lot of what we are doing though is trying to help get people back to church, we have been going to a lot of in-actives and are trying to bring them back in.  The Castrignano family is one we are really honed in on. The father is trying to keep his family active and is a great guy but his wife may be an Alcoholic and their 13yr old daughter seems to be having some Chastity problems. They are such amazing people especially the father and Lenny (12yr old), I really am hoping to help them out. The families up here are incredible though, they are having us over for dinner all  the time, donating stuff to our apartment (its new and we have nothing hahahaha)  and all of the RM's want to be active in helping us w/ lessons. The Bishop is awesome and so is the High Priests Leader, Brother Landers. About the Bednar talk its a video, but I don't know if you can watch it, I saw it at the MTC, but its a good one. I'm pumped to hear about who the new Bishopric is gonna be you gotta let me know asap. I can't wait to see some pictures of my new NEPHEW!! *lisa,katie*. Well I love you and I really have nothing to say but good things about up here, tell Zach I say what's up and sorry for not seeing him before we got on the plane. Katies BF looks like Draco btw. Also Is Ashley set up in the house yet?? hows that workin out so far?? she liking it there?? also when is the marriage again??? let me know. LOVE YA, Elder Larsen

Katie- Your BF looks like Draco HHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH Ginny and Draco sitting in a tree K I S S I N G, First comes love then come me getting dangerous cause I don't know him, tell him I'm not scared of coming home... hahaha JK I'm glad that you had fun at the dance, and yes the dances are kinda lame once you get in, but the day date and after are usually fun. love the puppy for me, I miss that little brown noser. I'm loving it out here and I miss you. But stay working hard and stay outta trouble! Love Ya

p.s. Tell chinchy I miss her! send me pictures

Kevin- "i'm totally 90% over it" hahaha!!! Thanks I miss that humor of yours haha There is a kid in my ward that looks just like you when you were 6 or so, its freaking sad, everytime I see him I get a wee bit home sick ha, but its fine, I bet this kevin is cooler haha! My area is Suburban and kinda ghetto in some areas, its a really big area. It's Half Bike half Car, its a lot of fun. We have a huge mountain we run up every morning. Good job on the stalking, keep it up, I'm counting on you to keep up the old antics! I'm loving the mission so far, I'd like to think I'm adjusting very quickly, and i'm really growing. My compy really is awesome, I just can't believe that Zack got paired with one also. Actually as it turns out today 53% of Tonga is Mormon! crazy huh.Read above to get some more details about the week. I love you and miss you, keep on chuggin at home, send pics of the Halloween set up, I want to print them off and set them up in the Apt. Do it panorama style so it takes up a lot of room. Also get a family picture for me and send it if you could, Darleen and Ashely included if you could. LOVE YOU Elder Larsen

STEPH!! It's good to hear from ya, you would love the area i'm at, its such a pretty spot, its quite foggy in the morning and afternoon, but that's just how it is in this part of Oregon I guess. I'm glad I got through the MTC also it was kinda crazy but it wasn't to bad. I'm just glad to be here. Sorry I don't have long to write! I love you so much and I can't wait to see some pics of my new Nephew!! love ya and take care of yourself Elder Larsen

Love all ya'll

Elder Larsen