Dear Family
It was great to be able to talk to you this last week! That was a good Christmas present! That 40 min went by too quickly but before I know it we will be talking on the phone again. It is too weird to think that Christmas has already come and gone. It was good though. I’m not sure if I told you, but in the morning we all opened our stockings and then Sister Lewis and her mom made us breakfast. Also the other missionaries were there, the ones that are in the Coal Creek ward. Then after that we opened our gifts, and that was nice. Then we started to make our calls home. After we were done with that we headed out and tried to see some people and then we came home and had dinner with the Lewis’s because they signed up to feed us. We had steak and salmon, and a bunch of other good food. Then because we are able to watch movies on Christmas we watched the clay-mation movies. So that was nice. Christmas was a really good day. Thank you so much for all the gifts that you got me! You are too kind. I would also like to thank everyone else that got me something! There were a lot of people so I will have a lot of thank you cards to send out! Haha So the rest of the week went well. It was still tough to see people though. We were able to see some people though and teach some good lessons. We saw an investigator named Patty, and we talked to her on her door step for a little while, since we couldn’t go in, because she is a single lady. So while we were talking her ferrets came out to see us and they were on the doorstep. Then out of nowhere one of them darted down the stairs, so I chased after it. Patty lives on the second story, and so it got about half way down. I tried to corner it but these stairs are the kind that don’t have a back to them so as it was backing up from me it fell a good 5 feet to the ground below. I felt bad but I was also trying hard not to laugh. So we got it and it was fine. Then Patty told us to toss it in the snow. Because I guess they like the snow, so it ran around in the snow. The best part is when Elder West tossed it in the snow it left a perfect mark, like in cartoons when a character goes through a wall and leaves a perfect impression. That’s what happened. Elder West thought it was really funny. After that we went to dinner and then went back out to try to see some people. Well while doing so we both ended up falling. So when I fell we were trying to ride on a sidewalk that wasn’t shoveled, and that wasn’t working out so I pulled up on my front wheel to hop off the curb well I judged the distance wrong and my tire landed right on the edge of the curb. I was heading off the curb at an angle so when I hit, my bike went one way and completely just stopped because of the snow and I still being on it and my body still wanting to move forward, I just fell over onto the street, thankfully dodging all the snow that would have caused a softer landing… It didn’t hurt that bad and I just laughed about it with Elder West. So later we were riding by some town homes and the streets weren’t plowed at all, so it is kind of slippery, so we are riding and all of the sudden Elder West’s front tire just slides out from underneath him and he totally just falls flat, it was the weirdest thing I have seen in a while! Haha
Well that’s about it for me this week. It was good and I had a great time. I am so thankful for my Savior whose birth we got to celebrate! I love you guys so much thanks for being so awesome. I don’t know what I did before this life to deserve you but I glad I did! I hope that you have a great week, thanks for everything! I love you so much! Have a great day!
LOVE
Elder Lassen
Miracle of the Week: Well I have never before understood the spirit, well I still don’t but I am getting better at understanding it. I have been praying for help because it is the Spirit of the Lord that helps lead us to those who need us. Well I have been try do to what it tells me to do, I often times don’t listen for various reasons but when I do it is wonderful to be able to be and instrument in the Lords hand to do his work!