Dear Family
Well I am glad to hear that things area going well this week! I am glad to hear that you had a good birthday mom! Well I can’t believe that I will be turning 20 this Wednesday! Soon I will have been out for a year! Time has really flown by! Yes I did get two packages from you, one from Mr. Mac and another from you. I haven’t opened them yet because I assumed that they were for my Birthday.
This week we were able to meet with Elder L. Tom Perry which was really wonderful! The meeting was at a weird time, it was from 3:30pm till 6:00pm. So we had to leave around 2:00 to get down there on time. So we got there and there were a bunch of missionaries. I got to see a lot of people that I haven’t been able to see in a while, so that was cool. Then we took a mission picture. Then we went into the Chapel, and waited. When he walked in the room we all stood up, and I realized he is actually pretty tall! Haha Then we all sat down, then he came to the front of the room and we were able to shake his hand. It was cool to feel the spirit. That was a cool experience. When I shook his hand I was at a loss for words so when he asked me how I was doing, I think all I did was nod my head! Haha Then from there President Ely spoke to us then Elder Hallistrom, and the Elder Brimhall, then Elder Perry. Elder Funk was also there but didn’t speak. He was actually really funny and was telling us funny stories from his mission. I learned a lot, after that we had to rush out because he was going to meet with the Bishops, Stake Presidents, and Ward Mission Leaders. It was wonderful experience.
Also this week we got some snow which was sweet. It snowed for around 3 days, but each day we only got 1-3 inches.It was still pretty sweet though! I love the snow! The first day we did we were riding, and around 3:00 I noticed that my back tire felt like there was something stuck on it because it felt as if I was going over a bump ever time my tire spun. So I pulled over to assess the situation. To my surprise I noticed that my tire had split and my inner tube was popping out creating what looked like a huge growth on my tire! Haha Surprisingly my inner tube didn’t pop, because I was riding on it for a while before I decided to check it out! Haha So Michael the kid we live with picked us up and then took us to Walmart to pick up a tire, also while I was there I picked up an odometer/speedometer for my bike which I am pretty excited about! Haha So far I have only been able to get up to 23mph an hour, I am not sure how accurate it is though, it was only $10.
Well this week we were able to teach Jeremy an investigator, that the other missionaries found. It was an interesting experience. I am not sure why the other missionaries kept teaching him because he pretty much told us our church wasn’t true and continued to tell us that his church was. So we bore our testimonies. He says he wants proof, physical evidence that our church is true. The Book of Mormon is wonderful evidence but he wants facts. Showing him facts won’t help at all because having faith is to believe and hope for something which is not seen but is true. We also were able to teach Maurine a lady is friend with some member in our ward. She doesn’t live in our area but comes to church with her friends. We usually teach her during the 2nd hour of church and this time we watched the Restoration DVD which was really spiritual and we talked about baptism and she said that is something she wants to work towards, it was an amazing event.
Well that is about it for this week! My time is running out… But I want to thank you all for everything! I love you so much! I hope you all have a great week! I will talk to you when I’m 20! Haha Love you.
Love
Elder Lassen
Miracle of the week: Despite all of the hardships the Lord has helped me and given me strength. It has helped me to open my eyes to what I do have and what I don’t. The Lord has blessed me so much!
Have a wonderful week! LOVE YOU!