Dear Family
Well I cannot believe I am already 20, it seems like yesterday I was turning 19… Weird. My birthday was pretty good, when I woke up I remembered, but during the day I mostly forgot it was my bsirthday. Haha We had an appointment to teach an 8 year old who wants to get baptized but her mom wants her to understand what she is doing so we are teaching her the lessons. I had mentioned it would be my birthday on that day because her was the day before, so when we got there they had bought a cake and so we had cake and ice cream which was unexpected. Then after that we came back home and Bro Lewis came and picked us up and we went to the Lewis’ for dinner, which was cool. They sang Happy Birthday to me and it was fun. All the missionaries in our district were there so that was pretty sweet. I got your presents, which was really nice! Thanks, so much I loved them! I really enjoy my new slacks and sweater! The CD is really cool, and I was able to use the party supplies! Haha I would also like to thank Grandma and Grandpa and Great-Grandma, and Aunt Anna, who all sent me something! It was really wonderful! Thanks so much!
Well this week we have been on foot because Elder Arterburns bike is being mean. Somehow is front fork is bent, he has a older bike that just has the solid front fork and they are totally bent inwards, and have the potential to completely bend in and collapse. Walking is kind of lame, my feet have never been this sore. Hopefully he will be able to fix it soon because walking takes forever and I haven’t been this sore in a while! Haha
We had Stake Conference this week which was really fun. I always enjoy Stake Conference. The adult session was also really nice and filled with the spirit. I was able to take a lot of notes and learn a lot, especially by the spirit.
Elder Arterburn and I also had a wonderful experience with feeling the spirit this week. We were working in a part of our area and I had felt like we should tract this street but I pushed it out of my mind with lame excuses why we shouldn’t. So we then went home to have lunch and at the end of that I asked the Lord for forgiveness for ignoring the prompting. Right then I felt we should still tract the street, so I told Elder Arterburn and we prayed about it and he felt we should as well, so we did. It was a good experience. We didn’t get any new investigators out of it but we did get a potential investigator, who said she was busy and to come back in an hour, so we did but she wasn’t there. I still felt really good though because we had listened to the spirit and did what the Lord wanted us to do, we probably said something or did something that will change someone’s life down the road. We just can’t see all that the Lord sees.
Well I have to go but I love you very much, and I am very thankful for all the prayers that you say for me, they help a lot. Thank you for the wonderful presents which made my birthday very special. I love you so much! I really hope you have a wonderful week! I will talk to you in a week!
Love,
Elder Lassen
Miracle of the week: I have been able to get a long with Elder Arterburn and we together have felt the spirit and it’s help in our work. It has also helped us so much with speaking through us as we talk to people and don’t know what to say but the spirit does it for us!