CAKE

What's Harry up to now that he's been released from leadership and is once again a regular missionary? Just as he did at the beginning of his mission, he's Baking CAKES!
































Well...and playing with swords.








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Knowing a Little of a Different Language

Our family was so glad Harry was sent to an English speaking country so he wouldn't have to learn a foreign language. Little did we know that he was being sent to an English speaking country where he would have to learn lots of different languages.

i've met two people from Botswana this week! it was so cool. it's this little country from north of South Africa (well, i guess nothing is south of South Africa.) and i've never met anyone from there before! anyway, when i met the second lady, i gave her the phone number of the first one, and she called her right then and there, and the other lady came to meet us! so cool! they were very happy to have met each other. such a cool miracle!

and i met a lady from Ghana, i said hello how are you, and my name is elder larsen to her in her language. she freaked out, she was so happy to hear someone speaking her language! i love doing that. anyway, then before we left, i said God bless you in her language as well, and she gave me two referrals, people who work at her hairdresser. and we met them and we're teaching all three of them now! so yeah, i've loved my week!


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He's Really in England

Big Ben




The Eye



London Bus




The Tube




Post! (It took me awhile to figure out he meant mail.)

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Happy Birthday

Chinatown for my birthday!!!!!






we ate chinese buffet at Mr Wu's. i ate way too much ;p

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The Pidgeon

We were waiting for the tube to come, at a point where the platform is above ground, even though it's still called the "underground." anyway, so there's this pigeon. happy pigeon. hoppin around on the platform where we're standing. it decides to jump down to the tracks below and chill out. it hides away in a corner, then i see a train approaching... as it approaches, the pigeon does not understand that there is not enough room for both it and the train... it tries to fly away as the train is already starting to occupy the rails next to it.... we see a flutter of feathers from "the gap" between the train and the platform... we were supposed to get on the train, but we just HAD to wait and see the fate of the pigeon. the train left. the pigeon didn't. because it was now on both sides of the rails. in half. with some of it's feathers super-glue-deep-fried to the rails. my companion, later in this week, used this story in a lesson in conjunction with Alma 34:31-35.

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Opposition In All Things from January 20

Harry usually tells us funny stories about his experiences in the mission field. Or he shares his successes. He hardly ever talks about struggling. We always laugh that he's having way more fun than he should. So I asked him:

3. Tell me a story where you struggled somehow so I won't feel guilty anymore.

3. sooo, i'll make it short ;D in st albans, i worked in the poshest area outside London. ain't nothin' but rich English folks! i spent hours and hours street contacting in town center, tracting, offering service, sending out flyers, networking with local shopkeeps, having a little banner-stall thing we thought up to put in the local market, working with members and less-actives and part-member families... everything! well of course not everything, but we sure tried hard. and! never had a single new investigator past the first appointment for six weeks of hard labor! ;p but gosh darn, it made me real good for missionary work after that! :) blessings! goodness gracious, i'm grateful beyond belief for that time in my mission, taught me more than probably any other area. opposition in all things :)


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