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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Answering The Numbers from 1/1/14

Sometimes it's hard to get Harry to answer all the questions I have so I've started using numbers and it kind of keeps him on task:
So
1. tell me about your new companion
2. What are you gonna do with 9 new ties
3. Did anyone record a Christmas performance
4. Who are you teaching?

1. Elder Moraza!!! He's great, and from Spain! Kinda close to where Elder Gonzalez was from, kinda not really, but he's from the South. So everything has a th-th-th where the s's go. does that make sense? Maybe ask dad. He's fun, he's never served in London, he loves musicals, he's composing one right now apparently, and he likes to eat out. yeah! He also studied International Trade back home. Cool guy. 2. Wear them and look posh. 3. Yes! Go on soundcloud and look up England London Mission!! We sound like a choir of angels.

Go to:soundcloud.com/england-london-mission -Listen to Hallelujah 2.0 Harry is the second voice.

4. We're teaching a couple cool people from the Philippines! One is the daughter of a less active lady, the daughter's name is Theresa, she's 19 and pretty cool! She's in 2 Nephi chapter 8! Hardcore. also, a member referred a whole Filipino family to us whom we are now teaching. It's pretty great and they're really nice :) I'm so happy! This transfer is gonna be an awesome one. Who knows, it might be my last transfer as a zone leader, president likes to release leadership two transfers before they go home... Who knows what will happen! But I love you guys all so much!!! And i'm glad you had a good Christmas, next Christmas, I'll be home :) I love you, Happy new year!!! :D

Christmas from 12/25/13

Hey!! Oh my goodness, it was so good to see you yesterday :DD I love you guys so much!! ;D my goodness, everyone has gotten so much bigger and looks so different!! It's so cool :) well hey, this is gonna be a very quick email today, but i wanted to re-express my love for you ;) and! We got moves calls this morning, and I'm staying put! Elder Titus is taking a trip down to the bottom of the mission by the cliffs of Dover, and a somewhat new Zone Leader named Elder Moraza from Spain will be coming here with me!! It should be very exciting, and. I'm so tired. my brain is like not functioning right now. we went Boxing day shopping for real. and I got some good stuff! Got a coat, and some socks, and two jumpers. :) and there's this tie shop called Tie Rack which is really fancy, but it's going out of business all over England, so they're having a 70% or more off sale!!!!! I got 9 ties for the price of one. I'm stoked ;p so i'm very sleepy as I've been running around like crazy in Black Friday equivalent people traffic all over London. I love you :) so much! <33 i'll email again on Monday :) see you soon guys!

-Elder Larsen

It was great to see him and know he's having fun on Christmas. 

Wicked from 12/14/13

Harry had the opportunity to see "Wicked" in London.

I've been up since 4:30! I stood in line from 6:00 until 10:00 to get tickets! :O but we got FRONT SEATS! all five of us, so cool. so i'm pretty pumped














OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!! WICKED WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!! LIKE oh my days, one of the top experiences of my life. Being on a mission is great and all, but man!! Oh my gosh it was so cool! Like for real, it just blew my mind and our brains were just dribbling out of our ears by the end of it. They're SO good!!!!!!!!! man, we had FRONT ROW SEATS, it was phenomenal, just beyond description. I LOVED IT SO MUCH!!!! xD and at the end of the first act, oh my goodness, it was just like AHHHH!!!!!!! :DDDD and the lights all went out and it was just like CRAZY!!!! So I'm very happy :) oh my goodness, so the costumes, just ridiculous and amazing. the lighting was genius. the sound was perfect, the mix of all the choir and orchestra levels was just perfect. and the set was just above and beyond, so beautiful and actually very simple. All the scene transitions were smooth as silk, and ELFEBA! no idea how to spell her name, but, ELFEBA!!!! Elfy, my girl! What an AMAZING VOICE!!! Just beautiful, deep tone, very R&B, just amazing. and her RANGE, just goes on forever! and she hits every note with POWER. I was just in absolute heaven!!!! The best £29.50 I've ever spent in my whole LIFE! oh my goodness, I have to see it with you when I get home. for real. :) And it will be lovely ;)

On the Occasion of my Birthday!

MOM!!!!! I love you ;D and i can't email today! NO! but i will email on Saturday because...... I'M GOING TO WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D woop woop! gonna go see a musical in London! very happy. so this money you sent me will be put to use! anyway, so i can't email today! :O but.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!!!!! :D HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOOUUUUU!!!! I love you so much mom ;) you're my favorite in the whole world! I love you :) I have like five more seconds to email so i'm gonna email you because i LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! :D you are the poshest mom in the world ;) and you should post that quote online because i want the world to know it!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!! :) and i'm grateful to be your son ;) cuz you're GREAT! ;) I'm glad you had a really nice birthday ;) and I can't wait until Christmas so i can see you!!!!! :D Bye!!!!


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Funeral for Sister Steel

We've seen pictures of her since they were in the MTC. And now she's going home to Colorado.

When missionaries get into the mission, we call it being born. Their trainer is their parent, and the senior missionary of opposite gender in the district is the other parent. Then, when you go home, it's called dying. so usually at the last meeting we'll hold a funeral for them, as we did with sister steele! It was a time to be remembered.










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