Dear Dad and Kris

Thanks for sending all the letters and emails. It just makes my day a little better when I receive a letter from family and friends. I am sorry my emails have been brief and my letters are few. Just know that I am very busy doing the Lords work. And every time I am about to write to someone I get into a wrestling match with Elder Welch and Elder Graham. I love the companions that I have been with. They are so loving and fun to be with. Transfers calls came in this past Saturday and The Office Elders told us where we are going. I am going to stay here in Tampa 1 for another transfer along with Elder Welch and Elder Treseler. As for Elder Graham, my Hawaiian brother, he is going down south to a place called Naples. I am sad that he is leaving but I am very excited to be working with the same people that I have been working with for the past month.

So far for this whole transfer we have had one baptism for every week except for the first week. The people that have been baptized and confirmed are Kelly Parr, David Cucarella, Leshawn Alt, Nabi, and Kayla Hlaverty. They are doing pretty good.

I have made a lot of good friends out here, not only missionaries. My teaching is improving every week, but one thing that I have learned is that no matter how long you have been out here or how good a teacher you are, if you don't have the spirit then you are nothing. I learned this the hard way. We were teaching two black ladies, Shaquitta and Yadasha. We taught them lesson one the night before and it rocked, but lesson two wasn't as good. I felt like I was all alone in my teaching. It was painful to push through that lesson when I knew the spirit was not there helping me. One of the reasons this happened is because of the conditions that we taught in, screaming kids, tv on and off, dirty house. But I think that the main thing that was wrong is that we didn't get to know them and their situation the way we should have. When we left I felt terrible, like someone I cared for had just passed away. I learned a lot and I started listening with love to the people that I teach and the next day I taught a family with Elder Treseler and the spirit brought tears to their eyes. And we were able to set a date with them for Baptism.

This spiritual stuff really wears a person out, I have never slept so good in my life. he he. I am having fun and I love the people here in Florida . Thanks for the letter Kris I really love it and thank you for the Wendy's card, you shouldn't have. Now Elder Welch wants to go to Wendy's all the time. he he. I love you guys take care and I will write a letter back about more stuff if I am not wrestling someone.


Elder Spencer Larson