Hello!!!!!!

hello!!! what is going on with everyone? i hope that everything is good.

well what happened with the transfer???.............. a lot happened

actually!............... and yes i was transfered. i am now sitting in

an area called nova metropole and i am in the caucaia zone! well to

pronunciation these words is kind of difficult. ha-ha. nova means new.

just so you know and i would say the pronunciation for caucaia would

be." cow-ky-a". i think that will come out right for you!

my new companion is elder gardasz. he is from curitiba. It’s in the southern

part of brasil and he has about 10 months on his mission! he is

awesome! i already like him a lot and we will be zone leaders in this

area. caucaia is a city outside of fortaleza. it is pretty far from

the office where elder king is. but it is super pretty here. there are

some pretty big mountains and a lot of green trees. it will be really

cool to stay here.

but saying good bye was not easy.  it was really sad. there

were so many people that i have met in sumare that i will never forget.

saturday was elder cunha´s birthday and a lot of people did a party for

him. monica, marcelle, luana, and a lot of people that we baptized put

together a video for him of them baring their testimonies. it was

really cool. we watched it and then we ate cake. then after we ate

monica told us that she had one more thing for us to see. so we went

back to the tv and they had made a video for me too. it was really

special. it was a happy moment. but to say goodbye was really hard, but

yesterday i was happy because i was able to say good bye to pretty

much everyone. it is so awesome to get to know such a wonderful

people. they for sure have changed my life in so many ways.

sunday when we got to church, as we walked into the sacrament

meeting bishop asked me to speak at the last minute. i got pretty

nervous, but i talked about the gospel. it was a pretty cool

experience. i love the gospel!

it was also difficult to leave elder cunha. we were really good

friends and i am grateful that we were able to serve together. we were

able to learn a lot together.

this last week on wednesday we had a meeting with president. he

called all the zone leaders in and taught us some of his plans and

what he expects out of us. let me say that he is really obedient and

he will definitely expect obedience out of all of us. it should be

really good with president Souza. i think that he will require a lot of

sacrifice. which will definitely be a blessing

well i don’t have much more to say or there is so much to say

and i don’t have words to explain. but i want you all to know that i

love my mission. the first of this last week was pretty tough because

we weren’t having to much success. but i truly know that the Lord

blesses us in many ways. when i was able to see the people we baptized so

grateful for the messages we brought to them, it made all the difficult

days worth it. i know that this gospel changes lives. it is our

salvation. only through it we can come to know our Savior who is real.

i know he is real. i know that the book of Mormon is true and that

Joseph Smith is a true prophet.

i love you all so much! i am so grateful for the things you all do to

support me. thank you so much!! keep it up and keep going!!!

Love elder T. Larsen