Chapter 61: Meagan Forgets How Long She Has Been Writing

Note:  the actual title of this week's email was "Week .... I don't remember, sorry"

Hi everyone! 

I feel like I'm a bit off on my weeks now because I didn't e-mail last week. Sorry about that, we were travelling all day last week and I had a very short amount of e-mail time, so I just sent it to my family members. But we got to see a castle, so WOOT.

Well, this week has been pretty awesome. First off, transfer calls were last night. I found out that I'm staying in Newcastle with Sister Xie, yay!! And Sister Salcedo is moving, sad, but Sister Chee is still staying and she's training!!!! I'm going to be a grandma, haha! I'm actually way excited. This transfer is going to rock.

The ruins part of the castle. this was where the kitchens
and guest rooms were. in like the seventeenth century.
fact: the guy who owned this castle was a major playboy, but he also became the first duke of newcastle after the english
civil war in the late 1600s. cool, huh?

And in other news, we've had a great week with Li and Jone. They were our only investigators in town this week, but they're doing great! Li even came finding with us on Saturday... it was for like 3 hours but he stuck with it! Bless him he was a bit tired after that, but then we went to Conference. Can I just say, it was amazing! Probably the best conference so far of my life. I loved all the talks, they answered a lot of questions I've had lately. And I loved the emphasis on the family. Being away from my family, it's been a lot easier to figure out how much they mean to me. I miss them tons. But I'm so grateful that families are forever! I know it's true and I want others to be with their families forever, too. That's why I came here. :)

Easter was beautiful, the most amazing weather we've had since like last summer. It was gorgeous and sunny and warm. So it was a wonderful Easter Sunday, perfect circumstances to remember what our Saviour did for us. In the video Because He Lives, (go watch it if you haven't yet here:http://www.mormon.org/easter) my favourite part is where it says that Christ is here, with us, all the time. It's true! Because He lives, He truly is with us whenever we need Him. I've discovered that to be true on many occasions, and I challenge all of you to get to know Him a bit better. He truly loves all of us.

Well I hope you all had a great Easter/Conference weekend! Enjoy the sunshine, smile and be happy!! Love you all.

Love, 

Sister Larson

me and my comp by the front wall

the view from the castle. it's set on a hill so you can see for miles and miles. 

this tree reminds me of the white tree of gondor.
you know, if it was white. but i still thought it was cool.

Castle from last pday!

this room was called the senses room. it was a dining room
and had paintings on teh wall representing the five senses.
it was gorgeous, all black and gold.

this was the star room, so named for the ceiling, but it was way cool.
it had tapestries depicting the life of abraham and pictures of lots of saints on the walls.

this is a cool ceiling painting of Christ's second coming. with baby angel things. yeah, cool.

he top little thingy i don't remember what you call that, dome thing, whatever. it was pretty. :)

the best district ever!