Monday 25- After emailing, we went to play ball at the church with the district. It was pretty fun. Then we had last-minute exchanges. Elder Plant and I stayed in Ann Arbor 1st Central while Elders Jones, Langford, and Shepherd went to Ann Arbor 2nd. It was fun to spend time with Elder Plant. We saw Albert and taught him about the Priesthood. Then we tried to see some other people who were either busy or not home. We did see Monique and had kind of an odd FHE with her. She's a less-active who left the church when she was like 10. Then we saw Tim and read with him.
Tuesday 26- I feel kind of bad for Elder Plant. Almost everyone we tried to see wasn't home. Afternoons are terrible in a college town. Everyone is gone. We did see Carl and had a good lesson with him. Then we saw the Chen's and had a very interesting lesson. Then we had dinner with the Downings. Brother Downing is from Washington and has a very nice beard. Then we saw Waiting and Jianming and taught them about the Priesthood. Then we read with Tim.
Wednesday 27- District meeting! It was very spiritual. We all gave each other Priesthood blessings and the Spirit was there very strongly. After that, we exchanged back and went on some splits. Elder Langford went with the Single's Ward Mission Leader. They went to see some people we need to give to the Single's ward. Elder Shepherd and I went with Brother McNaughtan to see a Muslim family. Brother McNaughtan had told his wife saying that he was coming with us to a lesson so that he could go and buy her Christmas present. And then we called. It was good.
Thursday 28- Thanksgiving!!! We started out with a Turkey bowl. There was snow on the ground and it was cold. Once we got playing, it was warm enough. It was a lot of fun. We had four teams all playing. My team won once. I got a really good workout. Then we had Thanksgiving with a really nice family, the Stein's. They're super cool and we had a great lesson with them. Accompanied by much food. Then we went to go see Tim because he felt really lonely.
Friday 29- It was supposed to be weekly planning but it was weird. I went with a senior couple to a notary to get some things notarized for my Brazil visa. We got it all worked out and sent it home. I did have to spend $40 on notarizing and shipping though. Then we went to see Marcela. She taught her daughter the Plan of Salvation, which was good. Then we had a white elephant bingo activity. That was super fun! I got a kid's drum. Elder Langford got a table and Elder Shepherd got some bibs. The things you get in a young couple's ward. We saw Albert and Cindy. We've started teaching them the new member lessons. Cindy's been great though. After the baptism, she's been on fire. Then we saw Tim.
Saturday 30- We had lunch with Brother Meyer. He's the High Priest Group Leader and he used to be in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. We had a great lunch and tried to do some service for someone. Service that I was more than qualified for: dragging branches!!! I'm an expert at that. But they said no. Then we saw Jing and taught about the Atonement. We went to see Sumit, an Indian man who's working on his PhD. Apparently, he's working with a member of our ward. He's super interested in learning about it. Then we went to a "pie pageant." I ate almost an entire pie. It was good. Then we all acted out the Thanksgiving story. It was great fun. Then we had correlation. Also, I found out that I'm being transferred.
Sunday 1- Fast Sunday! Church was very good. Albert bore his testimony and it was really good. Then we saw Waiting and talked about eternal marriage. We went to see the Cowleys to see if one of them could come teaching with us but we got to talking. Then Sister Cowley's mom skype-called. We talked with her for a bit. Her parents are the Mission President couple in Ghana and they know Michael Vogt (he's one of their missionaries), a good friend of mine from BYU. That was pretty fun. Then we tried to see Marcela but she was gone. We over to the Moon's for Brother Moon's birthday. Waiting and Jianming were there. It was a lot of fun. There was cake and ice cream. Carols and a further discussion of eternal marriage. Then, as we were walking to Tim's, we had a phone lesson with Marcela. It was odd. Then we saw Tim again.
It's been fun to be in Ann Arbor. I've learned a lot and grown a lot. I'm kind of sad to be leaving, but I know it's for a good purpose.
-Elder Michael Carlson
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