Also, I'm going to try something new this week. I'm going to give the short and the long of things. If you don't want to read a big long letter, the first bit will be just some highlights of the week and the second half will be the normal letter.
The short of things:
The biggest highlight of the week was definitely Christmas. I had a great day and got to Skype with my family. Also, we had a baptism just two days ago. Emilee was baptized and confirmed a member. That was really fun. It's been really cold here in Michigan and there's been snow on the ground continuously for the last 2-3 weeks. It's been a good week full of snow and goodness.
Be most excellent!
The long of things:
Monday 23- After emailing, shopping, and hanging out with the North Elders, we went over to the Myers' house for dinner, which was quite good. Also, I learned how to solve a rubix cube. I can do it well now.
Tuesday 24- We had a mission-wide meeting. We made little wooden toy trucks and shared talents of singing. Also we ate ham. It was pretty fun and we saw all the other missionaries that we knew. Other than that, we didn't do anything. It was Christmas eve...
Wednesday 25- CHRISTMAS! We went over to the other Elders' apartment and opened presents together. It was fun. We Skyped/called family for a while (awesome!) then we went to see a less active while they went tracting a little bit. We went over to the bishop's house and dinner. That was a lot of fun. They have five children who seem a lot like us Carlson kids when we were little. Elder Betts called a couple more people while I turned in for the night.
Thursday 26- BOXING DAY! We had Emilee's baptismal interview. She passed! We saw Sister Buboltz for a while. Then we had dinner with Sister Kerr and Todd. That was fun.
Friday 27- The one, the only, the dreaded: Weekly Planning. We went to see some people whose names we have but who we don't know. We met a really nice lady named Shirley, who has been going through some hard times. Then we saw Hank and his family. It was crazy. There were a bunch of people there and like 5 conversations going on at the same time. It was a whole lot of fun though. Then we had dinner with Emilee. That was a lot of fun.
Saturday 28- BAPTISM! The baptism went great! President Gerber was there. Most of Emilee's family was there. There were 11 missionaries there. It was very spiritual. Elder Betts baptized her. Then we went over to the Myers' and talked for a while.
Sunday 29- Confirmation! I confirmed Emilee. It was good. She was quite happy afterwards. We didn't do much after church but then we had dinner with the Myers. Sister Myers is quite a good cook. It's always crazy at their house. They're fun people.
Monday 30- NEW YEAR'S ADAM! Haven't done much today. I just wanted to say "new year's adam." 'Twas funny.
Love you all! (love you a little less if you only read the short of things)
-Elder Michael Carlson
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