Wednesday 16- After we finished emailing, we had apartment inspections. We passed, but barely. We gave a Serbian Book of Mormon to our Serbian friend Nikola, but he's really busy with his research right now (story of my life, all my investigators are busy with school). Then we went with Tim to have dinner with a member family named the Dethloff's. We talked about the Book of Mormon. Tim's a pretty funny guy.
Thursday 17- Elder Shepherd was sick on Thursday... Longest day of my life! I read in the Book of Mormon for a straight 8 hours. It was quite boring... Then we went to a family history night with Tim and had some really good coconut cake.
Friday 18- We had weekly planning. It wasn't very long because we're at the end of transfers but we don't have our next planners, so we didn't plan very much. Then we biked over and had a "short" Bible study with Margarita. It was 2 hours long. She's 7th-Day Adventist and we accidentally got her started on the topic of resurrection. She just kept going with scriptures. Then we had dinner with another member family, the Hargrow's, and Tim. We taught them about prayer and it was good. Then we wanted to see a potential investigator from Chile with a member from Uruguay but she wasn't home. So instead, he took us to see Marcela. We had a real quick lesson on prayer because she had to leave to sell her truck. Then we had a lesson with Waiting and Jianming, also about prayer.
Saturday 19- We had lunch with Tim and the singles ward Sisters at Big Boy, so we could start transitioning him over. Then Tim came with us and Brother McNaughtan, our ward mission leader to see some less-actives. We saw Carl and the Stam's and had a good lesson on Nephi's interpretation of Lehi's dream. When we were driving back, Tim told us about a dream he had that he was baptized and then he got married right after. We saw some member families and tried to see some investigators but no one was home. Then we ran into one of our potential investigators, Yohann. He's a Korean man and very versed in the Bible. We had an interesting discussion about Jaredites in Asia and how American Indians are descendants of Asian peoples. Then we had correlation meeting.
Sunday 20- In the morning, we got that fateful transfer call. One of our Sisters is being replaced and I'm getting another Elder. I don't know how we're going to fit him in the apartment. It's just enough for two Elders. I'll send pictures next week to show the size of it. Then we went to church. The talks were about how we shouldn't get offended at people because it's our choice to be offended. Then Elder Shepherd and I taught the 16 and 17 year-old Sunday School class. There were 5 kids. That's the life of a college town. We taught about being Christ-like and talked about what it's like to be on a mission. It was pretty fun. Then instead of going home and eating lunch, we stayed for the next church, because Tim is part of the Singles ward but he wanted us there. It was so much quieter in the singles ward. I think in my ward, there are 45 kids enrolled in the nursery class. It's crazy. Then we finally got to eat lunch at 4:30. After that, we saw Margarita and her friend, Shoma. He's from Zambia and he's a really cool guy. We talked about a lot of things but we tried to steer the conversation to modern-day revelation. Then we stopped by the Dethloff's, for a quick visit. They said they had a roast that would be done soon so we waited for that. They're a really cool family and they have a son who's 1.5 years old. He's adorable. Then we saw another member family, the Adams'. Then we biked home at about 9:15. It was pretty cold but I had my mittens and my ear-warmer, so I was good.
Monday 21- We've just basically been cleaning. We ran to a playground but it was raining, so it wasn't that fun. We haven't even gone shopping yet.
A little bit of explanation for the pictures. The brick building is what my apartment looks like. It's not mine because mine didn't have a cool tree in front of it but it is very similar. The second picture is of our dining table, after we cleaned it up. The green hymnbook on the right and the stuff on it is mine, everything else is Elder Shepherd's. And his desk is even worse. That's why I'm not sure we can fit a third Elder in.
I love you all so much!
-Elder Michael Carlson
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