Garbage Michigan Roads

The roads here are atrocious. Potholes everywhere. 18442 steps this past week, pretty sedentary. Funny story that explains the picture. I just want everyone to read it. This past Monday, after shopping, we hung out with the North Elders for about an hour, then we went to put our groceries away. While shopping, I had decided to buy some bananas and some salad to try to be healthy. When we were putting our groceries away, I discovered both to be completely rock solid frozen. I was pretty sad. It was quite cold on Monday and Tuesday. Oh, also, Elder Betts and I will be staying together for another transfer. Same address and all that.

The Short of Things:
It was extremely cold on Tuesday, so cold we had to stay inside. I ate some crazy Mexican candies. Some were filled with chili powder and others just looked like eggs. The chili powder ones were really gross but the egg ones were fairly decent. Also, I "wrestled" with some kids' TMNT action figures. There were 5 of us battling it out with our action figures. I tried some seafood crepes (still not a fan of seafood) and Despite the weather, we had some very spiritual lessons.

The Long of Things:
Monday 6- We hung out with the other Elders all day. It was really cold. See above story.

Tuesday 7- We got a call that said we had to stay inside because it was -47 deg with wind chill. I got a hair cut, which was nice because my hair was getting pretty long. We had lunch with the other Elders and hung out for a while. Then we had dinner with Emilee and her friend. It was pretty fun.

Wednesday 8- We had a zone meeting and we talked about being in a war and about how we need to be prepared and ready to fight. We ate at Cici's pizza for lunch/dinner. We taught Emilee and went on splits. I saw Brother Jackson with the Nobles (Brother Jackson is in the North area and the Nobles are the senior couple).

Thursday 9- We saw Sister Buboltz and helped her set up her new camera. Then we taught Hank L. about the Restoration again. Then we saw Hank Z. and taught him. Then we tried to see Toni C. but she wasn't home. So we went to see the Myers and then had dinner with the Kerrs.

Friday 10- We did weekly planning. Bleh. Then I went to a sleep clinic to see what they could do. We had our media hour because we were close to the church. Then we went home to eat dinner. We saw Kimmie and ate Mexican candies with her. I got one that was basically a sucker without the stick. It was good until I bit it open and a bunch of chili powder popped out. It hurt my tongue.

Saturday 11- We saw the Barnes. It was crazy! There were like four little boys all bringing out all their action figures and "wrestling" with them. Then we talked with Sister Lamb. She's hilarious. Then we had a great lesson with Sister Lock about the Book of Mormon. We contacted two referrals and set up return appointments. Then we met with the Myers for dinner and teaching with Brother Myers. They made us seafood crepes (Sister Myers made me steaks). I tried the seafood, but the texture of shrimp is just gross. We saw the Cornettes with Brother Myers (North's area).

Sunday 12- I went to ward council for the first time this transfer. It was pretty long and boring... I was in there for about 1.5 hours. I contributed for about 15 minutes. We had two appointments but they both cancelled so we tried to contact another referral. He wasn't home. We had dinner and went to see the Myers. We had a great lesson with them about Alma 33:19-22.

And that brings us to today.

I love you all soooooo much!!!!

-Elder Michael Carlson