Lots and Lots of Snow!

We had a lot of snow. Like, a lot. I took 44197 steps this past week. The equates to approximately 16.74 miles.

The Short of Things:
I just realized that I neglected to put this section into my last email... sorry... We saw a lot of referrals and got a lot of doors slammed in our faces. But we also had some very spiritual and touching lessons. On Wednesday, the weather was so bad, there were no lanes and we couldn't see any farther than 20 feet ahead of us. We walked a day and a half in the super cold and snow but I'm not dead yet, so that's good. God lives and he loves you!

The Long of Things:
Tuesday 4- We tried to see Dennis (a referral) but he wasn't home. Then we saw Tiffany (another referral, from some other missionaries), who is really cool. She's made a lot of mistakes in life but she's really willing to change. We'll see where it goes. We contacted another referral but they weren't very nice to us. We did see the Pitts for a while and we taught them the importance of continually converting yourself.

Wednesday 5- We had district meeting. As we were driving there though, the snow was so bad, our visibility was about 20 ft. It was crazy. I gave an instruction on Fourier Series. It was good. Then I went on exchanges with Elder Jones (the District Leader) in Roseville. We saw Kate and had a great lesson with her. She told us that she knows the church is true and the Book of Mormon is true, she just wants to read the entire Book of Mormon before she gets baptized. Then we contacted a bunch of other referrals and almost all of them were pretty rude to us. We had dinner with Emilee and answered some questions that she had. Then we saw Dennis and had a great lesson with him. He's super knowledgeable about the Bible and knows that parts of it are incorrect. Then we talked with some potential investigators, most of which didn't want to talk because it was pretty late.

Thursday 6- We exchanged back. Then we saw Dennis again and had another great lesson with him. He does a lot of research on things but not all of what he finds is true. He thinks that contrails from airplanes are made of pesticides the government is testing on us... But we saw McGills after that and had a really good chat. It was good that we saw them. We had dinner with Sister Kerr and ended the night.

Friday 7- We had weekly planning for a really long time. Then we did our media time. Kimmie asked for a blessing, so we had to stop by the apartment to pick up some oil. But then we got locked out of our apartment, so we spent quite a while trying to get back in. That was fun. We finally got in and went to see Kimmie. We gave her a blessing and she gave us cheese dip.

Saturday 8- We had to walk, because we were low on miles. We saw Sister Buboltz and made sure she was doing alright in the wintery storm. Then we saw Emilee and answered some crazy questions about what happens when we die. Questions that I had never thought about. They were hard to answer. Then we tried to see a lost less-active but she was busy. So we walked over to Myers' for home teaching and dinner. All the people we tried to see weren't home though. Unfortunate.

Sunday 9- We had ward council for a while. Then church. We didn't have anyone show up but it was still good. The talks were about the Atonement and using it more fully in your life. We went teaching with Bishop to some people who don't have home teachers but one of them had a cat and my allergies were very bad. It was uncomfortable.

This week was full of challenges but also blessings. It was a good week overall. Love y'all!

-Elder Michael Carlson