The Short of Things:
We had some crazy weather this week. There was 60 MPH winds and snow/thunder all at the same time. We taught a very nice couple who are very prepared for the gospel and are willing to change to accept it. We had a specialized training where President Gerber answered questions that we had. It was interesting. We went to a pizza buffet and ate a lot of pizza. I'm not getting transferred. I'm staying with Elder Betts in Roseville South for at least six more weeks. In this freezing cold.
The Long of Things:
Tuesday 18- We went to see Emilee and had her practice teaching on her brother (who isn't a member). That was pretty great. He had our media hour and saw Sister Vanderkar for dinner with the Noble's. It was pretty good but she had a cat in very small quarters so my allergies were very aggravated. We saw the Myers who are going through a hard time right now. Please pray for them.
Wednesday 19- We had specialized training where President just answered questions that we had. He had a cool demonstration where he showed the scale of the solar system and showed how big the universe is and then related that to how much God loves and knows us. Then he had a cool chart that I'll include in my next letter. It's not something that I can just explain. We went to a pizza buffet called American Pie as a district. I thought it was quite good but everyone else thought it was terrible. We saw Katelyn that evening and taught a great lesson. She's getting a lot of friction from her family about being baptized but she really wants to be. We had splits that evening. I went to see the Parker's with Brother Myers. It was pretty good.
Thursday 20- This day the weather was crazy. It was thundering and snowing really hard at the same time. We couldn't even see 20 feet, it was that bad. We were told to stay inside except for appointments so we went to our two appointments. The first wasn't home but we did have dinner with Sister Kerr, which was fun and delicious.
Friday 21- We had weekly planning for a while and then we tried to see so many people today (some of which we had appointments with) but none of them were home. It was a sad day. Also, there was about 60 MPH winds all day long. If I unzipped my coat, I couldn't walk forward.
Saturday 22- There was supposed to be a baptism at 12, so we went to the church but no one was there. We finally found out that the baptism wasn't until 5:30. So we had lunch and then got haircuts from one of Emilee's friends. Then we contacted a bunch of referrals, some of which show promise. We tried to go see the Pitts (we had an appointment) but they weren't home. Then we saw the Leonardi's (that's Hank and Kate) but Kate wasn't there.
Sunday 23- We had ward council, so we were at church pretty early. Kate came, which was super cool. Church was nice. We talked about prayer in Sunday School and the Articles of Faith in Priesthood. We had lunch with the Kohler's and their friends, the Mosherries. They've been coming to church for about a month but we haven't been able to teach them. They have great questions and they really like the church and want their son to grown up in the church. I have high hopes for them. We had coordination in the evening.
Love you all incredibly much!
-Elder Michael Carlson
Explanation of the picture: In true Carlsonian fashion, I separated my valentine hearts into things I could probably do, things I can't do, and things that I REALLY can't do
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