So another week has come and gone they
are going by so dang fast haha but I’m not complaining I am just immersed in
the work and trying to be obedient and work as hard as I can! I loved your emails again you all sound happy and seem
like you are doing well so that makes me happy and feel at peace here on the
mission! I appreciate you telling me everything literally the more the
merrier and don’t be afraid to tell me opinions and if someone gets sick or
hurt I want to know! Dad you sound great and normal as ever haha I love
you pops and am so grateful for you don’t worry about me these holidays I
sometimes have my days where I get homesick but overall I have learned to stay
busy and focus on the task at hand and serving my heavenly father. Colby
thanks for the email bro I love hearing how you’re doing man I’m glad to hear
the sleds are running great and pulling hard haha I can't believe mom was more
prepared than you and dad though haha usually you guys are on top of that but
mom is always worried about being cold so it makes sense. I am glad to
hear though that everything is good and you have the tree, mine is up as well I
love it...thank you mom!!:) I love you little brother I am so proud of you and
proud to be your older brother:) I hope you really enjoy these holidays and
enjoy the cold weather haha it’s so hot here dad haha it’s hard to put into
words its weird because I will take a cold shower and still be hot haha its
just humid and consistently around 30 to 37 degrees Celsius but I will get used
to it!!
This week was great though my companion and I are still
getting along great and I feel a lot more confident with my teaching ability
and the way I speak and everything it really is just a mental battle here on
the mission but thank goodness I’m used to mental things because of baseball so
I am just overcoming the mental part of everything! For Christmas I think
it’s a good idea as well for you guys to get a calling card and I will buy more
credit here as well so we can talk as long as we want!!:) Thank you for
doing that for me though with cami I just feel I need to talk to her if I
can!!:) Yeah mom they talk that way here it’s like broken English is what
they call it but it’s a little different to get used to haha but you do I am
glad you enjoyed it, I will be able to email him while I’m away and call him
too! We found out transfers on the 18th so I’m sad about that I think I
will leave but I’m praying I will stay we will see I guess only the lord knows
haha! I got some letters though from the ward so express to them in my
behalf how grateful I am for them and I love them dearly! As well the Matheny's sent me a package and I opened it I
will be honest! It’s crazy because I wanted to start studying the old
testament and they sent me a book about the old testament so I justified it
that way haha plus I have some recent converts who will love the soccer balls,
soccer is huge here and you will never guess who Ghana plays first game in the
fifa world cup this year haha USA I hope we win but I will never voice
that just in case they get mad haha but I thought that was funny!! The Matheny's
sent me nerds and as I ate them with my companion...their his favorite candy by
the way, I started to have tears run down my face, I was so grateful for
the candy haha then I felt dumb but truly I was so grateful and happy for
them! I thought about how we go to the movies and buy whatever we want
and how selfish I was haha and took so many things for granted but I was indeed
so grateful for it haha!!:)
This week we taught a girl named G haha and we started
discussing the holy ghost and she told us how she goes to 7 day Adventist and
how she has a prophetess and how the holy ghost enters certain people and they
fall to the ground and can't control themselves haha and they start praying for
someone and how it can be dangerous haha I thought it was funny! I explained to
her that the holy ghost is a comforter and used the example of how a mother
comforts her new born baby does she throw it on the ground and is it dangerous
or does she hold it haha and comfort it so I used that to describe the holy
ghost and it went well the people here though are so confused about so many
things we battle so many different beliefs, I literally feel like joseph smith
and all the churches in that time literally there are so many so that’s are
biggest challenge here!!
haha I actually love fufu now it’s so good it’s amazing how
your body adjust I love it haha heavenly father is really blessing me!
This week we taught around 15 lessons and contacted around 30 people but we
could do a lot better than that for Christmas we are going to have activities
at our church and go caroling as missionaries and just spread the Christmas joy
and try to stay busy so we don’t focus on ourselves to much!
haha I have recorded so much for you to see haha I can't wait until you get it
haha I recorded this drunk guy this week haha it was safe don’t worry but it
was so funny he was counting these bags and he would be like 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6,
6, 16, haha it was so dang funny! I feel great!
This week will be hard for us with going to Accra on Thursday and we will go to
asmankase on Wednesday as well so we will see how we will do!!:)
This week though I was amazed on the
youth in our branch they have such strong testimonies I love it because the
members are never afraid to bear their testimonies I love it there is never an
awkward silence in fast and testimony meeting the youth though had institute
and we joined them and they shared a small lesson but then made a goal to bring
as many of their friends as they can the next time, here these 19yr old youth don’t
care about what the world thinks and strives to share the gospel with everyone
it really strengthened my testimony! As well this week I was amazed how
conference talks are geared for us I read every one this week and I loved
president monsons talk I will not fail the nor forsake thee it really was meant
for me at that point in the mission I love our prophet dearly! Well
family I love you all so much I think of you daily I love the letters and the
dear elders I love you all so much continue to email me as much as
possible!!:) I love you all very much, stay grateful and pray always!!:)
Elder Carson
Duke
