Yo Chick!!! 4/26/2015
Hey family! As I read your emails I am so
thankful for my family, I truly feel so grateful as I read all of my families
emails. I'm sorry my emails are getting sparser, it's not easy, I’ll work on
it. Dad, Darin is such a hoot, I could just picture his big smile as you come
out to see his truck, with his little head nod and a hell yeah this truck has a
Cummins haha.
I really enjoy this area. It's really a nice area, it's a
lot different then the village but it’s still a great area. We have some
wonderful investigators. We actually had a baptism on Sunday. It was a young
man named Isaac. He is 19 years old and has the strongest testimony of the
restored gospel out of all my recent converts. I know I came to Odokor to help
him get baptized. We get along very well. He wants to go on a mission so bad,
so I'm excited that some of my recent converts want to serve, that brings me so
much happiness and joy, I know a mission is the best thing for everyone at
mission age. The three girls I baptize in Kaneshie, the oldest wants to serve a
mission, she would do excellent I am very close to that area like my area now
borders that area so I was able to see all my people I have loved it. We are
also working with two men named Isaac and George: they come to church and love
the gospel. They want to be baptized on may 3 so we are so excited to baptize
these men and get some future melchelzidek priesthood holders. Enoch he sells
sunglasses at circle, a major selling market. He walks around all day with
sunglasses on his head in 90 degree weather and makes on a great day 20 Ghana.
That is about 6 dollars. He will work from 6 am to around 7 pm he is a great
guy and loves the gospel. Elder Green and I are doing our very best here. This
area is not easy. The people are very stubborn. They love there church even
though they know it isn't doing the correct things. We just try our best to get
everyone to pray to ask Heavenly Father if they should join us....the ones that
do always join the ones that don't usually remain in a midst of darkness.
In the mission President Hill has set a goal he wishes us to achieve each month. We call it 2 fers. It's 2 baptisms 2 recent converts with a temple experience and 2 less actives returning to the fold each month. It's not easy to achieve this goal each month but it has given me something to work for each and every month. I have yet to achieve it all in one month but I have exceeded in other aspects. In Asuom my companion and I reactivated around 5 people that all hold church callings now. While we didn't get as many baptisms as we wanted. I love these 2 fers though it is sweet. I wish to set goals similar to this when I am just a normal member. Goals are such a wonderful thing. I don't know anything really spiritual to say this email other than setting goals. A talk I read striked me to set goals to write down the progress I am in, in the eternal aspect of things. Like get baptized, graduate seminary (didn't do that one dang it), serving a mission, getting married in the temple, always have a calling, always pay my tithing etc. I love the prophets and apostle as I listen to their talks and instruction it always motivates me to set more goals to help me achieve exaltation and happiness in this life. Family the Book of Mormon is true it is the word of God. Read it every day and feast on its words and I promise you will gain the desire to read it more and will find so much peace in this life. I love the Book of Mormon so much.
I got your package thank you so much I am so thankful for you guys. I love the m and ms I don't need any more packages though god bless you I was thinking I was finished it was a good surprise. Family I love you all very much I pray for you all every single day. I pray for everyone. Tell all that I love them including Grandma and Grandpa. Green and I play catch every morning and I'm missing ball but I am thankful for green!
I love you all tons!!!!
Elder Carson
In the mission President Hill has set a goal he wishes us to achieve each month. We call it 2 fers. It's 2 baptisms 2 recent converts with a temple experience and 2 less actives returning to the fold each month. It's not easy to achieve this goal each month but it has given me something to work for each and every month. I have yet to achieve it all in one month but I have exceeded in other aspects. In Asuom my companion and I reactivated around 5 people that all hold church callings now. While we didn't get as many baptisms as we wanted. I love these 2 fers though it is sweet. I wish to set goals similar to this when I am just a normal member. Goals are such a wonderful thing. I don't know anything really spiritual to say this email other than setting goals. A talk I read striked me to set goals to write down the progress I am in, in the eternal aspect of things. Like get baptized, graduate seminary (didn't do that one dang it), serving a mission, getting married in the temple, always have a calling, always pay my tithing etc. I love the prophets and apostle as I listen to their talks and instruction it always motivates me to set more goals to help me achieve exaltation and happiness in this life. Family the Book of Mormon is true it is the word of God. Read it every day and feast on its words and I promise you will gain the desire to read it more and will find so much peace in this life. I love the Book of Mormon so much.
I got your package thank you so much I am so thankful for you guys. I love the m and ms I don't need any more packages though god bless you I was thinking I was finished it was a good surprise. Family I love you all very much I pray for you all every single day. I pray for everyone. Tell all that I love them including Grandma and Grandpa. Green and I play catch every morning and I'm missing ball but I am thankful for green!
I love you all tons!!!!
Elder Carson
