Hey family! Sorry I missed emailing
you last Monday I have been very sick, I think that I had the flu....it's been
raining a lot and the weather has been very cold (82 degrees) I literally woke
up the other night shivering. I saw dad was sick and he was down for 3
days....man if I had that sickness I would have been healthy in 3 hours haha;)
it sounds like you guys have been enjoying with motorcycle riding, the color
run and school is out. I have been very good though I love your emails from all
of you. Grandma and Grandpas emails are funny haha.
So you heard about the flood, it has
really devastated people here it has hurt my heart to see these people. The
water would enter their rooms and destroy everything so the last couple of days
as we ride and proselyte we see everyone's stuff on the road trying to dry out
their clothes and their mattresses it's very hard to see. Please keep them in
your prayers. Green and I were coming home that night from the church, it had
been raining for about 5 hours and then we were like okay we better go. We put
on trash sacks and then biked to the house. Well close to our junction we were
riding and the water just kept getting bigger and bigger then next thing u know
we had water up to our waste and all the roads were flooded. So we pushed our
bikes to the house in waist deep water...it was wild. There was a large canal
close to our junction and it filled up clear to the top and 3 people were swept
into it and passed away it was sad, the water wasn't too strong though Green
and I were able to get through with ease but Ghanaians hate water and none know
how to swim so they were freaking out. Well Green and I dropped our bikes off
and said we got to help people out there. So we didn't take our shirt and tie
off we just ran out there and helped people cross the road, pushed cars as best
as we could and just helped children and anyone that needed help. There were a
lot of heroes that night. So many people were very grateful for us. One man was
in the car with his wife and the water was coming over his hood and entering
his car. He was almost in tears asking me to please help. I just helped him
relax and told him to keep his car off or it would flood, then when he has a
straight shot to get out of traffic we will turn it on and push him out. We did
that and he was okay. Green and I and some Ghanaians cleared up a whole highway
of traffic it was sweet. Where the explosion happened it was about a 25 minutes
away from me. The missionaries there faced it a lot worse than we did their
apartments got flooded and they saw a lot of dead bodies. Overall it has been a
distress in this country for the past couple of days. The economy here is
getting worse and worse by the second. The government doesn't do anything here.
The president said this happened because the people liter and the gutters get
blocked with trash....and that we shouldn't liter. Now that is true this
country is dirty but the government doesn't provide rubbish bins for us to
throw things away. I have never seen a trash can in public here. The flood has
been hard but we are managing.
The work however is going very good.
Green and I are doing sweet like usual. We baptized a man named Isaac and three
of our recent converts received the priesthood we were so happy for them. The
ward is doing so good. I love this area. I tell you what I found a monster my
first in 21 months I bought it without thinking I loved every minute of it. I
tell you what I'm losing my desire small small but I'm hanging in there. I love
my Heavenly Father so much and Jesus Christ. I am trying to do my best for them
as I finish. Family I love you all very much!! I am so grateful for you all!!
I'm sweet, I am with great guys and are finding great people to teach. I love
you all tons!!
Love you guys tons!!!
Elder Carson
