May 26, 2014

      Sorry this has been so late getting out.  I'm having some troubles with the computer and my internet so it might be a bit before I can update some of Carson's letters.

 OK...so here is Carson's letter from this last week.  

Hey hey how is the best mom EVER. Me i'm doing good love mission and it is all great, Mission Zonce Conference was great except it went from 8 in the morning tell 3 in the afternoon. So i was kind of like Dead when i went back. and no they didn't mention that talk but We had a leadership meeting for Zl and Dl for the first hour, and Elder Cook was like pull out your White hand books. Me, our Dl and Oj looked at each other and opened our White hand books to the middle. I'll be honest with u we all have pic. of our GF in our White Books so when he said i want it We all freaked. but we just read alittle bit and that was the end of it. Thank Goodness.

This Transfer Ended yesterday and tonight we are getting tranfer news, I'm fine don't want to seperate but lately me and him have kind of got a little crazy so we probably should get a transfer soon.

umm... Well we will talk about bed arrangments when i get home. I might just sleep either on the mzee upake coach down stairs or out in my truck. Who Knows. But we will discuss.

But all is well and everything is good hope to hear from you soon.

Love you lots too.

Carson

P.S where is everbody else Emails?

Hi Carson.  Just got home from work.

Ummm...does GF stand for...grand father?...Great Falls?  Hmmmm.  

So when do you hear about transfer news?  Will they just call you later this evening?  Good luck.  I have my fingers crossed for you.  What do you mean you and Elder O have gotten a little crazy?  Don't like the sound of that.  

What's mzee upake coach? 

Did you get any packages?

Did no one else send you an email?  I know the girls have been super busy but they usually fight over the computer on Saturday and Sunday to get their letters to you.  Ashlee was at gma and gpas house Friday and Saturday burning old fence posts.  Taylor was...home doing...not much except keeping dad company.  Kaylee was at her FINAL rugby tournament in Medicine Hat on Sat and I was sleeping. 

Any other big plans today?

Any missionary stories for me?  

I am supposed to be on my way to Quinton's to get the oil changed but I might be late now.  I don't want to leave now that you're on line. 

umm.. ya let s go with that,

Ya tonight they will phone us and let us know.

The annointed old couch in the basement you better not of pitched it yet.

Hey that is awesome. and not really today. We just went to Mbezi to eat with the couples PIZZA it was very nice. but very Expensive and other than that nothing for today. Ya i got your packages. and i will request no more fruit stuff but MORE SPITz please i have already finshied that small bag and desire more. Thank you soooooo much.

Hey that is awesome hope you are still there

The old couches in the basement are getting so old!  (And the mice are having their way with them! We have the trap line set up again.  Yuck!!)  So maybe we might have to splurge on a new couch just for you!

Pizza sounds great.  Yum.  Anything like Canadian pizza?  What do you mean the fruit stuff?  Can't remember what that was.  What kind of spitz did I send?  The ones in the shells or the ones without.

Still here.  Called the oil place and told them I'd be late

What my couch is dead. I was wanting that coach in my first house. No but it was still good though. The ones in the shell and that is the ones i want. 

The couch isn't the only thing that's dead around here and I guess I will have to be the one to break it to you.  Your old gray chev just might not make it to see you come home.  I know it might be hard but...well...these things happen.  On the bright side, Dad just bought a cute sporty dodge four wheel drive to replace it.  Kaylee's starting to eye it though so you might have to get something else when you get home.  Anyway...just a heads up.

What flavor of the shells?  Is the regular seasoned ones ok or do you want something crazy like barbecue or dill pickle?

Normal is good but anything you thing would be awesome.

Ok...I'll get the seasoned kind.  They're my favorite too.

Back to the mission president...have you talked to him...did he come down for zone conference?  I thought he was supposed to interview you every 4 to 6 weeks?  

Did you read the part about the trucks?

Was it Quentin Cook that came to your zone conference?  or some other Brother Cook?  

but just the normal ones are fine too.

No we didn't have interviews but i want to. better solutions would just be to move. But it isn't just me it is almost everybody down here.

:.(I don't want to right now.

It was Elder Cook of the 70 i saw him in the temple in SA

Hey...Dad's on the phone with me right now.  He wants to make sure you are obeying the rules.  If you get sent home for doing something stupid, you'll regret it for the rest of your life.  

Having said that...how IS the missionary work going?  Have you been teaching anybody?  Remember how good you felt right at the first of your mission when the mission pres said you two were the best?  

But no matter what...always always always remember how much we love you. 

HEHE HEY WHO said i was breaking mission rules. I agree with you it will be embarrassing, but who said that, 

But overall everything is going good, working hard and trying to protect my comp from crazy heifers, takes along time to make a reputation and seconds to destroy it, I know this and that is what i will hold to my end. I wanted some advice not fire But Thank you any ways. 

We have more fire where that came from so don't make us break it out.  Wait till you get dad's letter this week...it might burn up the computer and the whole internet cafe over there.  Brace yourself.

Glad your still working hard.  Any baptisms lined up?  Still doing the member present lessons thing?  

Hey, it looks like it's almost nine and I need to go take the van in.  Sorry but you wrote a little later than I had planned.  But do you need anything else?  And did you notice when that last package you got was sent?  Just wanted to know how long it takes to send you something.  

 I'm ready and this week the girl is in nairobi so i can't text her to come to church because she is so far away. Ya yesterday we had a baptism and it was great. Yup lots of them every week. sometime in may i think???? I don't focus on the date but the stuff inside thank again.

Thank you lots hope to read from you guys next week.

 What...another girl in Nairobi?  Is that some investigator?

Congrats about the baptism.  That's awesome!  

What was in the last package...I've been keeping a list lately. 

That is the girl we have been talk about. She works here and we contacted her and I have been talking to here trying to get to know her and try to get her to come to church and she just happens to be cute ok.

Spitz, Nut rolls and some crazy worm chocolates. 

Ok...now it's making sense.  See....you need to take an extra minute and write a more detailed letter from the start.  Maybe the couple missionaries could take over teaching her if the "cuteness" is getting in the way. Better than regrets later.  

Crazy worm chocolates...do you mean those curly wurly bars?

Ok...I really need to go now.  Gary already gave me the gears about being late this morning.

One last thing...I love you so much.  Thanks for being awesome.  I think you are the most amazing missionary ever..well...maybe the second after your dad...but then... I kinda like him too.  But you are his son and I'm sure all those good missionary traits rubbed off onto you!  So be good and get doing that missionary thing.  Cause you are doing the Lord's work and that's what matters most!  You will be rewarded for it in the long run.

Take care and have a great week.  Love love TRIPLE love to you!  Good luck tonight with the transfer news. I'll be thinking and praying for you.  Just know that the Lord know where you are needed most.  So there. 

Love you bunches.  Bye

Mom

ok thanks for the fire next time i'll give all the details.

Love you too

Tell dad to be gently next week.

Love you

 Here's the letter to Ken:

Hi Baba how is it.

Me i'm doing fine and praying that i don't go to kenya. But all is good.

Today is transfer news and really excited. 9 months in the same branch is hard, hope to move but i have my doubts and for some reason everybody things i'm going to get a son. YIKES!!  (I think he means a junior companion...at least I hope that's what he means!)

Sounds like home is still standing, and no i haven't seen this truck yet... is the chevy gone????

you sick and the chevy gone hey this weeks are going to go by SLOWLY.

Sounds like racing is fun, Two seconds that is great, Hope you have a successful season. and of by the way the new couples have figured out something about me... and grandma and Babu realized it too. But I think i inherited your humour. This new couples every time they see me they just laugh and say, "Canadian."

It is lots of fun. and lots of the Elders in this zone call me that too.

Everything is great but these Girls Bwana. Me and my comp are suffering Kabisa. 

But other than that everything is going good. and hope you are too,

Love you lots

Carson