November 17, 2014

     Since Carson is in a new area now...it's like starting all over trying to figure out about what time he will be emailing.  I just happened to get up for a drink of water about one am and decided to look at the emails.  He had written just a half hour earlier!  So nice to be able to chat with him like this!!!  (Also...VERY reassuring...I don't think I could have handled this back in the "olden days" when we had to wait for SNAIL mail!!!)

well well well

Sounds like alot of fun and some interesting moments and some sad ones. (I told him about my not so fun adventure changing a flat tire in front of the local gas station and kneeling in a big patch of snow and ice the whole time.  Not one person stopped to ask if I needed help!!  So much for the idea that Raymond is "Zion"!)  That is very very interesting, that sucks for sure. But ya all is well for me this side, not much is happening and when u get transferred the first week is kindly interesting. this area i m is really nice even a bunch of Albertans have served here lots of people liked them so lots of people are excited to see what will be brought to the table. So ya we live in an apartment comlex. just a little small thing but it is nice. um... this area it is mostly nice but for sure there is some areas where it is a big NO NO just because of some Dangers we have a curfew of 6 we have to be in our houses. MY COMP IS ELDER  Kisekka from uganda he finishes this transfer and he ll finish a week before he supposed to because his family is going to the temple and he wants to go too. so ya i m nolonger a Zone leader but a District leader. other than that not much has changed this area is nice but it has some interesting areas even the dump is close so ya.

um Ya Ashlee at first i didn't believe it but i don't want to be mean so i ll be quiet... I l sit the side lines until i get home but if it is continued until i get home he he he he i guess i can chase that funny boy away African style haha fear ken all u want but wait till i get home Boys will be RUNNING HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAH heheheh whooo let me catch my breath ha ha whooo well ya  hehehe on that thought let the warning be layed.

ha ha oh well but ya thanks for writing i hope all goes well for you love you lots

Hey Carson...just happened to get up for a drink of water and saw this.  Are you still there?

Ya whats up

Not much...just me!

So good to hear from you.  What's happening with your shoes?

What kind of dangers that makes you have to be in by 6?  Is it dark then?  Are you allowed any kind of teaching after dark? How far away are you from the mission home?  

Did you get your root beer?

Well um my shoes are fine they ll survive i laughed when they said abuse ha haha me abuse shoes come to africa and i ll show u abuse.

It just get dark and thieves and corrupt cops come running around so if you are out that time u ll probably get mugged.

nope nope once it gets dark we are home making food and wondering what to do until tomorrow.

NO but maybe this week they forgot about them so some one might of tooken it Williams Will be very very very sad. 

Shoes....very important to take care of your feet!  Do you want me to try to send you a new pair or will you try to buy a new pair over there?  If your shoes are destroyed...it might be a good idea to get something else.  Still take a picture for next week if you can please.

Ok...I don't want to know about the dangers anymore...thanks for sharing.

So it's dark at 6?  What kind of food are you making now?

What time is it right now over there...here it's 1:42 am.

How long was the trip from Mwanza?  Did you stop at the mission house or go directly to Lucky Summers.  Do you ever get to go back to the mission home while you are there?

Na they are fine don't worry. It probably wouldn't even get to me so don't worry. ya lots of fun eh. Just the same rice beans Toast... From mwanza about three hours but we had to stop in Arusha for a bit which was funny because as we walked back on the play another was coming in and i thought i saw Ron Smith but it was n't them but they saw me and started waving and yelling look look missionaries it was pretty funny.

Sorry power went out but i m back if you are

Actually...I am still here.  Dad just got up to plug in his car and now he's looking at Facebook.  He says he saw Ron Smith at church yesterday so...   

How much longer are you staying on the computer?

Dad wants to know what the weather is like in Nairobi...Lucky Summers.  Is it as hot there as it was in Dar...or is it more like Mwanza?

Ya but i saw some one who looked like Ron but no problems... probably just a few more min.

It is cold here like cold i m walking around in a sweater every where i go and it is raining every day so i wish i had some gum boats.

Really?  I can't believe it's that cold.  Just think what you'll feel like when you get home and it's minus 25 like it is this morning.  Good luck with that.  Does the rain jacket work better now that it's a little colder?

Dad wants to know if you at least get butter on your toast.  Or anything else...jam...peanut butter?

Do you still speak swahili there?  Or is there more english now?

i don't usually use that rain jacket i let my comps who don't have anything to wear but they say it is nice.

Ya of course Blue band is what its called ya there is jam and peanut butter here in Kenya and Tanzania u don't need to worry

Mostly English this side sure blew me away when people ask me stuff in English it is like i have forgotten how to talk to people in English

Well I sure hope you don't lose the swahili that you've worked so hard at.  So keep that up!  Dad says he needs you to be able to talk to his jockeys when you get home.  And he wants you to be able to bear your testimony at your homecoming talk.

Ummm...I hope you get to benefit from the raincoat once in a while too though.

Any other big plans this week?  Teaching much lately.  If you have to be in after 6...are the members allowed to come to your place to be taught?  I can't imagine having to stay in after only 6 pm.  but wouldn't want to be out if it was dangerous!!!

ya for sure that would be powerful. i m trying to study this side but Kenya Swahili is corrupted it is actually funny to hear because they mix Swahili and English. so it just sounds weird.

Um we are working on a plan. but other than that not too much. No members cannot come to our place just for safety reason

Dad wants to know if you know any of the names of the past elders that served there from Alberta.  There was a Jordan Karren that served there...he was one of dad's priests back when we were in Raymond third ward.

Oh and Jordan Michel (taught you in scouts along with Ron) served over in Kenya too.  But it's been a long time for them both.  Like ten or fifteen years maybe.

I don't know that far back but there is a Elder Moline and a Elder Jamieson that i Know but i ll ask around and see what i can find

wow really Jordo served here to wow that is cool.

No big deal.  Probably no one will remember that far back.

what time is it there?  Its three thirty am for us now...

Yes...he was really excited to hear that you were over in his old stomping grounds.  But I haven't seen him for some time now.  Not sure where he is now.  but that would have been a long time since he was over there.  

How's the missionary work there anyway?  Any investigators or lessons planned for this week?  Are you in a ward or a branch over there?  How many members?

it is around noon. Ya it is good these members are awesome all returned missionaries so they all love missionary work and they bring people to church and it is just crazy. We have plans but still just filling in the gaps. A ward

60 some people maybe more???

Do you go over to other peoples houses for meals?

Sounds awesome that everyone is a returned missionary.  So exciting.  I bet you get a lot of referrals.  

So is lucky summers just like a suburb of Nairobi...or is it it's own little city?

Don't know yet only be here for a few days. it is out side of Nairobi but still close enough to be in the Nairobi stake ????

Sounds awesome though.  Can't wait to hear all about your many adventures over there.  Any big plans for the upcoming week?

Not really anything as of right now.

Well keep up the good work.  We sure love you and are super proud of you.  But it is almost four in the morning (and once more the dawning) so I think I might have to shut this down and try to get at least my last two hours of sleep in. But I sure love you and am excited about your transfer.  Hope you are too.  Be safe and make sure you follow those mission rules.  I'm sure they are there for a reason.  Say hi to your companion for us.  And remember how much we love you.  Take care this week!  Hope it's a gooder.  Love you a ton Carson!  

Mom

ok thanks mom love you too have a good day eh thanks love you lots

Love you more!!!

Thanks eh talk more next week eh.

Here's Carson's letter to Ken:

haha dad thanks eh.

Lots of fun happening that i can see. Hey ya good luck with all of that cancer stuff eh. ya i heard something like that to that he was home because of some unresolved stuff back home. thats all i heard but ya sucks to here that.

haha funny barry haha that funny did it destroy his vehicle or...

Well ya moved to a new area big people yes but i can't buy A + W but grandma send some and it has been waiting for me in Presidents office but i just hoped it survived. we ll see. But ya i didn't think i was going to get out of mwanza so soon. but i guess the lord has plans for me also i m nolonger a Zone leader... i m a district leader with me and my comp and the assistants don't know how i feel bout that, But should be fun we ll just have to see what happens, but ya all is well this side Hope all is well with you and i can say good luck again eh, Thanks dad your the best

Carson  

Grandma Walburger forwarded her letters from Carson this week...

Hey grandma ya moved up and said good bye to Tanzania probably won't ever go back, but you never now... But holy cow it is crazy cold for sure don't tell my mom but i m wearing those stupid sweaters she bought me that i didn't want 24/7 yikes it is soooo cold... makes me scared to go home because i know it will atleast be 3 times as worse here. no one has ever come to my house to inspect it but ya just like my room back home always always clean... wink wink nudge nudge... y ait is very exciting but he is finishing his mission this month so it sucks i ll be here and before we know it he ll be gone. Hey thanks eh hope all is well your side that is powerful. Thanks again for writing.

Carson

Hey grand pa Mission is great loving it here. haha grandpa you are soo funny ha ha ha... hey don't worry about it i ll be back in 10 months and at that time you can spoil me. i don't know but all is well this side i m in Kenya now and there is some big people shops around like a 4 story mall basically i thought i had taken a plane home but i walked out side and i realized still in Kenya. But don't worry i m doing good. Thanks though if i get an ideas i ll bring it to you. Thanks eh.

Thanks eh love you to eh. Thanks take good care of all of those nyabos (Ugandani for Pretty ladies) For me eh. Thanks again

Carson




(Ahhhh....I love the smell of being right....finally!!!)

And then Taylor wrote a cute letter to Carson and here is part of it along with his reply...awwwww!

So as you have heard I'm in indoor soccer. It's really fun but at first it was hard to understand and adapt to the rules. But it's really fun. 

I hope you are having a good time on your mission. Please tell me all about your adventures that happened last week or even the week before. 

Hope you have a good week. 

May god bless you. 

Taylor

hahah wow i think when i get back i ll take you on indoor soccer haha sounds like fun. Well this week it has been interesting. I just said good bye to Tanzania and i m in Kenya now in Lucky summer close to Nairobi i got scamed at the fetching airport 50 dollars for a stupid visa. but the clicker was if i didn't buy it i would be on the next plane to Canada hahaha i almost told the dude Don't tempt me... But other than that all is well not really to interesting but just enjoying and having fun. Ya hey school is hard but don't worry soon it will become easy just endure and study hard eh.

Hope you have a good week to love you lots

Carson the powerful  

     OK...a few things.   Seriously...you almost had an excuse to come back to Canada?  And you didn't take it?   I've been praying for an excuse like that!!!
     Love his advice to just endure...maybe there's a message in there for me!
     And I love how he signed it off....Carson...The Powerful!