August 10, 2015

     I'm going to try to be on time with posting Carson's letters this week.  HA! He wrote me this morning but didn't stick around to chat.  That's ok because...HE'S COMING HOME IN 22 DAYS!!!

hey mom

Ya all is going well we had a good ddm and exchange nothing really exciting happened. ya wgot it under control but then there was a emergence so long story short it has been pushed to next week we have a few people we met at the church and after that we are just strengthening the members. not really i m just really getting nervous of traveling home and i m missing mission already i had a emergency talk on sunday so i took the oppurtunity to bear my departing testimony and i realize that as much as i want to  go home i m really going to miss these people this side and it is really sad.

YA but all is well just enduring to the end. 

No i don't think so i ll be just there like lets go presidents dinner and then ONWARD TO THE AIRPORT DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE.

Thanks again love you lots mom
Have a fantastic week.

Well to my surprise...I found a reply to my letter later this week.  Looks like it came in the next day...

Hi Carson.  What was the emergency?  Glad to hear it's under control!  What do you do to strengthen the members?  What did you have to talk about on Sunday?  Sorry that you're sad about missing your mission already.  But that's a good thing I think.

So does the president make a special dinner for you on your last day...or what happens there?  Good luck with that.  Make sure you tell him thanks from us. Thanks for taking care of you and th other missionaries and especially tell them thanks for the updates he sent every once in a while.  It was really nice.

Any other big plans today?

Well he had a emergency  at work so he was unable to show up...just building the testimonies and stuff like that.  music and dancing...i
Basically just read for the For the strength of youth book.
YA on monday night it will be presidents dinner right before we leave.

Here's Ken's letter....

Hey thats awesome thanks dad. 

ya all is going well this side. We were suppose to have a baptism this week but the buy had a freak emergency and missed so it has been pushed to next week. 

But ya all is good loving mission and have lots of fun this side, Lots of people are making fun of me calling me dead and what not but i still want to work. So ya really excited bout this week we have Zone conference and mormon helping hands so that will be a blast. 

But ya thanks for everything dad your the best and i hope you do good on your blood test. 

Love you lots 

Carson

And here's Grandma's letter.....

Hey thanks ya all is going well investigators r doing well ya this next week we ll be very busy. Zone conference and helping hands, so really excited about that, but after that not much. Loving here and i m really sad that i ll have to go soon. But all will work out in the end, Love you too and hope all is well your side. 

we should be having a baptism this sunday we ll just have too see
love you lots carson