:) Great week this week! seems to get more busy than we truly can handle! lots of work is being done here and lots lots lots more to be done! we had the opportunity again this week to be trained and edified by yet another general authority Elder Paul Johnson of the 1st quorum of the 70. it was great to meet him and to be trained by him and his wife! most importantly this week we have been focusing on teaching people not lessons. the numbers really don't make a difference, it is the quality of the lessons, the sincerity of the message we share that matters most. that is the reason i write today it to encourage you to do just that, find a friend to share the message of the gospel with. seek and pray for that missionary experience and then act upon the prompting that you will recieve as you pray and seek. I promise as you do so you lives will be improved, your lives and the desire you have will change in helping those to come unto christ!! The greatest happiness we have here on this earth is the atonement of jesus christ and the opportunity to be together as a family forever, don't allow anything to get in the way of making it happen! there is nothing better to know of that surity. Love you all!
Elder Karlson \../_
korbyn.karlson@myldsmail.net
Monday, September 20, 2010
13 September 2010
This past week has been crazy!! :) lots of fun has been happening, finding running around and Exchanges... huh? yep that's right!! they sent me with a hearing elder to a deaf area lots of fun! now i had the opportunity to practice my interpreting skills crazy!!! haha! well we been super busy this week! we taught 20 lessons this week which is a new record for us for just starting out!! finding and all! :) So we went to this Less active deaf mans house who is wanting to go to the temple!! we have been preparing him for the temple. Imagine temple prep class for dummies ( you know those books well i could write one by now) how to explain the temple to people who can't hear and have no language skills! LDS temples for dummies! you got it! maybe i'll try that when i get home!! This week we were trying to get the Branch excited for missionary work and get referrals. we did the excitement part, but the referral part is a work in progress!!! haha! deaf are very open to talking but not to committing to anything! ANYTHING!
Ha we got our carpets cleaned this week ooh what a blessing in disguise. we found out that the carpet was originally a grey color not a black color that it appeared to be! ha well now you know the life of a missionaries apartment.
I got bawled out by a deaf lady this week! we were helping her doing some service and mowing her lawn and we weren't doing it right i guess. I wasn't holding the wimpy electric weed eater right, so she got all huffy and puffy, ha i told her she could fo it if she would like. ooh would that be fun to see a deaf lady who recently had back surgery using a walker and mowing the lawn. what a sight! ha so we quickly finished up and come to find out she is that way with everyone! ooh how it must suck to get old! No offense! haha well i gotta be running!! love you all!
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_\../ Elder Karlson \../_
korbyn.karlson@myldsmail.net
FYI the filling that monte fixed while i was home will be replaced tomorrow! it fell out last night before bead while brushing my teeth, we go to a member dentist so it shouldn't cost too much, if at all we'll see i guess! hope all is well! love you!
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_\../ Elder Karlson \../_
korbyn.karlson@myldsmail.net
Ha we got our carpets cleaned this week ooh what a blessing in disguise. we found out that the carpet was originally a grey color not a black color that it appeared to be! ha well now you know the life of a missionaries apartment.
I got bawled out by a deaf lady this week! we were helping her doing some service and mowing her lawn and we weren't doing it right i guess. I wasn't holding the wimpy electric weed eater right, so she got all huffy and puffy, ha i told her she could fo it if she would like. ooh would that be fun to see a deaf lady who recently had back surgery using a walker and mowing the lawn. what a sight! ha so we quickly finished up and come to find out she is that way with everyone! ooh how it must suck to get old! No offense! haha well i gotta be running!! love you all!
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_\../ Elder Karlson \../_
korbyn.karlson@myldsmail.net
FYI the filling that monte fixed while i was home will be replaced tomorrow! it fell out last night before bead while brushing my teeth, we go to a member dentist so it shouldn't cost too much, if at all we'll see i guess! hope all is well! love you!
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_\../ Elder Karlson \../_
korbyn.karlson@myldsmail.net
Thursday, September 9, 2010
September 7, 2010
This week was awesome! :) way fun!! :) we found a new investigator this week!!! She is super LOW LOW LOW Educated. she has what we call LLS or limited language skills! she knows how to spell her name and do a few other things so the lessons we teach are mostly well Acted out. i guess all those days in drama are finally paying off if you want to say it that way! :S Also this week we have a few other things going on the work is finally picking up and it is super cool! :) few referrals left to contact and a few other things this week! deaf people LOVE to set appointments in advance, meaning well like 2-4 weeks in advance! so good things will begin to happen soon! :) We have been packed full all day every day at nights for the last 3-4 days! it's awesome! :) we are really being blessed! This morning is was reading in Helaman 5 an amazing chapter suggest you read it! :) read it once for the story and what is happening then again for the principles taught! wow it's amazing! the work is great! all is well here the deaf branch is beginning to respond! :) we had 2 Less Active members back at church this week! :) all is well! It's finally cooled down! under 100 for the first time in well along long long time! :) Great to hear from you all! :) Love you!
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_\../ Elder Karlson \../_
korbyn.karlson@myldsmail.net
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_\../ Elder Karlson \../_
korbyn.karlson@myldsmail.net
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