31 May 2011

WELL.. It has been a rather interesting last 4 days...
Weekly planning, Sod, Church, P-day, and well today!
Weekly planning trying to find how to find new people to teach... it has been real difficult to find... well a needle in a haystack. Saturday we had a service project real fun I guess you could say! 5 hours and a little of laying sod in the back yard... Elder Bradley and I it's been real interesting ever since.. I could say that that is not an activity for a person with a back problem and that is all i have to say about that!!!
Church on sunday was way cool of course! running like a chicken with my head cut off. can't wait til the president is gone for a week... I'll really be running with my head cut off! We get contacted for almost anything now anyway, but it's super crazy! It's been great, but real interesting when the councilor has to teach the president what to do! Almost done reading the manuals Bishop and aux manuals both! Been really interesting!
We taught this last week at church about Family prayer and Family and personal scripture study! was way cool! lot of fun... but difficult at the same time! deaf people don't like to listen they like to talk by the time priesthood and relief society start they have had enough of church. well that is the challenge.. love and cooperation!
P-day just the normal day of cleaning, sports, and finally didn't have to do laundry because we just did it on Thursday! been real crazy ever since we went to the temple! lots happening just hope it continues!!

Having a blast! hope all is well!
_\../ Elder Karlson \../_


Arizona Tucson Mission
939 W Chapalla Drive
Tucson, AZ 85704

26 May 2011

This week has been nuts, but at the same time I'm not sure what to really say! It has been quite an overwhelming week with lots of new and exciting challenges and assignments! The work is going rather well and we are super busy! It has been really eventful the last few days! Today was our quarterly temple trip and was really exciting! We had the whole Zone there and it was a great opportunity so that was why there was no letter this week on Monday! The investigator pool is growing and the Deaf people are becoming more and more curious about the LDS church every time we go and visit! the Lord is helping us to inspire and teach them with the spirit and my companion and I in unity! Well as you Know already Elder Bradley is Awesome! must I say any more than that! not really I'll try and get some pictures sent home soon again we just been swamp recently that there has been no time to do anything! We dropped one of our eternigators this week! we have been teaching her since September of last year and well she is now homeless and we can't contact her anymore! amazing how the Lord works in Mysterious ways in helping is children and his servants know what is best! We have been truly blessed this last week picking up a new investigator Terry Armstrong from California who is here on parole, but is working through the repentance process to get things straightened out so we can get him baptised! He is excited for it! we also set a new baptismal date with a man we have been teaching for a while he is so ready to be baptised it is crazy! June 11! you will learn other things soon cause I finally found time on the drive to the temple to finish writing you back from Family Home evening and they will be in the mail on the way to our appointment tonight! :) SWEET! I love it here!

Hope all is well! Stay safe and get healthy!
Love you all!
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_\../ Elder Karlson \../_


Arizona Tucson Mission
939 W Chapalla Drive
Tucson, AZ 85704

P.s tell the ward thanks for taking care of you! can't be there to do it and I'm not sure if my body would allow me to anyway... but make sure they know!

16 May 2011

Wow it looks like it has been a heck of a week for you all! and well for us too!! it is starting to get really warm now in the mid 90"s to 100's almost everyday, but it is still getting down in the 70-80 at night! It has been an interesting and rough week! sounds like you and I have been in the same place this week! The Hospital... I was there on Wednesday afternoon to check on spasing muscles in the upper left chest.. it was pretty cool and interesting at the same time but HURT alot!!! We have been doing well ever since! They said that I had muscles in the upper part of my ribs on the left side that were spasing out.. any way it is all doing well and is taken care of at this time!! No need to worry church is taking good care of us here! :) We reset a baptism date this week with matthew and have been going head strong ever since! The Lord love us and is showing us by trusting us! We were put in a Branch counsilors to President Krakowiak. Elder Bradley as 2nd counsilor and me as 1st. Boy is there alot of work yet to be done!!!! President Warren was released as branch president of 2 1/2 years almost 3 and put in as High Counsilor over the deaf branch! clever move I must say! We are looking up to it and moving forward the best we know how with this calling/assignment! :)

Know that I love you all! STOP FALLING APART! Also knoew that the Lord Loves you too!!!!
Good luck and have a great week!

_\../ Elder Karlson \../_

Arizona Tucson Mission
939 W Chapalla Drive
Tucson, AZ 85704

9 May 2011

Great to see you all this week! :) Hope you all have an awesome week! Take care and have a blast!

Love you

_\../ Elder Karlson \../_


Arizona Tucson Mission
939 W Chapalla Drive
Tucson, AZ 85704