The Holiday Madness

I don't have much time. About maybe 5 or 10 minutes. But I am emailing to let you know that I'm still alive n' stuff. So don't worry too much. But I had a great Christmas and it was awesome to see and talk to all of you! I wish I could have talked longer but that's okay. I need to be more grateful for what I receive. Speaking of receiving things, thank you everyone who sent me a Christmas gift! You will be receiving thank you cards sometime next next week (yeah it's crazy).

I send some pictures in this email, but I don't have time to explain them. You're going to have to figure out what they all mean. I will be sending another memory card home next week. I recorded all 40 minutes of Christmas in 1080p. Really nice, but it takes up TONS of space on my card. I think I'll start doing videos in 720p.

Life is good though. Transfers are next week so Elder H and I might split up :( but such is life. I'll write a long letter explaining the last two weeks next Tuesday.

Chow all y'all! :)

Turns out I have a little more time than I thought. Anyway. I'll tell you a little about what's going on here in Alma. For Christmas we went over to the P's as I mentioned before. Very nice family who loves the missionaries.

Looks like I got to go.

With love,
Elder Carlson

Christmas Skype

We were able to video Skype with Matthew this morning. It was wonderful to see his smiling face and hear his laugh. It seems like he's doing very well and enjoying his service. He really likes the members of the Church in Alma. He had a great Christmas and enjoyed his gifts. Elder H's mom made him a stocking which was very nice. He said they had more than one invitation for Christmas dinner so we're interested to hear how that went. He told us that riding bikes in Alma is a bit of a challenge because there are no bike lanes and they live a mile or so out of town. He also told us that they live in one of the nicest apartments in the whole mission so he will almost certainly have some interesting experiences when he is transferred. Our time on Skype went all too quickly and we had to say goodbye.


Matthew had been joking before he left that we ought to make a cardboard version of him as a stand-in for while he was gone. So we did make a cardboard Matthew (picture below with the other kids and Scooter) before Christmas. I think it turned out quite nice and we had a lot of fun before and during Christmas with cardboard Matthew.