Carson's Mission July 2022-July 2024 Côte d'Ivoire Abidjan West Mission

Ok so, this week was zone conference, as office elders we have a lot to do with zone conference preparation, so we did a lot. To be honest, i dont remember a lot outside of two things 1) Zone Conference 2) Zone Conference Preparation So we'll see where this thing goes and we'll go day by day so i can give as much info as possible SUNDAY: Church! Church went great! I bore my testimony and lets just say it went a lot better than the first time i bore my testimony for a new ward. Wait, i think that was this week, it mightve been the week before. Whatever. I maybe bore my testimony. I talked with a mom from ghana a lot. That was awesome, she speaks english. And then theres this other little girl, don't know her name, but shes a genius. Shes super funny and we just talked for so long it was super fun. I call her "la petite" which is like "the little" because she thinks shes taller than all the missionaries so i gotta put her in her place, now everytime i...

I was low on money this week but god blessed me with tons of free food. So im chillinnnn Tuesday we had a the whole zone meetup at district council so i got to see a lot of missionaries, including kesterson my MT(Someone who came with me from the MTC). That was lit. Wednesday was super busy but we got tons done, finished it off with a cheeseburger fries and a pool game. Thursday checked out this crazy big market. It was insane, it was also elder mccurdys birthday so we ate sugar, he was on a sugar fast, also we had a nice family home evening, they fed us. Friday was a great day we got a lot done in the office until there was an explosion lol. We finished off the night at another family home evening, they fed us again hallelujah. Saturday (today) was insane. We went to a traditional african wedding ceremony! It was so cool. They played loud music all that stuff, brought out live chickens, drums, and amazing good. It was awesome. The story is so cool too, so this guys name is ...

I would like to start with a special shoutout to NBA Youngboy who is going to be baptized in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The missionaries did door to door contacting and he wanted to change his life for the better so hey that's amazing. He even quoted a verse in his latest song. Alma 36:18 I believe. Made my week. Funniest thing I've read in so long, it was so great. never in a million years would I have expected that. I'll leave an article at the end for proof because to be honest I didn't believe it until I saw the article from deseret news haha. This will be long because I wasn't able to email on monday so I will be covering two weeks of information .... "if ye love me, read my emails" PART 1) Last district council of the transfer  Ok so first it was the last week of the transfer so we had the last district council with each other, it was awesome. They were great. I loved my district. The elders and sisters were so fun. I'll mis...