2015!!!

hey everyone! 

sorry i missed you on monday our p-day was pushed back a

day due to zone conference! There was a lot that happened, i'll start

with new year's, one of our favorite members, sister 'm,' invited

us over. Her house is very nice for suriname and has two floors and

and extension that leads to a balcony on the roof, so we climbed up

there to watch fireworks on new years, because that's the big day for

them here. From there i could see all of the fireworks in suriname

going off at one time! it was one of the coolest things ive ever seen,

and definitely topped the list of new year's eve celebrations. The

only downside was... 

*breath for dramatic pause*... 

I have

chikungunya. i've had it since last Monday on p-day, but the good news

is you don't have to worry because i'm already better! it only lasted

about 3 or 4 days, i was stuck inside with a high fever and some joint

pain, it was really annoying to have but at least i've gone through

it. I was feeling a little sick new year's eve but really didn't want

to miss all of the fireworks, fortunately i felt good enough and had a

great time! Later that week we had another contacting activity in the

city with president and sister mehr there with us! It went really well

and i drew the plan of salvation at every station to help people have

a visual to look at so that was pretty cool. Zone Conference was just

yesterday and we had some cool lessons, mostly focused on working with

members, so that's something we're going to put a renewed focus on. We

played basketball today with the assistants and other elders from

french guyana who come to have zone conference with us, and so having

some new people for a little while was pretty cool, something else

funny is that i've begun to start a chess fad here in suriname.

Because i was sick i played elder dom in a lot of chess, hahah and

after beating him i began to play the other missionaries and thanks in

part to my chikungunya giving me time to practice i have finally been

able to declare myself the best chess player here in suriname. which only i

am very excited about. Anyways im very excited to enter the new year 

with renewed vigor in order to see success! My dutch is becoming

better and better which ill need if me and elder dom get separated

next transfer! i don't know if it will happen but we'll probably find

out this week if we're staying or moving. I hope all of you had a

great new year and don't think im apostate for e-mailing on tuesday. i

had permission.so its cool.

 Love, Elder Carpenter