I wasnt planning on writing this, but here i am.

This past week was pretty good. We went bowling for p-day, that was pretty fun with a bunch of us. On wednesday i went on an exchange to Strongsville, a well to do area in our district and had a good time. While tracting, i did one of my normal “ghetto” door approaches. The responce was a weird look and a closed door. My temporary comps reaction was great too. He said i had the best ghetto approach he’s heard, but it didnt do so well in a rich area.  We had a good laugh.

We had a pretty cool thunder/wind/rain storm on thursday. Lightning was flashing every few seconds for a good half hour. I wish i had my camera on me.

Speaking of which, sorry i dont have any pictures this week. Next week i will.

Write me some letters, i barely get any.

All is well out here, i love you all

-chas

Hey everyone, not too much to write about but here goes.

We had our final zone confrence with President this past week. He told
us how much he’ll miss the mission, and how much he’ll miss being
President. He also showed us a picture of President Sorensons family.
I have a really good feeling about the guy. I’ll miss president
peterson a ton though.

The rest of the week was ok. We went to the zoo for p-day and ended up
having to walk a mile because of a huge traffic backup. We had about
half of the zone with us, so it was alot of fun.

We’ve been working hard and finding new people, so pray for them.
Everything is going really well out here. I miss you all.

-chas

Chas & Pres. Peterson

Cleveland From Bridge

At the Zoo

Shirt @ Zoo

More Zoo

Taken Last Night (6/21)

Zoo again!

Hey everyone. Another great week in cleveland.

This week was a good one. We had a fun p-day playing mini golf at a blacklight golf course, then played some frisbee. We had a good zone meeting on tuesday.  Thursday we hit downtown cleveland. We contacted in a big mall called Tower City and all over downtown, the people werent too receptive, but i loved it.

After that we rode the train to the mission office and picked up my bike which had just gotten out of the shop. Later that night, i blew out a tire. However the lord was watching out for us. After it blew out, we walked the few blocks to the next appoitment, who happened to be a less active and her home teacher was just leaving. To make the story short, the home teacher gave us and our bikes a ride back home (if he hadnt, we wouldve had to walk 2 miles through the ghetto to catch the train, then catch the bus downtown, huge blessing)

The rest of the week was great. We had a baptism of Eli. His dad is a member, and he finally got to baptise his son. Everyone was really happy.

I love this missionary work. So many good things happen.

I love you all, take care

-chas

Another week in Cleveland has wrapped up, and things are getting better.

The week started off with another mileage cut, but we later were told that we get a monthly rta bus pass, so that helps us out a ton. My bike broke down, but i should be getting it back this week sometime.  We had a really good week finding people. We’ve been working in Garfield Heights, which is more middle class than anything, so we think we’re finding more solid people. The ghetto is fun, but nobody is ever there for the 2nd appointment.

I had my last interview with president, and he really doesnt want to go home yet. I’ll miss him alot, and i really learned alot from him.

We’re meeting up with the rest of our district for p-day today. Playing mini golf, frisbee and hanging out. We dont have the miles to play basketball unfortunatly.

Its great being in cleveland, sorry i dont have any new pictures.

Write me letters

I love you all
-chas

Hey everyone.

Well its been a tough week i guess you’d say. We lost a bunch of miles on our car, and the areas are pretty complicated to work in, so the stress level is high. Things are going well though. already knowing elder carter bypassed the whole ‘getting to know you’ awkwardness of getting a new comp.  Cleveland is a good place. Lots of missionaries around, and lots to do.

bummer is that i only get 30 minutes to email, because of how crowded the libraries are.

The ward here is good, lots of married young students from out west (everyone here is in school to be foot doctors) So i’m familiar with how the ward works.

Everything else is pretty good. I’m pretty sure this will be my busiest area yet.

Write me letters, and i’ll write back at some point.

love you all
-elder marini

Downtown Cleveland

Elder Marini

White Castle!

Waffle Crisp!

Saying Goodbye

Old Massillon District & ZLs