Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Sister San Diego

She's gone! I've done the deed.... 

We dropped Sister Saedan off at the airport this morning @7:30. Which means we woke up at 5. AH! It was so sad... She will be flying from here to Seattle Washington, then off to Korea, THEN home to Thailand! 20 hours on a plane. Not counting layovers.. Pray for her.



For now I'm in a trio with the YSA Sisters, and we'll see what transfers bring tomorrow! I know I'll be staying in La Jolla which is a big plus.

These last few weeks have been crazy busy! Yesterday was filled with goodbyes and pictures. Everyone in this mission is going to miss Sister Saedan! 



Sunday, we went to the Mormon Battalion with K and the YW! It occurred to me this time how close we are to Old Town. It takes like 15 minutes to get there... I've been maybe 5 times since coming to San Diego, but it never gets old. Sister Chung (whom I saw just 30 minutes before hand at ward council) was the Sister chosen to give us the tour! I love the live interaction and all the fun activities the Battalion holds. Not only that but you really do feel the spirit and I can't get over the sacrifice these early saints made. K loved it! Her baptism is November and is staying strong. Everyone is getting excited!

Our last lesson with M was great! She has tons of questions and we tried our best to answer all of them. Funny how being the teacher has me learning more than anything. She hasn't come to church yet, granted we've only met her twice, BUT! She did accept the baptismal invitation if she finds out the Book of Mormon is true. Really, that was the answer we had to most her questions, "read, ponder, and pray. If you do, we promise God will give you answers". I hope she catches the fire :)

We briefly met with R this week. Just a quick goodbye. "THE MORMON MAIDENS ARE BACK!" I told him we can't keep coming back if he's not willing to read that Book of Mormon of his and come to church! It's been so long.. He knows it's true.. he's just.. a stubborn old man. 

Departure activities were Thursday so yet again, I was hanging out with YSA :)
Sister Weidmann and Sister Seo are seriously the best though. I've learned a lot about Switzerland and Korea from them haha! AND! It just so happens that they were teaching E that day! I haven't seen him for a while and it's good to see someone that you loved teaching. Sometimes it's hard to refer investigators (which we seem to do a lot) but the YSA ward is so much better for him. He was excited to see me too though HA!

This week we also had an exchange with the STL's! I went up to Poway (well, mostly Ramona) with Sister Stewart (SISTER STEWART TRAINED SISTER WHITCOMB, MY MTX COMP!) and Sister Saedan stayed here with Sister Starr. I had SUCH a blast. Sister Stewart is soooo cool even though we got lost a few times.. It was nice just to be somewhere outside my area. I learned a lot!

Well this emails is already 10x longer than last weeks.. Just so much has happened! 
Keep on Keepin' on folks! ðŸ˜‰

-Sister Carlson
                                                                         Finished our temple run.



P.S. All those deciding to go on a mission or not: Go on a mission. You won't regret it. "Remember the worth of one soul is great in the eyes of God"
"If ye have the desire, ye are called to the work"
"And if it so be that ye should labor all your days and bring but one soul unto me... How great shall be your Joy"
My life and this mission are too short.

Revelation 21:4 -This is my reason for serving. I want others to feel what I've felt.


Jake and Jen at Comic Con




Thursday, September 24, 2015

Sister San Diego

This is it! Sister Saedan's last couple of days! I probably wont be
able to tell ya'll who my new comp is until October.. haha! She goes
home Tue, and Wed will be Transfers :)

EXCITING!
Our Zone Leaders just walked in and told us another apostle died...
RICHARD G SCOTT! WAH! This next General Conference is going to be
insane haha!
Zone Conference was this week! It was all about member missionary
work! I feel like I've seen President every couple of days this last
few weeks. Sunday we had a Spanish Fireside and Sister Saedan was
asked to play for it. Shook President's hand yet again! Even though he
doesn't speak Spanish too well, he's able to give powerful talks. I
LOVE OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE!
Last P-day was bowling! (125 haha) We also had some Korean food and it
was amazing. I've had so much strange food with my international
roommates.. It's the best.
Today we're off to Sunset Cliffs and we're going to go get some
Chick-Fal-A haha. WAhoo!!!!!
Sorry.. Today we don't have too much time again. EXCITING NEWS TO COME!!!!!
Keep praying for missionary opportunities! :D
-Sister Carlson


Sister San Diego

Good afternoooooooon!
This week has been HOT! I think Thursday it got up to 100! AND it's
pretty darn humid too! BUT! We got tons of rain this morning. Maybe a
little too much.. Literally 20 feet from our apartment, there was a
car crash and the driver died.. sad.
We were planning on washing our car today, so we did! IN THE RAIN! It
was a lot of fun :D

I was the most dry when it was all said and done, THANKS MOM FOR THE
AWESOME RAIN COAT! haha. We are currently sitting in the institute
while Sister Saedan accompanies a bunch of singers. They're
auditioning for this next Mission President's Spanish Fireside. Next
we'll go eat, shop, then we might go bowling! P-DAY POWER!
Yesterday, Sister Saedan and I found this box of free stuff lying on
the sidewalk.. SO! We looked through it and we ended up taking home
another blue tooth key board, iPad charger, mini checkers set, ice
cream scooper, and a bunch of small things like toys and rings to give
to other missionaries as friendship tokens! We also found a glow stick
that we used as a flashlight to look through all the other boxes. It
was so strange because everything inside was so nice!
This last week, we did a lot of finding activities. I acquired a
pretty nice tan line because of it. We added a new investigator
though! His name is A and he's pretty cool :)

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Sister San Diego

How has everyone been?! Thanks for all the prayers and support! This missionary has a swamped brain so sorry if today's email is CRAZY! ðŸ˜‰
AND SO IT BEGINS! Last week on P-day we had Sushi to celebrate Sister Wong's Birthday! Pretty much all the Battalion girls were there and our roommates so... it was a party of sisters ha!
A few fun highlights from this last week:
We added a new investigator! His name is L M and he's this chill Hispanic man that can play practically any instrument on earth. He shared with us a really cool life or death experience he had when he was younger when we met him on the street. Basically he died and could see the surgeons working on him form above. He said he then remembers feeling completely happy and could see a garden. When asking where he was, the response came as "your at scrips hospital in La Jolla" and he came back to reality slowly feeling all the aches and pains return. He's a really cool guy that loves God and wants nothing more than to live his life playing music for God. I love meeting people like him. 

Sister San Diego

Hey everyone! It sounds like cha'all had a fun week!

I am currently getting my hair cut by one of our investigators, K ;) 
It's amazing how good it feels to just get a trim when your hair is this short! It's nice!!! AND! She said we could finish emailing here so! We'll be staying for a bit :P

This week was swell! We're just about done transferring data from our paper records to the Area Book Planner App. We've done all investigators and formers, NOW it's just less active members we teach. Oh! I don't think I've ever mentioned it before, but we do a lot of that! (Reactivation!) And I very much enjoy it! We regularly have lessons with Fransisco Silva, Wendy, Teresa, Harvey, Akiko (the list goes on and on) and we also make it a point to try and visit those less active members we don't know. It can be a little heart breaking at time.. Ehem! But anyway, I'm glad to be almost done with those darn paper records!!!!!