"Called to Serve Him, Heavenly King of Glory!" :)

Hello!! :D

Well, this week has been great! But i HAVE to tell you FIRST what i studied this morning during personal study!! :) SO, Sister Draper is amazing and inspired and let me make a copy of a talk she has and it is AMAZING!!!!! it basically just blew my mind this morning as i read it!! I was super 'sucked in!!" and i just lOvEd it!!! :D so i HAVE to share it with you all!! :) it's called "Knowing Who You Are- and Who You Have Always Been" by Sheri Dew!! :) IN-CREDIBLE!!!! :D I have been studying and learning a LOT about the Plan of Salvation lately and it is just AMAZING!!! i've never really thought so much and sO deeply about it until my mission!! :) i LOVE It!! The Plan of Salvation aka the Plan of Happiness is INCREDIBLE!!!! and so perfect and complex yet so simple and straightforward :) Heavenly Father is amazing and His plan for us is perfect and complete & will bring us the most and incomprehensible joy!! We just have to put our trust in Him and our Savior, Jesus Christ and follow it!! :D What a blessing to be a member of this restored true Church of Jesus Christ on the earth today!! And to have the amazing responsibility and privilege to share it with all those around us!! :)

So, this week we have had some great lessons and 2 of our investigators came to church!!! woo hoo!! (we have never had 2 there at the same time! ha except for maybe the 2 we baptized but it's been a while!! :) ha) Some of our investigators have been progressing while others have hit a major wall! :/ But i know that if it is the Lord's will and the right timing that they can pull through it and progress!! It all comes down to AGENCY!! (another part of the perfect Plan of Salvation) As a missionary (and person ha) you LOVE this AMAZING gift!! but at times you wish you could take it away and make these great people accept it!! :) hah only so they can see and have ALL Heavenly Father wants them to have and has instore for them if they will just FEEL & RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT and ACCEPT of it!! :) hah They will :) I know i just need to trust in the Lord more fully and His timing and do all that i can (my part) to help them see the truth and recieve it! :) Many are here and many are throughout the world and that is a BEAUTIFUL and WONDERFUl thing!! :) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints IS TRUE!!! :D i have nEVER been sOOO happy in aLL my life than when i am living this restored gospel to the fullest!! :) -When i am reading the Book of Mormon, praying daily, listening and following the prophet (general conference), participating and recieving the ordinances and blessings of the Priesthood, and going to the Temple!!! :D The gospel is aMAZING!!! :D i love it with all my heart!! :D

And speaking of the Priesthood!!.. guess who received it yesterday??! Christian!! :) the boy we were blessed to baptize!! SOOO exciting!! :) THe power of the Priesthood is AMAZING!!! and without it we couldn't have the FULLNESS of this restored and true gospel of Jesus Christ! :) I am SOOO grateful for the priesthood!! and for priesthood blessings!! wow!! The gospel is amazing!! :D

So, funny tracting story this past week.. haha so Sister Draper and I were tracting some 'slightly sketchy' apartments in town and we came to a door and knocked on it and waited for a while with no answer.. so Sister Draper started writing on a pass-along- card to leave and as she did an older lady answered! .. In her TOWEL!!! hahaha I was like, "ohh sorry! you didn't have to answer the door if you were taking a shower.." and she said, "WHAT?!!" and so i just said, "We are Missionaries from the Church of.." and she said, "GOODBYE!!!!" and slammed the door on us!!!! hahahahha oh my goodness we just started laughing and thought that was crazy! who does that?? hah it was pretty hillarious!! :) So i thought i would share it with y'all! :) ha Missions are the best!! :D Such a good mix of things.. ha spiritual, funny, hard, fun, crazy, amazing etc.!! :D hah i love it! :)

This past Sunday (yesterday) we also had a combined RS. and EQ class about Missionary Work!!! Which was of course INCREDIBLE!!! our Ward Misison Leader -Bro. Monson gave an AMAZING powerpoint presentation that was directed towards the WARD missionary efforts but it helped motivate ME even as the full-time missionary!! It was pretty incredible!! :) They had Sister Draper and I speak for about 10 minutes after too and that went well :) We taught about the "Doctrine of Christ" (faith, repentance, baptism/sacrament, holy ghost, enduring to the end) and how as we apply it more fully in our lives it has the power to CHANGE us to become more like Christ and greater and more effective instruments in the Lords' hands! :) And just as the Doctrine of Christ becomes a part of us we can greater share it with others and help have it change OTHERS' lives!! :) pretty incredible stuff!!! :D The Doctrine of Christ is amazing!! :D

Well, I hope everyone is doing WONDERFULLY!!! :D i love and miss you all SOOOO much!!! YOU are all INCREDIBLE and have such tremendous diving potential within EACH ONE OF YOU!!! :D Keep staying the course and doing what is right!!! You will NEVER regret doing what is right and what the Lord has asked (/asks) of you!! :) You will only regret doing what is wrong. Always Choose the Right and allow Heavenly Father to bless you and unfold your magnificent future bit by bit as you stay close to Him and His will! :) I promise you He will :) I love you all!! have a sUpEr GreAt week!!! :D The Church is TruE!! and i LOvE you!!! :D

Love, Sister Carlini :)

ps. QofW: "Missionary work is not just one of the 88 keys on a piano that is occasionally played; it is a major chord in a compelling melody that needs to be played continuously throughout our lives if we are to remain in harmony with our commitment to the gospel of Jesus Christ." -Elder Quentil L. Cool ("Be a Missionary All Your Life" Sept. 2008 AMAZING talk!! :) )

 

 

pps. Picture Descriptions! :)

1. there's a cool stationary train in Stillwater that Sister Draper has always wanted to get a picture by! so we did! :) ha fun stuff!

2. We were doing service at Karman Korner (re-sale shop) and were sorting through games to see if they had all the pieces and look at what cool 'game pieces' i came across in 2 different games??! "mission" and "OKC!!" haha i HAD to take a pic! :) hah so great :)

3. Our district writing letters!!! :D what a good district!! Usually I'M the only one writing letters pretty much!!! haha so when i realized almost EVERYONE was i HAD to take pic!! basically momentous!! :) haha

4. Oh my goodness, the cute little boy and girl with the AWESOME missionary sign!! Is Elayna and Corbyn! :) They are the cutest little kids! They are in our ward and we all went (with their mom) to an investigators home that they are friends with! :) fun stuff!! :)

OHH!!!! alsOOO i saw my first FIREFLY this week!!! SOOO cool!!! the pic didn't really work but i took a video of it!! :) haha it was exciting! :)