Hey hey y'all!! :)
How is EVERYONE??! :) I hope AMAZING!!! I hope y'all had an AMAZING week!! and are doing GREAT!!! :) Whew! this week has been crrrraAAAAzzzyy busy!! and almost nOtHiNg like we planned!! haha BUT it has been Spirit-directed so that's all that matters!!! :) It has been a GREAT week!!! AND filled with TONS of great stories!! :) So let me tell ya them! :)
First, last P-day, Sister Pfister and I went to a health foods store (randomly, because she is a vegetarian) and while we were there we walked by this guy and he said, "Hmm, I use to be Mormon..." "but i'm not anymore.." So of course we talked to him and found out why and all about him and we ended up talking to him in the isle for like an hour and half!!! hah it was sO crazy! and sO cool that Heavenly Father COMPLETELY placed him in our path at the right time!! :) At first he said he wasn't really interested in meeting with us but by they end we asked him again and he said YES! :) So we have met with him twice AND he brought his awesome friend!! :) who is a little less-active and she is SO awesome!! and SUPER sweet!! :) She came to Church with us this past week too! :) So awesome!! :) She grew up in the Church and basically knows everything!! :) but she just wants to know FOR SURE for HERSELF that the Church is true so she can either LIVE it! or not. Which i think is WAY cool!! :) We ALL need to have that PERSONAL CONVERSION if we are to live and love the gospel forever! :) and be blessed FULLY by it's truth and happiness that it can and WILL bring to ALL of OUR LIVES as we LIVE IT!! :) :) :) They guy we met (Walter) also called us and said that us, "Missionary Girls were SUCH a blessing to him to run into that day!!" :D so cool. they are so great!! :)
Second story. So then that night we went to take cookies to a family in our ward and after we left and were walking out to our car we saw these 4 teenage boys hangin out on the street. We went to go get in the car but then had the thought that we should go and give them some mormon.org cards.. so we did!! :) And they turned out to be WAY cool!! :) ha we told them a little bit about what we do and how it can bless them and asked if we could come teach them all the following week?? and they said, yeah!! :) So we are going to go tomorrow night! :) After that we prayed with them and asked what we could pray for for them.. and they said stuff like "that I'll be in the NBA" etc.!! :) hahah i loved it!! :) After we prayed with them we went to go get in the car and remembered we had extra plates of COOKIES!! so we asked them if they wanted them and they said YEAH!! :) so we game them cookies and as we drove away and waved at them they all looked excited as they were eating their cookies and waving at us!! :) haha it was AWESOME!! :) I love these kids! they are way sweet! there are 3 -17 yr. olds and 1 -14 yr. old. :) Their names are Karon, Corey, JaBriel, and Que'Ano!! :) We are excited to go back and teach them!! :)
Third story. A couple days later we felt like we should go check on this less-active so we went and they weren't home. But we KNEW we felt inspired to go there and knew there had to be SOMEONE there that Heavenly Father wanted us to meet.. So we saw some people outside and went and talked to them! And found out she use to be "Mormon" but her whole family was another religion so she just switched over to that one.. ha we talked to her for a little while but she didn't seem too interested in meeting with us again. So then we went to write a note to the leave at the less-actives door and it started to RAIN!! Sister Pfister noticed their next door neighbor's car windows were down and was like' we should go tell them!!' :) So we ran over there in the rain and knocked! A tall guy answered the door and we said, "HI! We are missionaries and your car windows are dOWN!!" hahah so he made this shocked face, ran and grabbed his keys, and then booked it out to his car!! :) haha He ran back and said 'hey! do you wanna come in?! it's raining!!' hah so of course we did! :) And we got to meet his girlfriend and go to know them better and teach them a little bit about our message and the Book of Mormon! :) We gave them a Book of Mormon and promised if they read and prayed about it they would know it's true! :) it was so cool!!! :) they were SUPER nice and AWESOME!!! :) aawwhhh i just love nice people!! :) His name was Makinsley and he was way cool! and his girlfriend Alyssa was super nice too! :) It was a cool and definitely SPIRIT-LED experience!! :)
Fourth story. (i told you there were a lot! :) haha i love it!! :) We are so grateful!! ) So later that week we were at the gas station filling up our car and we were about to leave but saw these 2 guys sitting out by the sign. We thought about if we should go talk to them and decided it wouldn't hurt anything?! :) ha so we did! and they were pretty nice. And it was crazy because we were talking to one of them and he said some of his beliefs and stuff and was like.. "God told me to find the 'blue saphire..' What does that mean to you??" And I said, "I don't know?! Maybe it's the Book of Mormon!! :D The Book of Mormon is BLUE!!" :) and so we started to run to the car to grab one to give him!! And he said, "Wait, what color is the booK??" and we shouted back, "BLUE!!!!" :D haha it was so sweet!! He seemed pretty interested in that and was looking through it and said he would read it!! :) haha it was awesome!! :) I don't know if that's the 'blue saphire' he was talking about but regardless it is something he IS LOOKING FOR!! (whether he knows it or not) :) and NEEDS IT!! :D haha it was sweet!! :) I love Oklahoma!! :) and the people here are so great! :)
Fifth story. Stephanie (the one who referred herself) and her daughter Aubrey are doing great! :) We had 2 lessons with them and are going to have one with them in teh waiting room of the temple!! :) We are way excited! We taught them the Restoration and Plan of Salvation! :) We just love them! they are so cute and have such great faith and strength!! :) We love them!! :) they are so super sweet!! We are so gratefuL! :)
Whew! Well i think that's about all I wanted to tell y'all about! :) It was pretty cooL! :) Great and super busy week!! :) I LOVE Sister Pfister!! :) She's amazing!!!! And an INCREDIBLE missionary!!! Holy moly! I can't believe she's only been out for a week and a half!! :) She's a pro! :) ha We have a lot of fun together and awesome spiritual experiences too!! :) I'm SO grateful for her and he sweet, strong, and unwavering testimony of THIS the restored gospel of Jesus Christ!! :) It is sOOOO true!! And i am SOOO grateful for it!! :) I hope y'all have a WONDERFUL day and week and remember to ALWAYS follow the Spirit!! :) "The greatest talent of all is the talent of SPIRITUALITY!!" :) Which is learning how to listen to the Spirit and let it govern our lives!! :) This is the talent I am striving to work the most on out here on my mission so I can continue to use it and strengthen it throughout the rest of my life!! :) The Church is TRUE!!! :D The Spirit is REAL and can and will testify to YOU the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and Church as you read and pray about it!! :) and LIVE IT!!! :) Sometimes we have to LIVE like we BELIEVE!! :) In order for us to really realize that we DO BELIEVE and KNOW this Church and Restored Gospel is true!!! :) I love you all and hope you all know how much YOUR LOVING Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ LOVE YOU too!!! :) The Godhead is REAL and is 3 SEPERATE personages but are ALL UNITED in ONE PURPOSE!! :) I testify that this is ALL true!! :) You can KNOW it for YOURSELF as you sincerely seek and pray about it! :) In the sacred name of Jesus Christ, Amen! :)
Love, Sister Carlini :)
ps. QofW: "Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice and is never the result of selfishness." :)
AND "Our Desires dictate our Priorities which shape our Choices which determine our Actions"-Elder Oaks :)
PICTURES
...and their Descriptions!! :)
1. My AWESOME package from Josh White!! :) THANK YOU JOSH!!!! :) holy moly!! it was like ALL of my FAVORITE things!! :) SO COOL!! :) .. efy 2012 cd! one of my fav. simon dewey pics (the better part with Mary and Marth and Christ)! a gospel art book (with ANOTHER one of my fav simon dewey pics!) one of my FAVORITE talks by Elder Corbridge "The Way!" and an amazing letter!! :) woo hoo! made my day!! :) thanks sO sO much Josh!!! :) very inspired!! :)
2. I found a little piece of 'home' in Oklahoma! :) .."LAYTON!!" :) ha
3. Sister Pfister at District Lunch! :)
4. Some of the Elders (and don't worry.. the one on the left that looks SUPER depressed.. isn't! ha they all were just bein funny :) they are great Elders! OH! and the one on the left is from AZ and knows ALLYSSA!!! :) sO crazy!! :) He's cousins with Brady Webb (a guy that Chels was in Student Council with! so crazy! small world! :) )
5. Sister Pfister and I celebrated her "1 MONTH" out on a mission!! :) woo hoo!!
6. I decorated an "El Libro de Mormon!!" :) with cute paper and ribbon! so fuN!
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