Interviews and Coming Home.

I know it's an interesting title. I've pondered a bunch this week. At interviews, President asked me a lot about my goals and standards for when I come home. He then proceeded to tell me to write them down. He's a smart man and so I've been doing that the past few days. I'm so grateful for the insight and direction he is so willing to give and he only does it because he wants to see us succeed. His influence has blessed my life so very much!

Monday evening we had a lesson and reviewed the word of wisdom. A lot of it strictly relies on faith. We can see the effects of some substances but we can't clearly view what others do. we don't have a little window where we can look at our organs and say "hey! this doesn't look right?!" So we have to then rely on faith.

Tuesday Sister Niedert had MLC so she went to Houston and i stayed with the Bryan sisters and we handled each other's appointments. It was awesome. We got to do family history (and that's my favorite!!) with Alexis and Vanessa. We made progress!! YAY!!

Wednesday we had exchanges and I got to stay here and be Sis Sabin's companion for the day! It was a lot of fun. We got to go on campus and we had a table. The weather was perfect for it and the AmazonStudent table happened to be right next to us. I have this great habit of going around to all the tables and seeing what they are all about and then inviting them. So when i went to the amazon people and asked them about the amazon student accounts, they gave me a bunch of awesome information on it and also a bunch of free stuff. THEN the guy asked me if i did stuff with computers and i said yes because i knew i would be going home and starting school. So the guy got something out of his bag and gave it to me. It's a MyPassport terabyte of storage. That was awesome. Then we had a few lessons in the afternoon, then dinner, and then correlation and institute that evening. We finalized Susana's baptism and we learned all about Revelations in the New Testament.

  

Thursday we had interviews and we learned how to effectively weekly plan (i wish i knew it months ago!!). Bob and Trudy had their interviews with President and they cleared for baptism next week!! :D YAY!!! After, we had our first snow cone of the summer with Vanessa S!! Sis Niedert had never had Bahama Bucks so we had to go! After that and a quick dinner, we went back to the church to set up for the baptism. :D It happened!! Susana only had to be dunked 3 times but it happened!! 

  First Snow Cone of the Season!

 Susana's Baptism!!

Friday we had zone meeting. then lunch with some members in the CS2 ward. after, we had a lesson with Megan at the institute. We taught more about the BoM and ended out teaching the Word of Wisdom. It was so awesome to see the spirit direct the conversation!! We had dinner with Shelby and then had a few more lessons/activities that night. It was great!

Saturday we finished planning, had a few lessons and planned B&T's baptism. That night, I pulled out my suitcases and started to decide that I needed and what I didn't. It's creeping up on me faster that ever. AH!!

Sunday was a bit crazy. we had Susana's Confirmation and then we had a lesson with Peter at the other building and church there as well. that night we had dinner with Bob and Trudy. Bob was singing to her and it was just the CUTEST THING!!!! That night we went to the CES devotional and I was able to learn SO MUCH!!! It was so great!

Today we went to the mall and then I cut some hair. When I pulled up my inbox today, there sat my travel itinerary. It's really happening. I never thought this time would come...and here it is looking me right in the face. I'm really excited for this new adventure, but i must say: I'M GOING TO MISS TEXAS!!!!!!!!!

Keep moving forward y'all!!

--Sister Carling

More baptism pics!!