Monday, April 13, 2015
Photos sent on 4/13/15
Weekly Update 4/13/15
An except from an email to Andee:
Thank you for the happy birthday
wish! I can't believe it's already April! Like it's already half way through
April! Holy cow!! And I'm 19, and on a mission! I'm almost half way done with
the thing!! Time is really flying by!! It's so funny, almost everyday I
have those moments when I look at myself in the mirror, or something and say
"Holy crap I'm actually a missionary" every missionary has those
moments! It's crazy because our whole lives everyone always tells us "you
need to serve!" And in primary we sing songs about it! At home whenever
we saw missionaries we were like"WHATS UP" hahaha It's just very
surreal. I just can't believe I'm doing it sometimes!
Carter's weekly Update:
Weekly updateeeeeeee
So this week has been crazy. Lots of fun different things happened! The
first thing that really comes to mind is that on Wednesday we had exchanges! I
went with Elder Perkins! He's a great guy! I learned a good amount from him!
Like how to plan in the mornings! We had lots of fun! We had some great lessons
too! Met some really nice people. We also had district meeting that day! I gave
a spiritual thought! Apparently it was pretty good! I'm grateful for that!
Hahaha It was a great day though!
So pretty crazy. We met a man named Leon, he is a great guy! He
has a beautiful family as well! He has a wife and three kids! The only thing is
that one of his daughters who is 6, has a brain tumor. It's really really sad,
the doctors only gave her two weeks to live. This is as of Wednesday 4/9/15. We
ended up talking to him and his wife. We had a good talk. It was very sad. The
spirit was strong though! You could feel the love of Heavenly Father! We also
gave her a priesthood blessing! I'm gonna ask all who are home to pray for
their daughter! Her name is Leonia. She's a very sweet girl! It was a
special lesson!
So crazy things that have happened. Well nothing to crazy! But we
went through the ghetto this week! It's such a crazy place! There is a very weird
feeling as you drive through! We drove through late on Friday night. It
was interesting. There are people running around, doing all manner of
suspicious things.... Hahaha There was this guy walking around and he was
sooooo high it wasn't even funny! While we drove by him, he gave us that look!
We call it the "1,000 yard stare" hahaha He looked at us like we were
buffalo! Hahaha It was sooooooo funny!! Hahaha it was cra cra! I love this
area! It's a great area.
So out here in the mission we ride bikes...... a lot. In our area we
ride quite a bit! Just because we like to save miles! We only get a certain
amount of miles per month! Anyways so the other day I was biking. We do this
thing where we hop curbs. Just instead of riding in the street! Haha because
that's scary! Hahaha Anyways! So I just started hoping curbs, and I'm getting
better at it, or at least I thought.... So I go to hop this curb, and I get
over it! It's a tall curb! But the back tire hasn't cleared it yet! I
totally popped my back tire... Hahaha it was soooo funny! I think Gods really
trying to tell me to lose some weight! Hahaha I LOLed for a little while! The
bike is all fixed now! But it was a funny story!!
So it's been a good week! I'm grateful for that! One cool thing
is on Saturday night there was a huge thunderstorm! It was crazy! The
first big one of the year! It was so cool to watch! It rained pretty hard! I
was just grateful that I was inside, not outside riding a bike! But I love the
thunder! It's so cool. As it rolls across the sky, it's just the sound of raw
power! So that was fun, to sit on our patio, and listen in!
Well Sunday freaking sucked! So we had a good time at
church, and a really good dinner at the Gastons! She makes really good spaghetti!!
But after that is when it started to suck! We had all of our lessons fall
through, all of them. We had five planned. Then Julianna who is supposed to get
baptized this coming Saturday told us that she didn't want too. Man
that was a punch to the gut! I imagine that's what it's like when your
girlfriend breaks up with you. I don't know what that's like, because I've
never had a girlfriend, but I'm pretty sure that's what it's like. It seriously
sucks. But we'll see what we can do! There is still a small possibility of her
getting baptized this Saturday. But we'll see! Anyways that was my Sunday, it
was poop. Hahaha But I received a couple emails that night I got to read! So
that was great! Hahaha
Anyways it's was a very crazy week! Lots of ups and downs. The
say the mission is the best two years! And it is, but it's also the toughest
two years. That's the truth. The Lords molding me into who he needs me to be!
But that's not always fun! I love it out here! I hope you all are doing well!
I'd love to hear from yah! I love you All! Have a great week!!
Love, Elder Crismon.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Weekly Update 4/6/15
Da weekly update..........
Thus far this week has been really good! We've had a lot of
fun! We've also had our downs as well!! So on Tuesday of this week we had
interviews with President Berry. I love interviews because we just get to sit
down and chat with president on our own. We can ask him questions and just get
to know him and laugh! Haha Any ways so this interview was good! We talked
about iPads, and ways to stay safe from temptation! It was cool! Also we set a
goal of July 1st for weighing 250 pounds! It's official ladies and
gentlemen Elder Crismon is gonna get skinny! I know I've been saying that for a
while now, but I think I'm serious this time! Haha I am serious this time! So
watch out ladies, cause I'm finally gonna be skinny!! Hahaha But it was a good
interview! Me and Elder Hamp both felt really good coming out of it!
So before that though on Monday we had dinner with a member. It was so
Fun! They are the Howse family! We went down there and had some good ham and
stuff! But it was hilarious! They have three kids, their ages go as follows,
like 9,6,2 or something like that! Well the youngest is wanting to get potty
trained. So at one point during the dinner while Bro Howse is preparing dessert,
she takes off her diaper with poop in it, and the poop goes all over he floor!
Hahahahaha nah it was sooooo funny! At first I thought it was an avocado! Hahah But it was poop! It was probably one of the funniest stories of my mission thus
far! Hahaha classic!
So this week we've worked really hard. Not a ton of success. But we
worked hard. We had interviews, ZTM (Zone Training Meeting), and general
conference this week. So that makes it really hard to work. At ZTM though I
gave a training on adjusting to missionary life! Which is this book that they
give us at the start of our missions! It honestly helps so much! I love it! But
I likened the book to protein powder, because it's another "supplement"
that the Lord has given us to become better missionaries! It was a great
training, and it was funny because everyone already knows I'm a tool! Haha One
of the Zone leaders Elder Radigan said it was one of the best adjusting to
missionary life trainings he's seen. So I guess that's good!!
So this week is general conference, we have to go to our church to
watch it! But you see every month we get an allotment of miles we can use in
the car. The church we go to is forever away. So instead of wasting tons of
miles, we asked President Berry if we could have a sleep over with the zone
leaders! And HE SAID YES!!!!!!!!!! I'm soooo pumped I love our zone leaders Elders Radigan and Ashworth. It's gonna be a party!! I'll take plenty of
pictures!!
Well the sleep over was a party! We had way to much fun! I only
took a couple of pics, I know I suck. But oh well what do yah do! Haha General
conference was AMAZING! I loved it! My
favorite talk was either the one by Jeffery R Holland, or the one by President Monson in the priesthood session! They were both amazing and one of my favorite
parts is that it landed on the day of Easter itself! It made it that much more
amazing! I learned one important fact today! That out of all the holidays
Easter is the most important, and that the atonement of Jesus Christ about two
millennia ago was the single most important thing to happen in the history of
mankind. I mean I knew this, but they really hammered it home this weekend! I
love this church, and being a missionary! I know it's true with all the energy
of my soul! Another thing this general conference made me excited for was to be
a Dad! There was some truly amazing talks given in the subject! Made me miss my Daddio! Shout out to him! If I can be half the Dad he was to me, then I'll be a
great Father.
It was a good week with lots of ups and downs, with the
culminating event being general conference, I'm so grateful for modern day
prophets and apostles! They gave me that spiritual boost I needed to continue
doing what I'm doing! Shout out to Carter Miller! Your the man! Thank you so
much for writing me every two weeks, it really means the world! I'll be writing
back real soon! Also Mommy I thank you for your small notes that you keep
sending me! They really do make me happy! Also shout out to Rachel Jenson for
writing me! She's da best!! haha Any ways
that's enough of that crap! Y'all have a good week now! Love yah!!!
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Weekly Update 3/30/15
So this week has been freaking
awesome thus far! So on Monday after emailing we pranked our Zone leaders!
Hahaha We caught a bunch of tadpoles on Saturday. What we did was we clogged
their drains. And we put tadpoles in there! Hahahaha We also put them in cups, blenders, bowls, and the toilet both the upper and lower part of it!!
Haha It was freaking hilarious! Hahahahahaha Oh my goodness! I freaking love Elder Hamp!! We are having a good week thus far! We've picked some new
investigators! We are teaching a lot as well! As a missionary you are happiest
when you are teaching! You just are! That's what we've been doing this week so
far. Last week was tough because of the bike getting stolen, and zone
conference! So this week is looking to be great!
Well it's already April pretty much! Time is flying by. It's really freakin
me out! Hahaha Shout out to my Mommy, and my brother! Their birthdays were this
week! Wills now 16, and moms the big 41!!!!! Hahahaha I'll be turning 19 here
in a couple of weeks! Hahaha That's so weird..... The old adage time flies by
when your having fun is true! Me and Elder Hamp have been working hard and having
fun! I'm very grateful for him! He's been a huge blessing in my life so far!
We've been kicking trash here in north Kissimmee! This week we knocked on a
Jehovah's Witness door. It was pretty fun! Hahah We talked for a little bit! We
actually confused her. We caught her in her words, and she then said she had
to go! I think she was starting to get frustrated, because we always had a good
answer for her questions. And she never really had a good one for us! Haha She
was nice though! It's official I've hit the trifecta.... I've taught a crazy man,
a homeless man, and a hooker.... Hahaha They were all very nice. Hahaha It's
funny people just tend to ask us questions and like to talk with us! Then
there are those people who will avoid is at all costs! Like they will run in
their house and lock the door!! That's probably my favorite part about being a
missionary is you never ever know what your going to get! I've learned not to
judge a book by its cover! I've talked to people who look very smart and
educated, and then know nothing. And vice versa! The world is crazy and there
is some crazy people in there as well!!
Well Juliana is progressing well! She is all
set for the baptism on April 11th! We are super excited about it! She's
excited as well! One of my favorite parts about being a missionary is watching
people change. At first they are all closed off, but as we teach and testify,
you see a light flicker on in their lives, that truly changes their lives for
the better.
Well today was crazaaaa! We went to the
Kissimmee cow town festival! Which is like draper days! Haha We had a booth! So
for 5 hours today we were handing out cards and talking to peeps! I got sun
burnt in the face. Fetch! Haha Kinda annoying! Hahah It was so fun though! It
reminded me of when our family did booths at different shows! Haha It was fun
though! We talked to 108 people, just about the gospel! And we probably talked
to 500 people over all! We went HARD! We go hard in dat paint boy!! hahah Then
later on that night we taught a man named Hector! He was a media referral.
Which means he asked to see missionaries online! Well we went to see him, and
needless to say he's got a baptismal date for the 25th! Hahah He said he
already knows Joseph Smith was a prophet, and the Book of Mormon is true!
#Miracles Yanno these last three weeks have been the best of my mission! I'm
seriously loving it out here!
Well another week has passed by, it's starting to freak me
out! Haha Today was a decent one! The miracle person that we taught yesterday
dropped us. He got anti-Mormon material from people at his church, really sad.
But we just keep pushing on! He'll come around eventually! We had a good day at
church! It was fast Sunday so I was pretty hungry! Hahah But we've had a good
week! The best part is our numbers match our effort, which is very nice!
Nothing to crazy happened today. Hahaha sorry! Nothing crazy to report on! Just
enjoying the beautiful weather. Well I hope y'all had a good week this week.
I'd love to hear from yah! Have a great one!!
Another funny thought for the week! We are teaching this guy named John!
He's black, and old, and sits on a chair in his front yard! I freaking love it!
Hahah I always wanted to meet a guy like that! He's a great guy! He also owns 3
corvettes! Hahaha They are very nice. He also has a grandson that just runs
around and is crazy! Haha It's a good time! Well that's all I have for the
week! Have a good one!
P.S.- This will probably be the last
time that I send this out to friends unless you email me! Thank you!
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