The Epistle of Karlee

Yes, I'm the new one!! Hello, I'm Sister Shuldberg :) oh, the soundtrack of a new area.  Gotta love it. Today is day 6 in Selah and boy has it been strange. When I was in Terrace Heights, we would spend our Pdays here, so I'm having all sorts of flashbacks. But it has been good.  We ended our time in Goldendale saying goodbye to a few more people we love and having one more lesson with Steve. He truly is a wonderful man. He's been reading and praying and we read more with him on Tuesday and talked about baptism and he set a goal to quit smoking by Thanksgiving. He's so sweet and sincere in his desire to follow Jesus Christ and knows that the help he receives from the Lord will be crucial in making any changes. and though we had to say goodbye, he told us that he is sure "our spirits will cross paths again" how sweet. Transfers were CRAZY. and adjusting to a new area has been weird and very fun. It's cool and strange to have another opportunity to...

That ones for you Pops haha.  It's a pretty accurate statement regarding my life, but light-hearted because, despite the daily foot-in-mouth moments, my heart is light. The biggest and best announcement from this week is.... JOSEPH IS GETTING BAPTIZED!! I know! can you believe it!?!?  2nd announcement.. we're being doubled out.. Sister Glover is going to Moses Lake and I am going to Selah... I was in the Selah stake when I started my mission and now I'll be going back, but in a different ward, so that's gonna be STRANGE. but exciting!! I'm going to miss Goldendale, I just hope the Elders they are bringing in will be what this wonderful place needs.  3rd and final topic.. STEVE. Steve is my most favorite person in Goldendale. He is so prepared to accept the gospel of Jesus Christ. He loves the Book of Mormon and reads it all the time(over the phone with us and when he can't sleep even) and his prayers are so sincere. He know the Christ is the only way that ...

Dearest, Darlingest, friends and familia. Our week can mostly be summed up in the pictures, but the subject line explanation isn't photographable. We were tracting and a woman opened the door, and the conversation went as follows: Me: "Hi! How are you?" Her: "What can I help you with?" Me: "Well, my name is Sister Shudlberg" *smiles and shakes her hand* Her: "Who are you with?" Me: "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" Her: "Remove yourself" *promptly closes the door.* The End. fun story huh? The rest of the week was pretty solid, mini miracles, powerful lessons, and a trip to the temple in Portland on Friday! I kept freaking out a little inside cause I knew exactly how to get to my parents house the entire time we were there lol, no I didn't give in.  1. Went to/participated in an apple cider press Thursday night. Very cool. Very cold. Very authentic. (also, Sister Dunn gave me this leather j...

Hello hello! I can't even begin to express the highs and lows of this week. To begin: the pictures included are, in no particular order, my dear sweet nutso companion, the Sunnnyside sign because we had Zone Conference this week!, the sisters at zone conference, sweet Sister Kempt who is leaving for Arizona for the winter, and dear old Don, the grumpy ol' veteran.  That was probably the saddest part of the week. We've been meeting with him weekly for two months and he loves learning about the gospel, but he's not ready to allow Christ to heal him. The Atonement cannot help him if he doesn't accept it and do the things we've all been commanded to do. And he's not ready to forgive himself yet. He's not ready to feel loved by our Father in Heaven. I cried when we left, simply because he doesn't realize how much this matters. But he still being prepared; God's not done with him, thank goodness He doesn't give up.  Last week was way tough, b...

What to share, what to share. So much happened and I don't know where to begin.  Early in the week, I was reflecting on what I'm doing here/why I came on my mission. I wrote in my notebook as I thought about it and wrote: "I want to FEEL every aspect of this work. Why am I here if not? Do I do this work because I'm supposed to? Because that's what missionaries do? Maybe in part, but I want to get to the point where I am truly immersed in it.." and Heavenly Father definitely took that desire and ran with it. This was one of the hardest weeks of my mission. I felt like I wasn't getting answers to my prayers (and that's kind of the basis for doing ANY missionary work) so I felt hopeless. But I think that's what was necessary for me to be more invested. I started working harder to take my mind off of myself cause it wasn't fun to think about how I felt, to be honest. BUT, because of that, we saw some really great people and had way uplifting ex...