The Epistle of Karlee

Hello All!! okay, so about 3 or 4 times every transfer, we meet for District Council and we talk about the people we are meeting with and how we can help them, we learn from each other and share insights from our studies. This last District Council, we were setting some goals as a district(because missionaries like goals) and it was awesome. The spirit was very strong and I think that was the best goal setting I have ever been a part of, the most inspired and the most reflective as well. We really got into how we can improve and reach our goals this next month and it really hit me personally of what things I need to sacrifice in order to be prepared to receive miracles in this area. It showed me too how much of a reality it is that the Lord of the harvest sends us miracles. No amount of work that we do will ever result in someone entering the waters of baptism without His say so. I reflected, and realized that every person that taught who ended up getting baptized was literally hande...

Hello friends! So last Monday, we had the best gyros this side of the Atlantic at a Greek Monastery Bakery. It was a blast takin a little trip to Greece for the afternoon :) the bees just loved us lol.  We visited with Katie this week who was baptized a little over a year ago. We watched Elder Taniela B. Wakolos talk from General Conference "Saving Ordinances Will Bring Us Marvelous Light". It was way impactful. She was able to relate it to her and her husband and the way that they are growing together and then we talked to her boys about reading the scriptures every day and showed them the app so they could. Later she texted us "Hey ladies! I just had to share with you thank you so much for recommending the Bible app... We are on our way to the Dalles to go grocery shopping and Evan brought the phone with him and he is reading to Landon... So so cute 😍🙌 he is so excited about it he was like "mom this is so cool they have quizzes, games, the Bible, you can do...

Hey, Hey, Hey!! We met some amazing people this week. People who have a sincere deep-seated desire to learn more and who trust that we are representatives from God to share with them the truth. Yesterday, we met with a man named Rusty in a members home and it absolutely strengthened my testimony of member missionary work and how much more of a solid foundation that can give to someone looking to learn more. Brother Golding has been talking with Rusty for the last few weeks about his beliefs and sharing with him bits and pieces that he felt prompted to talk about. He then invited Rusty to his home and invited us as well. He basically did half of the How to Begin Teaching points from Preach My Gospel and then turned the time over to us. He had another of Rusty's coworkers there who is also a member and it was a wonderful experience to be a part of.  Essentially, I am so very impressed with his initiative, with the example that he is to the people he works with and to our ward, and...

Hello hello dearest family and friends, etc How is life? This week has been FULL of things to share, courtesy of transfers. Unfortunately, many of those things will not be shared today also because of transfers. We gotta go down to The Dalles for groceries. Yep, that's right folks, your dear Sister Shuldberg is now residing in the one and only Goldendale, Washington!! if you recall, this is where she and her companion Sister Fleming went for a baptism in February. Now she will be working with the people she met that day! Okay, so leaving Ephrata after being there for 6 months was super hard. But transitioning into Goldendale was way smooth because I've met people here already. And I love it and them.   So, Sister Glover is my new companion. She's from Orem, Utah and "she's fabulous, she likes to exercise, she's lactose intolerant, and she's super fun". That's what she wants you all to know about her. I want you to know that she really is the ...

"What's another word for answers to prayers?" "--" "Rev-e-" "Revolution!" *cue laughter* "Revelation" Just a little snippet of our lesson with a boy named Dani on Thursday. I went to Wenatchee for exchanges with Hermana Falla(mom, the mountains 😍) and it was a party. Lol, but their area is mostly Spanish work, so we had an entire lesson in Spanish and my participation included: opening prayer (in SPANISH), holding the pictures as Hermana Falla talked, and bearing testimony in English which Hermana Falla translated :) and hugging Norma when we left :) all good things, all good things. I learned so much from those 24 hours, and that was my favorite part :) We finally saw Tiffany this week. Last week, we had an appointment, that she had reached out to us and made, and she didn't show, because she accidentally fell asleep. That girl works harder than anyone trying to take care of herself and Ronan(who gave me the cutest 2 ...

hello, hello!! The quote comes from Dakoda who hadn't read what we asked him to when we went to see him yesterday, so he ran inside when we were mid word and shouted "Mom! remind me to do my homework! Jus- Just keep asking me if I did my homework!" I could barely hold it in and it wasn't the only funny thing that he said that day.  Fun story: Last Monday we were walking back to our car after talking with Juttas kids for a little bit and these two guys drove up in a truck and one guy asked Sister wilcox if she has a snapchat, to which she said no, and the other guy asked me if I have a snapchat, and I said "No, but we can come to your house sometimes and talk with you about Jesus Christ?" They kinda hesitated and then asked what church we go to. WE got their names and an address, so nothin yet, but stay tuned for a story about Buster.  District Meeting has officially been changed to District Council, which was super cool. We all got together and we talk...

*takes deep breath* Okay so there is a lot to talk about from this week and like 15 minutes to type this out because I am not good at time management and no I haven't learned that on my mission yet, obviously, thank goodness I still have like 7 1/2 months to go so I can learn how to fix that flaw lol. Any way, major events from the week: Zone Conference was superb! We drove up to Wenatchee for it and it was like an hour drive each way and so we ended up driving 109 miles that day, which is A LOT for us, but its cool it was totally worth it. Sister Jackman talked about earnestly building connections to Heaven(and specifically with each member of the Godhead, which I thought was super cool) we've been able to use that concept over the last couple of days as we've taught and because of the idea that attending church is what builds your connection with the Holy Ghost, WALLS CAME TO CHURCH YESTERDAY!!!!! I literally teared up and could not stop beaming. When Sister Jensen and...