January 9, 2012

I LOVE being here closer to the city, it is so
great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Carrollton is the best, I love
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are so many houses and cars and people
everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And oh I dont think I told
you last monday but my new companion is from Sweden!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is
so cool, his name is Elder Hedberg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and he says that I
look very European!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the first time I have
been transferred and its great getting to know new wards and other
missionaries!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im in the Carrollton Stake and Im serving in
the Carrollton First and Second Wards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carrollton is just outside of dallas and my area covers a little
section of Dallas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im getting closer to my dream of
being in Downtown Dallas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We live with
members which is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!! Its so great not having to worry
about taking care of an apartment!!!!!!!!!!! The members are such nice
people and I already love them so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One thing
different down here in Carrollton is that there are sooooo many
different races!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Up in Melissa and Farmersville everyone
is white!!!!!!!!!!! Here when we are tracting we run into Hindus and
Muslim and Asian and Black people all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
love it!!!!!!!!!!!!! Last night we got to have a great lesson with a
Rasta family!!!!!!!!!! They are from Jamaica!!!!!!!!!!!! We found them
on wednesday when we were out tracting and we got to meet with them
last night!!!!!!!!!!! When we walked into their apartment (oh yeah
thats another thing, there are soooo many apartments
here!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I noticed they had bob marley posters everywhere
and I told them that i LOVE Bob marley!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So when
we were leaving they gave me a bob marley cd and this really cool bob
marley metal cd case!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! of course Im not going to listen
to the cd until i get home but it was still so cool that they gave it
to me!!!!!!!!!!! They are such a cool family and I love them so
much!!!!!!!!!! Their house stinks like pot but we can change
that!!!!!!!!!!!!! We live right across the street from a Jehovah
Witness Kingdom Hall so it will be interesting being
here!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Elder Hedberg said that we will run into Jehovah
Witnesses all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love being here so much, I keep
telling my companion every single hour that I love being here in the
city!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was a baptism on Saturday which was really
great to be at!!!!!!!!! My companion and his old companion started
teaching her like a month agom, she is 18 years old and she is so
cool!!!!!!!!! Her grandma used to be inactive but now she is active
again!!!!!!!!! When her grandma started becoming active she started
becoming interested in the church so just went to church every
sunday!!!!!!!!!!! Now she just got baptized and she said that she is
teaching all her friends at school about the church which is so
cool!!!!!!!!!!! She is a great example of someone who has really felt
the spirit and wants to spread that happiness to others!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This week I have really worked on baring my testimony more when we
contact people and it really has helped a lot!!!!!!!!!! When you bare
testimony the spirit is always there so you know that the person has
felt it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Theres a lot of youth here too which is great
because then we can plan activities to get their friends involved and
then they can learn more about the church!!!!!!!!!!! I am so excited
to be here and I know that there is a lot of things waiting to happen
here in Carrollton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!