Oct 26, 2016 HAWT DOG!!!

Oct. 26, 2016

HAWT DOG!!!

Hello family and friends!

Wow. It is getting HOT here!! 

Alright here it goes

• We had a baptism, well the other elders did in our ward, but she is awesome!! She was living with her boyfriend, and then they decided to split up living together so that she could get baptized! AND, literally right after her baptism, in the meeting and everything, her boyfriend asked her to MARRY HIM!! It was CRAZY!!!! And yes, I got it all on video. But it was soo sweet, so sincere, and soo happy for them and their little family!
• We got a white wash here! So, the other two guys in our ward they left. And we now live with an argentino and a peruano. They seem like good guys, one is in their training too, so that’s cool!
• I am now the oldest in the house. what the heck...what is this!?
• Valeria. She is going to be baptized this Saturday!!!!!!!! We are really excited for her and she is really excited!! She has changed soo much, and she is ready to complete. She is awesome!!
• I got the hump day package which thank you all Soo much!! Haha a little late, but no worries!!! 
• Alright. I want to talk about forgetting about yourself. Yep, forgetting about oneself. 

I have put in a lot of effort to just focusing on other people, what they need. Serving them. Just losing myself in helping them, praying for them, doing everything that I can for them! And wow. I have noticed such a difference. In my attitude, in my thoughts just all about them!! And while I have been doing that, I have realized how blessed I am, how that I’m not important. It’s not about me. It never was. And how I am here to serve God and his children. Yet while doing this, I have developed such a deeper love for the people, and a deeper importance of the gospel in their lives. I just love it, so FORGET ABOUT YOURSELVES: YOU ARNT IMPORTANT!! haha that sounds bad, but no, go out and help, go serve!! Just do it!! Help your brothers and sisters, they need it!! It isn’t about you!!

So yeh boom, stepping off my soapbox!! I love this gospel; it has been a good week! Just living it up here in Santiago sur!!

Elder Carney

Oct. 19, 2016 FAM BAM!

Elder Carney & Elder Hendrix - Santiago Chile Temple

There's a new sherriff in town!!  #slowride #eldercarney  #bald

Oct. 19, 2016

FAM BAM!!

Hello family and friends! 

So this week was really good. It has been a good one, just tired! I am trying to think of things that happened but nothing is coming to my mind! Oh here are some weird things that happened

• A guy asked me to give him a blessing, just knelt down on the ground in the middle of the street and asked me to give a blessing to him! Haha I was like, ummm, que dios le bendiga, haha and patted his head, and he was really happy and then left. So weird!
• It’s been raining and really cold these past few days actually! Which I realized I really like the sun, things are just happier and people actually want to talk when their is sun!
• We had a normal Sunday, it was good! had 2 investigators come to church and a couple of less actives. Nobody really came to church though, it was raining. 
• I am TIRED but good!
• Wow, I have 15 months in the mission. What the heck?

I really love this time though in the mission.}

Oh, cool experience, we taught this lady Maribel. She has just been through so much. She was the wife of a bishop and then she split from him. She knows she screwed up and she made mistakes, but she really wants to come back. She knows its going to be hard and she needs to change, but she is ready. It’s incredible to see people who are prepared, who have a desire to follow Christ because at times that’s all they have. Her oldest son committed suicide and her first husband also, she has gone through a lot. but she knows she needs to get back, she needs to get her life together. So we had a lesson which was just powerful, man she was crying and just felt the sprit So strong. 

It’s the spirit. The spirit is the teacher. The sprite is the comforter. That’s the key, we need the spirit not only as missionaries, but in every day. We need to be worthy of the spirit, and to listen and act on the promptings of it.

I love this gospel. It’s been such a privilege to be here, and to learn soo much. And I know I will keep learning so much more. I love you all, God loves you all, have a great week!!!!

Elder Bradley Taylor Freaking Carney

P.S. DANNY IS A BEAST!!! holy crap that video was SOO SICK!! haha love my bro, wow so proud of him! I feel really trunky right now! haha man I love running!!! 

Oct 5 & 12 HOT & SICK!

Oct. 5, 2016

It’s getting hot in here!!!!

Hello family!!

Wow, its getting into summer that’s for sure, which means some killer tan lines! Yep, the whole collar tan line! It’s going to be great!! #missionarylife

 So this past week was good! Sorry this is going to be short, but yeah

I had divisions with another elder, Elder Stevenson, he is my zone leader and it was just grand! It was the best, we actually went to BYU together, and although we didn’t know each other before the mission, we have a lot of friends in common and we have been to the same parties, etc, so that was just a really good division with him! Yet he goes home in December, I still got a while to go!

We had a great general conference!! Wow, so good! I especially loved that a lot of it, Saturday afternoon, had a lot to do with missionary work!! it was dope!!!

Yes, I watched 10 hours of it in Spanish. Talk about rough. But it’s all good. I understand it all, but it’s just soo hard to pay attention, and it sucks because it’s not their real voices, it’s some translators, but it’s all good, I downloaded all the talks, so every night means a new talk! My comp got to watch it in English which is good for him haha with another gringo in his training

So it’s been good! We watched movies today for Pday, haha yep! And it was fantastic! I saw the Big dinosaur or whatever, which was soo cute, kind of weird but really good! And also Zootopia, about that bunny thing police, so that was fun!

It’s been going good! I am tired but so good!! We are really happy with finding some new people, and please pray for Valeria! We are trying to go do a temple tour with her, and she needs to quit smoking!

I am really learning to forget about myself. And it kind of hit me how selfish I was before the mission. Man was I selfish. And yet I didn’t think I was, now that I am here and look back, it is kind of sad to see how needy and how greedy I was. And I am blessed to be here and I how much I have changed, and how much more I need to change. Change is good. It’s not something bad. And at some points, we have to change, whether we like it or not, but come what may and love it!

God is good! I love being here, I am just grateful. Sometimes we just need to be thankful!

LOVE

Elder Carney

Oct. 12, 2016

SICK

Hello family!!

So here we go 

• I was totes sick yesterday, like I woke up and just felt like crap and my stomach, I felt like someone punched me. So in the end, I threw up and that was great, then started the fever and the chills, and yeah, so I was lying in bed all day pretty much I hate being sick in the mission
• But it was just a 24-hour thing and now I feel great! So that’s good!
• We did a temple tour with Valeria, one of our investigators who has a baptismal date!! And it was SOO special!! Wow, it was incredible; we felt the spirit so strong and she did too,
• It’s getting hotttt here!!
• The temple tour defs made it incredible., She felt the spirit and she knew it, so please pray for her that she can get baptized! 
• Elder Hendrix is a beast and is doing an incredible job. Man these missionaries are so prepared haha I feel like they just keep coming more prepared and better. He  is doing really good .He is picking up on the language more everyday, and he is really trying .I feel bad that I was sick haha I couldn't do crap! But he is a champion!
• We cleaned the house today, so that was fun! 
• I really don’t know what else to say!! Shoot I am sorry!!!

I am super lame and I really don’t know what else!! Haha but that’s all good!! How the heck are you all!? 

God is good. Life is good over here. Just really trying to focus on the people, trying to help them and forget about myself. Man was I so selfish before the mission. So that’s my invitation, forget about yourself and go help others.  I feel like it’s so easy, yet we are soo weak in acting, in doing it. JUST DO IT: 

I love this work, I love being elder carney, and life is good!!!

Elder Carney

Sept. 28, 2016 CHAO PELO!

CHOA PELO!

Sept. 28, 2016

Hello family

So I did something, that changed my life forever...

I CHOPPED OFF MY HAIR. Yes, I am now bald. Well, not completely, but yeah, me and my kid did it, and other people are doing it too now, so pretty soon its going to catch on and all the missionaries are going to be doing it. The flow is gone! 

So yeah, back to my old rat days, but hey, it’s all good, not here to impress anyone! Also, its getting super hot and so I’m ok with it!

How are all of you!? So this week was a good one, here goes the bullet points

• We had 82 people come to church. I repeat, we had 82. It was sooo good to see the chapel like full!  We had 5 investigators come too, which is incredible and we are just so blessed!
• We are helping Valeria quit smoking, she is so awesome.  She knows it’s true, she just needs to quit smoking and truly its incredible to see people turn their life around, like there is a difference in their countenance. So please pray for her!
• Also, I had a little surprise too. My Chilean family from my first ward, Jaqueline and Sandra Gonzalez Turedo, they came and visited me in my ward!!! They just pulled up and walked in and I was like, in shock!! They just wanted to come see how I was and give me more animo, I just love them so much. Literally I love them, they are INCREDIBLE. It’s like true love of God. They are such a special family. So that made my whole month. I just love them, and am so blessed!
• We are doing good!! Just working hard and being obedient. Its literally obedience when you find and see the blessings and miracles. In all the little things. 
• My shirts are stained yellow I swear #loveit
• We found a family of Brazilians and hopefully they can teach me some Portuguese! Haha just kind of fun

That’s literally it. I really don’t know what else to tell! We are seeing so any blessings, and honestly I feel like its if you look for them in the small and simple things. It’s all about attitude, too. To now be with my compo and to have and exercise that faith, and not just have one person doing it, makes all the difference, and it’s just incredible!!

GOD IS GOOD. Just another week in Santiago sur!!

Elder Carney

It's the Climb!!! Sept 21, 2016

It’s the Climb!!!

Sept. 21, 2016

Hello family!!!

So today, we went on an adventure! Yep, we woke up at 5:00 am and went and climbed to a waterfall today!! It was sooo incredible and did I run a little bit of the way? Or should I say a lot of the way? YES. haha I miss it sooo much and it just felt so good to be alive!! So yeah!!! It’s called Aguas de San Ramon and it was DOPE!!! And am I tired? Yes. That’s for sure!! Did we walk in total like 13 or 14 miles today? Yes, but I wouldn’t want it any other way. I love hiking!! 

So yeah!! That was fun!! Man it reminds me of Colorado, and just so nice to be in the mountains and everything! Anyways, it was a good week!

We have found new people, it’s been such a blessing. We have just buckled down and done the hard things! It’s been really good, my comp is a really great guy and he is just hanging in there! I was once at that point, and I’ts so weird to see how far I have come! We are having a good time! Just killing it! We have one of our investigators, Valieria, and she has a baptismal date now!! She is trying to quit smoking, so prayers are needed! But she is so incredible, and we are so excited for her! At the end of October hopefully! 

What all happened this week? Oh we had the 18th of September!!! Which is like the 4th of July!! And it was really fun! Well, we only went to the activity in the church for 2 hours then we went out and worked. Which, nobody was really home. Like at all, and the ones who were home are just drunk people, so that’s not really fun! 

We have Sandra and Emerson, who also have a baptismal date, and they are really chill, super awesome and their dad actually has cancer now, so that was kind of hard on them, but we are helping them out! 

WOW am I tired. I am. Yet I am happy! It’s been a really good time and just living the life!! Just keeping it sassy and sweet in Santiago!! 

GOD IS GOOD. I love you all and hope all are well!!!

Elder Carney

Well...I'm pregnant! Sept. 14, 2106

Sept 14, 2016

Well…..I’m pregnant!  **(When they are training, it means they are a "Dad")

Hello family

Soooo guess what? I AM TRAINING AGAIN!!!!! haha yep I have a new kid right out of the womb! His name is Elder Hendrix, a gringo!!!! From Texas. Super excited!! Literally I am so happy to train yet again, and with a gringo!! I feel a LOT more prepared this time too, but it’s going to be fun!!

Yeah so my old comp, I finished with him!! We ended strong, man was that hard. Man...I learned SO much and I am just glad its over, its now time to train!!! He is a great missionary, super excited!!!

It reminds me of when I was in my training and I just couldn’t understand anything and it was so hard!  I remember being so frustrated, like I have this message but I can’t share it at all! And it’s so weird being in this position, on the other side, like wow, I know this now and now I am helping out. Its like I started from the bottom and now we’re here kind of moment!! 

And so yeah, the 11th of September we were fine, we went to church and then we were in our house all day after! Gunshots and fires yeah, but other than that its normal!! We are all good!!

I gave a talk on Sunday about the love of God, about how evil, it’s not from God, and how people ask where is God in this suffering, where is god in all that has happened? I compared it with the Columbine shooting and 9/11 and it was really good I hope!! Nobody said anything after, haha they are so cold here, they don’t even fake telling me that I did a good job!! Haha but ah well, I hope somebody got the idea!!

We have this new family, Sandra, Marcelo, and Emerson, which are really good! And the dad just found of that he has cancer, and he has been catholic his whole life, and said that he won’t ever change, and now he is having dreams (Latin thing) about our church and all that! And so we are really excited to be teaching them!! YEAH!!!

I love Chile!! AND this week will be fun because it’s the 18 pf September which is Independence Day, (sorry butchered that!) and people here just party all week haha but I love it!! And a lot of drunk people, oh joy. But yeahj! I am doing really good. I have been through a lot, and now it’s time to be happy dangit! It’s time to have fun and work hard!! I am really excited to train; I am just going to give it my all!! I emailed his mom recently just to tell her that her son is a great missionary and see if they need anything. So yeah!! I am just excited!!!!

Sorry that’s about it!! I love you guys like crazy, I am really excited for what’s to come and yes!!!! It’s time to have fun, to work hard, and serve God. LETS GOI

Elder Carney


Here are Elder Hendrix and Elder Carney having a Completo (Chilean Hot Dog)

What the Heck!! Sept 7, 2016

Sept. 7, 2016       Well…..What the heck!!!!

Hello family!!!

So this week. Hmmm I am going to do a bullet list thing! Here it goes

• WE GOT ROBBED. YEP. they robbed our Chapel. Our chapel which has like a 15 ft gate around it and everything and they broke in and robbed it. We had to go check the chapel at like 9 pm and yep, things were scattered everywhere, they broke into like our vaults that we have, like heavy duty doors, and robbed everything! And not only our chapel, but every chapel in our stake too we just found out! They are like professionals! So yeah super crazy!! It is so sad that people do that! I was super scared because we didn’t know if anyone was still there and what not, so we ran out and locked the doors and yeah waited till the cops and the bishop came then left.
• WELCOME TO THE GHETTO
• We went to this giant food market place I guess you could say, it’s called la persa here and its sweet! So much fruit and weird meat (which is NOT trustworthy, at all) and we just walked around and explored today downtown as a district!
• I nailed my head on a roof, yes a roof (the people here -some houses are not big, at all, and I always nail my head on gates and what not!) and cut my head, my forehead, haha, but all is well
• We had 2 PEOPLE COME TO CHURCH!!! 2 investigators who are just awesome!! We are so excited!! Catalina and Veronica, and it was just so great for them to see and feel such a difference, different than any other church that they have been too! And they are reading the Book of Mormon now and it’s just a blessing in disguise, to see people who want to learn and to come unto Christ, just incredible!
• Allergies are starting up and it is starting to get freaking hot!! Here comes summer!!
• CHANGES, I am really blessed to be here and to be with my comp, I have learned a TON, and MUCH patience, but we are going to finish strong. But yeah, I did it. When I thought I couldn’t, God gave me the strength and I love my comp. 
• Oh this Sunday is the 11th its where delinquents here go crazy so we have to be in our house all day!! haha man what is life!? 

That’s about it!! I love you all sooo much!!! have an incredible week and go share the gospel!!!

Elder Carney