Familia!! Jan. 18, 2017

Jan. 18, 2017

Que tal!?

Jan. 18, 2017

Familia!!

Que Tal???Wow, how is everyone doing?

This week has been kind of crazy, not going to lie!

We have been dropping a lot of people kind of having to start from scratch, which is rough. Really rough, because so many people are gone for vacations, and so we are searching, just trying to find that faith, find the people who really want to listen.

Man, this mission, it’s truly like swimming against a current. And I don’t know if you all have ever done that before, but it’s ROUGH! But, just keep swimming! JUST KEEP SWIMMING! I am really learning a lot about enduring, just bearing down.

Josefa got baptized!! La familia Rojas! They are great! She is going to be a missionary someday, no doubt! The family is getting reactivated and we are just waiting for them to have callings! They are great. They have been through a lot, so prayers porfa!

We are doing this thing, the 5 min plans. We go to members houses and present this plan that me and my comp are doing. We are really trying to help this ward. This ward is kind of going downhill. which is sad. SO, we have this plan, but it’s really frustrating too because we NEED the members. Here, it is a huge division between members and missionaries, yet the members ARE the missionaries. So, we are searching for references and just trying!!

I am focusing a lot on the scriptures and really getting an effective and great study in every day. And honestly, it’s made all the difference. It’s not like I’m tired or I am struggling to keep my eyes open, but it’s actually fun! Never in my life have I thought that reading the scriptures are fun, but I have learned and gained soo much knowledge and cool insights just by truly studying them! SO, do it!!

Today we played soccer, man I was weak! Haha I need to get into shape, I feel like I get so tired so easily. 

I love being a missionary. I invite everyone, every day, to come unto Christ. I have my purpose and I love being here. I love being a missionary. It’s truly the greatest, forgetting about yourself and serving others. I don’t think there is greater joy, And although I am tired, and worn down, and sometimes just want to give up, I keep going, because I am happy. Because Christ suffered for me, and for you, and for everyone. There is a quote that I like a lot,

He gave it all. You can give a little. 

SO, give a little, go do it. It’s not about you, it’s about God and building his kingdom, about changing yourself, loving others. And it’s the most beautiful thing ever! 

LOVE YOU ALL!! GOD LOVES YOU! 

Elder Carney

The last 3 weeks! 12/28, 1/4, 1/11/17

Jan. 11, 2017

Hola mi familia!!

Wow, how I just love you guys!!

Alright here it goes

• Went to the temple today. - It was really, really good. I just love feeling the peace there. We can’t get that anywhere else in the world. I love it. And honestly, I felt like I was looking for a lot of answers, and I just realized that I need to focus on how I feel, and I just love the peace. So, PEACE! Seek for it.
• The ward is going a little rough. People are leaving and moving away, also a lot are going on vacations. So, it’s a little challenging. There isn’t really any communication and it’s just not going to hot. We are trying, but it comes to a point where we can’t do everything, and we can’t!  But all is well
• We had 45 people at church. Welcome to Chile!
• One of our investigators died. Yet Mauri. It kind of hit us hard. In a matter of 2 weeks he got sick and died. He had 28 years of age and was a really good guy, we only talked with him a couple of times before he got sick and then boom, we go to his house and he is their but in a casket. SO, that was kind of rough, really sad for his family, but we are going to go and try to teach his family and give them hope. It was just kind of shocking, like, whoa, life is truly precious. 
• BUT we have a plan. We have the knowledge that we can be with our families together, forever. And it’s something that we have to work towards, we don’t just freely get it. Yet it is such a beautiful promise and plan, and it’s called the plan of salvation. So please, go look it up on mormon.org or go have the missionaries teach it to you, IT WILL CHAGNE YOUR LIFE!!
• I got to do divs (divisions) with one of my kids, Elder Hendrix! Was soo good. So great, really cool to be with him again for a day and yeah, he is an incredible missionary!! 

I love the mish. It’s the best. I love God. I love Jesus. I am soo eternally grateful for them. And for all that I have been blessed with. 

I invite you guys to go share your testimony. Go preach the gospel. People need YOU, and they are just waiting! SO, GO; ACT!! Love you all

Elder Carney

AND here is a sweet email I received from his last companion, Elder Hendrix! Bradley just thinks he is such a great missionary and loved working with him and it was such a great surprise to get this from him!

Dear Sister Carney, 

My name is Elder Hendrix and I was your sons former companion. I wanted to email you to tell you how great of a missionary he is and to let you know how grateful I am for him. He was my trainer, so I came into the mission like most new missionaries do with little experience. He made the transition so easy for me from life before the mission to where I am now! Elder Carney is one of the most sincere and caring people I have ever known. His love for the people is something I want to model as a missionary! I have learned so much from him, and wanted to let you know how appreciative I am of him!

Elder Hendrix

Jan. 4, 2017

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello family!

How are you guys doing!?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! FELIZ AÑO NUEVO!!!!

• So, we had 23 people at church...yeah, a little rough. BUT hey, things WILL get better! All about faith
• We haven’t really had any success this week, which was a little hard. Everyone here leaves for vacations and people are either drunk or don’t want anything. SO yeah, that’s that! 
• ITS SO HOOTTT
• Life is going good! I just love being a missionary!!
• Gave a talk in church, that was fun! 
• We cleaned the house deeply today, was needed. Now it is beautiful
• God is good!! 
• I am just blessed. Last year was a full year being a missionary, and it has been so crazy all that I have learned!! It flew by too. At some points felt soo slow, and others it just went by soo fast!! But yeah, 

LOVE YOU!!!!

Elder Carney

DEC. 28, 2016

‘TWAS A GRAND CHRISTMAS!

Hello family!

WOW. So good to see all of you! You all look so good! It was weird just talking and just being with you guys! I miss it! BUT, all is well!! There is work to be done!

It was a good Christmas. Very simple. Didn’t really have much time to feel the Christmas spirit, but in reality I did. I served. I just love serving, I love helping these people here, and that truly is the Christmas spirit. To love one another, to help our own brothers and sisters, so I did feel it, and I am so grateful for Jesus Christ and to celebrate his birth!

So, that’s about it! So sorry, I kind of don’t have anything else! All is well here!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE, and happy 2017 coming up, CRAZY!!!

Elder Carney

FELIZ NAVIDAD! Dec. 21, 2016

FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Dec. 21, 2016

Hola mi familia, mis guashitos!!

Sooo here it goes!!

• Divisions with Elder Martinez from Uruguay- he is dope, super fun! He is one of my homies so it was great!! 
• Divisions with Elder Murphy from Idaho, he is a great guy, new to the mission but speaks super well!
• Today we had a practice, we are singing in the Christmas conference that we have this Friday which will be so great!! So, we were in San Bernardo today which was fun!
• Shout out to Elder Maser and his step mom, she is literally the best!! Got these dope pajamas, and shirts and socks and just so great, pic included, sorry its blurry!! Elder Maser is just the best! It soo crazy that over a year ago, we spent Christmas together here!! 

So, Christmas. Here it is. We need to give to Jesus. He deserves a gift. A gift of sacrifice. What are we going to give to him this Christmas, this new year? What will we sacrifice? What I really have felt is that wow, we are so blessed. He has given us all. 

To give a gift, is something from you, some part of you to give. Yet Jesus Christ, he gave us everything, he gave us his life. And we need to give him our will, our hearts. We need to follow him.

I have really been trying to focus on Jesus Christ in our teachings, in every teaching, because he is the reason. He is the reason we are here, that we can grow. And he is simply inviting us to come and see who he is, what he does, see the power that he has to literally change our hearts, to find hope. And all because of his birth. So, I am soo grateful for him, and I know I owe him a lot, and I want to invite you all to give to him as well. Because he gave it all, we can give a little. 

He lives. That is his gift. So, learn of him. Find out who he is. 

I am happy. I am soo happy to have this knowledge and this HOPE! And I love it!! 

I have Soo many reasons to not be happy. Literally so many. It’s hot, dogs bite us, we are in the ghetto, gunshots and drugs every day, sadness, people not progressing or even hating us and wanting nothing to do with us. EVERY REASON to be miserable, yet I am SOO happy. SO happy it’s so weird. I love it, and I want others to have it. So, if you are reading this, GO FIND IT!! Go talk to the missionaries, go get on your knees and pray. He is REAL This is real!! And I love it!!

Go find him. 

Elder Carney

THANK YOU SIS. MASER FOR THESE FUN PJ'S!  THEY ARE AWESOME!

 

FELIZ NAVIDAD! Dec. 14, 2016

Dec. 14, 2016

FELIZ NAVIDAD

Chello familia,

Como están todos? How’s life?

Soo here we go, super sorry, but this week I don’t think I will be writing that much! But here it goes

• We had divisions with the ward PAC, (Pedro Aguirre Cerda) and I was with Elder Grau, from España, he is DOPE, so that was fun!
• Elder Champutiz and I are NOW SUPERHEROS (see picture!!) super sweet, thank you mama carney, right now it’s so hot at night that we don’t wear them, but when winter hits, you best believe I will be hitting those things up!
• Ate sooo much fodo and ate something bad Sunday, the next day we were dying, BUT we made it through the day!
• It’s been great, I love being a missionary!
• We have a family, famila Rojas, they are great! Just awesome people and we are working, trying to reactivate them!

I just truly love being a missionary. That’s about it. It’s been such a humbling experience. And it’s such an act of faith, yet every person should go out and serve. Everyone. 

I feel so blessed. So so, blessed to be able to help these people, to give it my all, and to have Heavenly Father by my side, guiding me.  

It’s one of the most beautiful things to be an instrument in God’s hands. To help his children come back, to follow him.

I LOVE IT. I love this gospel. It’s true. And if you don’t know it. Go find out. Jesus Christ lives. I know it. And although I still have questions and doubts and I am still human, I know this. He lives to bring us home. Let him in, find out who he is, what he can do in your life. 

Elder Carney

Bradley got 1 of his Christmas packages, and opened his Christmas PJ's early!! He and his comp are "Super Missionaries!"  And considering it's 90 degrees there, they probably won't be wearing these onsie pj's very much!

B

NOv. 30 & Dec. 6, 2016

ILUMINA EL MUNDO

Nov. 30, 2016

Hello family!!

Soo how is everyone? 

Alright here it goes

• This week has been good, it’s been a good one.
• I FINISHED THE BOOK OF MORMON AGAIN!! This is the 3rd time now in Spanish, it’s pretty dope! And actually, it was really cool. I decided to finish Moroni 10, the very last chapter in English, in the book of Mormon that I have had since I was 10, that I wrote my testimony in when I was 10. And it was just cool to read that, and just know that it is true! That it truly is another testament of Jesús Christ, of his love for us, and him coming to the Americas! It is igual (no idea how to say that in English) with the Bible, similar. And ITS TRUE!! 
• And I love that if we want to become closer to God, that is it. We have the book of Mormon. So, ITS SO TRUE; READ IT PEOPLE!!! So frustrating when people don’t read because there are their answers, answers to life, to everything! And if we could just open up our hearts, and just ask God humbly, we can receive all the answers!! SO, FREAKING OPEN IT UP AND READ!!!
• Anyway, we found a DOPE new family. Luciano, Pamela, Daniela, and Ignacio, and we just had a really really good lesson, about the restoration. Our first visit and they just were soo ready to hear it, they have been looking for so long and it was just great! So, we are excited for that!!
• We have the new Christmas thing1! Ilumina el mundo its called in spanish!! Such a great video, and I love how it’s about service! So, go watch it everyone!!  (Here is the link to #Lighttheworld that Brad is talkign about - 
• https://www.lds.org/blog/25-ways-to-lighttheworld-this-christmas?cid=HP_TH_1-12-2016_dOCS_fBLOG_xLIDyL2-2_
• GO SERVE: such a beautiful thing to forget about ourselves and help, something so simple yet we find true joy, true Christ like love. 
• It’s getting freaking HOT, haha and its killing me! 
• Changes are coming up, this might be my last week here, and it will defs be my last week with mi hijito numero 2, elder Hendrix. It has been such a great time and he is a really great missionary, and I am really excited to watch him grow even more and just grateful to have been able to train him!
• I am tired. Oh, so tired, yet I just love being a missionary. I love it. 
• GOD IS GOOD. I know I say that a lot, but it’s true. He is. So, trust in him. 

That’s about it! I love all of you sooo much and I miss you all, but honestly, I love being here. I love being a missionary. And I know that’s where I need to be for now!

Elder Carney

FAM BAM

Dec. 6, 2016

Hello family and friends!!

This is Elder Carney speaking to you, do you remember me? probs not, but it’s all good, I still love you guys!! 

So, this week has been a good one!! 

• I am now out of Los Pensamientos and....AM IN LA BANDERA!!! Yep, literally moved wards. Still in the zone. I even still live in my ward, haha but just moved to the side, that’s it! But I am now with Elder Camputiz!! From Ecuador!! He is the man!! We have been friends from the beginning, I saw him be born so it will be good!
• I had to say goodbyes, which was not fun. Man, I hate it!! But it’s really cool to see how much people progress and that you go where they go, you suffer with them, you cry with them, you laugh and share memories with them. And it’s just so weird, how much you really love these people, the people you dedicate your whole time too, and to say bye. It’s hard!! But hopefully I will see them again doing divisions and all that!
• The picture attached is a sassy picture, haha yep! There isn’t a word for sassy in Spanish, so I taught them what it means and even their little kid is doing it! Jose! And that’s the Familia Andrade, they are incredible.  I love them. Literally some of my favorites, going to miss them a ton!
• They threw me a pizza party also, which was beautiful. And another fam a completo party
• I said goodbye to my kid! Mom Note- they call the person they train, their "kid")   Nope, haha he is actually in my district, so it will be fun doing divs with him! He has a new comp now too, a kid from his own group, so it’ll be fun! 
• I AM A GRANDPA!! my first kid who I trained, elder Garzon from Columbia, he is now training!! I am a grandpa!! So crazy!!
• I am excited for this ward! It’ll be good, it needs some help and some loving, but we will see!!
• I love these people. I am so thankful for them. I cannot even imagine how our Savior and how much Heavenly father love us. If this is just a glimpse of it, I couldn’t even imagine. I love ‘em!
• SO, I am going to be happy dangit! Just enjoy this time! It’s Christmas, its freaking hot but the Gospel is freaking awesome!!!!!

I love you all!!

Elder Carney

Nov 16 & 22, 2016 Well Hello!

Wed, Nov 16, 2016 1:08 pm
Subject: HELLO

Hello familia! How are all of you?

Soo yeah here it goes

• today for pday we made sushi, which is really growing here and a lot of people love it, but this time, we MADE it, sooo we’re pretty much Asian 
• Had interviews with president, was good, not much else to say!
• We have a BAPTISM this Sunday!! Brandon y Daina, they are little kids but are just angels and their family is less active, all of them (this area has a lot) so hopefully we can see some blessings come from this, and they are so excited!
• Vanel, he is a Haitian, and he is just the man! He has come to church 2 times now, and he has a baptism date!! I wish I was black..
• Jehovahs Witnesses contacted our door...awk. They always try to fight with us and I just am soo sick of that! So they gave me a book and I did too, the plan of salvation, and while they were contacting me I was trying to get their address, haha! They got frustrated I think!!
• We have been doing good, I have just been tired. But still trucking!

That’s about it!! 

Other than that, it’s been good. Life is good! God is good. He is so good. And it’s getting freaking HOT!!

It’s an adventure!! Life is good, just enjoy it. In the small and sjmple things. 

Elder Carney

Nov. 23, 2016

Welll Howdy Doo!

Hello family!! and friends, if I still have any!

This is your son/brother/friend elder carney!

This week was good!! Not really sure what happened honestly!! But life is just good!

I am just happy to be alive, just love it! Honestly, that’s about it!

Hmm trying to think!!

We found a lot of new people this week which his really good!! We are really excited, have some really cool potential ones!!

Ohhh Brandon and Dayyna were baptized!! It was soo good!! So special and just awesome! It was elder Hendrixs’ first baptism too and it was really good! Their whole family are less active, and there are more than 20 in total, so we will see if this brings some miracles. 

They were so excited! When they came out of the water Brandon was like, BAKAN!! Which is like AWESOME, DOPE!! haha it was great!!

I am really loving this ward. I love these people. It’s so frustrating at some points, and it feels like nothing functions at all, but I love it. I know that blessings come from it, from very little action. ESPECIALLY obedience. Something so simple. Just be obedient!!

That’s about it fam bam!! I love this gospel, sorry this email is lame!! BUT, GOD LOVES YOU ALL SO MUCH!!

THIS CHURCH IS TRUE!!! It’s not some social club, awesome thing, yet it is awesome. It holds all the keys in order for us to gain salvation, to be in families for eternity. It’s TRUE, its REAL!! Love you all!!

Elder Carney