Welcome Home Sister Carlson!!!

6 months and going home!

Hello Everyone! 

I hope your weeks have all gone good. This week has been a harder one. I found out that I'm going home early this week because with my type 1 diabetes I am in the high risk group with the Coronavirus. But I got to serve an amazing 6 months that I will forever be grateful for! I met some amazing people and served with some awesome missionaries! Woods Creek will forever have my heart! ❤ 

Something that I learned this week is that God has a plan for each of us. It may not be our plan that we have for ourselves, but His plan is so much better than we could ever imagine, even if we can't see it at the time. He knows us and He loves us and He wants the very best for each of us. He knows what we need, although it may not always be what we want. I also learned that when we give our wills over to God we will be able to have the peace that everything will work out. As we align ourselves with Him and His will we will be able to find joy in every circumstance. 

I was also pondering this week some things that I have come to learn on my mission and I wanted to share a few of those will you all: 

1. Our Father in Heaven and Savior Jesus Christ are ALWAYS there for us. At each moment of our lives we can turn to them and they will be right there to help us and meet our needs. They love you even more than you can imagine, and that love is always there. Their arms are constantly outstretched and they never get tired. 

2. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that as we read it we can be filled with peace, comfort, and joy. I know that the Holy Ghost can speak to us through its words and that we can receive the guidance that we need as we read it. I know that it can help us in our trials, our struggles, and our good times. The Book of Mormon is powerful and as we read it we can be filled with power to overcome all things. 

3. I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the restored church on the earth. I know that Joseph Smith really did see Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ that spring day and that they answered his prayer. I know that they gave Him power to restore their church and translate the Book of Mormon. 

4. I know that Heavenly Father answers our prayers. He wants to talk to us. It's just up to us to listen. 

5. I know that missionary work brings joy. I know that as we labor with Christ and serve those around us that we will be filled with an indescribable joy that can't be found anywhere else. It is the joy that comes as we help Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ fulfill their purpose of "bringing to pass the immortality and eternal life of man" (Moses 1:39). 

I invite each of you this week to take some time to ponder the things that you know or believe and to write them down and pray for an opportunity to share those things with others. 

Love you all! 

Sister Carlson 

Service on the Horse Farm

This was posted on the Puget Sound Latter-day Saints facebook page!


Danielle Breckinridge, owner of Moné Farms and Training Center (a horse farm, training center, and rescue shelter, located in Snohomish County), had been spending long hours caring for animals, providing riding lessons, and offering therapeutic lessons for people with a variety of backgrounds, such as autism and cerebral palsy.

Due to an injury, and after having lost her head ranch hand several years prior, Danielle was afraid she was going to lose her business; the pace to keep things up and running was never-ending.

Enter the Missionaries!

Always looking for ways to serve, Latter-day Saint Missionaries, assigned to the Washington Everett Mission, saw an opportunity to make a difference and wanted to help. Two days a week, these young men and women muck out stalls, fill water troughs, unload hay bales, and help with other various needs around the farm.

Danielle says, “Having the missionaries come is the highlight of the week. They have been a true God-send.”

#WashingtonEverettMission #MissionMoments #SeeANeed #MakeADifference #PugetSoundSaints

An Errand from the Lord

Hello Everyone! 

I hope your week was good! This week was a little slower with all the crazy virus stuff going on, but the gathering of Israel never stops so we're still working, but staying safe of course :) The sun was out this week which was so nice!! We also had some awesome lessons with our friends this week & had tons of tender mercies throughout the week! Heavenly Father is very aware of each of us and our circumstances. 

This week I loved in Come Follow Me where it talks about Jacob's errand from the Lord. I read a talk by Michelle Craig called "Spiritual Capacity" from the last general conference. In it she talks about receiving errands from the Lord. She says, "The prayer Heavenly Father seems eager to answer is our plea to be led to someone who needs our help." There are always people around us who need our help. Each of us can be instruments in the Lord's hands. You can make a difference in other's lives. I have seen as I have asked for errands from the Lord, He has placed people in my path that I was able to serve. When Christ was on the Earth He ministered to others "one by one," and if He were still here He would be doing all He can to help every person here, but because He can't it's up to us to be His hands. I invite each of you look for the One that you can minister this week and to pray and ask for an errand from the Lord, and I can promise you that He will place someone in your path that you can help. 

Love you all! Have a good week! And stay safe! 

Sister Carlson 

Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear

"Objects in Mirror are Closer Than They Appear." 🚘

Christ is always there. Especially in the times when it may appear He is not, I can promise you that He is closer than you think. He is right there cheering you on and helping you out every step of the way! He has promised, "I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you" (John 14:18). His arms are constantly outstretched and they will never get tired. Reach out to Him and you will discover that He never left your side, and He never will. He loves you. And that love never changes. "It is simply always there" (Thomas S. Monson).

District Sacrament Meeting

Sisters Carlson and Cole