Brian returned from the California Carlsbad Mission on Tuesday and we met him at the Salt Lake airport.  It was so great to see him, especially for Mark who hadn’t seen him since he left on his mission in May, 2008.  So happy to have him home for the holidays!           [...]

So I’ve been slightly stressed because I want to have Christmas all done before our missionary comes home THIS TUESDAY!  But in between all the stress, we’ve enjoyed some holiday fun.  We went to Celebration of Christmas by the BYU combined choirs & Philharmonic Orchestra at the beginning of December.  It’s always wonderful and is [...]

11-1-11 So, I am really excited about what is going on here.  I have been resorting to prayer, and counsel from leaders to know what the best path to take is.  We have been seeing tons of miracles too, in spite of everything, so that has been awesome.  I feel that I have finally figured [...]

10-4-2011 Lunes:  So we went over to [an investigator] in the morning and they said that they weren’t going to be able to have the baptism on the 22nd, so they wanted to see if he could do it on the 15th!  We were so stoked!  We have SOOO much work to do before that, [...]

9-6-2011 Hey what’s up!?  This is Elder Carey here, still in Mission Viejo at least for another 6 weeks.  Apart from my Greenie area, Mission Viejo will be the longest area that I have had on my mission!  Crazy, huh?!   I get bounced around a lot.  So, this would be the first time in over [...]

August 2, 2011 The work is going really well right now, we have a ton of potential investigators, and it seems like all these investigators are just being handed to us through these crazy miracles. August 9, 2011 Yesterday, was the worst day of my mission quite possibly.  Why would [the investigators we've worked with [...]

7-5-2011 That is crazy that tomorrow I will have been on my mission for 18 months.  Can you believe that?  Wow.  I was remembering everything that happened last 4th of July, where I was, and what I was doing, and I hadn’t quite been out for 6 months yet.  The last year just flew by.  [...]

6-7-2011 I am doing so good, the weather is cool (we are in “June Gloom” right now).  But it is super nice.  The ocean is beautiful and I love seeing it every day! Miercoles: We went to the train station and we sang hymns and contacted people and it was SO fun.  We had some [...]