One day left

Again, my mom is entering this post for me.  Today was cool.  We started out going to the Salt Lake Temple for an endowment session.  My mom forgot her Temple recommend, so that was stressful for her, but they let her in anyway (it helped that my dad is in the bishopric).  The Salt Lake Temple is an amazing building.  I can see why it took 40 years to build.  We ate at the Temple cafeteria and then went to the Joseph Smith building to see the Joseph Smith film.  While we were speaking with someone at the information desk I ran into my wife (from my BYU FHE group that is!).  Her name is __?___ Smith (I can't remember her first name).  We had a lot of fun together.  She is now serving a full-time mission at Temple Square.  The Joseph Smith movie was great.  What it lacked in action, it more than made up for in spirit.  After that we did some shopping at the Distribution Center and Deseret Book and then went back to Temple Square to tour around a bit.  We spoke with lots of Sister Missionaries.  They could tell from a mile away that I was preparing to enter the MTC.  It was good to hear their MTC experiences.  We also ran into quite a few other missionaries who are reporting to the MTC tomorrow, which was cool.

Once we left Temple Square we made our way back to Mr. Mac to pick up my altered suits and then we changed our clothes and headed out for dinner at Tucanos Brazilian BBQ so I could fill up on MEAT!!!

Looking forward to tomorrow!

Two days to go!

I am here in Salt Lake City with my awesome parents (my mom is typing this entry since I'm not allowed on the computer).  I don't report to the MTC until Wednesday at 12:45.  Today we went to Mr. Mac and I got a bunch of stuff.  We had Craig Sutton helping us and he was great!  An interesting side note is that Craig served with my Dad's mission president in Brazil.  After that we drove to Provo to eat at In and Out Burger and check out the location of the MTC.   My mom was upset because they are doing renovations and there was no MTC sign for me to stand by for a picture.  Moms get worked up about the silliest things.  After that we actually visited my dad's Mission President who lives in Orem (my dad went to Portugal).  We then went to Famous Dave's for supper - awesome ribs!  Now we are playing scrabble.  It's pretty rough not having my electronics.  I'm told it will be easier in the MTC because I will be so busy.   Oh, yeah, yesterday at the airport in Calgary we ran into a General Authority and his wife.  His name is Elder Zivic of the First Quorum of the Seventy.  They ended up sitting behind us on the plane as well.  When I was set apart as a missionary one of the counsellors in our stake Presidency, Pres. Laycock, told me I would see more General Authorities during the MTC portion of my mission than any other time in my life.  I guess I got a head start!  Well, it's almost 10:30 - bedtime.  Goodnight.

The Day Before Tomorrow

So this Last week went by way to fast.  I Cant believe that I'll be leaving tomorrow, it feels like it should only be Wednesday.  But that doesn't really matter, I really am excited to be able to get out there and start serving our Heavenly Father as a Missionary in NYC.  But before I leave I want to make sure that my Addresses will be available to whoever might want to send me a letter or something...

My MTC address is:
Elder Carson Lamonte Dilling
MTC Mailbox # 324
NY-NYNM 1123
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793

And my actual mission field address is:

 Elder Carson Lamonte Dilling
New York, New York North Mission
700 White plains Rd Ste 315
Scarsdale, NY 10583
(But I won't be there until November 22, 2010)

 This next little bit is just for Jeff Harris who was wondering who I would be giving my iPod to, and I have decided that I will be giving my iPod to the next youngest sibling, unless that sibling has a similar electronic device of comparable age or newer.  Which means that Christina gets it, but only if she also agrees to give her iPod to Daniel.

Anyways, for today I'm just gonna pack up all my stuff into boxes, and pack my suitcases so that I am ready to leave after Church tomorrow.