Hello everyone,

This is Carly's mom.  Here is her first email home. :-)

So the flight was longgggggggg and miserable but I lived and basically made a new best friend. We are pretty much soul mates her name is Hermana Macre. She is exactly like Emma. I am not staying in the <Santiago MTC instead I am staying in a GIANT house nearby with 37 missionaires. It is called Al Cantera! It is beautiful and has been around for 100 years. It used to be the Swiss Emassy for 50 years and now it is the Mission home. Pretty sweet. Every one is nice and the food is good. We had lisagna a pasta. Yum! I am a little dizzy from flying so much. But I am unpacked and got to take a nap so life is good! haha Sorry I couldn´t call you. The telephones were soooo dumb and did not work. Also there was NO time when I landed in Chile. I am loving being a missionary and it still doesn´t feel real. I just learned that my email day will be on either Thursday or Monday for an hour. So stay tuned. Thanks for the letter mama upton & the kozaks. Love you guys and read all those advice cards on the plane. Made me cry. There are so many elders here. Like 1000000 jk like 11 but still I feel like there needs to be more chicas. GET ON IT GIRLS. Being a missionary is so much fun because I still get to be myself. It is the best and I am always laughing. I am staying in a room with 6 girls....should be intersting. There is a volley ball court here and a basketball court, and a pool! but no swimming for us. ohhhh well #missionaryprobs

I LOVE YOU ALL AND WILL WRITE AS SOON AS I CAN. 

I will reply to all of your emails when I get an hour to write. Today I only have 10 minutes.

Line of the Week

¨I just got flash mobbed by Jesus.¨

yahhhh... don´t ask. I still am horrible at spanish ahah we will see if it improves.

ALL MY LOVE & KISSES

xoxo

Hermana Upton

P.s. Some pictures coming your way when I have time to email!

Mission Pictures

You saw the props, now here is the final product!
A special thanks to my photographer Nicolette DeLuca, she really is amazing.
If you are interested in any of her work you can reach her at: littledeluca18@gmail.com

Thanks again Nic!
You're the greatest :)


xoxo

Hermana Carly Upton

Mission Photo Shoot: Ideas & Crafts

And the countdown begins...well it began like 80 days ago, but the real countdown starts now.
I have 17 days till I fly out to Santiago Chile!
I could not be more excited. My heart is so full of joy & gratitude as a prepare to serve the Lord.
The last couple days have been nothing but stress:

Mission Clothes Shopping
Farewell Party Ideas
Farewell TALK
Mission Photo Shoot Ideas
Package Ideas for my boy T
Packing...oh the packing
And so much more.

I'm getting stressed just thinking about it all.

The purpose of this post is to share a couple of the crafts I have created for my Mission Photo Shoot:



As usual I was inspired by this gem, Catelyn Shaia. I found some of her photos on Facebook and decided to use them as a template.

What you need:

tooth picks
tape
scissors
card stock
thin black sharpie
white or silver sharpie
mini wood letters (from Walmart)
paint
paint brushes
time

 

BLOCK LETTERS

 

 

NAME TAG

 

 

TIME DURATION

 

 I'M GOING TO

 

TO BE CONTINUED

I had a ton of fun creating these little crafts and I can't wait to see how they turn out in my pictures! I will be sure to post them as soon as I can :)


Have a great week every one.




xoxo

Hermana Upton