Oh hey look, I have a mission blog and stuff...

Yay for mission blogs! In case you can't tell by the title of the blog, I'm going to the California Carlsbad mission! I swear, by the time I'm done with Carl's Bad, the city will be renamed Carl's Good. Seriously, I'm going to make that joke for the rest of my life now. When I opened my call, all I saw was the word California... and what I thought was the word "CarlsbaNd." In case you can't tell by my mispronunciation, I had NO idea where that was. When I looked on the map and saw that it was near San Diego, I just about FREAKED OUT. Why, you ask?

BECAUSE OF THIS.

This, ladies and gents, is the greatest place on earth. The San Diego Temple for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. When I found out I would be serving 8 miles away from it, I just about died. My roommate can attest. HOWEVER, I realize that the purpose of serving a mission isn't to redeem the dead. I need to focus on the other 2 missions of the church. Perfect the saints and proclaim the gospel. Hey, I can do that! Hey, I WILL do that! And it will be AWESOMEEE.

Anyway, this is my first blog post! Fun stuff! Many more to come :)