From hard hearts to soft!

Dear Family,                                                                                                 3-26-12
     This week has been one of so much excitement for me. I feel so wonderful here in my new area, I`m loving it. I came for the last 6 months from a area very hard for Peru and with a lot of hard hearts that didn´t really want to listen so in my last area I learned the discipline to keep going and pushing harder and harder to help the children of God that this week was very easy! The people here in this area are just wonderful and listen really well. My Companion, Elder Zeas, from Nicaragua is so wonderful, we teach very simply and short but super understandable and I feel very strong the spirit as we teach. He has 13 months in the mission and so I have a little bit more time but not much. We get along super well and it was the weirdest thing, when I entered our apartment I saw there a violin and Guitar. The guitar is not his its a members and the violin he bought in the mission but he didn`t know how to tune it or anything, so with my cello skills I´m now playing the violin and teaching him more. He knows guitar very well so he´s teaching me that. Its going great we learned a song in like 5 mins, "come thou fount" and we actually had a baptism this week on Friday and played it, me on the Violin and him on the guitar. but we can change to so with the little tiny time we have at night or super early we practice a little and I don`t know if missionaries just have a gift on the mission and can learn things super fast or just me because I picked up the guitar and just started playing. It’s been fun!
       As well with being a Zone Leader it actually feels somewhat easier then District Leader first because I´m used to the leadership and doing all that with numbers and guiding and helping but now there are 2 of us that can talk and discuss what we want to do. I´m not beating myself up on what I should do, but we talk about what WE can do. Its super nice and still learning a lot. Our Zone is doing a ton better right now then how we ended the last transfer. Ever area has at least 1 baptismal date and we have 3 new missionaries from the CCM(MTC). They are doing well but we can do better. 
      I´m super excited for General Conference its better then Christmas in the mission. Its a gift and I remember the last two times I listened during the first talk I just start crying. I don`t know why and I´m super excited, been trying to follow what they said the last time and ready for more. I downloaded last time some of the talks that I love and listen to them every once in a while to motivate me and I still cry listening to Elder Holland’s talk about missionaries, that is just so powerful, I loved the talks in the Priesthood session the last conference they still speak to me and make me feel the spirit. I´ll listen with a little more faith, hope, and charity this time ;-). 
     Ok now for the trunky part. Well not trunky but I realized yesterday my English sucks, I can write and read and do everything normal but when it comes to taking on a normal conversation its hard to not say things in Spanish. The Elder that was in this area before finished his mission last week and his family came out to pick him up(parents and 2 brothers) they went to Machu Pichu and then yesterday came to the ward for the meeting and tell everyone bye. His parents don´t speak a word of Spanish and so they were confused the whole time but for lunch we were there eating together at our pensions house and I was just talking to them and everything and it was hard sometimes but really cool. It was super weird seeing white people again. I´m not used to it anymore either. When I saw his brothers they looked super familiar and I kept asking them question to see if I knew them and pretty much we just decided they looked so familiar because they were white and I´m just not used to that anymore. It made me a little worried about when I come back. lol but I still have a while; I´ve also been thinking I´m going to finish my mission here. It’s super possible on how my mission has been.
     Well I´ll let you all go and hope you have a wonderful week and love and pay close attention to what the lord is telling us to do. 

Love you all,
     Elder Carson Corbett

p.s. no haven´t received my package yet but the offices promised me this week to get it to me!

Transfers-New Asignment!

Dear Family,                                                                         3-19-12

     Well its been a busy week with lots of work and little results like usual, but we keep pressing on. We had did a "week of perfection", the Zone Leaders told me which is work pretty much our tails off to reach and achieve all of the goals of excellence. Well we didn´t meet them all but we did work super hard this week, every single one of us. We had this week a remarkable 14 new investigators who we are going to be working with the upcoming weeks. (well my companion will be working with ) But my time has come a little to an end here en La Alborada after working a hard 6 months in the area. We have found and help 6 people come unto Christ here in this ward and be baptized and confirmed member of the Church. It’s been a wonderful journey here and I love all the things I´ve learned, I´ve learned tons about Humility and just how to stay focus and through the challenges, keep working. This is going to be a wonderful lesson for the future. 

     Ok the news every ones been waiting for, haha I´m going to SAN DIEGO!!! WAHOO! haha well in the Zone: Prolima, area: San Diego as Zone Leader! I don´t know what to tell president, I´m excited and ready to work even harder and this means time is just going to fly even faster!! I can´t believe it, as Zone Leader, but I´ve been working real hard as a district leader so I feel pretty prepared. In the Zone there are only 14 missionaries so that's a lot better than the 20 that are in this zone. It’s a good area, well from what I´ve heard and the sister gives good food but they tell me I´m going to get fat there so I sure hope not! My companion is going to be Elder Zeas, who is from Nicaragua. I´m honestly super excited and want to give it my all. I know the people we serve will be blessed and I will continue to be blessed too. I really do love the people here in Perú that why I keep knocking on their doors even if I´ve talked to them 50 times before. There is no other work like missionary work on the face of the earth. I love this with all my heart and when I think about when I go home, a lot of times I don´t want to go because I love working so hard and feeling good at the end of the day! 

    Well I love you all and I´ll be working hard in Prolima with my new companion and with my new Zone so keep me in your prayers and I´ll keep praying for all of you!

With tons of love,

       Elder Corbett

Estoy Gastado=I`m Exhausted!

Dear family and friends,                                                      3-12-12
I want to first start off with a question. Why are Sundays the worst day of the week in the Mission? Yesterday was a tiring day. Sundays are always so hard because it’s so disappointing when people don`t come to church and you watch all your baptisms falling. Me and my companion are working so hard here. I want everyone to come unto Christ but its like you talk to them and they love it and you love it and then they just don`t put the importance of it all in their lives. For all of you who are maybe passing for hard times right now I have a couple suggestions. First go say a pray! doesn`t matter how much you might not want to or feel its not necessary, just do it; that is the moment most important that you need to talk to your Father in Heaven. Second don`t worry yourself too much. I think this week I´ve been worrying myself why to much thinking, "I’m a district leader I need to be setting the example and I need to be always having baptismal dates and complete everything......" The Lord is proud of you if you are doing all you can! I felt that this week. I testify that the Lord loves you, don`t get discouraged because you don`t feel your not good enough, You Are. Third, go to work! We don`t always receive answers while we are there on our knees, a lot of times we receive answers when we are working. I felt the answer/peace of God AFTER I worked and did everything I could during the week. Last night we came home after just a hard working week. I did the numbers real quick, all the phone calls and at the end at like 9:50 we just took like 2 seconds to lay in bed and relax, Me and my companion were out in like 3 seconds, in our church clothes still. We were Exhausted and I feel good about that because right now I don`t have any baptismal dates and few people who attended but I know I gave it all I have this week.
Next week is transfers and after working here for a good 6 months I really think I´m out of here...:-(. I love the members of this ward they are so cool and good but as well I think after 16 months in the mission I`m ready for my 3rd area, maybe I`ll only have 3. lol Its crazy the mission. Doing everything the same every single day, I feel that every day feels like an hour and every week feels like a day. and a month a week. But every Month is a years worth of experience if your working!
As well I had a pretty funny story this week but maybe another time I`ll have to tell it. I learned a very valuable lesson and that is, the church is a church of order and we have leaders called with authority for reasons. LOL oh it was pretty funny. Well to everyone young and old I love you! I´m grateful for your prayers I feel the power of them and thank you for them. Know I´m praying for you guys and your success in all your endeavors. Love you!
Love from Peru,
Elder Carson Corbett

p.s. I bought glasses a couple weeks ago, I have no idea why but they look cool on me huh?

Yoshi!

Dear Family, 3-5-12
Well this week went by super fast. Its so true when your mind is in the work time just goes by super fast. especially if you are having baptisms. We had another baptism this week of a young man named Yoshi who has completely changed his life around and repented of a different life before. That’s the beauty of baptism and repentance. Maybe next week you`ll get the pictures and as well I would like a family picture or other people who receive this I would like a picture of your family. I feel after reading these emails you guys have all changed dramatically. So I want pictures. And of this Randy kid, send me a pic so I can pray and know if he should go out with my sister. When we go to BYU together, Kate, before every date those guys will need an interview with me so they don´t mess with my little sister. haha I still remember so many years ago when mom yelled at Kate because she said she liked someone. Wow the times have changed, I don`t feel like these little kids aren´t allowed to get older its just weird. and Brandon going on dates?, I still feel he´s that newly called Deacon. But I love them all. And I would like also like a picture of the ward. I have a picture of me, like a profile picture and I`ll get that to you as soon as I put it on my USB.
Anyway I got to baptize Yoshi and then Sunday during the sacrament meeting they as well called me up to confirm him and give him the Holy Ghost. It was a really special experience for me. We are trying to encourage him to go on a mission in a year and then he will be a great leader in the church. If he puts his mind to it and doesn´t fall he will be a great leader. We talked in ward counsel a lot of how we can keep him active in the church. I´m really loving this ward we are helping them out a ton and loving the time with my companion. We are working hard so don`t worry. If there is anything word of advise I can give you is when you really don`t know what to do or feel bad, PRAY! It may not make the problems go away but your spirit will be full. I know that is true and I know that Jesus is the Christ and he paid for every single sin we have committed. Love you all and hope you all have a FABULOUS week, keep a smile on your face and be firm in the faith and you will see a miracle this week in your life. I know that is true and promise you that.


Love ya,
Elder Corbett

p.s. I should get my package tomorrow. Its at the post office from what I heard a week ago and they tried to take it out but they didn`t have a paper with my signature so couldn´t take it out. Tomorrow I´m hoping I’ll get it! love ya!