Carson's Mission Site

This is Carson's sister!

Carson will have a mission site up for the duration of his mission (2 years)!

www.missionsite.net/eldercarsonteuscher

Thanks, 

Tiana

The Show Goes On

Well, this is it, to anyone reading out there.

The last post as Carson Teuscher, for two years at least.

From here on out I will be referred to as Elder Teuscher, by choice mind you, because I want to go somewhere and render my services to the Lord on an all out mission to help those around me become happy like I am.

This last weekend at home has been fabulous! The feelings of being with family is so amazing. I am glad that everyone was here, the way that things have worked out. Happy with the talk that I gave in church on Sunday. Happy with where I am going. Funny how things always, ALWAYS work out the way that they need to, for your own progression.

In two years, I will be a better person than I am now. Of that I am certain. And not just because I will speak Portuguese, but because the experiences I have over that time period will graft me into a better individual. Countless missionaries have gone before me, even more will go after me. But this is MY mission! I've waited 19 years to go, and it makes me so excited to think that starting Wednesday I will be off on that adventure.

Thanks Mom & Dad. I owe it all to you.
Thanks Gitta, Gem Gem, and Tiana. You are my favorite people on the entire planet.
Thanks to other family members, whose unyielding support makes life go on.
Thanks friends, to whom I owe so much and wish I could repay you for such great times.
Thanks most of all to a loving Father in Heaven.

Ribeirao Preto, here I come.











Here are some pictures of last weekend.

The epitome of fun: 75 foot slip'n slide and dish soap.

The epitome of silly! My sisters!

 The epitome of beauty, Haystack rock on Canon beach, Oregon. 

 The epitome of youth :) My Dad and Nana!

The epitome of...tent. 

I finally fulfilled my summer goal of building an awesome sand castle!

Haha this picture is hilarious considering that fact that Gemma's shirt accurately reflects real life! I indeed truly only have one day more before my mission!! Haha :)

Elder Lim! I will miss you. 

Note to everyone. My parents and older sister will probably make a mission site for me, like my buddy Tripper's. 

www.missionsite.net/eldertripperfrost

It will most likely be that, except with my name in the URL. 

Have a great 2 years :) Keep in touch!

The Fair With The Shirleys

My two sisters, Brigitta and Gemma and I recently went to the fair with the Shirley's. They live about 25 minutes away, and their son Dallin is currently in Cuiaba, Brazil serving an honorable full time mission. He and his brother, Matzen were in my ward at BYU over the last year. The Clark County fair this year was so awesome, the rides were incredible, and the company was great. I got to see Justin working away at the smokehouse, and ate a delicious sweet onionburger. It was a great time, and I will definitely miss the Shirleys and each of their spunky personalities over the next two years.

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Matzen and the rabid rabbit. 

Best picture ever, all of us are screaming like a girl and Marcell just clenching his eyes closed like a little kid. Marcell is from Africa and stays with the Shirleys. Matzen was companions with him on his mission in Zimbabwe, and being around him is great because he hasn't experienced so many American staples, like the fair, or rides, as we all have. His reactions are priceless in so many ways!

 Some sort of inflatable device that enables you to walk on water. Gemma and Hannah got to do it, and it looked fun! 8D looks like an awesome smiley face. 

 The frisbee I won for picking the right dum dum at the red cross booth.

Group Photo: 

Marcell the shell, JT, Rachel Ray, Gitta, Hanna, Girl-whose-name-I-forgot-but-known-friend-of-Shirleys, Gem Gem, Me, Mahziday.

Brother and Sister Shirley! Trust me, they are two of the nicest people you could ever know. 

Also, I realize that I am wearing the same shirt as I was in the last post, but I assure you, this is over a week after that other post, and I did indeed do laundry in between. 

Plus I really like that shirt. 

Also, inside joke from the end of the fair..."MMEEEEEEE MEEEEEE LOOOKK AT MEEEEEEE"

Have a great day :)

Take me out to the ball game

Took a road trip north to Seattle yesterday. Justin was kind enough to drive and we had a fantastic time seeing the Seattle Mariners actually beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2.

I kid you not, this is his real name. 

Caption and Farewell

"Dude! I'm going to Brazil in two weeks!"

Congrats to Elder Tripper Frost today. Executed an amazing farewell talk, had a lot of people welling up with tears including myself, and is leaving for Peru Lima West on an airplane tomorrow. Elder, you are going to make a fantastic missionary. Trust me on that, and see you in two years. 

Songs from your youth

When I'm older I'm going to look back at this song as one that I loved as a teenager. It is one of the most overplayed songs in my life, but it never gets old.

And Suddenly I Was Dressed Like A Pioneer...

Pioneer Trek 2011.

Wait…2011? Wasn’t there a Northwest Pioneer Trek in 2004? And later on in about 2007? Yes!

This was my 3^rd Pioneer Trek. But this time, instead of pulling a handcart, I was on the adult volunteer staff with 3 of my best friends, Braydon, Tripper and Justin. This was a little different experience in both good and bad ways. The other three leaders on our crew, Joe Malicoat, Davin Crowe, and Steve Nicklelson were all great as well. But starting Tuesday night of last week around 4:00 PM until about 2 in the morning on Sunday we worked…and worked…and worked tirelessly to make sure that everything went on smoothly. And although sometimes it got stressful and chippy, we made it through. There were definitely some highlight good moments, most of which I got on camera. But when the event was finally over, and I contemplated what we had just accomplished, I was more proud than tired. What we did was incredible! There were many other great leaders there too! Sister Malicoat, Brother and Sister Hullinger, Brother and Sister Nord, Brother and Sister Sears, Brother and Sister Babb, The Gilmans,  Randy Cole, the list goes on and on. I learned so much in those days that I cannot possibly tell it all, and I wish I could tell all the hilarious experiences we had, but this post of pictures will have to suffice for my memory as you all see it. 

I didn't manage to get a picture at the stake center, but see all this stuff??????

25 Wagon Bases

50 Wagon Wheels

50 Wagon Sideboards

25 Wagon Frontboards

25 Wagon Frontboards

25 Water Jugs

A 5 Gallon Bucket And A Large Waterproof Bag for Each Kid ...X300

All The Staff Cooking Supplies, namely Dutch Ovens, Stoves, About 30 Propane Tanks

6 55 Gallon Drums for Water

All The Food for 350 People for 3 Days

12 Porti-Johns <--- The Worst Part

I wish you could have seen the Semi Truck packed to the brim, full of most of these things, along with 3 other trucks with trailers full of the gear. There were 6 of us to unload it and bring it to this meadow to assemble it all day Wednesday, and what a feat it was...

This is Devil's Half Acre, Wednesday Evening around 8 when we had finished. We had to drill all the wagons together, sort all the families gear based on names from a master list, and put the wagons in families of 5 per each company, of which there were 5 :) try and wrap your head around that one, It was hard for me!

Dead tired, we set up a little fire and made some hot dogs, chile, whatever food we had :)

Davin cranked up the music in his car, Bruno Mars' "Talking to the Moon" and we all sang it super loud, the only ones for miles up there camping on Mt. Hood all alone. It was great :) too bad we almost attracted the coyotes, and definitely attracted the deer!

Sweet wood chopping action. Too bad the next night I broke the axe trying to separate a huge stump with a knot in it. Nice pic, Trip. 

...nice face too... haha! That sums up the first day.

This was at about 11:30 or so at night, we all just crammed under an EZ-UP when it started to rain. Joe took my picture to remember the...er...tight quarters. Oh well, more body warmth. 

This guy. Joe Malicoat. I want to talk about him for a bit. 

5 years ago after he did a tour of duty in Iraq, he joined the church. I had never met him until the first trek meeting I went to before it started, but after 4 days of working with him, I feel like I've known him forever! The funny thing was that 5 years ago, Justin Baptized him as a priest in his ward, and Joe had forgot until Justin reminded him. It was like telling a kid you were his dad! Joe is a really interesting, hilarious, and upstanding guy. He served another year in Iraq in 2006 and has been in our Stake for awhile. He married Megan McCosland, or Sister Malicoat (I'll point her out later) and lives in Vancouver. He is such a stud! His Marine attitude was prevalent in the entire time we were working, he was all about logistics, getting things done, but always had time for a little bit of comedy. The thing you need to know about cotton eyed Joe is that he has a Tennessee accent, one that is really fun to try and talk in. So by the end of the week I myself was talking in a Tennessee accent, saying things like "it dodn't matter and knowwhatImean?" I really respect Joe for all that he has done, how far he has come, and his decisions he has made in the church. Haha he is like a grownup version of Tripper, which was weird and hilarious at the same time. Both converts but now really great guys, both like to poke fun, both really hard workers. He was really scary at times, he taught my how to properly hold a knife in a knifefight, and showed us a picture on his iphone of when he killed a cougar that was about to pounce on him when he was mountain bike hunting with a pistol, and he was holding it up as it was almost as big as he was. 

Best memory of Joe came on the first day when the kids were getting sent down to Devil's Half Acre to start and Joe was walking down the hill after then, and he comes up to Justin and I and his wife and goes, "I had the best treat on the way down this hill! Some kid was just dropping spicy hot cheetos on the trail and It was like a little snack every time I found one!" He opened his mouth and had red cheetoh powder all over his tongue and we just lost it. 

Anyways, we woke up and prepared for them to come, putting on our pioneer and rain gear as it had rained. There were deer eating around our heads in the night apparently, I was too tired to notice. Davin slept with an axe by him just in case!

The square jawed quad squad. 

Best team picture!

J man and I put all the carts in the field in a line, re-setting all the gear before the kids got there throughout the morning. Unfortunately the grass was long and wet, and our feet were wet for almost the rest of the day!

Yeedawgie!

I found mah sister. She was a great looking pawhneer that's for sure knowwhatImean?

Hah! Trip found an awesome vest and some sweet spectacles at value village and was sporting them most of the time.

Justin and I sat at a road crossing for about 3 hours in the afternoon, making sure the way was safe. We were so bored that we wittled the entire time. Joe wouldn't let me wear my sheath knife on my suspenders since it wasn't vintage pioneer, so I made a wooden one just to spite him :)

Dessert of the trip! Peach Cobbler made in the Dutch oven by President Hartley and crew! Amazzzzing! 

Ola, como estahs? Braydon didn't take a serious picture the entire trip. 

Mt. Hood: It has it's name beacuse it creates a "Hood" of its own weather, a cap over the summit, what was very prevalent as we filled up the 55 gallon drums at the Chevron station at government camp. 

I love Brother and Sister Nord. 

I was feeling sick on the second night, the doctor had given me stuff for my sore throat which helped, but it was nice sitting around the fire and talking to all my favorite adult leaders, just laughing and having a ball. This was the highlight of my trip, we stayed up until 1 AM just laughing as all the child'n slept. I also discovered that I accidentally still had the forest ranger's orange vest, and it made me glow in the dark haha!

This is sister Malicoat, she is just as amazing as her husband. She was in charge of doing all the filming and photo taking. She is so funny, kind and sweet. We ended up calling her Ma at the end of it since she was basically the Ma of our staff family. 

I glow! The campfire was accentuated by the fact that Sister Nord admitted to liking some rap music, and started singing, "Your a Jerk" as we were all shocked. Brother Nord quoted Marcel the Shell and I about died laughing as well. 

Bro Nord and the Boys

The last day was all hard work. I had the unlucky duty the last two days to cart around the Porti-Johns with Randy Cole, a guy from the Dalles Stake who knew every rope knot in the entire world. I learned a lot about him. 

Braydon wins the epic picture award. 

By about 12:00 AM on Sunday we were dead tired, having finished loading the truck. I just wanted to go home and sleep. We got home around 1:30 and that was the end of the trek. 

The end highlighted by some epic smoothies picked up at government camp, and a little facial hair to boot....

The trek was completely worth it. I learned that work sets you free, really it does. Working hard opens up doors to the inner understanding of yourself. By working hard you can achieve goals and push yourself harder then you thought possible. And all the thanks by everyone who was there gave us great feelings of accomplishment as well. It was just a fun experience!