Carly Helton (Sister Helton): Mission Photos

MY MISSION BEGINS: AUGUST 27, 2014

The Christus at Temple Square

Sister Lai, my MTC companion, and me at the Provo Temple

So surprised and happy to see Rachel McWhorter
in the MTC before she goes to Spain!

Sister Isaksen, of Norway, my first Temple Square companion

I am now an official missionary at Temple Square. This is me in front of the Lion House Pantry
holding a slip of paper because I passed off on giving tours! I got a free meal. It was goooood.

Sister Isaksen is the best companion and trainer I could have hoped for

Look who came to Temple Square - Briggy and Laurissa Memmott

OCTOBER 2014 GENERAL CONFERENCE WEEKEND
I got to see some familiar faces. I love you all!

Denise Burnett came from Provo for a session and found me!

My Uncle Jared and Uncle Roland and my cousins, Andrea, Daniel, Michael, Spencer and Jared

My cousin Andrea is attending Utah State and came to see me

Sky Wolfe came down from BYUI, too!

My patient companion Sister Isaksen on Oct. 4 while we were trying to work

as missionaries during a very busy Conference weekend

Briggs and Becca took Sister Isaksen and me to lunch on Nov. 1, 2014. I love them so much!

Sister Isaksen's birthday. Brownies for breakfast. Thanks Mama Isaksen!!!

Sister Isaksen's BFF from Norway surprised her for her birthday!!!

On Halloween the whole zone went to the Salt Lake Temple and had dinner. Below is Sister Sughroue who knows Cassy Campos in Temecula, California, one of my mom's best friends.

Music and the Spoken Word

Singing Christmas carols on Temple Square

We are on the Utah Capitol steps

Sister Ye is one of my favorite Asian missionaries

Mission Genealogy: My Mom (trainer) Sister Isaksen, and her mom - My Grandma - Sister Jones

My New Companion! Sister Campelo of Brazil!

Fabiano, Fabiano nino, and Renata - my first Skype baptism!

The Lawrences

Mission-wide pic (I'm in the back)

Videos: The Nativity and The Gift are the features at Temple Square right now

Briggs is spending a lot of time at Temple Square lately

Cyndi Bird found me

Kamry White and a friend

Had Thanksgiving with this beautiful family - Aaron, Catheryn Graves and 2 kids

Roland, Julie, Kathryn and Daniel Nelson

Whitney King

Christmas Party photos taken by Debby Bierman

Sister Campelo and me - Christmas 2014

Kamry White visited me

Denise Burnett came to see He is the Gift

Briggs and friends on Temple Square

Catharine Delong looks so good in Temple Square lights

Temple Square is the prettiest place on earth. We had a white Christmas!

Rey and Cassy Campos family from Temecula, CA

Natalie Merrill is home from her mission!

Brother Johnson (who I don't know) took a video of us singing and emailed it to my parents.
People are so amazingly nice!

The thank you cards our Relief Society sent to all the people who gave
us such wonderful presents for Christmas. These are handmade by a Danish Sister.

Briggs and Becca sent Sister Campelo and me a goodie box

Our adopted parents - Sister Campelo, Mario, Suzette and me

My new companion - Sister Bellais from Tahiti. She speaks French!

Our BFF Jerrica

Sister Bellais is beautiful!

I am so happy! I love my new assignment serving at the Humanitarian Center.
The church does so much humanitarian work all over the world without fanfare. I had no idea!

Sisters come to Temple Square from the MTC for a few hours each Saturday night and get to experience what it's like to serve at a visitors center before they actually go. This sweet Sista is going to the visitor's center in Omaha, Nebraska!

Sister Bellais and me at the Humanitarian Center waiting for tours...it was a slow day.
We can do service there in between tours. If we want, we can go up to the second floor and quilt.
The HC puts out 25 quilts per week!

My cousin Vickie Blake returning from her 18-month mission in Pennsylvania.

My Zone Feb. 11, 2015

My Young Women leader, Andrea Andrus, searched hard and brought me a Valentine package from home

while she was in SLC for business. Thanks!

A couple of old pictures of us at the Garden Restaurant for Sister Isaksen's birthday.
Just got them from Sister Jones.

Tawnee Tidd and Grant Ottosen visited me a couple of weekends ago.

I am at the Humanitarian Center on Fridays.

Tour of the Humanitarian Center

Sister Clark from the Ukraine with a birthday sundae

Announcing after "Music and The Spoken Word"

February 2015

February 2015 Zoned in 3

My new companion (March 2015) is Sister Kemple from Seattle! She speaks Italian.
We are at Music and the Spoken Word

Sister McDaniel
(I am in Sister Jones' clothes - she gave me a ton of clothes when she left!)

Exploring SLC: Sister K and me at the Pioneer History Museum in front of a firetruck (March 2015)

More Exploring

Waiting for Women's Conference to begin

This is the Conference Center in Salt Lake City

Sisters from around the world

April 2015 General Conference

Sister Siva from Panama

Sister Soavu from South Africa and Sister Smith (USA)

In the Tabernacle

Sister Makovei (Ukraine)

Elder John Delong, serving in Ogden,Utah, at conference

Sister Kemple's first General Conference - busy daily 7:30 a.m. till 9 p.m.

President Poulsen, my mission president (We're twins!)

Becca found me when she was at the SLC Temple

President Obama met with church leaders

Hike with da sistas

Visit from Denise and Cindy Burnett. What those 2 can do is amazing.

Transfer time

April 2015 on Temple Square

Sister from France

Found a twin sista from Down Under

Skyped with my family for Mother's Day, May 2015. A lil' screenshot of the event.

Zone leaders & sisters in my district went to dinner together at a Brazilian grill
that gives missionaries free meals!

The three pics above:

Me going out to eat (I promise we do cook) at this Italian place that one of the

security guards on Temple Square, Giovani, told us about!

They import all their cheese and flour and everything from Italy so of course, Sister Kemple had to try it.

Literally, the best pizza crust I have ever tasted in my life. The other pic is a nutella/strawberry pizza we ate.:)

This is Leah, who taught me about grace, with Sister Kemple and Sister Isaksen.

I love her! Leah came for Music & the Spoken Word.

Three Missionaries! Vickie Blake, me, and Emily Nelson - together after Emily returned from her Mexico City Mission.

Vickie served in Pennsylvania. My grandparents, Charles and Jean Nelson, brought them to Temple Square

and we had lunch together. Emily was reporting on her mission May 24, 2015, in Orem, Utah.

Offically Hermana Helton. Hermana Martindale from Utah is my companion in San Diego

Sister Vasi came with me from Temple Square.

Sisters in Utah custom made our dresses for the Mormon Battalion Visitors' Center

The San Diego Temple

President and Sister Schmitt, my San Diego mission president

Sister Vasi and I just being cute twins

My very own street!!!

Cali Burritos with Sister Martindale!!

In the Battalion with Sister Baker
who is like 4'10 and weighs 90 lbs. so I look like a giant

Sister Vasi and I have big hips

We broke into our district leaders apartment.
It had to be done. They had our key.
Not sure if that's allowed butttt desperate times call for desperate measures.

This is the best cheese-less pizza ever.

Food here is tastayyyy

Sister Martindale calls people and I take pics

New badge - Hermana Helton at the Mormon Battalion Historic Site

June 2015

Sister Martindale

Padres Baseball Game in June 2015

Sister Martindale and I went to the zoo on our last pday together (last week)

b/c we had free tickets that a member gave us!

Sister Stirland from Highland, Utah, is my new companion. I'm no longer Hermana Helton

July 25, 2015 - Two more weeks in San Diego!

20th birthday outfit and Sister Stirland

My 20th birthday - full of love and surprises.

My companions woke me up with brownie and ice cream!

Pics from my San Diego Temple shift last night

Cuties taking the Mormon Battalion tour

Mandarin exchange with Terry, Sister Wong's recent convert

Our amazing investigator Dare

Marcus and Daniella

with Sister Stirland and me

Back at Temple Square and hitting the one year mark! I'm assigned to the Beehive House August-September 2015

A great P-day at Brighton ziplines

At the Great Salt Lake on P-day August 31, 2015

Quentin L. Cook visited and blessed our mission

My Companion, Sister Revoredo from Italy

Celebrating President Poulsen's birthday

I love the Prophet, President Thomas S. Monson

Our District 9-8-2015

Lauren Harris visited Mormon Battalion Visitors Center while I was in San Deigo

Doterra friends sent us a package in September!

My district sisters are the best! 9-29-2015

Sister Chazen .

Sister Linares is my new companion.
It was both of our last General Conference as missionaries.

10-2015

Sister Retuta

Wheeler Farms in Salt Lake City. We got to pick a pumpkin. 10-2015

My wonderful Dad. Here for my brother, Briggs' sealing

I dyed my hair

John Scott's painting of Christ in America features him 3 times. This huge painting hangs in the Conference Center

My family at Temple Square for Briggs and Becca's sealing in the Salt Lake Temple Oct. 17, 2015

Elder Jeffrey Holland taught us about revelation

Temple Square 5K 10-2015

Sister Richardson and Sister Poulsen took us in the balcony
to look at all the old records and books

Sister Linares

Here's a nice photo of our flagpole tour and all the guests who were lined up to see Temple Square!

Zone Training 11-2015

All the American sisters sang "Walk Tall, You're A Daughter" and we took a picture afterwards Sunday

Sister Howard from Australia is my new companion Nov. 2015

Sister Lai and I both spoke in sacrament meeting last week and wore the same sweater.

Sister Lai was my first companion in the MTC. She's from Australia.

It is getting cold. Dec. 2, 2015

A visit from Mrs. Claus

Decorating cookies at the Moore's

Jennifer was baptized December 2015

Austin found me

We meet the sweetest people

Truck drivers wanted to take a selfie with us

Zone pizza party Dec. 2015

Sister Howard

Sister Howard of Australia and the December weather on the Square

My new companion Sister Almeida of Brazil Dec. 17, 2015

At the Tabernacle Choir's Christmas concert Dec. 20, 2015 at the Conference Center

Sister Almeida

Allie Kenck of Wenatchee came to see the lights

on Temple Square Dec. 4, 2015

Megan Bradshaw came December 2015

Christmas gifts from the beautiful family in SLC

Christmas morning

Guests on the Square send pictures of me to my mom

Andi. Baptisms are the

best Christmas gift of all - a Christmas miracle!

Carly and Sister Gabrielly Almeida in The Church News Dec. 30, 2015

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865644588/Winter-attractions-abound-at-Church-headquarters.html?pg=all

Goodbye to President and Sister David & Adrienne Poulsen. 1-11-2016

My MTC Sisters - we are ALL still here

Sister Isaksen visited me from Provo

Denise Burnett at Temple Square

Grandma skirts

Sushi to-go. Glad the name that stands out on my name tag is Jesus.

Lost in the snowy streets of SLC with our district

A pioneer house built in the 1850s

Familysearch at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building

is very interactive and fun to use

My cousin Emily Nelson visited

More zone activity from last week

familysearch funnies with Sister Vasi

This is our last day on Welfare Square with Sister Kleine (Germany) and Sister Kogure (Japan). We bought Little Ceasear's every week which is why she's holding the box of pizza in the picture. The manager there started to recognize us and started giving us free crazy bread after a few weeks :)