Thanks for your emails! I haven’t read
all of them yet, but I am going to print them! Keep sending them too me!!
First of all, I forgot to mention
that when you sent me the candy in the package the first week, after I ate most
of it, I decided to share some with my roommates. Well, word got out that I had
American candy. We had the whole dorm trying to bust into our room to get their
hand on some American candy. We managed to hold them off long enough! So, I
think you were everyone’s favorite person for about 10 minutes! Thanks mom you
are awesome!
My Spanish is improving! I can hold a basic conversation with someone,
but sometimes I don’t catch all the words. But I can sure see the progress! It is tough though, I work hard in order to be able to understand
it. It doesn’t just come to me, which is
how I imagined it. Teaching lessons in Spanish is good; I can teach the lesson
perfectly! It’s just expressing myself in Spanish that is hard.
Man, I am glad I brought my nice
brown shoes because they look so good compared to all the hiking boots everyone
else has J
I found a couple of really cool guys
who I have become super good friends with! I really like them and we get along
super well so I always hangout with them! I got your pen and the usb thing you
sent me! Thanks mom. It is now my favorite pen!!
Here are some of the best spiritual
moments I have had here at the MTC:
1.
We were having a testimony meeting
in our district about the Atonement and what it means to us. It was really cool
to hear all the missionaries in my district share their testimonies! I bore
mine and that felt really good! But I was most touched by one of the
missionaries, Elder Ostler, one of the elder’s I really get along with. His mom passed away last March from cancer. He
bore his testimony on how he was happy that the atonement could enable him to
return to his family. I felt very privileged to be serving with him. He gave up
so much already and still wanted to serve the Lord .I felt the spirit very strongly!!
2. One night we were sharing our experiences with our setting apart blessing . It was
very powerful to hear others talk about this. I realized that everyone has had problems in
their life and that they all left something behind. I shared about how I was
sad to leave my really tight group of friends and talked about how it was hard
to leave home because I am very good friends with my father and mother. As I
was saying this I realized that none of these things have bothered me while I
am here and this is truly the Lord’s work. He is blessing me with the ability
to focus on what I need to do and not worry about what is going on at home!
Okay enough with the emotional
stuff. WE WENT PROSILYTING ON SATURDAY! It was very scary!!! Well, first of all,
we got on a bus and they gave us a map of our area. They didn’t talk about it
or anything. They just dropped us off. One could easily go into the wrong area
or get lost, so it was kind of scary! And they dropped us off in like the ghetto! People
are living in shacks! And there were beer bottles and stray dogs everywhere....
but don’t worry mom, the Lord protects his missionaries.
Anyway, after we found out where we
were, we started talking to people. It was so cool!! At one point we were
walking down the street and I had a feeling that we should turn around and go
down the other street. So, I told my companion and we did so. About 30 seconds
after we had turned around we started talking to this guy. We ended up giving
him a Book of Mormon and getting his number and he seemed super interested, so
that was pretty sweet!!! I was very excited about that! We taught 7 lessons and gave out 3 Books of Mormon
and got like 10 referrals. That was pretty exciting, especially since my
companion and I cannot speak very good Spanish. Sometimes we would talk to
someone and I wouldn’t be able to understand a single word that they were
saying!! Ha-ha!! Well I am learning! The lord truly does work miracles!! But
man, there are about 100,000 stray dogs and it is scary!! I think they were all
going to attack me. Luckily, none of them did! Woohoo!!
The other day I had a dream that
when I returned home from my mission, I could not remember anything that I had done. I was so mad! The reason I couldn’t remember
anything was because I hadn’t done anything worthwhile! I think it was pretty
similar to dad’s dream at theMTC, which I thought was really cool. I WILL
STRIVE TO MAKE MY MISSION WORTHWHILE!
No new pictures this week -sorry. I
am over halfway done my time at the MTC which is crazy because the weeks go by
so fast! The food is still really good! Physical activity time is good because
I get to play basketball, except if it rains, because it is all outdoors. I love and miss all of you! Keep me posted on
your life.
Josh’s first written Spanish
sentences:
Hola! Como esta? Mi mama y abuelita
able mucho espanol en casa pero yo no escuchar. Yo nececita trabaje mas porque
no intiende todas las cosas. Lo siento.
Love,
ELDER CARTER
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