March 24, 2015
Hey guys! I hope you are enjoying your
cruise! Send some pics and bring me home something cool!!
This week has been really good! The
best news this week is that Beatriz got baptized!! It was super sweet and
honestly she was a miracle baptism!! All her family joined the church about 25
years ago, but because she was living common law and smoking, she was not
baptized. We found her by coincidence one evening as we were out looking for
less active families. I remember that day, clearly. We were almost done for the night and were
getting ready to go home but we decided to stick it out a couple minutes longer
and knock on this one last house! We followed the promptings and we were
blessed!
At first, there seemed to be a lot
of obstacles in the way, but then somehow, they all just changed!! She couldn’t
have been more ready to stop smoking! We stopped by every day and read a little
bit from the Book of Mormon each time, and gave her a blessing. She did the
rest! She is so awesome!! I was so grateful to be a part her baptism and part
of this miracle! She was so happy when she was baptized! I did the baptizing
which was sweet! It was such a privilege to be part of the baptism! Sadly, the
ward didn’t give a ton of support to her, which I was disappointed about. But
we are going to work really hard and visit her with a ton of members to try and
make her feel more comfortable! She is a little different, but she loves the
church!!
Elder Johnson and I set a goal this
week to work hard and encourage people to attend church. We were hoping to have
80 people at church by the end of the month, as well as 5 baptisms. We prayed
so hard and worked even harder. We decided to give this work all we had! On
Sunday, there were 78 people at church, but 2 less active members were waiting
outside! We reached our goal!! Heavenly Father blessed us for working so hard!!
I was so happy!
On Friday we found out that Elder Johnson
was getting transferred to Santa Fe Norte! He wasn’t really that excited about
it because he really likes San Lorenzo, but he is going to be zone leader up
there, which will be really good for him! He was a super good companion and I have
learned tons from him!! We are super good friends and I can’t wait to see him
after the mish! We also found out that this transfer I will be TRAINING!! I am
super excited!!! I will be getting a brand new missionary!! And becoming
district leader!! That will be fun as well!
Am I ready for all the responsibility?
Probably not. Is my Spanish good enough? Probably not. Do I have enough experience?
Probably not. Are there other elders way better prepared than me? Probably. But am I willing to do my best
with the talents and abilities that I have? You bet I am!!
Anyways I am a little nervous but
excited too! Tomorrow I will pick up my new comp! Very
excited!! I am hanging out with the zone
leaders until then, which has been fun!
I hope you guys are having fun! Send lots of pics!!
I love you!
Elder Carter
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