Happy Halloween!!

Que Tal Amigos!

so this week i leave!:)

so we are actually in the mtc for 8 1/2 weeks not 9 haha they lied!!!!

 ill start with the info i will call in miami and possibly slc and possibly chigago so be ready i dont have time to do the math for you all so figure it out you slimy dogs:) haha

i cant wait to talk to all of you though so please be there it is very i;mportant

 ok this last week was very good ill start with shout outs

grandpa and grandma Hansen i love you so much thanks for the little package i loved the food and the fuz ball thingy with the note haha i love your letters so much i will write you a letter soon i promise

family i sent you a letter today i never sent it this last week cuz i wanted to write all of you so dont worry it is coming

i loved the package i am still trying to find time to listen to the tapes i will use them too

also i am sending my card home today:) so stoked for the ipod too

i laughed so hard at the zach duncan story mom haha but it kinda was a little awkward zach:) haha jk

ok spiritual stuff

devotional on tuesday was elder hallstorm it was so cool about mish work

i was thinking in my head what type of missionary do i want to be and then he asked that same question haha it was way cool here are some quotes

"you are part of the greatest force which is on this earth. you are prepared to build up the kingdom of God" this also reminded me of something my teacher hno. varner taught me he said that in the field they were always looking for kingdom builders not just investigators but kingdom builders haha i love it

ok another thing hallstorm said was that we need to be exactly obedient and know the mish handbook as best we can! i know that this is important and i know you all know this is important to me too! kinda reminds me of somthing pres bradly taught on sunday he said" there is a difference between getting baptized and recieving the kingdom of God" or something like that then he said" in between those two things we need to be obedient to all the laws and commandments of the gospel keep our covenants etc." he is such a great man I hope we can all follow these mens council and be live the gospel.

pres bradly formal par asun pres also said carry an extra pair there will come a time when you need em:) and then his wife said and carry tp with you and always know where the bushes are bhahahahahahha i was dying so funny

ok another thing hallstorm taught was that we as missionaries are all part of a legacy .... my mission will be important to my future family/kids just as Dads mission is important to me and the legacy will continue for generations to come. so dad always remember that! i think about you everyday i think about how much of an example you are in my life for serving an honorable mission for being a great leader and priesthood leader and patriarch of our family! "i love you daddy:)" ask brooke haha

ok im now gunna follow up .

mom did you talk to candy? if not why not?

also is everyone praying personaly and reading there scriptures?

i know this church is true! Jesus Christ lives. He is the way. study Him learn to know Him. I feel His love for me everyday.

The scriptures are true got even more confiramations this week too! are family is forever

i gotta go though i love this work moses 1:39

 i love you all so much and expect a letter soon. talk to you soon:)

MTC....Blast in the Past!

HOLA! 

I hope everyone is doing well. The MTC is a blast and coming up soon will be a blast in the past:) 

You heard me everyone! I got my travel plans and I'm leaving November 3 at 4 am in the morning:) 

I leave Salt Lake at 715 to Chicago at 1125am

then from Chig at 1235pm to Miami at 430pm

then from Miami at 835pm to Sao Paulo Brazil at 655am

Sao Paulo at 910am to ASUNCION PARAGUAY at 1010!!!!!

So...I don't know when I'll call yet, but I will let you know. Tell me the times you will ALL be home and when is best for you! 

QUICK SHOUT OUT...

Grandma Carpenter thank you so much for the temple names you gave me. I have completed them all this morning in our endowment sesh which was so awesome. I love you! 

ok... I got your package family! I loved the Holy Ghosts and I talked to Jake and Collin haha. They got theirs too... they loved it! All my friends love you Family. They mention you all the time whether its here or in a letter haha you rock!

 The license picture was so funny hahahhaa tell me what you think haha and thanks for sending that tie. I wore it yesterday and got about 20 comments throughout the day on how much they loved it including Branch President Bradly haha!

 Pres Bradly was the mission pres for Paraguay Asuncion South Mission. He is a stud. He knows Sean Charleston, by the way,  haha tell them about it.

He knows a little Guarani and said we would def learn it in our missions in the north. He is so cool I wish you could meet him. He has such a strong testimoney as do all our leaders here in our branch presidency, Bro Smith and Bro Anderson. They are so awesome too! I love them. Bro Smith was Pres in a Phillapeans mission and Anderson used to teach at BYU he is really old haha kinda reminds me of a turtle:)

 Something Bro Anderson taught us is the importance of reading the Book of Mormon .... when we are young he said if your children get in the habit they will be easier to raise as teenagers and they will learn to love the Book of Mormon... so I challenge all to read this book. It is true. I recieve conformation of this at least once every week ..... ask our Heavenly Father if it is true, we are taught to ask throughout our lives constantly. I promise you pray then study and you will know ... you cant fake it though you have to read it "faith without works is dead" I love the Book of Mormon and try to study it every personal study time which is twice a day almost;)

ok... so Elder Scott came this last Tuesday:). It was awesome. I still remember meeting him at grandpas and how he lifted me up... very cool!

Anyways though... he taught the importance of keeping a spiritual journal for writing inspiration from the spirit down in... we have all heard that before and it is very important.

This last week, after his talk, I was praying one of the most sincere prayers I have ever offered and I recieved direction and answers to my specific questions( which I ask all the time) . I decided to get off the top bunk in the dark and write down the revelation.. it prolly bugged my comps that I got out of bed... but I don't care. I was listening to the spirit.  I wrote them down in the hall way. It was so awesome. This is important but anyways just try to do that ...

He gave such a strong testimony at the end of his talk  he said ... "I know that Jesus Christ lives! The keys which I hold allow me to Know this, not hope, not wish, I KNOW , he leads and guides this church..."

 Sorry I don't have anytime left ...

It was so awesome though. I loved it. He is such a great, loving apostle.

ok.. I am taking pictures of all the stuff today mom, so don't worry...I will get them to you soon;);)

ok songs I would like on my ipod if you can find them. "Brightly Beams our Father's Mercy" maybe a cover of the song and the motab version too.

I would like "This is the Christ". I love that song... of course mo tab version and maybe other versions too.

Lillies in the Field also mo tab and also "Come Thou Fount" diff versions same ol stuff.

 "Truth and Light" it is on a seminary track so however you would find that...and also this song these boys sang this week was awesome ... " the song of the three witnesses" or something like that it may take some searching, but try hard haha. It is awesome also.

I need a plug for the wall for my ipod cuz the new camera charges diff than the last one.

I love you all. I'm going over on my time so I gotta go. I love you Zach Caden Cameron Brooke mom and dad. I pray for you everynight:) Peace... in the middle east baby!

Elder Starr, Elder Deschepper, Elder Carpenter



The Gospel will roll forth and fill the whole earth.

Elder Carpenter and Elder Smith :)

Hellooooo Family

How are you all?  Good good! I love you so much!

Things are going great here!

I love my companions. They are so awesome. We had some tough stuff... but now we are good we are goin strong.  We really take the lead in our district and they are really good at setting the example for others here. 

ok spiritual stuff...

D&C 24:12... I dont have time to write it out, but just read it with this ... this is so cool. I am promised, we all are, that if we share the gospel the lord will fill our mouths and give us the words we need to say but you have to open your mouth for this to work if you dont open your mouth about the gospel how are others supposed to hear it. I am set apart to do this so I kinda have an advantage heheheh but you all can do this too. Also read Moses 6:31-33 with D&C. It talks about Enoch and how he doesnt think he is a good teacher, but the lord promises him that if he opens his mouth he will fill it . I really love these two scriptures this is "strength such as is not known among men" so Caden you do really good at this. You are a good missionary...Cameron too... but everyone else....:) OPEN YOUR MOUTHS hahaha

I know you have been talking to the Poppas and I have been praying for you guys and them. Don't give up. I want to know if they came to General Conference at our house or not. 

Also Candy... did she ever come over ... now this is going to be hard,  but Candy needs to read the Book of Mormon cuz she is missing out on all these blessings that come from it. You can tell her I am challenging her to read it if you want haha. Don't scare her away... but I'm serious it is a really good history book. She likes history. But more importantly, it is a guide to eternal happiness a guide to all our problems a guide to the things that we need personally that we might not even know we need i promise you all (family and Friends) if you read this book it will bless your lives in ways you won't even be able to explain. It is true. 

I love Zach's pictures and letters hahaha... they are so awesome! I loved the album you sent me. I didn't get to see all the videos... but I love them so far ... don't mean to brag... but my family is the funniest:) 

k funny story gather up...

So Elder D got some letters from some girl he writes and she had her friends all write us it was really weird haha but anyways the one ... bum bum bummmm that Elder J got was from one of the girls friends... but as hes reading it he gets this huge grin on his face ...

Elder A asks him about the letter... Elder J says she is totally insane ... Elder A says do you have a crush on her ... Elder J says ehhhhhhh well im totally insane too haha!  

hahaha so funny we were cracking up this was a week ago so we asked him today if he still has a crush on her and he says .. well i still gotta write her back sooo hahahahahhahahahahahha! 

ok... so every time somebody leaves we have a goodbye meeting in their rooms and they give out pass alongs. I have quite a few. It is so funny and we all sing till we meet again in spanish it is awesome. We all sound like a bunch of drunks singing in a bar in a midevil story or something. It is so awesome. I'll write you about a pass along later though. 

SHOUT OUT TIME...

Grandma Carpenter... I loved you package! Again,  thank you so much. I love you and grandpa so much! 

Sister Starr... thank uyou so much for your letters. I will try to write you back sometime.

 Sister Deschepper...I loved you letter too! It made me laugh so hard. The chant was great!

Kristin... thank you so much for the tie. It is one of my favorites and I always try to wear it to important things and everyone loves it!

I love you all... 25 secs left...Have a great week! I will write you soon!

Hola Mi Familia...MTC...Week 5!!!

I love you guys so much so I'm gunna try to get a bunch of stuff in today! I don't have a lot of time as usual haha!!

ok funny story time...

1...This week in one of our best lessons with Jorge and investigator(Hermano Varner)...I tell him I have a special scripture that will answer his question. I grab my libro and open it ... just then a butter knife falls out of my scriptures onto the floor  hahahah we all look at each other trying to keep the spirit of the lesson present . Our district is always hiding silverware in eachothers stuff haha its so funny ... this time is was Elder J who was the one who hid it there literally five min berfore our lesson! haha it was so funny!

2... In the lunch room we always get seconds... Elder B goes to get another hotdog but they serve two at a time so he asks the lady (extra large woman) if he could only have one hot dog. she whips her head at him surprised and says in a manly voice "just one hot dog" hahaha that has been the line of the week love it!  

alright spiritual stuff....

1... Today I did more initiatories and I remembered to do the family names you gave me it was so awesome... such a different feeling when they are your names .... FAMILY do family history dont rely on grandma, DO IT! you will love it and will be blessed for it.

2...Last nights devotional was awesome the speaker works for some admin MTC stuff idk but the first presidency told him that in order to keep our converts to stay strong, we as missionaries need to teach .... the LAW OF TITHING it is so important we need to explain it as the blessing and gift it is . Sometimes missionaries get scared to teach commandment cuz they think their investigators will fall away. If they are taught the importance/ blessings/ how great these things are ... they will do anything to follow those laws! This is talking about building the kingdom of God folks DO IT! ahaha "we dont pay our tithing with money, we pay our tithing with Faith" Hinkley

3... Elder L. Lionel Kendrick spoke last Tuesday. He has taught us "you are set apart to succeed not just to serve ther is a difference form serving time and serving the lord ... serving time is what men in prison do hahaha" he taught more about that. It was so sweet. I loved it pretty much I need to "wake up everymorning and ask how am I gunna do it all today [I am] serving the lord if I am asking what am I gunna do today I am serving time"

SHOUT OUT TIME!!!!!!

Woodburys...I love you all so much! I loved your package! We will take pictures with the suckers!!!

Greens...I love you all too!  Your package was awesome... so hard to open because of the duct tape :) but awesome hahah I will take pictures too with the glasses!

Gma and Gpa Carpenter... thank you for everything too! I love you so much! I wish you could see everyone here! It is so aweesome!  I can't belive you got to work at the MTC... so sweet!

Gma and Gpa Hansen.... Gma, I loved the cookies and the package. You are so awesome... reminded me of when I was little and I would get your guys packages for holidays:) and Gpa I loved that story it was so sweet! I love your idea for the letters... very awesome.

ok 2 min left...I love you all! I hope this letter was good for you all. The mail is on the way:) and cant wait to send you all more pics ummmmm send me pics of stuff too DunCan too! ok I love you all! I'm surviving! haha

Lots of Love, Elder Carpenter

Semana Cuatro!!!

Hola mis amigos! The MTC is still holding up after the spirit attacked the whole congregation of missionaries this last weekend:)

General Conference was so awesome! I just loved it! I want to hear all of your "fave five" moments.

I sent my camera home with the sd card. The portrait pics didn't look good, so I'm sending another card home this week... but in case you need to return that card with it, I sent it home... if that makes any sense haha!

 Another Provo Temple!!!! Holy Cow! That is awesome! Think about it... first time in history of religion two temples in the very same city!  There's tons here in the valley... but its not the same.

I miss you all.... but I really miss Jordan and Dallan! 

I love that quote " be loyal to the royal in you." I bet dad was crying during that talk ... dad you are the are the man you fit that whole talk! I loved it! I can't wait till I can say I fit that talk too!

Today I had an awesome temple experience ... ok  so I went to do initiatories today and it was way cool... but during a certain name "George Miguel" I could really feel the spirit so strong then the ordinance worker paused got all choked up and kept going. It was way cool! It felt so good.  Afterwords I had already changed and was waiting for Elder B to finish getting dressed when the ordinance worker came out and walked up to me and he said " Elder Carpenter it was a pleasure. I just wanted to let you know there were angels present here today" then walked off with a huge joyful smile:) It was so awesome! I can testify when those spirits we do work for have accepted the gospel... they really are there with us in the temple and George Miguel was with me today:)

This last week was awesome! By the way, I sent home some of my spiritual journal today in the package with your letters:)

Chad Lewis spoke to us last night at our fireside. He played for the Eagles. Dad should know of him... something funny he said is... (well first of all he served in a Chineese speaking mission so he works for the NFL doing China stuff) ... but he said the NFL asked him to announce the Super Bowl in Chineese for those viewers. He said yes. After hanging up he realized he can't do it live he only remembers missionary Chineese but they talked him into it... so he " testified that Tom Brady threw true passes!" hahaha

k 6 min

What else? Spanish is good... coming slow still though.

I'm sorry. I should have prepared better what I would say.  The spirit is always here. I pray forever!!!

I still think about all our awesome memories... especially the small stuff. I request a page of lists of your memories of us all together... haha... here's one... the Christmas with the boxing gloves! As simple as that!

I love you all so much and letters are on the way! Hopefully you will get more after the package this week. I pray for you all! Pray for us:) Keep sending me Jordan's and Dallan's emails. I love em.

Enjoy life! PEACE!!! Love, Elder Carpenter.... the one and only!

Elder A, Elder Carpenter, Elder J