MOMMY!!!!!!!
I totally forgot to tell you Happy Mother's Day on Saturday... So ..... HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!!
I love you so much. Thanks for sending me all of the memories. I thought I would share with you some of my memories.
I loved going to the grocery store with you. (it kind of gets boring here shopping with other guys haha.)
Picking up the kids with you. Reading books together while i was younger. Your awesome mommy freak outs. (I do miss those haha). Game days!!!! those dont exist here haha. Long talks about life. Trying to explain complex things to you and then you not understanding then me getting frustrated. The list goes on haha ill write more down later.
I loved talking to you guys on Skype, until we had to hang up :( That was really hard haha. You guys all look and sound great though. It is going to take days for us to catch up when i get back though based on how the conversation went haha. It was super legit though you all rock. Brooke i hope you had a great time at mormon prom.
Shout outs!!!!
Zach!!!! Happy birthday buddy. I cant believe how fast you are growing up. I remember the day you were born. ... When you made that first mega punch and Moms water broke hahahaha. Youre super awesome buddy. I wove you so so much. Be happy and know i will be thinking about you. I will sing you happy birthday too:)
Grandpa and Grandma Hansen!!! Thanks once again for the loving package. Loved it. Ate all the candy. I loved the GGup this time it was super awesome. You need to share that one with my mom for sure. SO you should get one of my letters soon but i will try to get another one to you in a little bit. I love you both a lot. Have a great week.
I hear Mitt Romney is doing really great! Can you guys do me a favor though. There is this article I would like that some other elder had. its called "mormon church grids for landmard political race, romney as prominent face of the faith" It is something like that and is sposed to be really good. I believe it is a time magizine article and says some great stuff. Check it out and send it to me if you can.
Cam can you send me "lonely as you" foo fighter lyrics?? :) great song
So like i told you guys on sat. kennedy is awesome i really love it. I thought i would let you know more about elder olds. His name is Elder olds and he likes to party. haha jk but he is from las vegas if i didnt mention that before. He is a really humble guy and we get along super well. I will def be friends with him after the mission. He is 22 and has a year in the mission. He used to work at the airport in vegas and wants to be a pilot after the mission. Super cool right. He has a really big heart and is one of those guys who you just gotta love. And yeah i will fill you in on anything crazy we do in Kennedy.
As of right now actually we are working really hard. I feel extremely focused on the people here and believe we are doing a great job at meeting their needs. We seem to be finding a good amount of people and i really feel like it is going to pick up pretty soon. I only have three weeks here so i dont know the area to well yet so im working on that. I cant wait to see what we get going here. Good times.
Preach My Gospel study sesh as a mission is going excelent. I am learning a bunch. I can see why President was inspired to present us with the challenge. I just hope that everyone else is learning as much as i am. It is actually really humbling to see all the new things i need to apply to have a more succesful mission. I hope i continue to notice the things i need to improve in my work as i read. It is very interesting how the Lord works. I feel like i am shown new weaknesses all the time as i progress. There is always something new we can learn and apply in our lives to bring about change inspired by God.
I know this church is true. I would like to say i know it with every fiber in my being. Every once and a while i have some doubts, but they always are cleared away through sincere prayer. I know what i have experienced in my life, i remember times when God has clearly reached out to me, whether it was in the Temple with three john carpenters as a 12 year old boy or whether it was listening to my moms silly primary example, even the many times here on the mission. Time to time i can feel my Heavenly Fathers love. I know He is there. I know He cares about every single one of us, and i know He speaks to us. I pray that you all can feel His presence in your lives. I have faith that you will. I write these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.
Love you all. have a great week.
Con sincero amor,
Elder Carpenter
