Hope you all are having a great day. Thanks for the emails and letters. Brooke sorry you got a concusio! That stinks haha.
Dad, I'm not sure if they have Padres y Hijos here... maybe, but not in my ward. The problem here is that there are more women than men in the church. So being able to baptize Virgilio was super awesome based on that aspect.
Quick shout out,
Mom, I got your two big envelopes on Saturday. I loved them. Thanks for the CD. Also I love how you are doin FHE with the other families. By the way, Brooke thanks for the letter:) I needed the info. Tell the Kofs and the Starrs I say hi and that I love them. Also mom, thanks for the journal entries. I loved them. Haha even the parts when you were upset with me.
Yeah so this week has been pretty good. By the way, I have a staff infection haha. Nothing too bad but my skin is reacting bad to the sun. So now I have to pop these super smelly pills haha! Theyare worse than fish pills. Nothing bad though... it should go away soon.
Also, I just saw Elder Alder today and told him about the hand out which was super awesome. He was flattered. He asked if you could send his mom a copy of your handout. You can do through email if you need too. It was super cool though he did a good job.
So this week we killed two tarántulas (ingles??) and let the other one go. They were huge haha. They are starting to come out alot now. Really cool right. Mom you would love it.
We had a really awesome zone conference this week at the office. President taught us alot of good stuff. The assistants also did a good job too. We were given some promises. One is if we contact a legit 75 people every week per missionary we will have a golden investigator sí o sí. We also have a promise that if we ask two refrences from every person we can have 10 por lo menos investigators every week. It is some steller stuff. When i recieved my call this mission was having a really tough time. Imagínense un poco a cerca de eso....
I am always changing which is awesome. I am trying really hard to set an example of hard work. I can see that I have come really far, in comparison to my first day in Paraguay.
I love these people. I love them to death. I enjoy listening to them, counciling them, comforting them, caring about them. Probably one of the biggest parts of being a missionary, is showing your love towards the people. Something that has really helped me is consecration, desire, hard work. If I just sit around expecting for progress to come I wont get anywhere. They say your attitude determines your altitude. Pres told that to me in my last interview with him. It is so true. I love learning and applying the things I learn. Just thought I'd share my thoughts on my progress in the mish.
Cameron YOU ARE THE MAN OF THE YEAR!!! You rock bro. Student of the year!!! ¡Que quapo que sos! Always work hard. I'm sure the feelings are so satisfying. I sure feel that way out here when I work hard. I def wish I did before the mish. WELL WHOOPS. but good job. The ladies dig stuff like that ;P
Immmmmm super psyched to talk to you all on Saturday. It is going to rock. Get your thought organized cuz we got a whopping 40 min no mas to converse. Bummer right. Thats the rule though so gotta respect it. I am going to get ready too so be ready to have a sweet ol time.
Also our mission is reading pmg together starting today. I am really stoked. We should finish it in a few months. I havnt checked yet. THis is really going to help us get focussed on ourpurpose. We are striving to focus ourselves more on our purpose and get in gear.
I want you all to know that I know this church is true. It is the very same church that Christ established while he was on the earth. After being lost, It was fully restored by the prophet Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon is proof that this church is true. The priesthood authority has also been fully restored to the earth, and continues to bless families every day. Families are forever. As we follow the gospel and follow the plan of salvation we will recieve the greatest gift of all the gifts of God, o sea, eternal life. If you know these things are true, share them. If you are not sure, find out. Spend some time on your knees and ask your Heavenly Father. He will answer you, because He lives. I know this to be true because he has answered me. En el nombre de Jesucristo Amen.
I love you all very much. I think about every one of you all the time. Family ... I love you all too:) and I think about you all the time too hahaha.
Have a good one, Talk to you on Sat. 4 oclock my time. Be there or be square!!!!
Con sincero amor,
Elder Carpenter
