Merry Christmas!!!

Hey everyone!! How`s it going?? I had a wonderful Christmas. it was a little hectic, but it all came together! I hope you all had a great Christmas too! Christmas here is a little different. People Stay up till midnight on Christmas Eve and light a ton a fireworks that are really just bombs. They leave craters in the dirt. hahaha But it was all good. I couldn`t sleep anyway, so the noise didn`t bother me too much. I got to Skype with my fam for 45 mintues! That went by way too fast! it was so nice though. Everyone`s doing good!! I don`t have much news for you guys this week. I can`t believe how fast Christmas came and went, but it`s all good. I love you guys so much!! Until next week! I hope I have more for you!!

Love, Elder Carter

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Hey Everyone! So we had Changes last Wednesday! I stayed here in Girasoles,

but My comp got sent to the south! But my new comp and I are going to work super

hard. I can feel it. Well, we did work hard this week. We have 6 new investigators!! 

It´s been such a good week. Anyway. So my comp is from Mexico. So he doesn´t speak

any English either, that´s a little struggle. But he let´s me take the lead in the lessons! And 

we pretty much split the time evenly! AND our lessons are all under 45 minutes. So the 

spirit is so strong during our lessons!! If you guys remember Shirley, we taught her and

her family this week. She lives with like 10 of her cousins and her mom. And so far, Only

Shirley has received all the lessons and her mom has received 2. But we taught The Plan

of Salvation this week and towards the end, Olga (the mom) Asked "So what are the 

requirements for baptism in your church?" We were so stoked when she said that! We 

told her, then she said she wasn´t ready yet, but we can tell she´ll feel ready soon. And at

the end of the lesson, Her cousin that was sitting in (Her name´s Paula. This was her first

lesson.) asked us about her church and her baptism. So we made a cita with her for today

at 5! 

The work is rolling. I can´t wait for this week!! We will definitely have a lot of stories for you

guys next week! And a lot of pictures. I have about 10 I need to send, but I forgot my

camera!!! Sorry mom! So until next week...much love

Love, Elder Carter.

And this was in my (mom) letter...

I´m with an elder named Elder .... He´s from Mexico, Merida! Crazy huh! And an elder in 

my ward just got back from Mexico and he said he knew Quinn! (Quinn is McKay's cousin

serving a mission in the Mexico Merida Mission!)

That IS crazy!

Feliz Navidad from the Hondureños!!

Miracles happened this week!

Okay! So on Thursday, we had a cita with a girl named Shirley. She's 20 and she's almost golden. She’s more of a bronze investigator. Anyway, she made it out to church last week. And we went to her house Thursday and challenged her to baptism! She accepted!! She's excited to get baptized, but mission rules say she has to go to 3 sacrament meetings and a ward activity before baptism. And she's going on vacation this week to San Pedro for two weeks. And here, that usually means they'll forget almost everything we taught them. So we'll be praying super hard for them the next couple weeks. But okay so the miracle this week. Yesterday we went to three of our investigators houses to pick them up before church and none of them answered! So we were super bummed. Then on the way to church, we see one of our investigators, Elsy, walking towards the church from the other way! We've taught her every lesson and invited her to church for the past three weeks, but she never really wanted to progress. So we asked where she was going and she said to church with us!! She's Catholic too, so she's got some deep religious roots. Anyway, she stayed for Sacrament (And it was Fast and Testimony meeting! perfect!) and then left for her church. After correlation, we went caroling with some members and the Hermanas in our ward. We'd sing a song then give them a pass-along card about El es la Dadiva. It's “He is the Gift” in English, I don't know if you've seen that video, but it's amazing. So we stopped by Elsy's house to carol and she was so stoked to see us!! She asked if she could join us! (Before she said she couldn't come to the Christmas Devotional) And then she said she wanted to go to the devotional!! So we all went and the spirit was so strong!! It's been such a great week. My comp and I really stepped up our game and have been super pilas. It has brought so many blessings to our investigators. 

But anyway I love this gospel! We get a lot of questions from people we contact if we celebrate Christmas because some church is spreading rumors that we don't. So I carry around a candy cane in my pocket. It's something small, but people notice. I love being a missionary!

Dad's beard is back!!!

You guys have to realize how stoked I was to see dad's beard. I'm his biggest fan. Anyway! Thanksgiving. Super super cool. But first. Elder Smith and I went on divisions on Wednesday. It was great because I don't often participate in lessons with my companion, but Elder Smith had me participate a bunch! And I know my spanish still needs a lot of work, but I felt that I finally got to get my point across! And I had a bunch of scriptures that I remembered from personal study. But that was super cool, he's a really chill guy. The next day, Thanksgiving, we went to lunch at Chili's. We met Elder Tausinga and Elder Gunnell there. We were your typical knucklehead American boys spending Thanksgiving in Honduras. We even recited the Pledge of Allegiance! Hahaha but that was way fun. And then divisions ended...But that night my comp and I didn't have an appointment for dinner! So we went to the Virgilio's house for a normal retention appointment. Hermana Virgilio asked if we had plans for dinner and we said no! Then she asked if we wanted dinner and we said heck yeah!! So she told us to come back in an hour. So we went out and taught a lesson and came back. She served us a typical super small Honduran dinner and after dinner I just stared at my plate. I kind of started to tear up and they asked what was wrong. I explained to them how much Thanksgiving meant to me. And then I told them the story of the pilgrims! It was super cool. But anyway not much else happened! But I'm so thankful for all of you in my life! You guys are all amazing and have blessed me so much!!