Another week passes!

And another week passes. I still can't believe this time. The change is coming to an end too fast and I'm entering into to the time where it's almost certain I'm leaving Langue. There's still two weeks before you guys know that though. I just hope that when I eventually leave this area, the people here will have strengthened their testimonies in Jesus Christ and this church. 

We've been able to work a lot with opening the mouth, contacting, and challenging people to baptism. We have been trying to do our best to challenge everyone we talk to and really, it isn't something uncomfortable anymore. It really just feels like part of the flow of talking to people. that's what I love about the mission. About 5 months ago, we waited until the 2nd, sometimes 3rd lesson to even talk about baptism. We've been able to see the blessings of challenging people the first time we talk to them. It shows us how ready they are to hear the gospel, and how willing they are to progress. So far, we've been able to decide faster whether to drop people as investigators or not. We aren't any closer to baptizing, but we are working hard with that. 

There's a joven in our neighborhood. His name's Eduardo, but everyone calls him Colocho. (I'm sorry if I describe an investigator twice in my letters. I honestly have no idea what I wrote last week.) Anyway, he's really close to baptism. He's 12 years old and attends church every sunday. He's not too sure about getting baptized, but he loves going to church and all the activities. His mom lives in the States, so we have to get permiso from his grandparents. They're members, but they inactivated about 3 years ago. He's been scared to talk to them about baptism, but this week, we want to talk to them together. The branch president says that they shouldn't have any problem with it. There's another small problem too. He says bad words all the time. I don't ever realize it because I'm still learning the bad words in spanish (There's like 100 more than in English.) He only says them when he's with his friends. It's pretty rough for him because there are only 2 other 12 year olds that attend church and they both live about an hour and a half away. 

We saw the attendance in church drop this week. When we arrived at the capilla at about 8:40, there were only two people there, Presidente and Colocho. In the end, 23 people showed up. We have been really working with the members, but some just don't care. That's the hardest part of the mission, trying to get people to care about church. 

This has been a rough week, but I'm really stoked to put all my heart into this last full week of the change. I love you guys so much, until next week...

Love, Elder Carter