The owls are going to take you away!

Hey family and friends!!

Well, this week was great and full of surprises! So first. I'm going to explain the title because I usually mention something and then totally forget to explain it. 

In church this sunday we had one investigator. His name is Saul. We just contacted him on the street on Friday and invited him to church. He told us that he started drinking at a very young age, so his brain is pretty damaged. He's a great guy but kind of all over the place when he talks. So anyway. He showed up to church on Sunday!! And then he stayed until the second hour. In the class, we were talking about Christ's church. And you have to know about Hondurans. They just kind of take one topic as far as they can in a conversation. So as we were talking about Christ's church, someone jumped in and told their conversion story, then someone else told their's then out of nowhere, someone started talking about the Catholic Church. And I'm not sure if this is just Central America or Catholic doctrine, but apparently, Owls are evil. And if you don't get baptized as a child, the Owls take you away. Well, during most of the class, Saul was zoned out. Then the second he heard the word owl, he sat straight up and said, "Everyone should be baptized, because when I was a child, I wasn't baptized and the owls took me to a really scary place. And I never returned." Then everyone just started laughing really hard. and he went on some other tangent that I totally missed. So. moral of the story...GET BAPTIZED!!

This week was great other than that experience. Elder Fredrickson had his first opportunity to give a real Spanish blessing! He did great! So much better than when I gave my first blessing. That was rough

Anyway. So this week we've been working a lot with menos activos and 12 came to church!! WHAT!! I was so stoked when they all started filing into church. It was so crazy though. I was just going around like crazy shaking their hands and making them feel welcome. It was super cool. We also found a family that is so pilas!! Their names are Marvin and Rina. They're very willing to do what the Lord tells them to. They're so dang humble too.

Well, thank you all for the letters you send me. I've got to go now! 

Love, Elder Carter

PS: October 19th is the official date Elder Carter started listening to Christmas music.