This week was full of work.

Hey family and friends!!

Wow. Another week passed by. This week was full of work work and a branch activity! Elder Fredrickson and I have been able to start to gather together a healthy pool of investigators. We have big plans for next week and we both have so much faith. But first off. Elder Fredrickson is a stud. When I came on the mish I could barely talk Spanish. But this guy. He just goes off!! It's awesome!! Sometimes it doesn't make 100% sense, but he doesn't care. he just wants to talk so bad. His Spanish is going to be so much better than mine by the time he leaves.

So this week, we got back from working one day and as I was about to lie down in bed, the phone rang. I didn't recognize the number, so I did the normal missionary answer. "Hallo, habla Elder Carter. Como podemos servirle?" And then the person on the other end just started crying. It was really weird. So I kind of calmed him down. After that, he told me that he wanted the missionaries' number in La Kennedy. (That's just an area in the city) I told him no, because I didn't really feel like putting those elders in danger. So after a little bit of talking, I found out who it was! He was a kid named Oscar. He is the son of a family in our area. (One of our favorite families to visit) Anyway. About a year ago, he had left for his mission, but had returned early after 2 months. When he returned, he locked himself in his room and didn't talk to anyone. Flash forward a few months when Elder Carter shows up in Zamorano. The same week that I showed up, he ran away from home. So I'm thinking all this in my mind right now during this call. So I told him that I would talk to his mom before I did anything and he agreed. The next day we couldn't visit her. We didn't get to her until the day after. We talked with her and she just bursted in tears. She hadn't heard from him in about 2 months. So that night I called him back. I asked him in what part of the Kennedy he lived in. He then told me that he doesn't live in the Kennedy, but by it in a residential called La Honduras!! Sounds familiar? It should. That was my second area!! Anyway. He told me his directions. I wrote them down and gave them to the Elders that are there. That's as far as the story goes for now...We'll see how that plays out!!! It was an insane story though and I thought I'd tell it....

Well, besides that, we're just moving forward with the work. Thank you all so much for the support and love. 

Love, Elder Carter

PS: I just want to inform you all that all the Christmas packages you are going to send me have to be sent before Nov. 5th if you want them to get to me before Christmas. Much love.