This week has been an absolute rollercoaster! I think from the second I walked in, i just started to miss everyone so so much. To the point where most nights when the lights turned off I would start crying, and when I jumped in the shower in the morning I was thinking of whether or not I should go home. I was in so much pain that I couldn’t really focus through out the day. Don’t worry the story doesn’t end there, but don’t forget this I will bring it up later on.
So at the Missionary Training Center they fill your time as much as they possible can, then push you and urge you to go study the most you can. It is so tiring. But I have never learned so much, or felt the spirit so strong as I asked him for help in this work. I can now pray in Chinese, and my companion and I put in an effort to speak as much as we can to each other every day. We have built each other up enough that we taught an “investigator” a complete lesson in Chinese about how the gospel makes us happy, we then taught her to pray. ON OUR 3rd DAY. The gift of tongues is so real. It’s a lot of class with almost 6 hours a day, and a lot of studying, but I’ve never learned Chinese so so fast in all my experience.
Ok so back to my stories about you guys. I have been devastated about leaving you guys. I’ve left the country before, but it’s never been this hard. I was thinking about how my family was sad, and how I couldn’t help them. I was worried about Leia and her forgetting about me, and how my dad had told me the Afleekons ( My very best friends ) had all posted “ See you in 2...” my heart was crushed I just wanted to go home and comfort everyone to tell them it was ok. I got so upset that in my prayers I would beg God to help me. To help me get over this pain, and ever time I prayed I got and impression to “Let them go...” then I would just get more frustrated at God thinking I can’t just let them go, you’re all family to me I love you all dearly. I was so in the darkness I wasn’t even letting the Holy Ghost finish his prompting. Until we had a mission conference on Sunday, and Sister Martino ( the mission presidents wife ) gave a beautiful, uplifting talk about “are your pipes closed to the Holy Ghost.” I then thought to myself, are mine? Am I missing something? That’s when I felt the spirit so strong, and I allowed the spirit to finish, “ Let them go... Don’t worry about them, I will take care of them while you’re gone.” I cannot tell you the relief I had felt. I knew in that instance everything would be ok. God is blessing and watching over all of you. I trust him. You should too
After that I have been so filled with the spirit, I have never felt so strong. Then we watched a video of Elder Bednars talk at the MTC “Character of Christ” where he talked about how a mission isn’t for us, it’s for those who we serve. So basically stop being selfish and serve others, blessings will come. That hit me so hard, all this time I’ve been feeling bad for my self and I haven’t been serving as much as I could. It has been so nice to receive answers for my fast. I have a testimony in the power of fasting.
With that being said I want to start a challenge with all of you. Yes you not everyone else. I with you want to read through the whole Book of Mormon before I go to Singapore. That’s about 60 days. Will you, with me finish the Book of Mormon? It will only be 9 pages a day. About 15 minutes a day. I know you can do it, and I promise you’ll feel the spirit and learn of his gospel as you do. Will you do it? Keep me updated on your progress
Also I can read my emails everyday, so please feel free to send me pictures, emails of motivation and love. Please email me for I don’t have all of your emails directly I’d love to talk to all of you!
I love all of you so so much,
Elder Carter
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Pics from Braydon today
This is me My companion Elder Johnson and Sister Metcaf's mom's cousin :)
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This is all the elders in my district
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This is my full district, 3 of them from the Philippines. And my teacher at the bottom right
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Here is my name tag and Elder Carter in Chinese
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This is our Dorm. It’s so small
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Random photos
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