November 10, 2014

Hola Familia,

Well, I have a new companion. His name is Elder Bustamante. He is from the North part of Peru. He has 21 months in the field and dies in 2 changes. Not again! Another trunky companion. Oh, well, I will just drag him around with me all over the hills. I am pretty sure I won't kill him though because if I do I will be in Año Nuevo por 2 changes. So, I am pretty sure I will go to a new area in the next change, December 16, right before Christmas. I will probably be in a new area for Christmas.

I got an email today from elder Ruiz with pictures of his house. They made me a little trunky but it is all good. Iquitos is really green. The part of Peru I am in is all dust. Lima is kind of the armpit of Peru, and then The north is the armpit of that. It is fine though because it makes me thankful for what I have and the people are really humble.

I had a spiritual experience this week when a six year old boy who is blind said the closing prayer to one of our lessons. It was so heartfelt. He loves when we (the Missionaries) come to his house. He gets so excited. Everytime we come and go he gives us the biggest hug. He doesn't even act like he has any challenges in his life. It made me realize why Christ taught we should become like little children. Hopefully his grandma brings him to church.

We had four investigators in the church and all of them are progressing. If everything keeps going like it is we should have a handfull of baptisms this month on the 29. We have been teaching a 17 year old kid, called Roni. He is way cool and funny. He has a baptismal date for the 29 also.

Usually the food here is not hot at all, but this week we ate in someones house for their fathers birthday. Before she served us, she asked all six missionaries if they wanted it spicy. I like spicy so I said yes, and I think 3 other elders said yes too. We started eating and it was really good. I went to eat a ''tomato.'' It wasn't a tomato. It was soooooo hot. My mouth felt like it was on fire and I couldn't drink enough inca kola to get rid of the burning. Elder Osborne didn't believe us that they were that hot so he took 2 and ate them. It took 30 seconds before his face went bright red, and he started to sweat and cry. It was hilarious to watch. The burning lasted at least ten minutes. Elder Osborne is sitting next to me and says Hi. He is really cool kid and we are going to stay in contact after the mission.

Speaking of Birthdays, I got my package. Thanks for all the candy, decorations, and thanks for the book Kaylee. I loved reading all the letters and Cards. They were probably my favorite part. I am excited to celebrate my birthday.I am going to buy cake and ice cream. Elder Bustamante's birthday is on Dec. 6 so there will be 2 birthdays in Año Nuevo this transfer. That will be fun. For Christmas, I really don't know what I want, maybe butterfingers and cookies, But I know it would be impossible to send cookies.

Thanks for all the prayers,
Love Elder Karter