December 1, 2014

Buenas Dias,

This week was pretty good. First off, for Thanksgiving, I didn't eat turkey. It was kind of sad. No turkey, turkey sandwiches, or any other thing with turkey. Instead for Thanksgiving I went to the temple. I love going to the temple. It was basically the same experience as last time. It is always nice to be able to go to the temple. It was a little weird though to be in a session with only 10 people, 4 of whom were missionaries. The Temple is always peaceful but getting there never is. We took metropolitano. The City bus system. They cram so many people into those busses, you can't put your arms down and you don't need to hold onto anything because you can't fall. We were crammed in the bus for about and hour and a half.

I saw Preston Hodsen (Hodson; I don't remember how to spell it) in the temple. He is in the east mission. He is doing good and looked happy. I can tell he has been eating well, too because he had gained some weight. I found a scale the other day and found out I have gained about 8 pounds. I hope I don't come home fat. We are going to start going to a gym in December so hopefully that helps.

Rony (I just learned I have been spelling it wrong) got baptized on Saturday. I baptized him. It was great. The baptism was supposed to start at 6 but it started at 7:30 because we were running on a Peruvian schedule. I hope he stays in the church for the rest of his life.

Alright, I guess I will tell you. The thing I saw last week was a kid get mugged. Actually, he didn't get mugged because other people stepped in. But he did get hit a few times. Don't worry though, the missionaries are protected and I have never heard of anything happening to a missionary. This is nothing like Mitch is going through. I would never tell you the things Mitch tells his family. Those things never happen here so I don't have to worry about it.

For the ward, all my stories I have I have shared with you. The spiritual thing you could share is that prayer and scripture study really do make you come closer to God. I have recognized it in my life. We are reading the scriptures so much and praying so often, we really do create a strong relationship with God.

Love you a lot,
Elder Karter

P.S. Mom, you don't need to keep that cat. There are so many stray cats here I don't want to come home to another cat. We found our own stray cat in our house the other day but we solved that problem. Don't worry, we didn't kill it but made it so it can't get inside anymore.