January 12, 2015

Como Estan,

Well, the big metropilos of is starting to get really hot. It is weird to think that you are sitting there freezing in winter and I am burning up out here in summer. It actually isn't too hot but the humidity is what kills me. Oh well, it could definately be worse. Elder Bustamante is still working hard, although he is definately trunky. He goes out and works with me and we meet all our goals but his teaching is suffering a little bit. He teaches the information really well but thats just about it. He just spits out the information and doesn't teach to much with the spirit. We have been working with that a little bit and it is getting better. We had a really good lesson yesterday with the old bishop who is now inactive. We hope we can get him to start coming back to church.

Pilar, the girl who wants to get baptized but her dad won't let her come to church, isn't really progressing. We were only able to teach her one time this week. She is definately interested but isn't keeping the commitments we leave with her.

We do service maybe once or twice a week, or sometimes not at all, it just depends. The service I have done is strip paint from houses, paint houses, lay tile and fill the cracks, move a pile of bricks that was about 10 feet tall to the third floor of a house so they could build onto it, and move rocks on hills so they don't fall and crush someones home. It all is pretty demanding but I love it. I love to be able to get out and do some hard physical labor. It is nice to take a break from proselyting and go do some hard work.

I can't believe those three missionaries are already home. Those 18 months or two years went pretty fast. I don't want to hear you guys complain about going back to work or school after a week long break. At least you got a break unlike some other people I know *cough cough*

I know, I can't believe that Vanessa had the nerve to start a family when she should be bringing me packages. It's not like we focus in families out here in the mission.

If you send a package the only thing I might want would be deoderant. The deoderant here is awful. I don't know how to explain it but none of the American missionaries like it. Oh, well, what can I do.

This week was pretty normal. Nothing really exciting happened this week. We just continued to work hard. We should have a baptism this week. Bertha, the lady who is 62, is finally ready to be baptized after a lot of work. Hopefully all goes well.

Love and miss you,
Elder Karter