Meanwhile....back on the mission....

Friends,

Here are the last 4 emails from Carter. I’m sorry they are late, we lost Tom’s mom Chris is month and are trying to get back in the swing of things. Thank you for all the love and support you have giving my family. Carter sounds good doesn’t he?

Nyla

4-30-12

Hello everybody! This week was awesome! I got to go to a training meeting in San Antonio to learn how to be a District leader, that was fun. We got to do some service on a lawnmower and a lot of ranch work. We built 100 tomato cages in record time!  We got to work on a Toyota pickup which was awesome! I know that truck inside and out! Ha! Elder Tanner wrecked on his bike twice in two days. I've got some sweet pictures, and He's got some sweet bruises! Haha good times.   Our Investigator was confirmed yesterday! He's way cool. Now we have to find someone else to teach.... He was our only investigator :( Oh well, back to work!

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Elder Allen

5-7-12

Hey everybody. I had a really good week! On Tuesday we had President Interviews with President Jones. On the way there the tire on the truck ripped apart! It was funny. The tread separated off the tire. One of the elders in Kerville was driving and it scared him pretty good. We changed the tire and went on our way. The Interviews went well, President Jones is really cool.  This week I had to give my first District Training. I liked it and I think it went well. We gave service at the Food Bank again, we got to talk with all the old people that volunteer there. We got to do service for the member who owns a bunch of Road Graters again, It was really fun. He used to live in Spanish Fork for 10 years or so, so we talked about the Dream Mine and Geneva Steel. That was nice.  We had our Body Shop investigator friend come tour our church. He brought his mom and she loved the Family History service. They really enjoyed it, I think they will be our next baptism here, If we can get them to come the church! I'll happen over time :)

Thanks again for everything, Talk to you soon.

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Elder Allen

5-14-12

Hello everyone! It was awesome to talk to you yesterday! This week as been really great, I was able to go on exchanges to Kerville and conduct a baptismal Interview! It was my first one, It was pretty cool. I enjoyed it.  We worked hard this week, but haven’t found any new investigators yet. Well keep trying until we find ‘um!

Thanks for all the prayers and letters! I love you all!

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Elder Allen

5-21-12

This week has been crazy! I've been on two exchanges and did one Baptismal Interview.  I got to go on an exchange with the Zone Leaders in their area, and the AP's came to do an exchange with us. We had 4 missionaries working in our area on Saturday, between us all we talked to 80 people, taught 4 lessons, and got like 6 return appointments! This next week is going to be busy just following up with everyone and teaching them all. I'm excited.  Yesterday was Branch Conference here, so the Stake President and his councilors came to speak and teach all the classes in church. It was really good, and all the members loved it. Then we had a pot luck at the church right after the block of meetings. It was a really good Sunday.

Well I hope you all have a great week, talk to you soon!

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Elder Allen