First of all WE GOT EIGHT NEW PEOPLE TO TEACH!!! Yes, we witnessed so many miracles this week it's not even funny.
During the first day of the week we got 3 new people that I think I mentioned in my last email and that was HUGE for us. Then on Tuesday we drove all the way down to Cheyenne and got to spend the night with my homegirl from the MTC who is ALSO training!!! It was so good to see her and just talk with someone who is literally in the exact same position as me, training right out if training and share advice on what has worked so far and what hasn't. Needless to say, we were up talking for wayyyy too long.
The next day was trainers meeting!! So far I have been to every single trainers meeting and not going to lie, this one has been the best. They shared a touching video that talks about the trials of missionary work and how as missionaries we are tasked with enduring some of the hardest trials and heartbreaks because we are feeling, at least in part, what the Savior felt so we can more fully understand the Atonement. We can never come close to truly knowing what it was like for Him, but we can feel some of that pain when we have to stop teaching someone who we love so dearly that isn't progressing, or when we constantly face rejection or ridicule, or when we spend all day being extremely diligent but ultimately have no success. We feel so deeply for these people that every single time we teach we plead with them to accept what we know will bless our lives. I cried throughout the video, because I have felt all of those emotions. It also said that when we are faced with those heart wrenching moments in our lives, remember that you are not the first to ask, "Is there no other way?"
*pause for the spirit*
After trainers meeting I OF COURSE went to chick-fil-a with a bunch of the other Sisters who are training!! It was SO much fun and let me just tell you the Colorado Fort Collins mission has some full on gems of missionaries so Wyoming watch out. We are out here converting people with our humor, charm, and of course eternal salvation. It's on.
Then throughout the rest if the week we went finding like crazy!! We knocked on doors, were led by the Spirit, and knocked on some more. I had an incredible experience where we prayed about where to go so we would be led to the elect and I just started driving, I turned down the street and past a house and felt my heart scream STOP so I parked the car and turned to Sister Johnson and said, this one. We walked up to the door and knocked and a young guy, probably 23 or 24 stepped out and immediately I SWEAR I recognized him. I introduce ourselves and ask if he has a belief in God and he kinda says yea and I've been thinking about going to church but I figure I shouldn't worry about that yet so I level with him and say, listen I'm pretty young I'm only 20 years old and I have realized that I need God more than anything else in my life. We shared a scripture and he said he would love for us to come back next week and OH MAN I WAS PUMPED!! I knew that the Lord had directed us to his door and I cant wait until Thursday so we can teach him more about the gospel!!
Then on Sunday we had an incredible experience where a member called us and said that some of her friends were interested in hearing more about the church. So we planned to meet them with the member there and when we showed up I recognized the house as somewhere we had been told a basher lives so my heart started racing and mentally preparing for what was ahead. As soon as we walked in I felt so much peace and it was almost as if God had calmed my troubled heart saying I was where He wanted me to be. After talking with the two ladies I realized that they had been perfectly prepared to receive the gospel. All of the beliefs they had, all the ideas about the after life, and honestly everything they had studied in the Bible were perfectly in line with the Restored gospel of Jesus Christ. It spoke volumes to me how their intense study of the Bible led them to the beliefs we know to be true. I felt as though I would not be able to adequately express all the thoughts I had running through my head in a way that would touch them and represent God, but I can testify that the Lord does fill my mouth with the words to say. I felt Him literally speaking through me as I expressed the love and admiration of Jesus Christ that we as members of the church have. After that meeting, I felt so much confidence in myself to follow the spirit and in God to help fill in the flaws in my ability to teach. I was truly blessed, in that moment, to speak in the tongue of angels.
Yesterday was our zone meeting where we got SO much hype about how well our Zone is doing and how we can improve. During the meeting we discussed how we can truly become beasts in the mission field and rely on the Lord to help us do so. We even got lable maker prints that stick on the back that prove we are the Capser Beasts. *hype* it was epic, but the real trouble came AFTER the meeting was over...
So I did something a little risky... this is where the email subject line comes in... In my district there has been a constant back and forth about a hypothetical team. I have kicked many people off of the team and after a random amount of time they are allowed back on the team WELL APPARENTLY homeboy Elder Muterspaugh thought I was "being snappy" at him so he decided to kick me off the team for THREE days! And listen, I'm team captain, I cant live with being off the team that long... so after our Zone Meeting a few other Elders from the Zone, the Zone Leaders (Elder Dalton and Muterspaugh), and us were about to leave when and Elder brought out a bag full of Ghost Pepper Chips... I bet you can see where this is leading... so Elder Muterspaugh challenged me, if I ate THREE of those chips, I'd be back on the team, and be team Captain again. And with all the Elder hyping me up... I couldn't back down so I did it. I ate all three of them. My mouth.... was NUMB. Burning. Dying. All the horrible things that come with spicy foods. Little did I know the chips where apparently so spicy that its recommended you where GLOVES when you eat them and I had just eaten THREE. Oh man I had never felt that much pain in my mouth probably ever. But I did it and I have now earned the respect of all the Elders in my Zone, my fame will live in forever. I've also never had so many people ask me how my mouth was doing before, it's weirdly nice? And don't worry, that night Elder Lucas prayed for my internal well being in our District prayer so I'm fine now!
Overall this was easily the best week of my entire mission. I saw so many incredible things accomplished and I know the Lord is working His miracles in my area as well as the entirety of the Colorado, Fort Collins mission.
I love you all!! Keep working hard to bring your Brothers and Sisters to Christ!
Remember God is in the Details!
Sister Carter
3 of the pictures are taken from the video where I was DYING from a burnt mouth and the last one is Elder Muterspaugh repping my sun glasses
Then that's my beast Zone barring our Beast tags
