Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Reed's getting "antsy"

Sorry no pics yet...I'm dreading going through the monster of a photo CD Reed sent to find some to post.

Hey everyone!!!!

Sorry this is a little late, but we had no time yesterday to emails because we went to the temple and our ride back took forever to pick us up. We spent the whole time at the Deseret Book Store because it is pretty close to the temple. So, I really don't know yet if I will be getting transferred yet, but my feelings are that I will be staying. I have been with Elder Alvey for about 4 1/2 months now so I think that we will be parting. We got along really well so it wasn't bad. So, we just had our interviews with President Dyches. He told me to tell Mom that I am an outstanding missionary. Those are his words, too.
Ok, so the work here is doing pretty good. We still have two really good potentials that we need to contact. I will update on that next week. Vern Whitehurst is still really our only progressing investigator at this moment. I don't know if I said this last week, but Evangelica told us that she is not interested in being baptized, but is just doing it for the information. That was pretty much a bummer. We haven't heard much from Tessa this week because we were trying to give her some space, but I think that we are going to contact her soon. We are going to start getting into the homes more of the less actives soon so I hope we get some good referrals from that.
Elder Alvey and I have been doing great. We are going to be kind of scrambling to get as much done as possible since the possibility of a transfer is coming up.
As for me, I am getting kind of antsy, if that makes any sense. I have been learning a lot of good teaching techniques, but I don't have many people to teach. We need to start really concentrating on getting more investigators.
Oh, I just sent a package with a tape and a picture in it. It is just one picture because it is not from my camera. A member took it and gave it to me, which was really good since I didn't think to really to take any pictures there. Well, I don't have that much more time so I need to head out here. But I will give a spiritual thought. This morning I studied on Prophets and the first scripture mastery of the D&C fits really well. It is D&C 1: 37-38. I think that is right. Prophets are really what keep this church going and keep it the true church. May we always look to the prophet for as an example and always follow what he says immediately. If we do that then we will never be unhappy.

Keep the Faith,

Elder Carter

2 comments:

The Mid-Cart Parentals said...

Hang in there Reed - don't take it personally when people disappoint you...you are planting important gospel seeds & the "Evangelistas" of the world will remember them. I think you are an outstanding missionary, too. I don't always comment on your blog, but I do read it every week. Love to hear about the work.

The Mid-Cart Parentals said...

I meant "Evangelica." :)