Today we were driving to the store with the Hermanas and they start yelling 'AHH ANOTHER TRANSFORMER'. There are these huge tractors with all these gadgets and such for the cotton fields and they are all over the roads on Monday mornings and we had to keep switching lanes to avoid them!
We finally saw the Murphy family this week for their oldest boys birthday, Ive missed teaching them so much. And just being at their house! They feel like family to me.
Gabriel is doing so good. He still hasn't finished all his bananas and peanuts but hes working on it:)
THE JAURIGUES(pronounced how-d-gee (I said it wrong for the first 2 months)) CAME TO CHURCH!!! It was amazing. Giana the 6 year old wanted to go up and bear her testimony in sacrament, her mom told her maybe not yet:) but next time:) The kids loved primary and Gabriel and Nicole, the parents, had so many questions and have been texting us about all of them. Because the temple dedication is next week temples were talked about lots and lots. They were raised catholic and see lots of similarities in our religions but are hesitant about other things. On Friday we had the most amazing lesson with them. Gabriel had asked us some questions about the priesthood line of authority and the Great Apostasy. We had been studying like crazy all week and it was amazing to see the spirit in action during this lesson. Every question he asked I some how remembered what I had studied and had all these random sources to back it up. He knows the bible so well but was blown away as we explained things differently. Its hard to want to just throw all this information at them and yell at them that this is the only true church, but I know that's NOT how the spirit confirms things to others:) Teaching them has been the best practice of patience for me, but as I have been patient I have seen their eyes open and hearts soften. They have the greatest desire to know if this is true.
Teaching them and studying so much about the the world after Christ and his Apostles were killed has strengthened my testimony of the restoration. The world was just a terrible place and the churches were corrupted. Instead of focusing on Christ they focused on power. I am so grateful that we have a loving Father in Heaven willing to restore precious truths to the earth! We are so luck to know how much our Father loves us and to know his plan for us. This week I am especially grateful for the Priesthood and the pure power of love that comes from this special authority.
I lalallalooovee it here and the people are just amazing I am lucky to be a missionary!
Love.
Sister Emily Carter
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1. Matthews baptism last week!!
2. The Jaurigues💛💛
3. Lots of real grass, real flowers, and real water. I ❤ thatcher
4. Cute couple that fed us, he served in Ohio with Blake!
5. Monsoons + bikes
Sister Emily Carter
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Arizona Tucson Mission
939 West Chapala Drive
Tucson, AZ 85704
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