This Week is Sponsored by Gatorade (and a Gun- Yikes!)

Che vare'a hermanos y hermanas!

Wow, it's getting HOT here! And to top it off its big time smoky from all the fires surrounding the area! (California is not the only place with fires right now.)  Despite the heat we were still working hard and walking a tonnnn so yeah this week is sponsored by Gatorade!

This week was a wee bit sad over here in Moroni. We had to stop teaching a few people that just were not progressing, which is always a bummer.  And we also got “broken up with” by one lady who was showing a lot of potential- even bigger bummer! 

Though I'm sad to see a lot of people go this week, I think it will be good for us. We now need people to teach, which means we need to work even harder to find them. There are people looking for joy and hope, and this message we share can bring joy and hope to them. So look out Barrio Jara, we're coming for ya! 

• Giovanni got to go to the temple!!!! 
• Ricardo, that super awesome dude who got baptized in Loma Pyta, invited us to have lunch with him! It was so fun to see him again! 
• ^^ Ricardo knows I love lasagna so he made us some! 
• Yogurt comes in a bag here and its thin like milk
• My mission president is a spiritual giant and so wise. I am #blessed to have him 
• I love being a missionary 
• I'm getting some wild shoe tan lines (sorry no feet pics attached) 
• I got spat on by a child 
• Acai is 10/10 usually but its 20/10 in this weather 

Just a reminder to trust in the Lord, He is there for you and he will strengthen you:) 

2 Timothy 4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me.

Te Amo,

Hermana Carter

Hi All-

Mama Carter here. Quincee didn't write about this, and she almost wasn't planning to tell her family about it either- but I asked her if I could share because- holy cow- this happened. 

So she and her companion got robbed at gunpoint on Saturday night!! They were walking home on a busy street in a "safe" area when two men on a motorcycle stopped next to them. One man got off, got very close to them and said "Dame tu celuar". It took a bit for Quincee to realize what was happening. The man grabbed her companions bag off her shoulder and tried to grab Quincee's bag. Q was wearing it cross body so it didn't come off. Quincee was stalling, claiming "no habla! no entiendo" over and over because she didn't want to give up her bag. She wasn't worried about her phone, but she was worried about the keys she had in the bag. Keys to their apartment, the chapel, the temple grounds, and the only set of keys in the area to the family history center. People on the busy street realized what was happening, but only yelled "leave them alone" rather than coming over. As Quincee stalled longer the man pushed the gun into her stomach. She took off and offered up her nametag (what?!?!), but instead of taking the tag the man swiped her Hydroflask out of her hands and left on the motorcycle. We  are so grateful they were unharmed and the girls somehow found humor in the situation and are doing just fine.  Quincee promises to give them the phone, without hesitation, in the future (which hopefully there won't be as this was the first robbery with a gun in the mission). 

Ricardo :))))) Thanks for the lasagna!

My old area Loma Pyta

Blue Gatorade and grandma glasses kind of day
*RIP Hydroflask. I miss you everyday :( 

Ice Cream- Big Fans

Love this girl:) me and Giuli

Giovanni's first time going to the temple!!

20/10 would recommend

Bagged yogurt anyone?

Beware of spiting children

Facetime fun