Called To Serve: Elder Nathan Carter : By The Way, Cinco De Mayo Is A Bunch Of Lies

Hello everyone that i love so very much. What a fun week. so packed but so fun. gosh i dont even know where to start. im just going to be bouncing all over the place so deal with it im sorry. and i brought my little list of things to tell you guys so thats good. umm my companion at a cockroach. yeah he is dumb but whatever. it was fun to watch. one thing i forgot to tell you last week is they dont let us listen to music here!! its killing me. no music at all. in my opinion thats a dumb rule but whatever ill deal with it. they have a little tienda here. i think thats how you spell it. its just a little shop and it is so awesome. things are super cheap and apparently they use real sugar here in mexico in the food. which i believe because they are incredible. so much yummy food. on fast sunday i shared my testimony in sacrament meeting. yes in all spanish. im not sure if i made any sense but i tried haha.
oh yeah by the way, cinco de mayo is a bunch of lies. no one even cares about it here in mexico. im not even kidding. like it was probably the quiestest day since i have been here. that was very depressing. so i had a little bit of a let down this week. we taught our first lesson in 100 percent spanish. for our first week they would let us slip in some english here and there which didnt make things too difficult but this week zero english. i felt so dumb during the whole lesson. i was so lost and confused and it was killing me to not be able to express myself. we left the lesson and i was honestly depressed. i was fighting back tears walking back to our classroom. when we got back to the class and i sat down i started to think. at that moment when i was super overwhelmed with so many different things it would have been very easy for me to just give up. to be honest it crossed my mind for a split second. i wanted to be home very bad. but i kept thinking. i didnt come on a mission to hang out in mexico for a few weeks. i came because i know that this church is true and this Jesus Christ is real. and i know that somewhere in washington someone needs me to guide them to this truth. this isnt some joke. there are literally people that have their eternal salvation at stake here and that is basically in my hands right now. when the day comes that i will be judged by god, i do not want to look at him in the eyes with feelings of regret and sorrow for not living up to his expectation of me. i do not want to have to apologize for not doing my job and not working hard and not enduring to the end. when i enter into the presence of god i want his first words to be these exact words. "well done my son" that is all i want to hear. and i dont believe that i would here those words if i would have given up a few days ago. i am dedicating my life to the lord. not just for 2 years but forever. i am not saying that it is going to be easy but i will follow christs example no matter what. i want everyone who is reading this to honestly think about what it is going to be like when the time comes that we will enter into gods presence to be judged. what do you want god to say to you? figure out exactly what you want that experience to be like and act accordingly. it is definitely not easy. for anyone of us. but it will be worth it beyond our imagination. i love you all so so much. i dont want anyone to waste time worrying about me (especially you mom) i am having the time of my life. today we played volleyball outside on this sand court. it was so perfect. i took a second to realize where i really was and what i was doing. and there isnt a place in this world that i would rather be right now that right here. this is exactly where i supposed to be. i know it. i love you all so much. thank you for your love and support.
cant wait to skype you on sunday mom:) see you soon!!!