Zone Leader Council October 2011 - Elder Jesse Guy Carter -

Elders Jahng, Conlin, Molinaro, Hall, Stenquist, Gilbert, Jones, Haslem, Wilson, Judd, Bennett, Jacobberger, Carter, Hill, Cottrell, Maddox

Elder Jesse Guy Carter is a Zone Leader

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9/19/11

 Elder Jesse Carter

To Emily Carter

From:	Jesse Carter (jesse.carter@myldsmail.net)
Sent:	Mon 9/19/11 2:31 PM
To:	Emily Carter (emi_3_76@hotmail.com)

Hey Family!!!

Wow it sounds like alot went on this week!  I sure hope Lindsday is doing better now.  What is causing her to have all these complications with the baby?  Well here is the news. . . . . . I GOT TRANSFERED!  I have been shipped off to San Pedro and I am also going to be serving as a. . . . . Zone Leader haha.  It is pretty awesome so far, definately not any easier than district leader.  Actually I really wanted to stay as a district leader for a while longer but for whatever reason the Lord wants me in Penninsula zone right now serving with Elder Stenquist as a Zone Leader.  It is just another way that us as missionaries can grow and develope!  It has been really interesting so far I must say.  Elder Stenquist reminds me alot of Curtis Stevenson haha.  He is a pretty legit missionary.  Curt Dog in the flesh!  I am definately going to miss Redondo Beach:(  It was pretty sad leaving the Smith's especially, but they gave me all of their cell phone numbers if I ever need them haha.  I am really excited for zone leader though.  Elder Stenquist goes home this December so I am going to be with him most likely for 2 transfers.  It is really different being junior companion again, I have gotten so use to training and always having the last say in things it is going to take some getting use to having it the other way around.  San Pedro is definately full of alot of people more on the humble side of things.  It is surrounded by the ocean but not full of beaches and super rich people due to the fact that the harbor is surrounding san pedro.  There is also a U.S. Air force field that is in my area too.  Alot of the members from the ward are in the air force and live on base.  This area is amazing though!  Through out the mission every missionary wants to serve in San Pedro because of how unique it is.  On Saturday Night we went street contacting at 8 at night hahahaha BAD IDEA!  Well not really, it was definately different than redondo beach at 8 at night.  We went on one of the main streets so all of the homeless people/citizens of san pedro were all walking to the clubs/bars and alot of them were already drunk!  There was one guy that started singing and dancing for us, and was like 6 inches from my face trying to tell me a story about how he was a hunchman haha.  Than this lady that was missing her 4 front teeth came up to this homeless guy we were talking to and asked him for a smoke, and he pulled out the cigerate he had in his mouth and gave it to her haha.  It is amazing how these people could find so much happiness in such meger circumstances.  The homeless guy that we were talking to that gave the lady a smoke, was telling us how he found god through writing him a letter, and he said that god appeared to him on the page of paper and started talking to him.  It was pretty intense!  than the other day we were street contacting during the day this time, and this guy that was super tall and skinny, and looked like he had smoked a little too much weed told us that number nine is the perfect number and therefore number nine is god!  haha just super strange/awesome experiences like that make me really excited for the future in San Pedro! 

Mom thank you so much for the Ipod!  I have it plugged in right now charging:)  I have already gotten so music on it from the misison home computer and have been listening to it:)  Thank you so much, and as for the bread and your packages, feel free to start sending them out again.  Because I am a zone leader now I will be picking up mail on thursdays instead of fridays because we pick it up than distribute it to our zone on friday so that will be nice to have it even a day fresher!  That is awesome about the Elk hunt!  ahhh that makes me miss hunting so much:(  How did the archery hunt go this year with ryan, dustin, and micah?  Did they all hunt?  Dad did you draw out for the rifle hunt?  Are you gonna be heading to good ol' BUCKSKIN?!  Ahh  I love bucksin, best place even though all the deer are extinct haha.  Kenny G 18 minutes flat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAA YAAAAAAA!  That is amazing!  It sounds like you are dominating in XC.  Keep it up and keep pushing for varsity.  Who is the number one varsity runner at Cedar?  How is the Car search going?  Dad what job are you bidding on tuesday?  Is there any more work coming up?  How long will the Brian Head job last for do you think?

LANCE IS GOING TO THE PHILLIPEANS!  What the!  That is crazy hahaha.  When I read that, I started freaking out!  Is lance excited about serving there? Has Trevin put in his papers yet?  Lance is going to be an amazing missionary, I hope he is really taking preparing for the mission seriously because the phillipeans is definately going to be quite a different place than America.  Anyways, thank you all for all that you do.  You are always in my prayers!

Love, Elder Carter the 5th

My Dearest Darling Elder,
I Love You!!!
We just returned home from St. George as Daddie Kenny and I went to see Shawn and Lindsey.  Lindsey is in the hospital threatening to have their little precious girl at 27 weeks.  As of right now she is doing ok and the Dr. is hopeful that she will be able to heal and continue to carry the baby.  Lindsey said that the Dr. thought that her baby was about 2 and 1/2 pounds which is so very very very tiny.  Say a little prayer for them and their little angel girl.  I am working on putting all of our names in 19 Temples to help all of us.
Daddie had a fun time with Dustin, Trevy, and Ryan on the once in a lifetime Elk hunt this last weekend - Dustin and Ryan went out again after church, Daddie is bidding a small job on Tuesday and couldn't go.
Kenny is Totally Amazing with his Cross Country and will tell you about everything - I was sad because I wasn't able to watch his race as it was in Murray the same time as the Big Hunt.
Thank you for all your prayers and Love, I am still trying to get better from the infection that has taken over me again.
Tomorrow Daddie is going to pick all the peaches as they are starting to drop-we have some real beauties.
Well did you get transferred?
We are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO proud of You and all that You are doing.
I Love when you come home and the babies greet you at the door and just love and adore you.
You can really feel fall in the air and the leaves are starting to change on our little trees.
We haven't had any t.v. for a week now, our home seems quiet and different.  On Wednesday we are getting a new setup that will save us $100.00 every month.
Tomorrow I am making some more pear jam, my finger is still healing from all the cutting on the last batch of pears but I do Love the jam, I am also making bread.
How are You doing?
Lance received his Mission call and Daddie and I were there when he opened it.  He is going to the Philippines Quezon North Mission and will report to the MTC on February 1st.
Next week we are getting a new Bishopric.  I have just loved Bishop Peterson and will really miss him.
"Whistle while You work."
What would You like for Christmas my Darling?
I have your Missionary book all caught up and I am now getting your scrap book all done.
I have the "sweet" picture of you reading the scriptures in a beautiful frame on the table by all my dried flowers for everyone to see when they walk in.  I have also put your Handsome self in the kitchen and up in the parlor on the Missionary wall.
I have been reading "Believing Christ" by stephen E. Robinson-I really love this book-Bishop Peterson told me to read it.
I just said the prayer with Kenny, Moosey, and Niki.
Daddie has gone up to bed and will be calling me soon-I am really trying hard to go to bed with Daddie and find rest at night.
I continue to practice my 13 page song for Brother Stacey " A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" and pray that I will be ready.  I was thinking that it would be fun to play some duets with Kenny with him on the piano and me on the keyboard with a bell sound for Christmas.

Therefore let your light so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
3 Nephi 1:16

D&C 6:20
Behold, thou art Oliver, (Jesse) and I have spoken unto thee because of thy desires; therefore treasure up these words in thy heart.  Be faithful and diligent in keeping the commandments of God and I will encircle thee in the arms of my love.

Mosiah 2:41
And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God.  For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness.  O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it.

Well my Darling I Love You with All My Heart.
Have a Wonderful week knowing that You are the BEST MISSIONARY EVER!!!
With All My "sweet" and tender Love,
Mama Mee  OXO

Hey Jesse,
                  This week I had a cross country meet up in Murray. We didn't take a bus up which is way stupid. The new school policy is that you can only have one bus trip over 200 miles. So we drove up in cars and didn't stay over night. But the race was still fun. There were about 600 people in the J.V race. During the race it was raining but I actually quite enjoyed it but on one of the sharp turns I slipped and fell, two other people fell on top of me but I was able to get back up and keep running. I finished 16th over 600 runners. My time was 18.00 flat my best time this year! It wasn't a over all P.R. but it was really good. I got a medal and everything since I was in the top 20. Then I also beat 3 of our varsity runners times so more than likely I'll move up to varsity. In soccer this week sadly we lost 3-0 our first loss this season but we should have beat them. The first place team we beat played this team and won like 5-0 so it was just a stupid loss. We had hardly any subs so I think next time we best beat them. But that's pretty much it for this week. I hope all is well.

Love,
           Renka

Jesse,
Did you get transferred?  We have been wondering all week if you have had the transfer or not.  We have received the Notice to proceed for Brian Head but the driller is in our way so we can't start yet.  We are hoping that he will finally finish this week so we can start on the building.  The company that we have subbed the underground work to will start tomorrow.  They are planning on working from daylight to dark every day to try and get their part done this year before winter sets in but it is getting so late in the year it is doubtful they will be able to finish either this year.
I went out with Dustin and Ryan on the elk hunt Friday.  Dustin drew out at Indian Peaks.  A couple of guys that Chris Stevenson knew from Minersville have been helping us find elk in an area west of Minersville.  Anyway on our way out Friday evening we ran into a huge elk (a seven point that would probably have been rated at 350-360 class). It was right in the middle of the road!  Its to bad the hunt didn't start until the next morning!  We got up at six o'clock the next morning and went to where Jed (the guide from Minersville)  thought we would most likely see something.  There are a lot of elk in this area and they were bugling all around us.  Anyway we saw some cow elk in the cedars and there was a huge six pointer with them!  Dustin couldn't get a shot at it in the thick trees so he and Jed took off running to where he thought they would go.  Sure enough down in the bottom of this draw the cows came through with the big boy right behind them.  Dustin was able to get a good shot off but he was so winded from sprinting through the trees that he shot right over the top of him.  That afternoon we went back where we saw that huge seven pointer.  Ryan used his cow call and was able to call in another huge six pointer.  It was really fun.  Ryan would call and the bull elk would bugle in return.  When we started he was at least a mile away.  It took probably 45 minutes but we called him into within 20 yards of where Ryan and I were on the four wheelers.  Dustin could have easily shot him but his front tine on the left side had been broken off in a fight or something.  He decided to wait and see if he could get one that didn't have a broken antler.  Anyway Dustin and Ryan went back out today so that they could hunt Monday.  This area that they are in has more big elk then even the Paunsagot where I shot that five pointer a couple of years ago.
I am excited to hear from you and to find out what has happened this last week.  You are always in our prayers.

Love,  Dad

Hi from Amazing Handsome Elder Jesse Guy Carter OXO

Monday 8/22/11

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Hey Family!! Here is the talk that I gave at zone conference:)  I hope you like it!

What Am I Doing To Become A Better Disciple Of Jesus Christ?
By: Elder Jesse Carter, South Bay Zone

        The question proposed in this talk is What Am I Doing To Become A Better Disciple Of Jesus Christ?  The Lord reveals to us exactly what he requires to be a disciple of him in D and C 64:34, "Behold, the Lord requireth the HEART and a WILLING MIND; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land of zion in these last days."  If we desire the blessings both seen and unseen, the Lord wishes to bless us with, we must simply have our heart fully in the work, willing to mold our minds to the will of God, and be obedient to the commandments.  For the actions that I am personally making to become a better disciple of Jesus Christ, I am going to focus on what it means to have your Heart in the work, having a willing mind, and being obedient to the commandments.
        What does the Lord truely mean when he says he requires the Heart?  To be one in heart with the Lord, we must be in line with the Lord spiritually.  This would include repenting of our sins, dilligent scripture study, and ultimately, truely and sincerly believing the message of the restored gospel.  For me personally, there are several key indicators that signify whether or not I am serving the Lord with fullness of Heart.  Including the following: Am I able to teach and testify with the spirit?  Am I loving the people, and yes of course the always present, are my feelings towards my companion worthy of being in the christ like attributes section of Preach My Gospel?  We are not becoming better disciples of Jesus Christ until we align our heart, in other words our spirituality with the will of the Lord.
        How through having a willing mind can we become better disciples of Jesus Christ?  To have a willing mind means to allign ourselves with the will of God temporally.  This means to be willing to live according to the rules and commandments we have recieved.  Are we loving the missionary experience or are we merely going through the motions?  Back home I loved listening to the talks of return missionaries in sacrament meeting.  Not only because of their stories of running from dogs, strange food, and interesting companions, but also because of the spirit that they felt when they gave their whole selves to the Lord.  One of my favorite quotes is "Forget yourself and go to work."  Along with the quote found in Preach My Gospel, summarized as the following, "The answer to 95% of the difficulties missionaries face is work!"  Through having a willing mind, we can become better disciples of Jesus Christ.
        And lastly, how through being obedient to the commandments can we become better disciples of Jesus Christ?  When we combine both the heart and a willing mind which would result in believing and living the commandments of God, we are being obedient.  Through the scriptures the Lord has revealed to us that he is all or nothing!  One without the other is not truely magnifying our calling.  In 2 Nephi 27:25 it reads, "For as much as this people draw near unto me with their MOUTH (willing mind), and their lips do honor me, but have removed their hearts (spirituality) far from me. . . . ."  To have one and not the other is not sufficient in the eyes of the Lord.  I know that I have alot to improve and work on, but I know as I lean on the Lord and show him that my Heart is in the work, and I have a willing mind, through the spirit he will strengthen me.  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

Hey Fam:) 

Well this week went really really good!  WE SET A BAPTISMAL DATE YESTERDAY!!!  yayayayayayaya haha We are so happy that we finally have someone set up for baptism.  It isn't the strongest of dates, but it is set for october 22.  That is so weird that when he gets baptized (his name is james) I will almost have been out 1 year!!!  Honestly crazy. . . . But yes, Elder Dudragne is a really good missionary.  It is nice having such a good comp.  It is so weird how the Lord always knows what is going on, and what lessons we need to learn.  My last comp. elder pace NEVER accepted any of my service towards him.  He never allowed me to share with him or anything.  Which actually really played a negative roll in the companionship because he was too prideful to accept my service.  Elder Dudragne on the other hand is always willing to accept my service, and he is always helpin me out as well.  The best way to build companionship unity is for sure by serving them.  It has really helped us work harder and better together and now the work is going better.  We have alot of really good investigators that have alot of potential, we just need to start inviting all of them to baptism.  It sounds like the ceremony for bryce went really well!  That is so awesome that he is going to go to the U of U.  That is an amazing school.  Dad that is a really good idea to start thinking about what I want to do in school when i get home. . . I have been thinking about it a little bit, but I haven't made any decisions yet.  I will start talking to people about there professions to get some feed back.  Today we played basketball for pday:)  That is usually what we do, but it was alot of fun!  I think I am getting taller!!  haha at least I hope so, ward members have been commenting on how I look taller.  so YAY!  Mom thank you for the bread and all the items inside of the package including the cd's.  I am going to be giving those to these two different ladies that hooked me up with this awesome keyboard that I now have!  Elder Dudragne always says that I have the best mother ever haha.  He always wants my bread.  It is really nice having the car as an option now.  Lately we have been biking because we are basically out of miles.  They allot us a certain ammount each month, and we are running low.  But it's nice to drive around for a change.  Being a district leader is fun, more responsibilities and stuff, but I think I like it.  It gives me more of a chance to magnify my calling as a missionary.  It is fun going on splits and what not.  Some pretty sad news though, my 2 old zone leaders that I had last transfer rescently have been sent home because of things that they were doing with girls out here.  One of them lived in santa monica (by the temple) for 8 months before his mission and he knew alot of girls over there.  He had made it 20 months on his mission without hooking up with those girls, but he rescently was turned in by his comp. who met with president and admitted that they were breaking the rules.  It really sucks too cause one of them came out with me but spanish speaking, and the other was my mission hero!  He was an amazing missionary, and everybody respected him alot.  It is really sad, but President must do what he must do.  I guess even the greatest of missionaries can fall!  Especially here in LA we are faced with ALL kinds of temptations.  It is kinda tuff sometimes cause we are supposed to be in the world but not of the world, and it is hard cause we are literally surrounded with the world every moment of the day!  But, the good thing is, is God is on our side.  He doesn't want us to fall so all we have to do is lean on him and we are solid.  Anyways, thank you all for all that you do.  I rescently found out that I haven't been drinking enough water, not even close!  And drinking enough water really has solved alot of the problems I was having.  I may have mentioned this last week but I can't recall.  But yeah, make sure you all are drinking enough water!  It really helps:)  I love yall

Love Elder Carter the 5th.

P.S.  did you recieve the picture CD that I sent you?  And mom, please remember to get the two checks out of it that I want you do cash and put into my account:)  Thank you.  Much much much loves. peace

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 11:47

Dearest Handsome Elder Jesse,
I Love You!!!
Well this week-end was Absolutely Fabulous.  Bryce received his White Coat at the University of Utah which truly was an Amazing ceremony - the main theme of the program was "A patient doesn't care how much you know until they know how much you care."  The purpose of the ceremony was to impress upon the incoming Dr.'s the importance of the doctor-patient relationship.  It also encouraged them to accept the obligations inherent in the practice of medicine; to be excellent in science, compassionate, and lead lives of uprightness and honor.  It emphasized the physician's responsibility to take care of patients and to also care for patients.  The message conveyed that physicians should care as well as cure.

The Hippocratic Oath was recited which reads as follows:

I solemnly pledge to consecrate my life to the service of humanity.  I will practice medicine with conscience and dignity.  The health and life of my patient will be my first consideration. 

I will hold in confidence all that my patient confides in me.  I will maintain the honor and the noble traditions of the medical profession.  I will give respect and gratitude to my deserving teachers.

My colleagues will be as my family.  I will not permit personal considerations to interfere with my duty to my patients.  I will maintain the utmost respect for human life.

Even under threat, I will not use my knowledge contrary to the laws of humanity.  These promises I make freely and upon my honor.

After the ceremony Shelynne treated us with a fun dinner at the park and a darling cake that she had made of a Dr. with a stethoscope.  We celebrated Bryce's Birthday and he opened his presents with lots of love and pictures from Shelynne's Mom and Dad and Grandma.  Daddie and I drove up to Wolf Creek and enjoyed the Beautiful mountain's and fresh air, it was SOOOOOOOOOOOOO fun to walk around hand in hand with heaven surrounding us.  The following morning Bryce and Shelynne cooked up a fun pancake breakfast and with tender hugs we traveled home just in time for Kenny's 1st Soccer game.  Kenny was the "Star" of the team and they won Dixie Fire 5-1.

Truly Heavenly Father was watching over us this week-end.  In my Patriarchal Blessing it says:  Your guardian angel will watch over you and protect you as you go about upon the earth, that you might travel in peace and safety.  When Bishop Peterson blessed me last week he also blessed me with protection as I traveled.  Well on our way up to see Bryce and Shelynne we were driving on some very difficult freeways that were under a lot of road construction.  On one stretch of road we had a huge cement wall next to us and a big semi truck on the other side.  Suddenly for no apparent reason the  semi truck decided to move over into our lane where we were.  Daddie slammed on his brake's  and made a sharp turn which allowed for the semi truck to barely miss us as he took over our lane.  Daddie is an Amazing freeway driver and has saved our lives more then once because of his ability to drive and think ahead.  The following day coming home a car next to us drifted over into our lane and almost hit us, Daddie thought that probably the person driving had fallen asleep and suddenly awakened.  I love my Blessing as through the years it has been a great comfort to me.

Uncle Rex spoke in our ward and of course I took notes that I will be sending this week.  We had a nice Sunday dinner with Ryan, Meagan and Grandma Mom and enjoyed Daddies' wonderful garden food.  I went to take a picture so I could send it to you but the battery had died.  Daddie thinks' that the garden is doing SOOOOO good because of your grass clippings that He and Kenny put out on the garden and tilled in.  But I will take a picture this week so you will be able to see.  Daddie fell asleep so Kenny and I went on a fun bike ride to the college and enjoyed my favorite time of the night - dusk -

Well I am lonely again as Kenny has now started school as you know - it is amazing that he is now a Jr.  I will be teaching more students then ever before and I really do have SOOOOOOOO many projects going, food to cook, music to play and work but still I am lonely.  Just as we returned home from church Ryan Carroll and his darling little wife Aimee came to see us with Ryan's sister Brittany and their new little boy Ammon - he looks exactly like Ryan.  I rocked him to sleep and just loved every minute holding that precious little boy.  Aimee said that Kenny was the cutest boy she has ever met and that she wanted her little sister to marry him when he gets back from his mission.  She wants' to connect our families together.

This last week I had the carpets cleaned again as Moosey has now decided that the downstairs is his backyard - honestly.  Say a little prayer for our "sweet" Moosey - I worry that now I am not his favorite person because I have to keep talking to him in a low voice to be good.

"Whistle while You Work."

"Promise me you'll always Remember:
  You're braver than you believe, and
   stronger than you seem, and
    smarter than you think."
     Christopher Robin to Pooh

Well Kenny is still on the car search, over the week-end he was hoping for a Mazda RX7 that was up for auction - Keith has been helping him but I guess that wasn't the right car.
Daddie is ready for bed and Kenny is now in bed with school starting early. 
I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Proud of You, the Wonderful Mission You are having and the Great Missionary that You are.  You truly are Amazing with your love for life, the work, your gift of music and writing.  If you have time Daddie and I would Love to read your letter that was chosen among all the others that you read to all the other Missionaries.  I wish I could have heard you play the "Prayer" - I Love listening to your CD and shed a little tear every time I listen to it.
Have a Wonderful week as you go forth and Serve with Honor.
You Amaze me in every way, I truly look up to You and Love You with All My Heart.
With All My "sweet" and tender Love,
Mama Mee  OXO

Jesse,
It was really fun to hear all that has been going on with you and the mission last week.  You will have to send us a copy of your talk that was chosen.  I would love to read it.  With you and your companion working so hard and working together like you are now I know that you are going to have some great experiences. 
We had a fun time seeing Bryce and Shelynne.  It is a great honor to have been selected to attend U of U medical school.  I am very proud of Bryce and the good decisions that he has made in his life.  Because of these decisions and his hard work starting in High School he has positioned himself to be able to achieve his very high goals.  Because of his hard work he didn't have to settle for something less than what he has dreamed about his whole life.
Out in the mission field you will of course need to be concentrating on the work but you also need to be thinking about what you want to do in school when you get back.  I remember that Bryce did a lot of thinking about this when he was out.  He would talk to the members and the other people that he met.  You also worked very hard in High School and I want you to remember to set your goals as high as you want.  Just remember that you can do anything that you set your mind to achieving.
We have been having Ben, Dustin and Ryan do miscellaneous things around the yard while we wait for the contract at Brian Head.  They have been changing the oil in all the equipment, working on the big trailer, cleaning up the rentals, fixing all the holes in the roofs, etc..  They have also been fabricating the rebar for the building up at Brian Head.  I think for sure we will be able to start this week.

Keep up the good work!
Love Dad   

Zone Conference-Elder Duncan- Missionaries are Building Bridges from investigators to the Savior - Obedience leads to Faith-Goals-

Our Handsome Most Wonderful Elder Carter    8/17/11

Happy Day "Smile" We All Love Elder Carter  OXO

Hey family!!!

Things sound like they are fantastic back home!!!  Mom the blessing the bishop gave you sounded really really good:)  I have had a chance to give 2 blessings this week.  Especially since my comp. is brand new, everyone always chooses me to give the blessing haha, but I really like them.  at the first of my mission I always got super nervous but they have been good lately:)  The brian head job is a go!!!!!!!  That is awesome!  And much needed it sounds like.  that will be good to get started on that.  What has dustin ryan, ben and the other guys been doin with little work situation the past few weeks?  My new comp is really good!  We are getting along really well, and he is a super hard worker.  He always tells everyone we meet that we would love to do service and that he lives for hard work.  We are going to be doing alot of service together which is always good!  It is really nice having the option of a car or bikes.  We are still biking quite alot because we don't want to get out of shape and also we can talk to more people street contacting.  We rescently picked up a couple of new investigators.  Elder Dudragne and I have a goal to talk to every person we see.  Dont' let anyone get by us on our bikes without us talking to them.  It is amazing how much better things go if you have a good comp.  that you have trust in with talking to people and leading the lessons.  That is something I haven't had too much of the past 4.5 months so it is really nice that I have been blessed with elder dudragne.  It is really interesting being a district leader.  I now have to always be conscious that their are missionaries looking up to me to be a good example.  It's amazing how each step in the mission world helps you grow and develope in different ways.  It was zone conference this last tuesday and we worked on the temple this last monday for 5 hours.  That's why I am emailing on wednesday.  Temple service was amazing!!!  I felt like I was back home kinda haha.  I was doing alot of lawn mowing and taring up grass.  They are re seeding all of the grass at the temple because of this crab grass like stuff that has grown in.  It was awesome though, our whole zone was there so it was a blast being with the other missionaries.  I am kind of at a point in my mission right now that is really awesome because I am beginning to have friends everywhere throughout the mission!  It is really important to be really nice to the other missionaries because in alot of ways they are like your family out here.  We all have to lean on each other for help and support.  I now cart around 2 missionaries in the district i am serving in and help them out with their groceries and emailing.  Zone conference was amazing on tuesday!  A general authority from the 70's came and spoke to us for like 6 hours hahahaha.  It was a little long, but It helped re boost me and want to go out there and knock some more doors!!! haha make those knucles bleeed:) ok not really. . . but there were three zones that were there and we all were required to write a talk about 3 minutes long that said what we are DOING to become better disciples of jesus christ.  Elder Duncan recieved these talks 2 weeks prior to coming, and read all of them and chose 2 talks from all three zones. (about 100 missionaries)  AND MY TALK WAS CHOSEN:) haha my talk and a sister in the mission as well.  It was really awesome.  I got up and shared the talk in front of elder duncan, president baker, and the 100 missionaries.  I also played the piano in a homecoming sacrament meeting on sunday!  I played the prayer, and elder dudragne turned my pages.  He did a really good job at it too, perfect timing.  But everyone rushed up to me after the meeting haha.  I was like, don't you want to go talk to the missionary that just got home?  haha it was a little different, but I enjoyed it.  Elder Oslund was who returned home.  He is actually going to be pitching at byu!  He was a freshman all american and the Y.  anyways, this week went really really well!  Thank you for all the support and all the prayers.  The power of prayer is real! 

Love, Elder Carter the 5th

One last thing I forgot to mention familly. . . . .

I am FINAlly sleeping well again!  And I figured out the issue. . . . . I was severly dehydrated!  I have been drinnking water like crazy lately, and now I am sleeping better, my skin is better, and my enjoyment level is better haha.  It is amazing how simple the solution is to alot of problems but I was praying to Heavenly father to help me know what I could do differently to enjoy my mission more and feel better, and that night we had dinner at a members house, and I asked her (she is a nurse) what the cause for light headedness is and dizzyness and she said it was most like lack of sleep, dehydration, and low salt level from sweating it all out.  But anyways, prayers are answered:)  Thank you for all that you do.  Have a fantastic week.  bye bye

Summer Fun with Elder Carter at the 4th of July Barbeque

A letter from Elder Jesse Guy Carter's Mission President Stephen R. Baker - California Los Angeles Mission -

Dear Brother & Sister Carter,

In addition to his call as a Trainer, Elder Jesse Guy Carter has been called to be a District Leader in the California Los Angeles Mission.  This assignment has come to him because he has exhibited high qualities of leadership, has demonstrated his obedience and has gained the trust of his fellow missionaries.  In this leadership position, he will be an example of conduct, appearance and performance to his fellow missionaries.

As a Disstrict Leader he will supervise the activities of between 8 to 10 Missionaries in his district.  His responsibilities will include demonstrating and teaching missionary skills and attributes to each member of his district.  One of his most important responsibilities will be to interview candidates for baptism to determine their worthiness for this most significant ordinance.

Sister Baker joins me in extending to you our sincere appreciation for your fine son.  We realize that your example, training and love have contributed in large measure to his success as a missionary.

Sincerely yours,



President Stephen R. Baker
California Los Angeles Mission

Way to Go Elder Carter - Training your 2nd Elder and now a District Leader -

The New Missionary for Elder Carter, Elder Dudragne from Canada,is 3rd from the right on the front row.

 Happy Day Our Dearest Handsome Elder Jesse Guy Carter OXO‏

8/01/11

 Elder JesseTo Emily Carter

From:	Jesse Carter (jesse.carter@myldsmail.net)

HEY FAMILY!!!!

It was super good to hear from you guys this week:)  It sounds like everything is going pretty well except the lack of work issue:(  I am kinda confused, if we can't build the apartments at grandma's place, than where are these potential apartments being built?  Dad have you purchased more land somewhere that these will go up?  Anyways, hopefully the Brian Head job will work out!  Finding more work is always in my prayers:)  well, here is the news on transfers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  I AM STAYING! yay!  President is throwing me all kinds of new responsibilites haha, I am going to be training AGAIN:( :)  I am happy/nervous/scared about that.  With training elder pace, I have realized that it is pretty hard haha, but I am excited.  I am going to be giving birth to my child on wednesday!  Most of the missionaries coming out are going to be spanish speaking, so hopefully the english ones are going to be really cool.  President also wants me to be District Leader.  Which is going to be different. . But I am going to be getting a car which is good!  My area is already pretty small to begin with, so me and my new comp are really going to have to plan alot to do each day because we will be able to get from place to place very quickly.  But yeah, I am going to be in this area probably at least 3 more months!  So That means by the end I will have been here 7 1/2 months!  that is quite a long time in one area, but I am excited.  The ward here is amazing, and hopefully we will be able to get some more missionary work going.  We have quite a few investigators but most of them aren't truely interested and aren't progressing very fast or at all.  So we are going to have to get out there and find!!!!!  It was pretty fun we went to a departing missionary fireside last night, and 18 elders are going home!  I was good friends with several of them so that was weird seeing them head off.  They were all super nervous haha.  But I sat next to Elder Bigler aka my trainer so that was good to talk with him for a while.  His family is buying a house in st george!  So he is most likely going to move from black foot idaho to st george!  That would be pretty awesome.  But yeah, all is well.  The district that I will be serving in is going to be very different from the one that we have right now.  I am going to be taking over the DL spot from our current DL who is in manhatten beach.  He is very excited to leave that area because the missionary work is super hard haha.  But yeah, Elder Pace is going to be heading off.  He is pretty cool about the whole thing, doesn't seem very nervous at all.  I was very nervous when I first got transfered haha.  So I am proud of him.  He is going to be an awesome missionary wherever he goes.  Thank youk for the package mom!  It was amazing as usuall.  Especially all that strawbery jam:)  I have been loading up on that every day haha.  Renka!  It sounds like you are goin to be getting a car soon!!!!!!  That is awesome:)  That will make high school even more fun.  Make sure you go to all the activites this next year, it will go by fast, and that is where alot of the good memories are made is with your friends at all the sporting events.  I am still trying to grasp the fact that Blackie is gone:(  But, it was his time.  He was getting pretty dang old.  He would have been in his 90's in human years!  I GOT THE BEST KEYBOARD EVER!!!  i don't think I told you guys about this last week, but this non member lady who I played the piano for on her kawai grand piano, hooked me up with a kawai S1 keyboard!  It is a FULL keyboard!  My ward mission leader looked it up on craigs list and it booked at 1000 dollars!!!!  haha Mom I wil be sending you the lady's address is so you could send her a thank you card or something.  After I got done playing for her I asked her if there was any good places around here that I could get a keyboard, and she was like, well, one of my students just barely got a brand new keyboard, and his old keybaord is just chilling at his house!!! So she talked with them, and they gave it to me for free!  It has a music stand, a stand for the keyboard to sit on, and even came with a bench!  haha I was super excited.  I have been playing every chance I get:)  Anyways, everything is going really well!  Thank you for all the love and support.  I know that we will be getting some work coming up, as long as we keep it in our prayers, and fasting for it would be a very good idea as well Mom.  Thank you for all that you do.

Love, Elder Carter the 5th

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 1:41 AM, Emily Carter <emi_3_76@hotmail.com> wrote:

My Dearest Handsome Elder Jesse,
I Love You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well we just had a Wonderful Spaghetti Dinner at Dustin and Hillary's with Ryan and Meagan.  We played Rook and Kenny was the Grand Winner!!!!!!!!!!!  Little Libby wanted me to hold her, I put my lipstick on her and showed her how pretty she looked in the mirror.  She also wanted to wear my bracelet's and loved my grey rose purse.  Trevy is getting SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Big and loves his house and his very own room.  Dustin and Hillary's house is fixed SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO cute as Hillary is very very handy and has made a lot of things.
Yesterday we went up the the Cabin and had a fun Steak Fish dinner with Shawn, Lindsey, Harlie, and Keegee.  Kenny played the old piano and I danced with Harlie.  The kids took us on a fun 4-wheel ride down the main road at dusk and honestly we saw at least 30 deer and 3 Mama deer with their little fawn's - One little Mama had a set of twin fawn's.  One deer ran right out in front of us, that could have been bad when we were going along.  We went down the main road for quite a ways and then they took us to a big swimming hole where the water come's out of a big pipe that was really pretty.  We really had a fun time and wished that we could have stayed - we came off the mountain really late at night which probably wasn't such a good idea with the deer all around at night - Daddie is an Amazing driver.  When we were driving up to the cabin a "sweet" black sport type car hit a deer and there were skid marks everywhere.
Well I hope you are receiving your packages on Friday as I forgot to put Perishable on the outside - I will try to remember.  Your email last week was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO encouraging and we truly are proud of You and all of Your many Great Goals.  You are an Amazing Missionary - California is really really Blessed by You and Your Spirit and Musical Talent.  Right now Kenny is playing the piano that always soothes my heart and many thought's. 
Daddie continues to work very hard as usual and always carry's a heavy burden with all the worries of work especially that of having work not only for us but for Dustin and Ryan and other workers.  The Brian Head job is in a waiting  mode as they have been drilling 1500ft for water and are not sure if they are going to find enough water for the water pump.  There have been other problem's as indicated but Daddie was able to work all of those out so just pray that they will find enough water so we can do that job which we will not know about until the end of August.  About the Apartment's for Grandma, well because of the city ordinance's we will not be able to build Apartment's for Grandma.  She just had my old house fixed up and Ryan has helped her to get it rented for school coming up.  There are a lot of tender memories' from my old house.  But Daddie and Chad bought some property for a good price and have been really thinking about building their own apartment's - it's a big risk right now with the economy and difficulties' in the world as you know.  I just told Daddie that we need to fast and pray and Heavenly Father will let us know if building the apartment's would be a good thing for us and the boys right now.  Please pray with us as we really need work - Daddie and the Boy's have SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much Talent and Abilities - if you just look around the city we have pretty much built this city including the beautiful building's on the College Campus.  It's hard to go down to the yard and  just see all of our work trailer's just sitting there.
Moosey is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO funny, he just love's his pacifier and he Loves Me.  Niki is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO funny because she loves to cuddle up next to Daddie and he claims that he doesn't love dogs.
Kenny will probably be getting a car this week as Daddie and Kenny went to the bank to get a pre-approved loan - Kenny has been saving his hard earned money his whole life and is really excited.  Kenny is a really good driver - I can hardly wait until he can drive me to St. George again for a day of fun - he is Wonderful.
Daddie's garden is really looking nice - as you know just Daddie and Kenny weed the garden now - I try to keep the weeds down around our home and work on our never ending yard.  Kenny has been spending hours on the yard also planting Beautiful flowers - Daddie pulled out some old stumps with some chains and the truck as some of the plants had pretty much died but had deep root's.

"Whistle while You Work"

"The Lord is my strength and my song."

  Exodus 15:2

"Walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone."

I am sending You ALL My LOVE "Wrapped" in LOVE.

Remember, remember my Son - "Love softens the Heart"

"Where there is hope, there is faith, where there is faith, miracles happen."

Boy it seems like the summer has gone by fast - I am going to really try to enjoy every minute with Kenny before he start's school as a Junior.  I was looking in a magazine yesterday and saw Halloween and Christmas decoration's - I could hardly believe it.  One of my favorite things to do is to swing on the deck, smell the air especially when it is barely raining, look at our Beautiful Mountain, and remember You and Hawaii.  I Love You with All My Heart and I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Proud of You.

I guess I will wash my hair - everyone is in bed and the babies (dogs) are asleep right by me.

Have an Amazing week and know that YOU are the BEST MISSIONARY in the WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Jesse,
                  This past week I went on missionary splits. We fed them then we hopped in the car and I drove them to where ever they desired:) We first went to the Lovelands.  The wife was just barely baptized but the guy I don't think had been . We taught them about missionary work and did a role play of me and brother Loveland it was pretty fun then after that we went to some other places down in the ghetto's of CC it was quite scary but sadly the people didn't answer their doors. One lady had her music blasting in the upstairs of her house but once we knocked she turned off the music so we would think she wasn't there then after knocking a couple times we saw her walk right past the door!! Once we started to leave she turned her music back on! It was way funny but also sad. Then we went to some other places but once again no one answered so we stopped by Elder Herr and Elder Garza's apartment and they showed me around it wasn't much but I'm sure that's how all missionary places are. haha It was quite the experience but It was awesome to see how a missionary's life is. Elder Garza taught himself the piano and even made his own keyboard with clothes pins haha but I told him to come to our house on his p-day's so he could practice. On Friday me and Dad went to Mountain America and got pre-approval for my loan:) I'm gonna spend 6,500 on the car and put down 1,000 so my loan will be like 5,500 I'm pretty excited. Keith is going to look on his site for some cars and then show me on his big screen what he can find then on friday is when the auction is so he'll probally go down to vegas and get it! So in just a few days I'll have one so hopefully next time I'll tell you what kind I got. But that's about it for me so hope everyting's going well and I'll talk to you later.

Love, Kenny

Jesse,
It was good to hear from you last week.  It sounds like you have really loved this area but if you are transferred you will learn to love your next area just as much or even more!  We will probably not know for a couple of weeks about the Brian Head job.  They will be finishing up the well and then decide if there is enough water to proceed with the project.  I think we will start on the preliminary work for the apartments as a filler until we decide to either proceed with the apartments or find some more work.
I am very proud of you and your hard work.  Brother Beckstrom was over at our house today.  He had a missionary experience with his wife on a fishing trip to San Diego and he said it immediately reminded him of you.  Many people ask about you and how you are doing.  It is nice to be able to report that you are doing so well.
Love,
Dad