August 3, 2009


Hello hello hello!

Hows everything going in the mountains of Montana? Things are going pretty good here. Im glad you guys liked your alligator and starfish Aaron and Caleb! I had fun looking for something to send you. Hows everyones life going? Did you get my letter Rachel? Mom, you never told me if ou got that picture cd. I sent it almost a month ago so i hope you got it. Tell me if you didnt and ill send another one. Theyre really cheap to make. My hip is doing fairly well. It still aches a little and is always sore when i run. It seems like its healing fine but who knows. I really want to get my flexibility back. I really hope i can. Im not nearly as flexible anymore. We ended up playing indoor soccer last pday. It did pretty well but i cant move as fast i used to. The main thing that causes it to hurt a lot is my bed. Its really hard and bowed in the middle so if i sleep anywhere but my back my hip really aches in the morning. i had to start putting pillows under my knees like i did right after my surgery. Im not sleeping very well anymore because i cant seem to stay on my back the whole night. But oh well. I dont really know what to do about that. Hmmm...bought a gun eh? Sweet! Dont go shootin anyone! The rafting trip sounds like a blast! Send me pictures! Climbing tower? Youve never mention that before? Sounds awesome! I miss climbing a lot! Its still really humid here but surprisingly the summers arent as hot as i thought they would be. it rains everyday without fail in the summer. We almost got soaked yesterday. Its weird because it will be really sunny and then in 20 min the whole sky will be black and it will downpour, harder than ive ever seen it rain, and then within an hour its cleared up again. Its crazy how hard it can rain here! Ive been kind of down yesterday and today just thinking about Joshs birthday today. Its been hard but i know the Lord is watching over me doubletime for doing his work. The work has been really frustrating as well because we cant seem to find any good people. We havent found any people worth teaching this week and the families we have now arent progressing like they should. But i guess things always get worse before they get better. We are praying really hard for new people to teach. Could everyone include that in their prayers this week? All i keep finding are awesome people for the english missionaries. Which is still pretty awesome. On a happier note, the family i told you about are amazing! They gave us their coffee maker and dumped out all their coffee and tea in front of us. They really loved church and even brought 2 friends. One of which is the daughter's friend and now she wants to be baptized! Its like they are already members. The mom also had a dream the other night, never having been taught of or seeing the temple, in which she said she saw a beautiful building that said "The House of the Lord" and then she was inside with her husband and they were both in white kneeling across a small table and that they were getting remarried. She said she had the most amazing feelings the whole time. She told the other missionaries of the dream and they taught all about temples and how they can be sealed in the temple forever and thats where we are married. Amazing! Anyways, i hope you guys all have an awesome week! Send me some pictures of Misha!

Love, Elder Carty