For some reason some Elders have a way of working their way into our hearts. Elder Carter is one of those. He kind of reminds me of my son Tim. Same personality and build as well as a great love of the outdoors. After spending the night in the E.R. with him he became one of our own kids. Now he is going home and we will miss him. Luckily he lives in Draper so we hopefully will not loose contact. I took this picture of him and John at dinner one night. We asked John to read a scripture in English and he said he could not see the print. I handed him some reading glasses and all of a sudden he turned into an old man. He finally told us he was not old enough for those and refused to use them. We have realized that he does not read well. Most of the Africans can not even spell their own names. You can see why it is so difficult for them to make a living. Even the ones who are legal and are allowed to work, only work in service related jobs that do not pay well.
Elder Carter is not the only one leaving. Elder Jacobs is moving to Sint Niklaas because our Mission President has chosen to take the Elders out of Antwerpen. We don't know if it is permanent but it was a shock to the ward. They have had Elders here for over 20 somewhat years and are really worried, they are happy to at least have "US" here to pick up the slack. We are hoping that the ward will step up to the plate and take this missionary "stuff" seriously. People here tell us that "they would not dream of trying to convert their friends, co-workers, or families" because religion is something you never talk about.
We really have our work cut out for us now. The only member sharing the gospel with his friends is Joseph Tunda who was baptized a while back and is really on fire. He even looks like a missionary in his suit (given to him by one of the Elders) All he needs now is a badge.
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