Elder Laine Carter in the California Ventura Mission

August 27th, 2018 Thanks to Sister Ashby, California Ventura Mission Secretary, for these pictures. Elder Carter with President and Sister Nakken Elder Carter with companion Elder Tesch Elder Carter's first day in California

A wonderful tender mercy during Elder Carter's first week in the MTC was that the speakers for the devotional on Sunday night were Brother Wayne T. Watson and his wife Luana Watson. President Watson and his wife were Jessica's mission president in the Finland Helsinki Mission. They were released in June of 2017 and Laine attended their homecoming in Orem, Utah and talked to them about how his sister was doing. Our family loves the Watson and Elder Carter reported that it helped him a lot to hear them speak. Elder Carter reported that he is two rooms away from the new missionaries assigned to serve in the Helsinki Finland mission. He talked with them about how cool Finland is and how much he loved meeting their current mission president Ilkka Auara when he visited Finland in June of this year. Sisar Jessica Carter, Sisar Bren Parker, Sister Luana Watson, President Wayne T. Watson in front of the Helsinki Finland Temple May 2017 Elder Carter and his district in front of t...

Laine entered the Missionary Training Center (MTC) on August 8th, 2018. Thirty years earlier Laine's dad Jody Carter entered the MTC as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Jody served in the England Bristol Mission. This was fun for them to share the same start date of their missions. Elder Carter and his sisters, Clara and Jessica Elder Carter with his sisters and his parents Rhonda and Jody And then Elder Carter walks away and begins his mission

On August 7th, 2018 Laine was set apart as a full-time missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints by President Joey L. Skinner. Bishop James Fawson and the Morgan 5th ward Young Men's President Kurt Bryant were there to support him, as well as both sets of grandparents, siblings, and parents.This was a very special event for our family and we're very proud of Laine.   Laine's grandparents Rondo and Mary Erickson are serving as full-time missionaries in the Utah Layton Mission as an office couple. Our family is very blessed to have these missionaries serve the Lord.