September 7, 2016

Hey everyone! 

         So yes we did in fact get hit with a hurricane this week! Sadly it didn't hit the Tampa area too bad. There was a lot of rain and wind though. We were told to stay in our apartments on Wednesday and Thursday. We had a lot of time on our hands. It was actually really nice to have that short break to relax a little bit. We got a lot done while we were stuck in the apartment, we deep cleaned the whole place, got our weekly planning done, organized, and had plenty of time for some fun. We had a good time. We sat on our back porch for a while and just watched the rain, it got too windy though and the rain started blowing at us sideways, so we went inside. There was quite a bit of debris around, mostly tree branches and Spanish moss, that stuff is everywhere. Some houses got damaged pretty badly. We saw a house that had a huge tree fallen into their pool and had collapsed their enclosure, also their shed was tipped over and busted. A lot of fences were fallen over too, we have been using all of this as a finding method. We are going around asking if anybody needs help in their yard after the storm. So far nothing has come of it, but at least we are trying. 

       Other than the storm nothing too exciting has happened this week. We didn't get to email yesterday because the library was closed, that's why I am emailing today. We went to a picnic party thing yesterday at the church. They had it out in the pavilion and it was a bbq cook off. We got to have ribs, pulled pork and chicken. It was SO good! We played a little football after that too which was fun, I haven't played that in a long while. We play basketball every P-day at the church with about 8 other missionaries and a couple of members. It is always fun even though I am not very good, I am getting better though. Today we are having a zone training meeting and it is going to be about working with members. I think they might be making some changes with member meals and what not. We will see, I will let you all know next week. 

       We have a few really solid investigators but are struggling to get return appointments with anyone. last week was a tough one, hopefully this week will be better, we are definitely going to try to make it better. I am doing really good here and I am at my 10 month mark almost. Time is flying by. I hope you all have a very good week! I love you all!

Love Elder Hudson

Pictures of palm trees, our hammocks hanging in our apartment and my new pet frog Henry