How is everyone doing? I would love to hear from you all.
Anyways this week was pretty great. On Tuesday we had a zone
conference and we talked about what we need to do to increase our
spirituality and our skills as missionaries. It was really good
actually and I took a few hints away that I'm going to apply. The
Lakeland zone is pretty small compared to my last one, it was kind of
weird. I'm sure I will get used to it though. There are some good
missionaries in this zone and some that I am already good friends
with. We took some pictures of the zone so I'll send them with the
email. After the meeting I went on an exchange to the Winterhaven area
with Elder Ashcraft who was my old companion in Apollo Beach! His
companion is Elder Griffiths and he is a zone leader. He went to
Lakeland with my companion Elder Beauchamp. It was just for the day.
It was great to be back with Elder Ashcraft though and catch up on
things. It was a good exchange.
On Saturday we went up to Citrus Ridge for a baptism. My
companion worked with the lady who was being baptized when he was
there, so we went to support her. It was definitely an interesting
experience. She is pretty old and frail. She couldn't bend backwards
to be baptized so they tried all these different ways to get her under
the water. Finally after the 7th try she went all the way under the
water. Even with all that she was still super happy and excited. I'm
glad we got to go!
As far as people we are teaching, we met with Alex this week and
he is progressing now. He has been praying and reading the Book of
Mormon. He is very humble and willing to learn and change his life
around. I'm excited about him. We also met with a woman named Mary who
showed up at church last week. We talked with her about the Book of
Mormon and baptism. She agreed to be baptized if she came to know this
is true! She's great. We also met with a less active family yesterday
and had dinner with them. They are really nice. They don't come to
church much, but when they do they go to a different ward because they
don't like the Lakeland ward. It's interesting but we are working with
them. Other than that we have met about 6 other people this week who
we have return appointments with. I'll let you all know if any of them
are solid.
That's about all for this week! I'm so thankful to be on a
mission. I'm especially thankful for all of the challenges that I have
had because they have made me stronger and have strengthened my
testimony as I have come out of them. I'm so grateful for the
atonement because I definitely need it. Thank you all for your support
and help! I hope y'all have a great week!
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