Hey
everyone!
So we didn’t get to email yesterday because we had a zone conference all day
with Elder Costa of the Seventy. So today is our p-day instead. It was a super
awesome meeting though! Elder Costa and Sister Costa were so powerful. He has
been a General Authority for 24 years now. He has given many conference talks.
He talked to us all about finding, teaching, and baptizing. He shared many
experiences from his past. He has been a mission president two times. He was a
convert himself at the age of 28 I think, don’t quote me on that. He had such a
powerful conversion story and it really brought t the spirit. He was pretty
funny too. The thing I learned from him is how important and powerful our
calling is as missionaries. We should not be afraid to be bold and let people
know that we have been sent from the Lord for them. It was great, I’m super
glad that he came to our mission.
Other than that this week has been pretty good! We were able to meet with two
men named Michael and Vern. We met them tracting and they were really nice and
open to our message. We shared the restoration with them and testified that it
was true. I know they both felt the spirit. Since then they have been reading
the Book of Mormon and we will meet with them again this week! So that was
exciting. Phillip also came to church this Sunday and he loved it! He is slowly
progressing. We are still trying to figure out how to best help him. Ricardo
has disappeared haha. We have called, texted and stopped by and we can’t seem
to catch him. We are still working with William and his son John. William is
the recent convert that moved into our area. They are in a rough spot, but the
ward has been so good to them since they moved in. They have dropped off food,
beds, furniture, and even some appliances. They literally had nothing when they
came here. They are feeling the love from the ward. We found out John can’t be
baptized till January because of some legal issues. So it gives us the
opportunity to work with him a lot until then and help him gain a
testimony.
The Gulf was super high this week for some reason, so there was a bit of
flooding in our area. There is a river that comes into Tarpon Springs from the
gulf and it was flooding the roads all around it. There were cars driving
through it though, so we just followed them through. The water was probably
1-1.5 feet high. I’ll send some pictures haha. This morning we went fishing,
sadly we didn’t catch anything. That’s just how it goes sometimes. We are
probably gonna go next week too. So yeah, it’s been a fun week! I love
missionary work and the spirit it brings. I know that this is the true church
of Jesus Christ. Thank you all for your prayers and support all this time. Go
out and treat yourself to some ice cream this week haha ;) love you all!!
Pics-
Elder Kennelly took a
picture of me fishing haha
Walking down an alley
way at night, had to take a picture!
A sweet looking door
we knocked this week
Flooding in the
parking lot and road
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