Every
Monday this boy just inspires us to be better and work harder because of all
the amazing work he is doing. For our
family, this week was a pretty stressful and difficult but ended up with a few
miracles for ourselves. We know that is
because of the work and sacrifice of our Elder.
We are so blessed to have him serving the Lord and even more blessed to
have him as part of our family. We love
him so much and miss him even more but oh, so proud of him! Enjoy!!
Chapter 12:
Hello Everyone!
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| He is so handsome! Love him!! |
This was another FANTASTIC week
in the Florida Tampa Mission. I just turned to Elder Gardner now that I am an
experience 9-week old Elder and said, "Man, my whole mission has just been
a blur." He busted up laughing because of how young I still am.
Anyway, we had a great week this
week! No sunburn, no biking in this insane heat, people were taught, interviews
with the new mission president, small rain storms almost every night, I love
it!
Also, THERE WAS A BAPTISM! Fred
Lane is the newest member of the church in the Hudson ward. There was a problem
at the baptism however. Because of the rain, at least that is what we think it
was, the water of the font was brown as shown in the picture of Elder Gardner
valiantly standing in it to unplug the drain. Luckily, one of the brothers in
the ward said we could use his pool! So Fred was baptized in the pool and it is a real testimony builder to remind me that it doesn't matter where the ordinance is done, as long as it is clean, because the important part is the priesthood, not the font.
Let's talk about some miracles:
Joseph: Late last Monday night
we went to visit with a person who's appointment we missed the day before. We
got out of the car and I saw a person out of the corner of my eye and asked him
if he wanted to say a prayer. It was raining slightly, and in Florida that
means the sky is about to turn into a waterfall and you are going to get soaked
in a couple seconds, so I expected him to say no. To my surprise he said he
did. I prayed with him and then just started to teach him. I asked questions,
taught doctrine, testified and set up a return appointment. We shook hands and
I started to walk away, then remembered I should try and invite him to be
baptized. I asked if he found out it was true would he be baptized and he said
"yes I would," so his date is on the sixth of August.
Bill: We met Bill two weeks ago
on Sunday but he is an awesome guy. He is in his 50s or 60s and has been a
faithful catholic his whole life. He is dating a member of the church and they
talk about religion often and discuss one another's beliefs. This past week we
went by to get to know him a bit and teach him the restoration. We did that and
invited him to be baptized, to which he replied, "She warned me you'd
bring that up. As of right now, no. But things can change." Then we went
by yesterday to see him and talked with him more about religion and he told us
that the true church on earth is either the Catholic faith or the Mormon faith.
He has been studying the church for years but has never read the Book of Mormon
so we told him that the Book of Mormon will solidify his answer on which one is
actually true. Either the Book of Mormon is true and so is the Mormon church or
the Book of Mormon is not true and the Catholic church is true. It's fun to
meet with him.
There are many more miracles that
I could write about but I will leave it here for now. I love you all and am
thankful for you. Continue being awesome. Love you! The church is true. Bye!
Love,
Elder May
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