Elder May: Chapter 39

Changes, changes, changes - it's transfer week!  Boy do we love this boy... he is just doing awesome and loving it!  Miss him and love him - but oh, so proud of him... Enjoy!

Chapter 39: 

1) Do you want a huge box of Starfruit?

2) are you the zone leaders?

3) You are going to be District leader!

The first quote comes from when we met with the zone to do service and the Elders in Seminole, just a little south of us and that we are on car share with, and they did service for a person they are teaching and they picked over 400 star fruit for this person and they didn't want it at all so they just distributed it to the missionaries. We gave a huge amount to a Less Active family we are teaching. It is alright. 

Second quote comes from a lesson we taught to a man named Jerry. He is awesome. We met him while he was walking his dog so he didn't want to learn but he asked if we were the zone leaders so we asked if he was being taught or had been before and he said he had back in 1986. He is excited to learn and we met with him on Saturday and he was really excited to have a copy of the Book of Mormon and we will meet with him tomorrow. 

Third comes from this morning for transfers. President Cooper actually called us to let us know our transfer news. He told Elder Durrant, although he thinks we are one of the best companionships and loves the works we are doing, is being assigned to be a zone leader in New Tampa and I get to be a district leader! So awesome! 

I am district leader for my companion, Elder Swapp, and then two sets of sister missionaries. I am sooooo excited! I'll let you know how it is going. Love you all and I will talk to you later. 

Love,

Elder May

Elder Hayden: Chapter 37

 

Love and miss this Elder very much!  But love the pictures… Love him, miss him but oh, so proud of him!  Enjoy!

Chapter 37:

1)      "This church isn't a place to be, it's a place to belong" -Brother Drossos

2)      Dorian might be a part of the Easter message!!! 

This week was really good. I apologize for not being able to email for a couple of weeks but I am alive and doing well. I was transferred to Clearwater and that is right on the side of the gulf. It makes for pretty good pictures. 

We are teaching a ton of people here. Every other day we meet a new family from Micronesia and it is fantastic because they all of them learned English in school so they all speak it fluently. 

I am very grateful to be here and I love you all. Thanks for the love and support. I will keep you updated when people start progressing more and more. The quotes come from a recent Convert Elder Durrant has and I get to teach now too named Dorian Drossos who might be in the next Easter video and I will keep you updated on that as well. Love you all. 

Elder May

Elder Hayden: Chapter 34

Only 5 more days until we get to talk to this Elder… We are beyond excited.  Not really being able to see him on Mother’s Day because he was in the MTC, this will be the first time we see his face in 9-months so we are excited.  I am sure tears will be shed at least by me but they will be thankful and gratitude tears for this amazing missionary serving his Heavenly Father and teaching those that are seeking.  Love him and miss him so much but oh, so proud of him!  Enjoy! 

Chapter 34:

1) This is going to be an amazing companionship. I can feel it. -President Cooper

2) Welcome to Clearwater

3) There is so many people from Pohnpei!

4) I've been in Florida for almost a year now (the biggest stretched truth a missionary says)

5) I am going to teach you how to build member relationships really well. -Elder Durrant

So it's official!  I'm in Clearwater. The first verse comes from President Cooper, our mission president, and he said that to me as we were about to head out. It was a pretty amazing feeling.

We walked around as soon as we got there and talked to about 15 people and taught 5 or so. We went to a Less Active sister and she is Micronesian and speaks Pohnpeian and we taught her and she told us she had some family in the area.

Then we walked to an appointment that fell through and I fulfilled something on my bucket list. I threw a ball to a dog who played fetch. Prayed with a lady and she was playing fetch so afterwards I asked if he could play and she asked if I wanted to throw it so I did.

The next day we met three other families that are from Pohnpei and they each have 4 or 5 kids and all know about the church. They all assemble at a church down here that is a church for people of all faiths, that all are from Micronesia. We are teaching their pastor and the pastor’s son. Alma 18-22 is where we are going to get our teaching method from. 

Then at church we got to meet a few members and the fourth quote is what I told them all. It's true just stretched. The ward is awesome. Most of the people we are teaching are member referrals because Elder Durrant is really good with members. He is going to teach me how to be really good at it. 

I am really excited and grateful to be here and I am really excited to call home on Sunday. Love you all! Thanks for the prayers and presents. I love you!

With Love and Prayers,

Elder May