Baptism

Things are going pretty well here. We had a baptism yesterday. His name is Scott Abshire. The missionaries in this area have been teaching him for about a month. I've been able to teach him about 4 times. But he was baptized yesterday. It was cool. This ward is great. There were a lot of people there to support him. It was cool.

We are also teaching his girlfriend Lynn. She isn't progressing quite as well as he did. She is understanding everything we teach. But she has a hard time coming to church. She did come yesterday though. So we are going to continue to teach her.

This past Thursday was zone conference in Tampa. There were quite a few people that I didn't know. I guess that's what happens when I spend 8 months in the same zone. But it was fun.

About a year ago, Elder Glauser, my zone leader while I was in Riverview for a while, had a Ute tie that he dubbed the FTM Ute tie. And decided that he was going to pass it on to a Utah fan in the mission and have them do the same when they go home. He went home in May and I wasn't sure what he did with the tie. I found out on Thursday that he gave it to Elder Barlow, a Spanish missionary that I shared that little house with in Apollo Beach. And he was supposed to pass it down that day because he went home on Friday. So now, I am excited to say, that I am now the proud owner of the FTM Ute tie! It's pretty awesome. And I will have it for the next 8 months of my mission until I go home and pass it down to someone else. Just thought I'd share my exciting news! I am going to try to get a copy of the passing of the tie soon. Then I will put it up.