Old People Home

So this week was an alright week. We were able to teach a few lessons and such. On Saturdays, we are now going to be doing a weekly 'lesson' type thing at an old people home. This past week, we got there and we were supposed to find a member that works there. At first we couldn't find her, so we went to the main desk. They asked us if we were the missionaries that were going to be teaching. We told them we were so they led us to a room with a bunch of old people in there that were all kind of out of it. It was interesting. But we started by reading out of the Bible. Then watched a movie on Christ.

As we were watching the movie, the member found us and told us we were actually in the wrong room. So Elder Garner went with her to the other room where they were reading out of the Book of Mormon. I finished the movie and then went into the other room. It was going really good in there. They were having a Q&A type discussion. We are excited to go back next week.

Jello, anyone?

Things are going well here. We have kind of run out of people to teach here, though. This past week we went over to Scott's to teach him a little bit. He made it to church yesterday was able to get confirmed. So that was good. But now that that has happened, we are a little low in the teaching pool. There is one guy that has come to church twice, but we can never get a hold of him or set up a time to teach him. But we are still trying. He knows a lot already and is basically ready to be baptized. We just need to be able to teach him.

Other then that, not a whole lot has gone on. We had a few lessons set up that fell through. But we are still trying to find more people and working a lot with the members. So things are still going good.

Throughout the transfer, we have been having this prank war with a member in our ward. The Bishops daughter. It all started when she toilet papered our car. Then we incased all of her hair elastics in jello. Then she thought she was clever in taking Elder Canfields scriptures. But, she also mistakingly left her's behind. 25 boxes of jello, a few ziplock bags to protect the scriptures, and 4 missionaries later, we finally returned them. The container weighed about 25 to 30 pounds. We attempted to extract the jello from the container, but as you can see from the video, it didn't work as well as we had hoped. But it was still funny.

After this, she gave Elder Canfield his scriptures back. Although, they were in side a big, huge bowl of macaroni and cheese. It was interesting. But all had fun.

Labor Day

So the libraries were closed yesterday so we weren't able to get to some computers. But with it being Labor Day, the stake had a big party down in Clearwater. It was a lot of fun. The whole zone was there. I played volleyball most of the day. Then we played a bit of tennis. Which I am not very good at. Then we played a little softball. It was a lot of fun and there were a lot of people there.

So, last week we baptized Scott and he was going to be confirmed this week at church. We called a few people to be able to get him a ride. But couldn't find anyone that could. When we finally found someone to get him, they went to pick him up and he said the he had something to do and couldn't come to church. So we're not sure what's up with that. But we are going to go visit him and talk to him.

Other then that, our week was pretty slow. But things are going to be picking up pretty soon. Hopefully

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.

Transfers

Sorry I didn't update last week. It was transfers and I spent a lot of the time last p-day packing and wasn't able to email. And then I didn't get here in my new area until late Tuesday and still wasn't able to get to a computer. Oh well.

Anyways. Like I said, I got transfered. I am now in the Hudson B area. It used to be the New Port Richey ward, but they combined the 2 not too long ago. So there are 4 Elders in our ward. But it's fun. Apparently there are a lot of people that are being taught. They have had a baptism almost week for a while. It's pretty awesome. And the ward likes us a lot. But I'm liking it here so far. My companion is Elder Garner from Midvale, Utah. He has been out just over 13 months. He got out here 2 transfers after me. But we are getting along really well so far. I am back in the St. Pete stake as well. Which is pretty cool. The stake president came to our sacrament meeting yesterday. He is my favorite stake president that I have had out here so far. He's way cool.

I forgot to mention something. Last week when we got our transfer calls, my move wasn't originally to come to Hudson. I was supposed to go back to Gulfport with Elder Grant. I was really excited to be going back to my greenie area and also to serve with Grant. But then, about an hour after I got the first call, I get another one. This time they say that there has been a change. Grant is now going to be training and I am going to Hudson B. At first I was a bit bummed, but then I got over it pretty quick. But I am enjoying my time here so far.

Once again in Florida...

So things are going alright for me. Last week was a slow week. All of our appointments fell through. So what was a bummer. And things were almost better this week then last week. We had some really good potentials. But once again, they didn't work out how we had hoped.

One was a member refferral. We went over to the kids house and tried to talk to him, but then he just told us that the girl must've been mistaken. It was really wierd. Then we were informed by the girl that gave us the refferral that he and his girlfriend that was a member, had had a fight or something and wasn't in the best mood. So we are going to wait until things cool down I guess.

Then the Spanish sisters gave us a refferral that they were going to be teaching, but then she said that she would rather go to the english ward. So we got a ride for her to come to church yesterday. Then the member's show up and said that they couldn't find the house. The sisters went over there while we were at church and talked to her. We set up a lesson for Wednesday. And we are going to follow up with her some time tomorrow. Hopefully things will work out here and we'll be able to continue to teach her.

Beachhouse!

Well hello there again from the sunny, hot, humid, kind of nasty feeling, Florida!!!

This week was kind of a slow one. We had all of our lessons fall through that were scheduled with our investigators. But we are still trying and not letting it get us down. We try to make sure we always keep a good outlook on things and have fun even when things are hard. I really think that that is a good thing to learn.

This past Tuesday, the ward mission leader from the Citrus Ridge ward, Brother Staber, came down and took us out to eat. That is the area that Elder Arbuckle just came from. He took us to a place called The Beachhouse. It was probably the best eating experiences I've had. It was right on the beach. And we went at around 7:30 or so, just in time for the sunset. It was amazing. It was a bit pricey, but the food was amazing and the atmosphere was definitley worth it. The DJ, John Dewey, was awesome. He came and talked us for a while and mentioned how he had taking the lessons a few times. We tried to get him to do it again, but he was good with not. So we just talked. It was great.

This is John Dewey. He was pretty awesome!

And here is us and Brother Staber.

And that was our adventures for the week. Hope you all enjoyed! Let me know what's going on with y'all!