Week 10 In Fort Lauderdale....

Alrighty, on the pictures thing I am hoping to get you the pictures I have this week, I really have no way of emailing them to you and I am sorry. Also, there are not many pictures we are only allowed in our mission to take them on p-days and on baptisms. The other struggle is that I think that this camera is fried, it holds a charge for about an hour and then craps out most of the time. So for Christmas maybe that could be something, a SUPER CHEAP camera, something that if it breaks it isn't a problem. I will include on the thumb drive pictures of my 2 baptisms, Dioscorides and Justo S*****. 

This week was incredibly exciting! We baptized Justo this week but the incredible part is that Dioscorides preformed the baptism! That was the coolest thing I have EVER seen. Dioscorides was able to play a huge roll in it. He was able to be a part of the teaching process and ultimately baptize Justo on Sunday! That was Incredible .My recent convert, preforming a baptism! It was a very spiritual experience and I feel extremely blessed to have been able to have played a small part in all of it. 

The area is unique... We have Lebron James home in the area and we have closets that you can rent on Leah's pay-check. it truly is interesting. Most of my area is actually called Coral Gables and it is one of the ritzy-er areas around Miami. Then there is the low income area of West Miami, right near the air port. I cant really compare it to any think that I have seen in Utah, there's no such thing as a yard here, only enough grass that it needs to be mowed. I will try to see if when we bike around on P-day if we could take some pictures. We haven't been biking much lately and normally if we are it's at a furious pace.

Thanksgiving... was BRUTAL!!! We had an appointment at 1:00 and 7:30 so we thought that we had PLENTY of time to regain an appetite between the two meals... then the 1:00 became 3:00 then 5:00 then when we got there we didn't start eating until 6:00... And it was a huge meal and there was TONS of deserts and all kinds of wonderfulness, and it just kept going so we finally were able to cut it off at 7:20... brimming and already about to burst and now we were headed to the next meal... and these people were Latino... Latinos want you to eat... they make you eat... I think that I about blew up. We couldn't really do anything after we made it home and just died... I still feel sick just thinking about it.  I certainly wouldn't want him to starve and waste away. But yup, I got the package, it wasn't really needed but we might use it in a few days so that we can enjoy a good old meal! I am so grateful that the members are taking care of my boy. What a relief for his Mama!

This week I just felt incredibly blessed because of how many members took care of us and being able to see the changes in our investigators this week was incredible. I feel that what made it better was that I was able to really focus on being excited and bold. I realized that I hadn't been playing as big of part in the teaching side because I wasn't feeling comfortable, but that's the point I shouldn't feel comfortable. I should be continually pushing forth and trying to better myself and that I feel is why I have been able to see more things happening this week. All of that probably ties into my studies as well, I have really been focusing on developing my Christlike attributes and bettering myself. I realized that not everything that I do will I see a result, Abinidi didn't and he converted Alma and that lead to a whole bunch of wonderful events. So, that's what I am focusing on, bettering myself and not focusing on the results or the numbers, but the influence I can be.

I will try to get some email addresses.

STAY STONG AND PUSH ON
ELDER PARK