September 9

Hey everyone,

 

We didn't get P-Day until tuesday, so that took the whole day and every wednesday we have district meeting that take a large portion of the day, then to make it even better thursday is planing day so we don't get out of our house until after dinner. That makes for short time to teach people. But when we do teach we do a dang good job of it. I guess I have to start off with some sort of highlight right? Well lets put it this way I have already been out one month on the mission... Time flies.

 

But my real highlight of the week would have to have been saturday. On my month mark I had my first Baptism. It was a girl named Hannah, she was the "golden investigator" he story starts just before I got here. But she referred herself to the church headquaters and from the get go she had everything down. Her first time a church she bour her testimony and right then and there she knew the church was true. So the teaching part was easy for us. Anyways as golden as she is she still had to work through some hard things. The Baptism was awesome her family who is non-member showed up and the spirit was so strong.   It was awesome.  

The rest of the investigators...... Thats a different story! So Jill and her family, I don't know about them... They were super solid at first, but we can't get them to church and that's a problem. Everytime we have appointments with them they end up not being there. But we still have faith that the Lord will help them with whatever is happening in there life. On a happier thought there is this guy named Wesner he is a minister for a Haitian baptist church, he knows that this is the true church and he is looking for a way out of being minister so he can join our church, but its hard for him to tell the people he cares so much about that he is going to leave them for another church so he hasn't done it yet. This week we left such a spiritual message with him and it was so strong at the end he, HE asked us for a priesthood blessing so that was amazing. I pray for him everyday to get help. We are visiting him tonight and hopefully we can figure something out. In between Wesner and all the other investigators we have, there is on family that just blows my mind. They are the freaking best.

 Kathy, David and Kayla they are so sweet. On Saturday we went over to teach the second lesson and the lesson went so well. The spirit was so strong so we invited them to be baptized on the 28th and they all pretty much said yes. But they don't know about the 28th they are going to pray about it. It was so awesome, when I started talking about Christ and the example he set for us they started crying and after we talked about the holy ghost they were definitely crying...  Kathy calls herself our mission mom. Because on sunday and in days past they have cooked for us and they feed us it is so good. David is from belize and he told us that a month ago he would never let Mormons in his house, but he said what I have learned about mormons is so far from what you guys are teaching us and it was incredible. Plus everyone knows me I don't really like sea food... well thats gonna change because he made us some sea food and man oh man was it good. They treat us like kings and its amazing they are the best family I have met while I have been on my mission.

 

On sunday we were in church and over heard the score to the BYU game....... MIND BLOWN how did they do that? My companions sister married Daniel Sorenson BYU safety so his is so interested in it and you know me I just like me college football. Also somewhere I heard Oregon beat up Virgina... But I don't know forsure. 

Now about the Florida life. Anyone who wants to live here... rethink that thought. I guess if you lived on the beach it would be cool, but down here in Naples (the richest zip code in the nation, just the rumor) you have to pay minimum 100 million to own a house on the beach. Those houses are crazy I guess, we will take a P-Day and go see these houses. But where I live and my area I could never live. It is always raining and if its not raining your probably going to get struck by lighting. On friday night we were at a missionaries Birthday party and it rained harder than I have ever seen it before. Honestly crazy when we drive home we have to turn on our hazard lights so people can see us, and the roads are always under water. And the lighting is nonstop. Its makes the night look like day because it is so consistent. I love it but at the same time when you live in middle of the woods with bears, the lights are out and lighting like crazy... its scary. But other that that its good down here. It is way green. Trees everywhere so if you are trying to find a store you better know where it is because you won't see it from the street.

 

  Keep reading daily and pray always I promise it will help. And Will stop growing. You look like a different kid with the bottom teeth in. Love you all, enjoy the week and most of all, have fun and keep smiling!!

 

Love,

Elder Williams

 

P.S. This computer is ancient and sucks so pictures don't send on it. I will just have to fill up my SD card and then send it home so you guys can see all my pictures. Half of them are dumb but all have stories behind them.