I also got the best text this week. A member lady from Erik's mission sent me a text with a picture of him and his new companion. I have yet to see any pictures of him, so I loved it. It made my entire day.
December 31
It's Been a Wild One
Heres a quick summary of my week: I got to go to a Christmas Eve party, I called my family, I got presents, I had some fun tracting experiences, and I SAW SOME ALLIGATORS!
We got to go to a fun party last Monday at the Cueto's. We thought it was just a dinner, but we showed up and there were about 20 people there. The Cuetos make amazing food. We had rice and chicken and tres leches and tons of other stuff. She has a son on her mission and she was soooooo excited to talk to him. She cries every time she sees a picture or video of him, and she showing us videos. She would say "I watched this 20 times yesterday, and I cried very much." We talked to her on Sunday and she said she talked to him for 3 1/2 hours.
I got to talk to my family! We talked for over 2 hours and it was good to see their smiling faces and be able to talk to them. I also saw both grandparents on the same call. My sister Kiersten bought a giant cardboard cutout of me and set it up Christmas Eve. So they can now see me whenever they want, and it isnt annoying like the real me. I've been replaced.
On Christmas we spent the day at 3 members houses with their families.
It was really fun. One of the members has a giant tortoise and 2 really fun dogs.
I got pictures of them that are in the google drive. I got some fun presents, I got another puzzle
some fun ninja guys with sticky hands that can climb down walls, a mini rubix cube, and lots of socks!
Tracting this week we handed out 4 Books of Mormon which was really cool. We also almost stepped on a five foot long snake that was chillin in the road.
Look at the google drive for pictures. A weird thing about Florida is that everyone has little statues in front of their houses. On one street, I took about 10 pictures of little statues. I'll put a few in this email. I'm not sure why people like them but they're everywhere and they can be of anything. There was a 4 foot tall statue of David in front of one house but I wont include that picture in the email.😁😁
Today I finally saw some alligators! They were in a cage at Bass Pro Shops though. They have about 10 live alligators out front, and it's about a half mile from our apartment, but we haven't gone yet for some reason. Again, there are pictures in the google drive.
Saturday we got transfer calls and I'm moving to Minneola. I have never heard of it, but I guess it's in the middle of nowhere and there's a lot of rich people there. I'll be with Elder Grant, who has only been out 1 transfer longer than me. Its gonna be a blast. There's a lot of work to do there according to Elder Grant. That's what I like to hear! Goodbye Palm Bay and Elder Squires.
January 7
I'm in the Mountains
It's been a crazy week. I got moved to a new area up in the Florida mountains in Minneola. I got a new companion Elder Grant, aka Elder Grand. We found lots of interesting people to teach, and we found one that is now getting baptized, in one week. Plus my whole mtc district are ballers (bowlers).
So I'm now in Minneola. It's very hilly here, we which I didnt know Florida had any hills. I've been biking them a lot, it's a real good workout. It's a pretty rich area, but it's been surprisingly easy to find people to teach. Elder Grant is really good at talking to strangers and starting conversations. Hes only been out 1 transfer longer than me, but I have a lot to learn from him. We've been doing a no music transfer, which is going to be crazy hard and I dont really know why we're doing it. Elder Grant says we'll see miracles by giving something up, and honestly I dont know, but we have seen miracles this week.
We got to talk to a hindu person, a few muslims, a Buddhist that we are now teaching, and a couple Jehovah's Witnesses that we had some good conversations with. There's a lot of diversity here, re which is good.
Elder Grant found Anthony knocking almost 3 weeks ago, but he hasn't been able to contact him. A few days ago, we went over and rang the doorbell but he didnt answer. We saw him on the back porch smoking and on his phone, so we went back to the car and called him. He didnt answer even though we saw him on his phone. I was like hey, why not just go try his door again. Elder Grant really didnt want to because he thought it would be awkward if he answers, but I went and knocked anyway. Anthony answers this time and said his phone has been broken and he was super happy to see us. He had been reading the BoM and was on 2 Nephi 2. We came in and taught a super good lesson and put him on date to be baptized in February. He was so excited. Before we even asked him, he had told us that he had been baptized, but he didnt think it counted because it was in a not true church. As a missionary, that is the greatest thing you can hear. Apparently his girlfriend has also been reading and is further along than him. So we will meet her on Tuesday and hopefully put her on date too.
We've been playing basketball all day, and the whole district is pretty good. That's always a good thing.
I guess blessings come as you give things up that are distracting you. We've been trying to be in tune with the spirit all week and we found a whole bunch of super solid people and are working towards reactivating some people.
Because of the big hills here, we can see everywhere because the rest of Florida is flat. It's hard to see but off in the distance is Disney's fireworks.
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