New Transfer, New District, Same Area

This week was the start of my 8th transfer. Time just goes faster and faster it seems. Our entire district is different this transfer. Half the zone went home last Tuesday, so there are a bunch of new people here. Other than that though it's basically the same. I'm still with Elder "Lil' Storm" Tempest and I'm still in Rockledge.

This week was pretty fun. We did a lot of service and had some good lessons. The only bad thing about the week was that none of our investigators came to church, but we'll get them next week. 

One of our investigators named Micah moved up to Titusville, about 30 minutes north of here, this week. He will just be up there temporarily, so we'll get to teach him again in about a month. All the people he got to help him move fell through, so he called us on Saturday and asked for our help. We were planning on knocking doors all day, but we decided to help him instead. It was great. We got to really bond with him for a couple hours. He is such a cool guy. I'm gonna miss him while he's gone. 

We also had a couple lessons with Howard, an 18 year old kid living with our investigator KK. KK is still kind of stuck, but Howard has nothing holding him back from being baptized. We helped him understand what baptism is and how it can help him. He really wants to be baptized to be able to get a clean slate and move on to a better future, so we set a baptismal date for August 31 with him. He just really needs to come to church, but other than that he's golden.

We also had a lesson with Suzie again this week. We have now taught her the 3 main lessons. She also wants to be baptized, she just wanted to come to a service before setting a date. So she also really needs to come to church this week. She's super golden though. 

I'll finish with a scripture. This is one of my favorites, especially to use when we talk to people on their doorstep. Ether 12:4 "Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God." I love the hope that comes from the gospel, and I know that this hope and faith can be our anchor to keep us firm with all the craziness that comes with life. I hope you all have a good week. - Clearly Elder Leary

The moving van didn't have a middle seat. That was a long drive for me. 

Took this from our church parking lot.