7th Week in Tampa

 The one with the rain is when we got stuck because of a thunderstorm that hit while we were biking. We had to wait the storm out on a porch. It actually ended up being Dennis and Sarah (the less active's) porch. Which was pretty crazy. So yeah we got pretty wet that day. It rains hard here but only lasts about 10min. That one lasted 40min with lighting and lots of wind. Still staying safe though.

I'm emailing earlier because we have a Zone Activity Day all day. We're heading up to the stake center in Odessa. Also we have three sets of Elders in our ward now. That's been an interesting change. OUR bishop has been doing amazing with the change though. He's been making sure there's families to fellowship with the investigators we have. We've scheduled with several members to watch conference at their house. That will be really good. This week I was able to take the lead more so then before. I've loved everything I've gotten to learn so far. There was one particular day that was really rough. All our lessons fell through so we weren't sure what we were going to do but then we ended up going to look for several formers. One of those formers wasn't living where we thought and instead it ended up being a less active woman and her boyfriend. She was super excited to see us and invited us in. She's in her early 30's and hasn't been to church since she was 16. Her boyfriend Dennis hasn't ever been really religious but kept on saying he knows going to church is what they both need in their lives. He made sure they made it to church the next day. He's been super open to the gospel and even volunteered to help someone move during Elder's quorum. Which is crazy since we had only met with him that one time the day before. It was just crazy to see how ready they both are for the gospel to be in their lives. We also have several others who are progressing just as well as them. One in particular her name is Rose. We've been working with her since I first came out. She keeps on saying "if" she gets baptized. She doesn't want to commit just yet. However she went to Womens Conference on Saturday and absolutely loved it. And then afterwards that sunday when we were leaving her house she said "So if (when) I get baptized who can baptize me?". So she's already planning it out even though she hasn't committed just yet. It's amazing. The people here are great. I'll send some pictures in a bit. 

Florida State played USF so we saw a ton of fans on Saturday. 

Love Elder Hale