9th Week in Tampa

 We got the some of the winds but none of the rain so we decided to get a kite from the dollar tree and flew it during our lunch hour.

 

That was our last district meeting with Elder Durrant as our district leader. Him and his trainee Elder Stevenson who came out with me were moved to Clearwater. Elder Ellsworth was called as our new district leader last night which is very exciting. Not sure how long it will last since we will be in a new stake next week.

 We got it Friday like I said. Thank you guys so much!!!!!!

A package from home.

 German chocolate!

(Elder Ellsworth says thank you too)

Well this week was just as good as all the others. It was definitely exciting with the incoming Hurricane. We didn't get hit very badly. One of our zones had to evacuate but sounds like they were okay it was just a safety procation. Thursday when it was coming in from the Bahamas we came in early since it was raining pretty hard. That was all the rain we got though. We had an amazing church tour with the Smith family. They're all getting very excited for baptism. They'll most likely be ready next month since they didn't make it to church yesterday. They wanted to come when there would be more people there since the stake was going to send out quite a few men to the east coast to help out with the relief effort. They didn't end up going though. It sounds like they weren't ready for us to send help over just yet. We were able to visit Dennis and Sarah again this week. Sarah is the less active and Dennis is the one who is very interested in the gospel. He's still serving and doing all he can to serve. This week we were able to find several new investigators. There's people everywhere here in Tampa. Something interesting that happened this week was we found out one of our progressing investigators was actually a member. She didn't want to tell us before but opened up when we started talking about baptism. Our new goal for her is getting her ready for the temple. She's very excited about that.

We also ran into another less active at a Walmart parking lot. She ended up coming to church this last sunday which was amazing. She also lives on base so we'll get to go on base later this week. I'm excited for that. Things are moving along in Tampa 1. I love the work here. Elder Ellsworth just got called as District Leader so this week will be busier then the past. We're planning an exchange tomorrow so I'll get to take over the area again. 

We've been staying safe though and I love serving. Thanks so much for the package and all you guys do. I love you all, have a great week!

-Love Elder Hale