Thursday, October 20, 2016

10 Weeks in Tampa

I took over the area and Elder Laub came down to Tampa with me. It was a blast! 
 Macdill Air Force Base plane

 Pictures of the Bay
Random apartment complexes along the bay shore

This week was great! This last Sunday I got to participate in the formation of a new stake. They split Tampa in half and took one ward from St. Petersburg and one from Brandon. We had two General Authorities come, Elder Pearson and Elder Alba. It was an amazing experience! We're still in the Tampa stake the new stake up north is called the Odessa stake. I'm not sure where our stake center will be and now we have a new stake presidency, the old one is up in Odessa so it's been crazy. The spirit was super strong at that stake conference I loved it. This week I got to go on base to meet one of those less actives we found. That was an amazing experience. She has always had a lot of doubts so with the help of the High Priest group leader, Brother Schroder, we were able to answer those questions. We are still teaching the Smith family. They're awesome! Right now we are just trying to get them to read the book of Mormon. We got to see Dennis several times this week too. He's been doing great. We have several others who are getting ready for baptism it's a blessing to be able to work with them. I love serving. This week we had several random service activities but we got to dress in service clothes for one of them which was nice in the hot Florida sun. It's been great! Things can get crazy sometimes but the people I get to meet make it worth it. I hope you all have a great week.

-Love Elder Hale

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