Week 2 in Sarasota

Sarasota Zone after Zone Training 

Justin's baptism

Crane about 4 feet tall outside of church on Sunday

We have had an amazing week!! It flew by! We had our first Zone Training Meeting. It was a little hectic because we arrived at the Stake center and all the carpets were being cleaned so we had to switch our meeting to the Bradenton building. So everything got pushed back a little. But thanks to everyone else in the Zone who had prepared it was a very spirit filled meeting. I'm so grateful I get to serve alongside these amazing missionaries. I love this Zone! Elder Wadsworth and Elder Loy from my MTC district both serve here so I've loved getting to work more closely with them! We had some crazy miracles this week! I've come to recognize that there are always noticeable miracles every single day where the Lord is working through us  to help bring  one of our brothers or sisters to the truth. How great is this work! We had the miracle of seeing Justin baptized this last Saturday. He's such a good man! Super strong testimony! Bishop Dekle was the one who baptized him. One of Elder Menloves companions who helped teach Justin got to come down for the baptism. We also had a ward picnic afterward. It was awesome! We had a man named Tom come. He's hilarious, he talk A TON, and he's just amazing. We hope he can start coming to church consistently. We've had a lot of other miracles too, the Lord is clearly blessing this area due to the hard work of the members here. The YSA Ward is also doing great. All we talked about this last Sunday it seemed like was member missionary work. I can't wait to see that branch turn into a firehouse for missionary work. Loving this area! It's been cold this week but should warm up. And yes a high of 60 and a low of 42 is cold!! We have interviews with President Cooper this week so I'm pumped!! I've loved serving with Elder Menlove. It's been amazing!! Hope things are going well today! 

Love you!!

Elder Hale