Week 7 in Brooksville

Hudson District Meeting

Hello!!

You are the best. I'm so grateful to have you as a mother and constant

example. I'm so glad you were all able to spend such good time with

family. Sounds like everyone is doing really well. And it also sounds

like there's even more cousins now haha. I did miss your stuffed

mushrooms this year but there was some really good pie which made up

for it. We went over to a part member families home. The father who is

not a member actually drove us to and from their home so we had some

good discussions with him. All his family are giving him that gentle

nudge so it's just a matter of time. We also stopped by several

members homes and an investigators. We met some amazing people this

week. It's been awesome being able to us the #lighttheworld video.

Everyone we have shown it to has been very emotional and had a strong

desire to share it with others. We also have been inviting everyone we

see to Night at Bethlehem. It's going to be really good!! One of the

individuals we met this week just moved from Tampa. He hasn't been

baptized before and believes in God. He just hasn't found a church

that fits. Since we've been meeting with him he's constantly

recognizing the spirit and is excited to prepare for baptism! We are

still working with a couple families. Now that the Browns are back in

town we are hoping to solidify their date of baptism this month.

They're on fire! So to sum everything up things are going great! We

are going to the temple this week as part of our Zone Conference. It

is such a blessing and I wish I could go as much as all of you can.

There's a member who's been a convert for fifty years and hasn't gone

to the temple. Crazy!

That sounds great! Just food, some ties and possibly some socks would

suffice haha. My suits keep on falling apart so I need to get them dry

cleaned or something. I've been sewing them up so it's been fine so

far. Also when you send the package if you can send some German

chocolate that would be awesome. Elder Cox hasn't had any before! He's

an amazing missionary though. We've seen some crazy miracles as we

have been biking the streets of Spring Hill.

 I'm glad to hear thanksgiving went so well!! I'm grateful for you and

your testimony. I grow more grateful for the gospel every single day.

I hope you have a great week!! Love you!!

Elder Hale

Week 6 in Brooksville

 Elder Cox and Elder Hale

( I also noticed how clean the kitchen is)

Hello!!

Things are going great with Elder Cox! He's been tearing it up in

Brooksville. Miracle this week was when the Brown Family showed up to

church! The bishop met with them and scheduled their baptism and

marriage. They're both looking forward to it. We had a couple other

crazy things happen. Another one was at a Subway. We started talking

to a man who was sitting close to us. Turns out he used to go to

church. He followed up with us after he finished and asked that we

come by sometime. Lots of awesome miracles like this one. Finally, the

Odessa Stake is preparing for Night at Bethlehem. I remember how

awesome it was last year. The spirit is super strong and thousands of

people attend it. Everyone we've spoken to about it seems super

excited and wanting to make it.

 I hope there's some miracles with the Nativity Festival. I can't believe it's

thanksgiving! That sounds like it will be a blast! We will be going to

a part member families home and possibly an investigators. We had an

awesome member invite us over for dessert. His name is Brother Mojica.

We are working on teaching a neighbor of his. Hes a convert and on

fire about missionary work. The only other thing is we are out of

miles due to some emergency exchanges and we did an emergency

inspection of some apartments too. So we have been biking or riding

with members. We have to save the miles for several meetings this week

and then the temple trip this coming week. It's been awesome though!

Lots of good things are happening and coming. I'm loving the work! I'm

so grateful to be out here!!! Love you so much!! Have a great

thanksgiving!! 

Elder Hale

Week 5 in Brooksville

This week was definitely crazy. We had an emergency exchange with some

Elders in the Zone. Thankfully we were able to get everything figured

out in a day. It was especially weird though since we already have an

extra companion. Besides that transfers are happening. Elder Hudson

finishes his mission. Elder Carter is being transferred to serve in

the YSA. I'll be getting Elder Cox. He was a district leader down in

Sarasota while I was down there. He's awesome!! I'm excited!!! There's

a lot of good things happening. I will send more of an update next

week. Hope you have a great week!!! Love you!!!!

Elder Hale

Week 4 in Brooksville

Zone confernece lunch

Things this week have been crazy! We just picked up an extra companion

for a couple weeks. Elder Hudson is his name. He will be with us for

just over a week. He finishes his mission soon so he's more

experienced then both of us haha. We have seen some huge miracles

lately. It seems having three in a companionship makes people much

more receptive to the spirit. It's been awesome!! The transfer is

almost over too. Which is crazy! Not sure where time has gone...

Also there's some members in the Ward who said they were taught by a

missionary from Corvallis. It was a Cole. Back in Pittsburgh. Not sure

which one it was, there last name is Brinkerhoff. It's a small world!

But lots of good things have been happening. I'm loving the area! I

hope you enjoy your long weekend! Have a great week!!

Love,

Elder Hale