Week 17 in Lithia

Brandon Zone Activity Day last Monday 

Hello!

So sorry to hear about Graham’s eye! That does not look good...I hope it heals quickly!
That’s so crazy that Gretchen is graduated!!!! Time flew! Looks like everything went well. Grandpa looks exactly the same haha. They do that tradition here as well. I wish they would’ve done that when we graduated that sounds awesome! 

This week was crazy! It was full of highs and lows. We had an awesome lesson with the man we met last week. The Elders taught him while we were on exchange. He had one last question that he didn’t feel they adequately answered. The next morning we were joking he was a pastor as the huge church here in fishhawk. We checked Facebook and found out he was...shortly after he started that he started texted us with tons of questions. We gave him the answers, sadly he still wouldn’t accept them. He wanted facts about whether or not the church is true. It testified to me that we should be going to God for answers rather then looking for those physical resources. We hope he will figure out the truth eventually. I can’t imagine how hard it would be for him to change when his livelihood is based off of what he’s doing. The spirit was definitely present in our lessons as we taught from the scriptures. We clearly saw a change from his intent following our last lesson. 

We also met some awesome people this week! It seemed everyone was super open. We have a lesson with a family from India tonight which we are pumped about. We also are going to be seeing some of those other families the ward referred to us. It’s been awesome seeing the work hasten. We have seen lots of miracles and we are excited to see the fruit. Satan is definitely working very hard in this area. There’s lot of anti material that turns people away. Thankfully though, those who have real intent haven’t been swayed by that anti and are getting their answers by studying it out. Like I said, it’s been crazy!

Also, I went on exchange to Valrico. We had dinner with Bishop Anderson up there. He’s a beast! They made sure I know to visit again. It was great to see their family!

They just had us start something called My Plan. It has to do with adjusting back to post Mission life. It’s been good so far, crazy to think transfers is this Thursday. We won’t get the call about who’s going where until tomorrow. I’ll make sure to let you know Monday. We are all hoping there aren’t any huge changes with transfers. I would love to stay and finish here in Lithia. Such a good ward!

Elder Hale