Mom, dad! Remember when we went to frozen sing a long. Well yeah I met the girl who plays Anna. She's In the YSA Ward in my building. So tell Oakley Anna from frozen is a Mormon and she's super cool. Some facts about my area. - our church building is right next to magic kingdom - We hear fireworks every night when we're trying to sleep - Shaq, Tiger woods and The rock live in my area. So basically I have authority from God to teach them. How cool. I mean if I could ever get past the 3 gates Shaq has in front of his home. - Half of it is gated community's and most are super hard to get into yay - I now hate gated community's and refuse to live in one ever The coolest thing about Florida is you never know what to expect. 99% of the people you talk to are not from here. And every time you go up and talk to someone you never know if they are going to speak English or not. And it's never a consistent language either. Funny thing, we were at dinner at a investigators home the other day and her dog kept ramming his read into the glass table because there was food above it and he thought he could get it and I lost it. I was laughing so hard (she didn't notice) i almost peed my pants. He would not give up. We've had some amazing lessons this week. Kids are amazing. They are so pure In spirit. As we grow up I realized we really tend to harden our hearts to a lot of things, one thing being the gospel. I've noticed that with some family's we've taught where the child is so open and ready to understand and you almost see adults put up a wall. It's so amazing to me that really with anyone you talk to, if they open up, they always bring up questions and concerns that the gospel ALWAYS answers. Without a doubt.

This was our Nice Sunday Dinner Outside

One of our investigators came to church yesterday! It was wonderful. Our lessons with him have been so good. He's the one with the house and all the decorations I sent. you. It was so wonderful, at church I look over and he's just taking notes on everything. The amazing thing too is so much of our ward are converts and have all these crazy conversion stories so they get it. Ah, we had a lesson this week with a less active family and their son hasn't been baptized and he breaks my heart. Because he wants it so bad. When I asked him if he would be baptized he goes "well yeah I've been waiting but it keeps not happening" and I said "are you willing to come to church if that means you can be baptized" and he goes " I don't like going to church because ya know it takes out of my weekend" 😂 he's 9. But I explained he needs to come to be baptized and he was all on board.

Exchanges with my STL sister Skousen on her birthday

I don't know if you have read Elder Uchtdorfs talk in the September addition of the Ensign but it is titled "After love, then what?" And it is amazing. It's so important to remember that truly loving god, is keeping his commandments. There is a member In my ward who is super Into family history so he's going to help me with mine. So if you have any questions or what not he's a genius. And he's now holding me to it haha Also read "the Labors In the vineyard" by elder Holland "be kind, and be grateful God is kind." Thank you so much for the package! All of it was much needed. I love the CD's. If you could send any Christmas crafty things or what not that we could make as gifts. Just supplies. Or thanksgiving, or cookie mix. We're just trying to get more clever in our service. Well sorry if this email was scatterbrained. But I hope you all have a wonderful week. I've been praying a whole lot for you. Love you so💕 Now I'm off to go fishing with the elders and sisters in our zone at a members house and have a BBQ (missionary work is awesome right?)

Planting Flowers at the Temple

I hit a good point in my mission this morning when I realized that, and then reading my scriptures realized how much I love the lord. And how I love him more than anything or anyone I've left behind. And as you know I love what I've left at home a whole lot. And I just became more excited to serve, because that it is because I love him!