Hola Familia y Amigos!
Hello family and friends!
This week was soooooooooo awesome!!! We had our Mission Christmas party this week that was on the beach! We played some ultimate Frisbee on the beach and then had lunch and sang some christmas carols and such. We took a pic of all of us that is up on the mission facebook. Its named Tampa Florida Mission Cusick. Check that out! I took some great pictures of the sunset that I will send as well!
We had our ward Christmas party this saturday. That was soo much fun as well. Tons of breakfast casseroles and guess who got the left overs... yeah we are set for the next couple weeks for breakfast. In our ward there is an senior missionary couple and they actually are the santa and mrs clause for disney! So we got a picture with them that I will send.
It is getting closer and closer to christmas but let us not forget the real reason for the season of course! Christ is the center of christmas and He is the gift. We should all find time to embrace the gift, discover the gift and SHARE THE GIFT!!! I am so greatful for what Christ has done for me and my life and every one of his brothers and sisters lives.
We have been setting up and seeing our investigators every day just for like 10 or 15 minutes just to read with them and then every once in a while squeeze in a lesson. It has been really working out! We see Ruben the guy who we are teaching every day and he loves it. He loves it when we come by and he says it makes his day go by so much better. It honestly makes my day go better when I see him as well. His hardest thing is attending church still. We have to push his Baptism back like 1 week or so because we want to make sure he comes to church. Same with another investigator Brisby the Hatian gentleman that we are teaching.
Me and Elder Holmstead have been working really hard and talking with everyone we talk to! I love teaching lessons to people especially the restoration! Thats good because we teach it literally every single day haha. Im not too big of a fan of street contacting because its awkward but I love meeting referrals! that is why we want to push it soo hard is because if we meet a referral with the member that referred it to us then they already have a fellowshipper who will sit by them in church and help them around.
It was Jarsi's Bday on friday and so we went out to eat with him and just had a lot of fun! He came to Florida for music and so he played us some songs that he has been making. He is way good!!!
It was an Elders bday in our area that was yesterday and so we are going to chilis to celebrate.
I really am loving this Gospel! It becomes more and more real to me as I study it each and every day. Joseph Smith is truely a prophet of God and he was called to restore the true and everlasting Gospel on the earth in our time. No one in their right mind would be willing to die or be thrown into jail or be tarred and feathered or be mocked every day for 15+ years just for a book. I testify that Joseph Smith restored Jesus Christs church to us today and we all have a chance to be a part of His true church! Go out and share that truth to your friends!
Remember that God is a Mormon!!!
Elder Gardner
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