How blessed we all are to live in a country that is sooo great!
I bet you were all wondering what I did for the 4th... I did missionary work can you believe it!!!!! We talked to a lot of people even though a lot of them were drunk but even the drunks need the gospel right? We werent really able to see any fireworks but we saw some lightning! It got really stormy at night and so not a lot of fireworks happened while we were out. When we got home that is when we heard all the fireworks!
I forgot to tell you all but last week we met a lady on the street who we made a deal with that if we go to her church she will come to ours. So Saturday we went to the Seventh Day Adventice church and worshiped with them. It was really neat to see a different service. They had a lot of similar beliefs. They are one of the closest religions to us. They even had their primary sing LOVE AT HOME can you believe it?! The same song we sing.
This week we got news that me and Elder Holmes will be getting a new companion. On Tuesday we had Zone training meeting and we picked up Elder Dungan. He is from Lake Orion Michigan only a couple minutes North of Detroit!! He has only been out 3 weeks in the field and so Elder Holmes and I will be training him as well. It has been loads of fun! He crashed on his bike and fractured his growth plate in his shoulder and will be healing with us.
We had to do a lot of driving this past week delivering cars to areas and so forth, thats the blessing about being here in the office. We used to drive a chevy cruze but now that had to be taken to another area. Its all good though because we upgraded. We now ride around in a Minivan!! Classic mormons always driving minivans. Her name is Sheryl.
Blessing of the week. Yesterday we were tracting and didnt really have any set appointents until 8:30. We got a call and the appointment cancelled so we were pretty bummed. We werent getting a lot of success in the area but we decided to keep being diligent and keep going. The last door we knocked on was a nice lady that turned out to be really interested! Everything that we were sharing with her she was just eating up. The Lord always tests his missionaries to see if they will really be diligent and then he will bless them.
I hope you all have fun at Lake Powell but just remember to keep some of your clothes on! I am sad that I couldnt be going with the LPF but I know this is where I need to be. I know that God loves us so He sent His son. I know that Christ payed the price so that all of us dont have to go through anything alone. There are people here in Tampa Florida that need that and we are the only ones that can bring them that peace.
Now Mom wipe the tears away and go have some fun in the sun! I love you all thanks for all the love and support!
Elder Gardner
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