This week was a strange one but it was good! This past week there was a big storm that came in to Florida and so we had to stay in doors for a lot of the week which was a little rough. It was on and off so we were able to leave some of the day and then came back in doors when it got bad. On Thursday we had to stay in doors for 9 hours... We found productive things to do like clean the apartment and Iron shirts and weekly plan. I am glad for nice weather.
Things have been going good as far as investigators. Kiona and Antwan have been doing pretty good they have read the Book of Mormon but were not able to come to church yesterday which was a bummer but they are still progressing.
We met a lady named Mikayla through her Boyfriend who she lives with and she is a lot more prepared than he is. We had a really good sit down lesson with them and were able to teach the restoration simply since she doesnt have much of a religious background. She was able to feel the spirit really strong. We stopped by on Saturday night and invited her to church and explained about it. She explained how she thinks that it will be good for her and said she would but we were not expecting too much but she came! Not only her but she also brought a friend as well and she seems pretty interested too! We introduced her to Bishop and members of the ward. She really enjoyed it and is looking forward to coming in the future too.
Gladys is getting baptized this weekend! We have been teaching her since I got in the area and she has been taught for a month or two previous too. She didnt really even want the Book of Mormon the first night they met her and then they kept following up and telling her more about it and how it will bless her and then she came to the Gladys Knight event in May and ever since then she has been really solid. A member gave her a quad set of scriptures and that is her pride and joy. She is a crack up.
An investigator named Lori that I taught in Hudson right before I left is getting baptized this Saturday! I will send photos of that next week.
We had a meeting with all the leadership in the mission this past Friday which was amazing. We counciled on how we can help the missionaries out and what will work best for the Lords work to Hasten. We got taught a lot about principles and how that is what we are taught and then we have to use our agency to follow it or not. That is how God has always worked and how he always will. He does not micro manage us but trusts us. One of the things that stuck out to me was that "the greater the agency, the greater the growth." That has been one of the many things I have learned and gained a testimony of the past 22 months. A testimony is to know, Conversion is to do or to act. I have acted on the things that I know to be true and as I chose to do that I have grown so much. Change is something that we need every day. I love being a missionary and experiencing the many life changing lessons every day.
I love you all!
Elder Gardner
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