June 3, 2013

Ok. I've got 20 minutes. Let's do this thing. 

Florida is awesome!!! The people are so great. Everyone has so much faith; it's unbelievable. Now I don't want you to get the wrong idea, but we had two baptisms this week!!! HAHA I didn't do a thing. I basically just testified every once in a while and told the investigators that they had a lot of faith. It was wonderful. I'm going to try to attach some pictures of it. The man is Victor and the girl is Emily. Victor was a miracle. We hadn't taught him any of the commandments until Saturday and he was getting baptized the next day, so we sat him down and taught him The Law of Chastity, the Word of Wisdom, Sabbath Day, and tithing. He accepted all of them right there in 45 minutes. It was nuts. He is such a good man. He and his family are homeless right now, but we have already seen how his baptism has blessed them spiritually and temporally. It's awesome. Emily is the cutest girl in the entire world. I love her. Family, I went to my first Latin birthday party. IT WAS AWESOME. They sang "happy birthday" like usual and then all the sudden the song changes and there was a lot of clapping, cheering, and dancing. HAHA and then they smashed her face in the cake. Apparently, it's a tradition. I love it. They are from Honduras and her mom, Reina, makes a mean baliada. I love it. 

They work is good. I'm still trying to get over being afraid to talk to everyone. It is stressful. I've  been sitting in the back of a classroom for the last five years. This is way out of my comfort zone, but I'm getting there. Something that I've seen is that God really does put the people that need to hear about the Gospel in our path. It seems like everyday we run into someone who has heard about the church or who is looking for a church. I love it. 

I'm sorry, but this is going to have to be shorter than usual. I'll write you a letter later today. Just know that I love you, that I miss you, and that God loves you and wants you to be happy. Les quiero!

Hermana Gardner