This was one of the most busy weeks I have had so far on the mission. Going into it I knew it was going to be long because we put as much stuff in it as possible.
Tuesday was the one day we didn't have much going on so we got haircuts. I had a good conversation with the lady cutting my hair. She was a nice older lady that was impressed with all four of us.
Wednesday started off with us doing some service for some members. We helped them pack to move to Georgia. As we were moving the beds I went upstairs to take down the brackets the bed sits on, and as I took them apart, it brushed across my thumb and then it started to bleed a lot. As small drops of blood started to gather on the other hand. I made my way to a sink to wash it out. It all worked out in the end though. They got all of their things in the U-Haul and we left for home.
Tuesday was district council and we had both the zone leaders and the AP's (assistants to the President) there so it was fun and we got taught a good lesson. The lesson was you were supposed to sell a can of beans to someone and symbolize finding the person's needs. I sold the heck out of that can and did the best. Then we celebrated Hermana Fernandez's 1 year mark. We later had an experience that was really cool! We went to an ice cream place for lunch that sold Mexican style ice cream. Inside this little gas station kind of place were two Mexicans that didn't speak English, but we had a couple of Spanish speakers so we were fine. After getting some really cool ice cream, one of them looks at me and speaks Spanish to me. I looked at him not knowing what he said, he then repeated himself and one word I understood was, "Mormon". When I followed his finger I saw he was pointing at Hermana Jones's Book of Mormon. I then looked at our Spanish speaking missionary and told him to talk to him. After a long conversation that I didn't understand, the two sisters walked out to their car and grabbed two Spanish Book of Mormon's. They wrote their phone number in it and handed it to them both.
Friday we had meetings with our Mission President where he asked questions about how we are doing and what we expect going forward. It was a good experience, and I learned as much about him as he did about me. We then went out to eat at Five Guys with our whole District. We did this on the down-low because we were hiding from the President.
Saturday was cool because we had exchanges with Lake Placid. First we had them drive up here to get me, and the district leader stayed up here. When I got there it was almost time for lunch so we went to Wendy's. We had a lesson planned with someone in person which I was very excited for. When we got there she wasn't feeling good so we just said a prayer and gave a quick message and left.
Sunday we had to drive Elder Kent up to Orlando to catch a flight to Paraguay. It was sad to see him go, but I am happy for him to finish his mission in his original mission area. We had to zoom back to make it in time for Stake Conference.
Monday we woke up early to drive to the beach so we could hang out there for the day. We had fun looking for shells and taking pictures. We then went back to a Sister’s home and played spike ball for a while. After having fun all day we went back home to Sebring and rested by playing Catan.
This week was busy but fun and very gratifying. Next week is transferring week so it will be interesting to see if I stay here. Best of wishes to everyone back home.
Elder Waite
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