This week was pretty eventful to say the least. The new Missionaries coming in got delayed by Delta, so they all came a day late. Needless to say they all got here, and I got my new companion, his name is Elder Hale. He is 18 fresh out of high school and from Oregon. He has a lot of potential. We have a lot of work to do, but he will be a great missionary by the end of this, and he will teach me a thing or two I'm sure,
We had a pretty easy first week for him, we had a ward luau with pig roast and all, so that was a good way to meet the ward. Sunday we both spoke in Sacrament Meeting. I was the concluding speaker and I was left with 25 minuets, that was fun...
After church we had Donnell's Baptism, we have been working with him for about a month and a half, he is amazing, and was very prepared. we had set up to have a member baptize him, but the member got sick the night before and couldn't come, Donnell said he felt strongly that I needed to confirm him, so I proposed Elder Hale Baptize him, so his 4th day in the field he baptized his first convert, Talk about a good first week haha.
My favorite experience this week though, was when we gave Donnell a blessing, he was having some serious leg pains and was struggling to walk, we watched part of the John Tanner Story (doctrine and covenant visual resources) and gave him a blessing, it was Elder Hale's first one,after the blessing Donnell got up and walked, and by the next day he had a skip in his step! It was truly amazing to see the power of his faith and the priesthood, and to be worthy to serve and see Miracles.
-Elder Ellsworth
we do things right in tampa 1
Donnel and brother heath(he asked him to baptize)
Throwback to the dream team, Elder Randall came back for the baptism
Brother heath got sick, so Elder Hale(my new trainee) was able to baptize donnell, talk about a good first week!
-Elder Ellsworth
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