Elder Hamula

We found a family! That is probably the rarest thing in the world in missionary work! Since our visit with them last week they have read half of the Book of Mormon and have already told us that they intend on joining the church! They are moving soon so we have to baptize them before they get away. They'll still be in the ward but then the sisters will get them and that cannot happen!

We had a pretty decent week besides them. We met Elder Hamula and his wife on Tuesday. He's in the 1st quorum of the seventy. He encouraged us to ask him questions that involved what we could do as opposed tojust stupid questions about deep doctrine. It went pretty well.
Things are looking up, I think it's finally cooling down but thatmight just be my imagination.

Elder Willard

August Heat

Hey everyone,

We had a decent week. I'm just so tired all the time. The August heat isn't as bad as everyone says it is and biking is nice because you get consistent air flow at least. There are storms just about every day here and we are all praying hard for a hurricane.

One of our investigators finally started to pray on their own and that will only lead to one thing... another investigator read all of Jacob in a day and texted us about it. We are seeing some good stuff here in Palm Bay.

Thanks our new missionary here is an avid volleyball player and things have heated up in the sand pit.

I’m afraid there's not much more to report on but things are working out and we are going to be meeting Elder Hamula from the first quorum of the seventy tomorrow.

Thanks for the pictures and the package!

Lots of love,

Elder Willard

100-degree Days

Hey thanks so much for the emails! I really appreciate it. I love hearing from Marnie, she is too funny! This week has been weird but we worked hard. We talked with more people than ever and taught lots of lessons but I think one of our investigators got involved with some anti-Mormon "info". Oh well we are carrying on and it is pleasant. Someone told me that it was over a hundred degrees this week but I couldn't hardly tell the difference. I did hear it was over a hundred in Washington as well but I don't know if I believe that.

My first district leader from when I got here (who is my current district leader) is going home tomorrow and it's kind of weird to think about it. The time seems to be moving pretty quickly I can't imagine going home just yet but it feels like it's coming soon, I don't know. I've found that I can update my profile picture on lds tools, so I did that.
I'm afraid there's not much to say. If you could send me some pictures of what the family looks like now that would be cool. Hope you all are having a good time with trek and other such things.

Love you all,
Elder Willard

P-Day Beach Frisbee

Aug 4

We went to the beach for our p-day today and played Frisbee. We tried to watch the sunrise but that didn't work out because there was a ton of clouds. We also played volleyball in the pouring rain and that was pretty cool too.

We finally have functioning a/c in the car and now we have to give it up. It's probably going to be a pretty hot week but someone told me that there will be a tropical storm Tuesday if it doesn't change course which it probably will. Biking in the heat and rain is kind of tough but adding lightning makes it pretty much a no.

so because my companion is from Utah he gets letters from his family almost on a daily basis, I don't mind but I guess it's been a while since I've felt kind of jealous.

The members her are very perceptive and they know that we are working. They also know that the missionaries that have been here in the last few months have not worked hard. It's really great that they even tell us about it and I'm excited to gain their trust.

We are working hard and in hot environments, we are sharing the gospel and teaching with power.

Hope all is well,

Elder Willard

PS. If you could send me my Teva sandals that would be great, I don't know why I didn't bring them along in the first place. No rush.

Friendship Connection

Hello everyone, hope you guys had as good a week as I just did! This has probably been the most stressful time on the mission. We had 7 lessons with member's present and we were calling, texting, and confirming with everyone all the time. Great week and we now have a baptism set up for our friend Pam. It was really amazing how everything came together and allowed us to teach throughout our entire Saturday. Again, great week!

The best part about it though I think was meeting Jennifer. She was driving along and she saw me and my companion biking and noticed that I wasn't using my handlebars at all. She immediately assumed we were Mormon and stopped the car in front of us in the bike lane. She waved us over to her window and asked if we could meet with her and her son, that she was a new move in, and had been struggling in the area. The
next day we brought a member of the stake presidency and listened to her problems and shared a brief message. We met her next with a woman that lives down the street and a priest age young man and she had all the right questions. She came to church the following day and stayed with her 6 year old (Paul) in primary. She enjoyed it and we are meeting her again tomorrow. She asked for a copy of the Book of Mormon
specifically! We are very excited :)

We have seen a lot of success with bringing members to lessons and making the friendship connection. Again this has been the busiest, most stressful time on the mission, but I am also be happiest.
I hope you have a good week say hi to my other sibling for me.

Elder Willard

Temple Visit

Great week! We got to go to the temple again and it was amazing! I misjudged on the pant size so I wasn't able to button them but it was okay.

We had a decent week. Our investigator pam is coming along well, we just got her a great friend a really inspired fellowship I thought. We have been told to read the Book of Mormon again and I am just now getting to the Isaiah chapters again so it's a little tough but we are carrying on. I had to buy a new wheel for my bike since the crash threw it way out of alignment and I ended up buying groceries with my card instead of using the money I actually already had on my card out of my only stupidity hopefully that wasn't too much money.

It’s hot here but we go out and bike anyway and as a result we talk with lots of people. My trainee had no doubts or problems with talking with everyone he sees. He’s helping me to learn and do the same.

Sorry I kind of waited til the last minute to send this email so I have to go but I love you all and I hope you have a great week.

Elder Willard

Caught a bug

Well Monday I was coming down with some sort of virus and it beat me so bad I was basically out of commission for four solid days. That didn't stop us from setting a baptismal date with our best investigator Pam! I picked up a rusty nail with my back tire and had to have a member gives us a ride home. Now I know a lot about bike maintenance which is comforting.

I got all the birthday stuff and I even made my cake while I was sick one those days. We didn't have a 13/9 pan only a 15/10 and then I also used the whole can of condensed milk instead of a third of it but it turned out amazing!! I lowered the heat a little and it turned out great. Grandma and grandpa sent a short sleeve shirt with a Donald trump tie and I was so amazed that they sent such a fitting gift it was awesome and I sent them a thank you note.

We didn't accomplish much this week but the work is progressing.
Hope everyone is well
Elder Willard