February 23rd Email

Dear Family and Friends,

It has been another busy week here in Sarasota, Florida. On Thursday we had a wonderful experience. We went and visited the Leavitt Family. Brother Leavitt is our ward mission leader. We had a really nice dinner and then had a meeting/spiritual thought with him and his family. He has three small children. His oldest daughter is 4 and her name is Savannah. Then he has a set of twins that are two, named Luke and Lily. They are all so cute. They tell us the funniest things some times. Savannah told us that she wants to be a vet, a dentist, and a missionary when she grows up. Brother Leavitt told Lily “The missionaries have to go soon or they will turn into pumpkins.” Lily looked at her dad and with a big smile on her face and said “Oh, Yeah!” It was so cute. Before we left the kids sang “I am a child of God.” It was so sweet and almost brought tears to my eyes!

On Monday we went and visited an inactive member off of our ward list. We found them home and were excited to talk to them. We soon found out that they were loosing their home and were moving into their van. Both Sister Stewart and I had an impression that we should go into their area for the day. I know that we were lead to them because if we would have come on Tuesday they might not have been there. We helped them move. They were so happy and thankful that they at least had a van to move in to. They are really funny sisters and we hope they come to church because we have no way of getting a hold of them now.

On Saturday we went to a birthday party for one of our investigators. He’s name is Bryce and he is 12 years old. His dad is a member but has been inactive for a long time. His dad is now active and wants his son to be baptized. He will be baptized in March! The party was a lot of fun. It was fun to be with all of their family. All of them are members and most are active. It was fun to laugh and play with everyone there.

On Sunday we went and taught Bryce his last lesson before he gets baptized. His mom lives in another part of Florida and he comes to visit his dad every other weekend. So we teach him when he is here. It was a long lesson and he really wanted to be out playing with all of his cousins. But he hung in there. He loves reading the scriptures and wants to read everything. He brought a friend with him this weekend and wants his friend to learn about the gospel as well. His friend seemed interested so we will see what happens.

Last night we helped the Spanish Elders with a baptism. The lady, Marianelli Rojas, that was baptized was Spanish but speaks ok English. She wants to be in our ward, the Lakewood Ranch ward, because it is closer to her. We are excited to have her. She has a really cute little girl that I finally got to laugh last night. It was wonderful to see her countenance change as she got out of the water! It was simple and beautiful!

I love you all and hope all is going well! Remember to write. I love your letters. I know that this is the true church of God. Through Him we can have eternal life. Keep holding to the rod and press forward. I know you can make it!

Love
Sister Comte