March 23rd Email

Dear Family and Friends,

This week has been wonderful! It has been very busy. We had seven meals provided for us last week which was a blessing. I don't know what it is but people must know I love strawberries because we had 5 cartons of them by the end of the week. They were delicious. It is strawberry season here. Yes, this means that is warm here.

We had 70-80 degree weather this week! It was beautiful!
Last Monday for P-day we went to the Circus Museum here in Sarasota. They actually have two museums and John Ringlings Mansion that you can tour. The one museum was a miniture circus. Everything was 3-4 inches tall. It was incredible detailed. It was just like going to the circu except for a little bit less movement. It was really cool to see though.

My companion and I have been praying for new people to start teaching. It is awesome how God answers prayers. On Tuesday we were helping a member move into her new house. A man came to the door with her persciptions and I ended up teaching part of the first lesson and giving him a Book of Mormon. It was a really neat experience. I am so glad I have a good testimony to share with people.
We also had a great experience of finding on Friday as well. We have a standing appointment with a Spanish family on Friday nights. The girlfriend is a member but her boyfriend is not. They have a four year old and a 18 month old child. They always fix us the best food. My favorite is something called sopas. It is thick tortilla's pilled with beans and cheese. They are amazing. This Friday we decided to make them food. So we made them lazagna. I had never done this before because my mom is allergic to tomatos. The lazagna turned out amazing!

Anyways, when we went to our appointment the girlfriends sister was there. She is also a member. She talked to us about her live in boyfriend. She said that he doesn't really believe their is a God, but he doesn't want to talk about religion with others. We told her that her and her boyfriend should stay for dinner and we would soften him before we talked about God. He soon came in from outside and started asking us questions about God. He has all the right questions and he is really searching. So we taught him and he still wants to learn more. The spirit is what taught him and he wants to meet with us as often as possible. By the end of the time teahing him he was believing that there is a God. It is a small step but one in the right direction!

Well, I love you all. Have a good week! Thanks to all the support you give me!

Love
Sister Comte