Well, we had a pretty crazy week that was full of surprises and some changes. On Tuesday, we had interviews with President Cusick over in Sarasota, and that actually turned out to be pretty nice. We were about 40 minutes late, however, because the Elders that gave us a ride there got stuck doing some service in the morning for one of their investigators. Elder Dardon and I ended up having our interviews, but because we were running late the other Elders had to reschedule theirs for another day. By the time we got back from interviews the day was practically over.
On Thursday, we had another big meeting up in Tampa with all of the missionaries. This meeting also took most of the day and we didn't get back until the late evening. The purpose of the meeting was to provide training, but also to inform everyone of changes that had occurred in the mission. The first one that they told us about that was really unexpected was that they changed the boundaries of our mission. The bottom zone of our mission, Ft. Myers, was absorbed into the Ft. Lauderdale mission along with the 30 missionaries that were serving down there. So Wednesday, we had 169 missionaries in the mission, but as of last Thursday, we now have 139 missionaries. When I first cam out, we were at about 235 missionaries. So, my first area that I served in is no longer a part of this mission. The second big change that they made was with our iPads. Everyone of the missionaries had their own devices that they were using, but they decided to take half of them away so that there is now only one per companionship. I think it is a pretty good change to help us be more focused and unified as a companionship, but it also makes it difficult because all of my notes and tasks and other reminders were on my device, and now I don't have any of it.
This last week we found a new investigator named Carl who has shown a lot of interest in the church and baptism. We set a date for hime for the 14th of February and he is really excited about it. He is doing a great job reading in the Book of Mormon and keeping all of the commitments that we leave with him to do.
I hope that everything goes well with the demolition and remodeling of the bathrooms and that you all have a great week. Love you!
Elder A. Whaley
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