Hey
everybody,
It's
official, I am getting transferred to Apollo Beach!!! It is the
southernmost area of the Brandon zone. I will be with Elder Drumright, the
Elder who baptized Tiffany (in the baptism picture last week and again down below Elder Drumright is kneeling). It's a huge area so it will be quite an adventure. Elder
Hawkes will be staying here and will be with Elder Stockham.
This past
week was ordinary with not that much happening. We mainly went by a few
less-actives until we had an exchange this last Tuesday. We found a bunch
of people who were interested and gave out a few copies of the Book of
Mormon to them. Elder Hawkes will be meeting with them throughout the
week.
I heard
from our ward mission leader's wife that Apollo Beach has different
weather. There are more rednecks there than here and a lot more Bible
bashers. The ward is strong even though it is small. It's much
better to have a good ward than a good area because then the members help out a
bunch with the missionary work.
Jerry is
doing well. We finished First Nephi with him and he loved all of
it. They should be starting Second Nephi with him on Saturday. He
came to church and loved it as always.
We had an
encounter with a hideous insectivorous beast that the Brandon Elders brought to
us in a container. This explains it well – nocturnal mouse-like mammal with
forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for
echolocation by which they navigate…
It was a
bat. It wasn't that big and wasn't a vampire bat but it was still
freaky. There are a lot of them here and they devour the mosquitoes in
droves which is good. The bat was nicknamed "batwing" and we
freed him and he flew out into the trees and his location is unknown.
There are
also many lizards here which scurry around on the sidewalk. They are
literally everywhere and often meet grisly ends under shoes and bike tires if
you are not paying attention to them.
That was
basically the whole last week. It was just an average good week. I
hope everybody does well and has a good week,
Elder
Fabricius
- The mighty bat prepares for
its next move - devouring a horde of mosquitoes.
- Elder Drumright is the one
kneeling on the ground.
