Porter Baptized/Stacy Visit- March 2, 2015

That is so cool that you got to go on a quick trip down to Arizona with the family, and then you all get to go to Disneyland to watch Kiera perform. I hope that you are saving some fun for when I get home!  :) 

I'm glad to hear that you are still finishing Preach My Gospel with the family. How far into it are you right now?  My goal is to finish it before the end of my mission, going through and doing every single activity and all of the scripture studies. I don't know if that is going to happen, because I started going through from the beggining when I hit my year mark, and I am only in Chapter 3, Lesson 3 right now. I haven't made it to far. Maybe if I can at least get to the Christlike Attributes in Chapter 6 then I will be good.

It was so fun to see your cousin Stacey for a few minutes. We probably only talked for about 10-15 minutes before we had to head upstairs to do our daily planning. I'm glad that she was able to send you the pictures. She said that while she was in St. Petersburg, she didn't get any cell service, so she must have sent them to you when she got back to her hotel.  It was past 9 o'clock when we met up. Elder Stephens and I had just pulled into the parking lot and started walking to go inside the building. Then I hear someone calling out my name from across the parking lot and that's when I saw Stacey. I kind of forgot that she might be coming so it was a nice surprise.  I don't know if she had a hard time trying to find where I lived or not. She was staying in Brandon which is about a 45 minute drive from St. Petersburg. She did bring us a bunch of food and gift cards. It was so kind of her to do that. I still need to write her a thank you card. But that might have to wait because I want to write Kiera and Dad a letter first this month before I write anyone else.

So the Zone Conference with Elder Zwick was pretty great. I did talk to Elder Hicken, and he is actually in the same Zone/Stake as me. He is serving up in Hudson right now. He told me that his sister just got engaged that she is getting married in May. He seems to be doing pretty well.  It was cool to catch up with him.

That is so cool that you were able to go to Porter's baptism and to see all of the family down there. I do remember Bethany, she is one of the only missionaries that I really remember seeing before I came out here on my mission. It was really fun to have her and her companion over to have dinner with us. Just thinking back, did we have a nonmember or less active with us when they came, or was it just our family?

So I wrote a short email to Belle right now, but I will write her a letter to send off to her. Do you know what her email is? The one that I have is Belle@justarebel.com.

I love you bunches. and I hope that all is going well for you and your new calling. I will continue to keep Britton and Kaycie in my prayers as well that things will get better for them. See ya in 20 weeks!

Love ya tons.

Love, Elder Leavitt