The beginning of this last week was pretty tough since I had to say goodbye to everyone in St. Petersburg. I did get to spend some more time with the Marble and Landers family before I left. My new area is the Temple Terrace Ward. It is in the same building that I left from before I went back to St. Pete. I already know the area pretty well, but it is going to take some time to get to know the members more. My new companion is Elder White, and he is really cool. So far we get along really well and I look forward to what this transfer will bring to us. Elder White is from St. George and he graduated from Desert Hills last year. He has now been out on his mission for nine months.
If you want to send letters, my address is 13510 N. 42nd Street, Tampa Florida, 33613! I will respond as quick as I can, but it might take me some time. :)
The work here is really slow right now, but hopefully it will start to pick up soon. We have had some pretty good street lessons, and a few lessons with recent converts. So it's been pretty good.
The very first day here in Temple Terrace we were biking to the church at 8pm at night. We were about two blocks away and we heard a pop. I didn't think much of it until I felt something hit my hand. It was then when I realized that I just got shot with a BB gun from some college student across the street. This area is pretty awful with it being close to the college campus. Especially on the weekends.
Friday and Saturday we spent a lot of time biking around trying to get to know the members. Elder White has only been here for six weeks, so he doesn't really know anyone too well. We are going to work on getting to know them more and starting to work with them. We did have some really awesome lessons with people we met on the street. One of them, whose name is Lee, ended up coming to church yesterday and stayed for the YSA ward Sacrament. We later tried to call him and we think that he blocked our number already. We will try again to see if he is interested, but we won't let something small like that hold us back. I think that it would have been better if we could have stayed with him for Sacrament meeting, but there are certain restrictions in this building for some reason that they don't have anywhere else.
Well, it's time to get back to work. I love you all and I wish that I had more time to write to you. Take care! Until next week.
Love, Elder Leavitt
If you want to send letters, my address is 13510 N. 42nd Street, Tampa Florida, 33613! I will respond as quick as I can, but it might take me some time. :)
The work here is really slow right now, but hopefully it will start to pick up soon. We have had some pretty good street lessons, and a few lessons with recent converts. So it's been pretty good.
The very first day here in Temple Terrace we were biking to the church at 8pm at night. We were about two blocks away and we heard a pop. I didn't think much of it until I felt something hit my hand. It was then when I realized that I just got shot with a BB gun from some college student across the street. This area is pretty awful with it being close to the college campus. Especially on the weekends.
Friday and Saturday we spent a lot of time biking around trying to get to know the members. Elder White has only been here for six weeks, so he doesn't really know anyone too well. We are going to work on getting to know them more and starting to work with them. We did have some really awesome lessons with people we met on the street. One of them, whose name is Lee, ended up coming to church yesterday and stayed for the YSA ward Sacrament. We later tried to call him and we think that he blocked our number already. We will try again to see if he is interested, but we won't let something small like that hold us back. I think that it would have been better if we could have stayed with him for Sacrament meeting, but there are certain restrictions in this building for some reason that they don't have anywhere else.
Well, it's time to get back to work. I love you all and I wish that I had more time to write to you. Take care! Until next week.
Love, Elder Leavitt
Re: new companion: Well, OF coarse I was FaceBook Stalking and saw that you are now with Elder White in a new area! He looks like a fine companion! I hope that the two of you can jump into some great service and love those you serve!!
You are expecting this:
-Where are you at now?
You are expecting this:
-Where are you at now?
Temple Terrace Ward, Right next to the New Tampa ward I was in before and in the same building.
-address
-address
13510 N 42nd Street, Tampa Florida, 33613. It is the church building and also the Mission Office. I am not serving in the office though.
-Is it very far from where you were at before?
-Is it very far from where you were at before?
It is about 30-45 minutes from St. Pete.
-Is it a bike or a car area?
-Is it a bike or a car area?
It is a full bike area right now, and I didn't realized how many problems that this bike has that I have now. I am going to see if I can't get by on it, or see how much it will cost and go from there. I just need it for these last four months. So we will see.
-Where is Elder White from?
Elder White is actually from St. George. He graduated from Desert Hills High School last year, and his dad helped design the high school.
-What is his family address?
-What is his family address?
3138 S. 1420 E. St. George Ut, 84709
-What are his hobbies?
-What are his hobbies?
Reading, watching history channel, studying WWll, ROTC,
-What is his favorite food? treat?
-What is his favorite food? treat?
Steak wrapped in Bacon, Skittles
-How long has he been out?
-How long has he been out?
Elder White has been out for nine months. He came out at the same time as Elder Hicken did. So he will hit his year mark this summer right before I get home.
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