This is Ben's letter from June 22, 2015
Hola Familia,
So good to hear from you. I am doing
well. It´s been a little cold. (I bought some socks and some long underwear and
a sweater to wear under my coat)
I am enjoying Florida and my
companion Élder Leite. He´s from Brazil, is 20 yrs. old, has been in the
mission for 15 months and was trained by my second trainer Elder Ve'e.
The Zone is rather small church
attendance-wise. There are 6 branches and 14 missionaries. The largest
challenge is that as a district we are very low on excitement to participate in
the local missionary work. They´ve worked very hard in the past to become a
stake and have been extremely close to achieving that goal, but never quite
made it. The good thing is that there are a few very, very firm members (that
go to all 3 all three hours, complete with their callings, hold valid temple
recommends, and pay their tithing) that keep the branches running.
One amazing family is the Blanco
Family. They have been members for a long time and are awesome. The father is
the branch president, the mother is in the relief society (I don´t remember how
to spell anything anymore), the children are all return missionaries; one is
the elders quorum president, the other is the Branch mission leader, and the
daughter (RM also) is the Young women’s president.
They along with a few other families
are very actively involved in the church and want to do their best.
I´ll tell you more about the branch
next week. It´s a lot bigger than La Paloma but it is still pretty tiny. This
Sunday there were 58 of us.
I´m doing well, I hope everyone back
home is happy and enjoying the summer.
Élder Benjamin Taylor
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