Dearest family and friends,
This week has been a very interesting and a drastic change! It has been full of goodbyes and hellos and many, many new responsibilities that come with being a district leader! I am the second youngest in the entire zone and nearly everyone has been out longer than me which is both stressful and helpful! Overall though this week has been an amazing opportunity for me to grow and learn and become! Things here are much different than I am used to but I am learning that God loves to take us outside our comfort zones! He wants us to progress and become better! I can testify that there is so little progress in a comfort zone and very little comfort when you are progressing, but this is how God intended it to be! My new companion is Elder Ashton Gillen from...... Riverton Utah.... Totally Crazy right!?! He went to the same middle school and high school but never knew each other or had any common friends! It took us the entire week to find a connection! Hahah He has been out for a long while and I have a lot to learn from him! He is a super chill super good guy!!! The ward is really cool! We had the Halloween party on Saturday and all the ward auxiliaries had a lip sync battle! It was really funny!
It has been difficult once again to try to learn all the names of our investigators, less active and active members of the ward! There are some amazing people here and I'm excited to be here in Winter Garden North! We knocked on a lot of empty doors this week and had very little success so I think I am back to where I was when I first came out, but that's so exciting cause it means there are SO MANY miracles ahead of us!!! We get to do service at the Orlando temple on Tuesdays and it is one of the coolest experiences! There is such an amazing spirit that is felt even just on the temple grounds!!! I have missed the temple! All of you that can go to the temple, please go! I never really took advantage of being able to go to the temple and I really miss it! Anyway the temple is such a blessing! I love it so much!!!
Even without having much success we have still seen many miracles this week! On Wednesday we stopped by probably four or five different less actives and not one was home. We felt that we should try one more home, so we walked up to the door, knocked, and no answer... bummer... well we were walking to the car when a neighbor walked outside. We ended up talking with him and teaching him the entire restoration! He is really interested and wants to learn more! He only speaks Spanish so we had to refer him over to the Spanish elders, but I know it was because of our diligence we were able to find this man! We are really excited for him!!! Never give up in your endeavors to do good! There is someone waiting for YOU! Keep doing what's right even though it may be hard! You will see miracles!
So we have a new rule here in Orlando Florida! Emailing is now no longer than an hour so consequently I won't be able to respond to every email every week and I'll probably have shorter mass emails but I know that as we are obedient to ALL God's commandments we will be blessed openly!!! I love it here! I love the mission! I am definitely still trying to figure everything out but it'll come! Never forget how much I love all of you!!!! Continue to do good and I'd love to hear all the miracles that you see!!! Have a safe and fun Halloween!!! So so so so much love from your missionary in Orlando!
Your humble and loving missionary,
Elder Tracy
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