Ramming Speed

Dear friends and family:

So, last night I found out that Elder Storm and I are staying together for another transfer! (My last transfer!) It's really odd to think that there's only one transfer left on my mission. I remember celebrating my one-month mark in the MTC and thinking, 'that took forever. I've still got a long, long time to go.'

I'm very excited for my last transfer here with Elder Storm. He is a little bit upset that he is staying in Miami for another transfer, because it means that he will be here for another transfer after that as well. But I don't mind, I love Miami!

This week Maxime and his kids came to church again. He was gone for most of the week, because of his job, driving a truck throughout the United States, and when he got back we only had time to teach him one quick lesson (reviewing the restoration) before we had to return home on Saturday night. He came to church on Sunday, but then was too busy for us to see him that night. And yesterday he left again for several days. He and his sons have a date for this Saturday, but it's not going to happen unless he returns from his trip very early in the week, and so we have time to teach him all of the lessons and get him interviewed. Either way, we are going to make sure that they become Mormons! And sooner, rather than later!

Other than that, almost all of our investigators dropped off this week again, so we are back to the drawing board for that. But the North Miami Beach elders sent us two referrals that we are excited to follow-up on tomorrow.

We have made a goal for this last transfer of baptizing five people. Our first transfer together, we didn't find anybody to be baptized; but our second transfer, we baptized 2.5 people. So this transfer I'll finish strong and we'll find, teach, and baptize another five. Maxime and his sons will be three, so we only really need to find two other prepared souls.

For those of you who don't already know: My parents received another daughter from the foster adopt system. Her name is Neveah. (Heaven spelled backwards, with the two vowels flip-flopped.) That makes in total: three siblings that I have now that I didn't have at the beginning of my mission, who I have never personally met. For one of them, Liv, we are going to the temple to be sealed as a family in the week or two after I get back.

Thanks,

Elder Slade