I'm in Palmetto Now!

Elder Harper and Elder Griffiths. Elder Harper has been in
Florida for twelve weeks and just finished his training.

Just a quick update, I'm in Palmetto now! It's a great place with lots of people! My new companion is Elder Harper and he's a sharp missionary. 

Something I saw an example of this week was how you can wave the truth in its purest form right in front of someone, but they won't accept it if they don't want to. We met a lady who wouldn't say a prayer with us but wanted to learn about what it is we believe. We talked to her about the Plan of Salvation and she asked us if we could show her where in the Bible it talks about these things we believe. We did. We showed her every single scripture we possibly could, but she still said she didn't think what we were saying was truly from the Bible. We re-read some of the scriptures with her but she still chose to reject it. 

It just goes to show that in order to receive the gospel a person needs to have a humble heart and real intent. Everyone has the right to choose, but it makes us sad when someone chooses to flat out reject what we say. All we can do is continue working hard and searching for people who are prepared to hear the gospel.

The Palmetto area is bordered by the ocean.

Palmetto is also a bird sanctuary and is home to the Felts Audubon Preserve.