Dear Family and Friends!!!

I am doing great!!!! This week is transfers and Elder Ogilvie and I are staying here! You don't have to send a cake mix, a member (Sister Lawson) here is gonna make me a chocolate cake and we're gonna eat at their house on the 28th because the 29th was already taken! Umm I can't think of anything else I would want for my birthday, but if you come across something you know I'll like you can send it.

 

How is Dad doing? I hope you are doing good Dad!! And same with you Emily!! Well it sounds like y'all had an eventful week! What's the plan for Halloween? The wards here are doing a Trunk or Treat at the church since it is VERY spread out here and they usually have several hundreds of people come and many non-members! We will be there and it's gonna be awesome!!

 

This week was a great week!!! We finally got some investigators!! On Tuesday a member (Derek) took us to help a friend and her daughter and granddaughter move into a trailer across the street from us (Ronda is the friend and Becky is the daughter, we can't remember the granddaughters name) That was really good! Derek works with Rhonda and was talking to her about the Church and she and Becky are interested! We gave them both copies of the Book of Mormon. On Tuesday we did a tradeoff with the Bristol elders and Elder Ogilvie and Elder Saunders worked in Hosford and found 4 more investigators! We went back to all of them and  2 decided they wanted to stay where they are and not find out if the Book of Mormon is true and the other 2 didn't answer.  And Jed and Michelle (members) had us come over Thursday and teach Michelles cousin, Lynn. And we are going to start working more with her!

 

Ok so for the highlight of the week! Yesterday we went to get our hair cut by Sister Lawson and when we were just about done Derek and Wade (another member here) told us that we are going to go teach Rhonda and Becky, so they came and picked us up and we went over there! Since we last saw them Becky was getting some crap from someone and was trying to defend us but didn't quite know what to say so she read the entire beginning of the Book of Mormon and a few chapters in the beginning!! We taught the Restoration and when we were about to explain the First Vision Becky's sister (Samantha) and her husband (Fransisco) came in and joined the discussion. We explain the First Vision and the Book of Mormon and Samantha and Fransisco started asking us why we were talking about Joseph Smith so much and not about Jesus Christ, we told her that they came towards the end and that we talked about Jesus Christ and were now explaining Joseph Smith and then the question, which would you prefer to read: The Book of Mormon or the Bible. We explained we used both and then Fransisco asked why would he read the Book of Mormon or of Joseph Smith if they weren't in the Bible. Fransisco then said that his English isn't the best and so it was a good thing Derek decided to bring Wade because Wade served a mission in Argentina and spoke Spanish so he went into explaining things to him in Spanish and he was being pretty stubborn but thankfully Wade was able to help him understand (after a bit of explaining) and Samantha and Fransisco live in Quincey and we told them that there are missionaries there who speak Spanish and they could go teach him, he accepted that and a Spanish copy of the Book of Mormon (we have a bunch at our trailer!)! It was awesome!!! While Samantha and Fransisco were asking all the questions Rhonda and Becky were trying to help us and we are really excited about that situation!!!

Well I think that will do for this email! I love y'all very much and this is for you Jamie!

 

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday dear Jamie!

Happy Birthday to you!

Dear Family and Friends!!

That's cool that Uncle Tim and Aunt Carol are down visiting and going to a tournament!

Hosford is going slowly! We haven't found investigators yet but we have a few referrals we hope to be getting within the next week, I'll explain more in a minute. Biking is going good! Yes my release date is the 17th for sure, Transfers does start on a tuesday but that is only so the Tifton zone can get in line with the rest of the mission, the main transfer is on wednesday, I'll spend the night at the mission home and fly out in the morning!

 

That's great that Emily is working on her basketball skills!! It won't get really cold in Hosford until about January and then it will get below freezing at night but it will be around 60 during the day. No it is still pretty warm during the day but it's not terrible, mostly in the 80s.

I think I should be good with what I have when I get home, but bring my coat just in case! :)

I don't think I will have a chance to get a flu shot, but I don't know!

 

Well this week was alright! We are still being fed every night! Which is good! Um ok so a referral we were/might had a strange thing happen. Ok so the member is Sister Phinney and she was working on a friend of hers and she was gonna give us her friend's info so we could get in contact with her and she said that people from our church would come by and that she should let them in, so a Baptist preacher and his wife went by and talked with her and commited her to be baptized!?!?! Who would have thought!?! The Bristol elder talked to Sister Phinney about it and Sister Phinney told them that her friend was going to be baptized and they called to congradulate us, but we hadn't gotten the info to contact her yet, so Sister Phinney called her and talked to her and told her that story! She asked her to let us come by at least once before making the decision and she said she would, so we got her info and called her and she said she would like to learn more and was gonna ask her boyfriend if he is ok with her meeting with us. So the next day or 2 Sister Phinney tells us that her friend is getting crap from her family and boyfriend and is backing out right now, Sister Phinney is going to try and work on her one last time. Hopefully something will come from that!

Today some young men that are going to be going on missions soon took us to a national park where you can see alligators and when we got there we found that they have manatenees there too!! it was cool!!!! We went on a boat tour of it and I took alot of pictures and videos!! I'll show y'all them all when I come home!

Other than that we have had an uneventful week. We are slowly improving each week, so that's good.

These are the pictures.

Picture 1:a megaladon tooth a member found in a river.

Picture 2: some horses a member owns (just for all you horse lovers out there! ;) )

Picture 3: an alligator we saw today at Wakulla Springs

I hope y'all are doing good! I love y'all very much!!

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams

Dear Family and Friends,

I think it is awesome about the new ages to be able to serve!!! I think it will definately increase the number of missionaries (which is needed to get this work going even faster)! I think Laura will be an awesome missionary!!

 

The Bristol Elders pick us up on P-days to help us shop and members take us to Conference and Church. The only national food place is subway.

 

It sounds like a pretty good week for y'all!! I hope Emily had fun in Cedar City!

 

I agree with you mom  "I love technology" too!

 

Well this week was good, not too much happened. We were able to get out and see more people this week but weren't able to do much teaching investigators unfortunately, we both really wanna get this area up and going and were are kinda struggling on how to get it done! But we are gonna keep trying! The best part of this week was definately Conference!! I love every minute of it and it went by SUPER fast!! I love that we have modern day apostles and a living prophet to guide us! Our AC is finally fixed!! Well I'm sorry this is a shorter email! I love y'all and don't forget to stay strong!

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams

Dear Family and Friends,

We have been eating so much and all the members here say that no matter how much biking we do we won't lose weight, so I am gonna be losing weight when I come home!! We go to Bristol for church, it's about 13 miles west of Hosford. I did get the package and thank you for everything in it!!!! Some of the Aero balls melted but I put them in the fridge and so far they taste fine! I don't need more contacts yet and no the AC isn't fixed yet, it blows air but it's not cold air. Thankfully it hasn't been uber hot at night but it has been on the warm side at night! We called the landlord and they said they would come by but they haven't yet! At least we don't think they have. And no luck at catching mice, we haven't seen any since we first saw them.

 

Emily that is awesome that you made the team!! If you listen to your coach and work hard outside of team practice you will get better!! You should also ask for the Lord's help so you can be even better!! You CAN do it Em!

 

We heard about the BYU game and Elder Ogilvie was SOO happy! I was happy too but he was more happy!

 

Hosford does have a library but they aren't open until 2 pm on mondays so we email and shop in Bristol which is where the closest elders are. I'm not sure where exactly I'll watch conference but I will watch it at the church or a members house.

 

This week was pretty.. good, we are slowly getting more done! We have mostly been working with Less Actives in the Ward and it's been going alright, we struggle with getting out of Hosford, there isn't much to do in Hosford and since we don't have a car we can't get to other places very often :(  We had a Zone training this week, it's where all the missionaries in the Zone get together and recieve training from the Zone Leaders, it was a good meeting and it was focused on working with members. Since then we have been trying to work with members more and find people to teach, we have alot of members trying to work with someone for us to teach so we are waiting on word from them! Well I don't really have much else to say about this week. What I do know is that Hosford is AWESOME!!!!!

I love y'all!!!

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams

PS will you please put my address on facebook and invite people to write me 

Dear Family and Friends,

Life in Hosford is good! Missionary work right now is a little slow, but it will pick up when we get more of a feel for the area! The trailer is good, our AC went out and it is suppose to get fixed today! (keep your fingers crossed) and we still have mice! None have taken the traps! Grrrrrrr..... I noticed you didn't send the package!! Maybe if you haven't sent it yet maybe you could send some Nutella!! :) I'm getting tired of PB&J toast for breakfast! Elder Ogilvie and I are getting along great!! We do have alot in common.

Well it sounds like the weeky'all had was uneventful (other than the temple dedication)! But that's ok! It will get better in the next month and a half!! :)

Well as I stated before my week was a little slow missionary work wise except for an excommunicated member who wants us to help him return to activity!! That is exciting for us!! The members here are awesome!!!!!!!! We have been fed every night since we have been here!!! I'm not gonna be able to lose weight here!! But we are gonna keep going and we have alot of potential but we just need to figure out what to do during the day that would be effective!! We are gonna be doing alot of less active work in this area!! Sorry I haven't taken pictures of my trailer yet but I will try to remember for next week!!

I love y'all and hope y'all are doing good!! Keep your heads up and stay strong!!

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams

Dear Family and Friends

Here is my new address:

16020 NE Clark Rd #17

Hosford, FL 32334

So everyone should write me!!!!!! ;^)

Transfers were good! Hosford is VERY smaller than Alma!! It only has one caution light, one resturant, 2 gas stations, and an elementary and jr high school!!! It is TINY!!!! The boundary is pretty big but the actual town is tiny!! My new companion is Elder Ogilvie (O-gull-v) he is from St. George. He is a HUGE BYU football fan!! We heard about the game and he took it harder than I did! We get along great!! We both like BYU and Star Wars and Lord of the Rings and all the nerdy things!!!

 

We had Stake Conference here too!! It was great!!

 

Sounds like y'all had a good week!! I only got an email from Jamie so far..... Laura and Emily..... where are y'alls emails???  

Maybe Jamie can make as good a chili as mine!! All my companions have fallen in love with my chili, I don't know why. It's not like I put a love potion into it...... Haha!!

 

Well this week was mostly spent going around meeting people! We whitewashed Hosford, the Elders that were here before were taken out and Elder Ogilvie and I were brought in. Everyone is VERY friendly!! Hosford is a small ward but in this county is the highest concentration of members of the church in all of Florida!! We are getting fed every night for the next 2 weeks!! We actually have a ward missionary that will get mad at people if we don't get fed EVERY night!! His name is BJ, he is an older man and he got back into activity within the last year or so and he took us around to show us the area!! We are a bike area now and everything is very spread apart! We are going to be working a TON with members!! Elder Ogilvie and I aren't use to working with members so much!! It's definately something we have to get use to!! We have met alot of great people and we both like it here! We have a nice trailer, I'll get pictures later! 

I can't think of anything else right now for you to send to me, but I'll let you know!!

Dear Family and Friends,

I have heard and I am leaving McRae and going to Hosford, FL. I will miss McRae but it will be good to have new things to do!! I don't know the new address, I'll let y'all know next week!

Oscar and Oscar Jr are doing alright. Oscar Jr is progressing more right now then his dad but that's ok.

Shawn and Sarah are doing good, they can't live a normal life! Something ALWAYS happens sometimes good, sometimes bad, they are usually on the go!

Anita has a baptismal date for October 6th!! Unfortunately I won't get to see it! :( Joe is still same old same old, he says that maybe one week he will surprise us, but who knows when that will be!

We got some rain Tuesday and Wednesday and a couple nights this week. It is cooling down so that's good! I have pretty much finished my last summer on the mission!! THey are miserable!! I'm anxious for what Hosford will be like!

 

Well I hope Laura is feeling better!! And i'm glad y'all had a good week! Will y'all help with the mud slides? I miss the FHEs with Uncle Scoot and Aunt Joanna and Amber and Jason!!! 

 

Well this week has been good! Anita is starting to progress! Tuesday Elder Weir and Elder Hanson (The DL) went there and taught about Lehi's Dream and emphasized on holding on to the Iron Rod! Anita accepted it and a baptismal date!! She came to church with their 2 year old daughter, she came late but she came! We had Branch Conference so we had alot of people at church! But Anita was the only investigator to come!! 

Last Monday we taught Oscar Jr and a friend of his under a tree! It was really good, we taught the Plan of Salvation and they understood it and it made sense to them. His friend (Pete) asked us if we believe we can be saved in this life. We told no and that that can only come at the Judgement. If that does happen and afterwards they sin and don't repent are they still safe and they didn't know how to answer but it made sense to Oscar Jr! He is awesome! Once he really starts reading the Book of Mormon then he will get baptized! We later visited him and read with him Alma 32 and talked about planting that seed of Faith! It went very well!! There are people here who are more prepared then they think they are and (we had Zone Conference on Friday) at Zone Conference Pres. Jensen shared what some people in the church think. Everyone one on this Earth can become Celestial Kingdom material! Pres. Jensen has had people say to them that they aren't Celestial material, and he said none of us are unless we use the Atonement in our lives! It is through Christ that we can get to the Celestial Kingdom and live with God and Jesus Christ!! I know that if we constantly apply the gospel (Have Faith in Jesus Christ, repent, make and keep covenants, follow or be given the gift of the Holy Ghost and endure to the end we WILL return to our loving Heavenly Father!! May we all remember that simplest of Primary songs, "I am a child of God" and do our best to be examples to our fellow men!!

I love y'all very much and hope y'all have a great week!!

Love,

Elder Cameron Williams