Judd's Tampa Mission

Summer Semester  #17   8/1/2014

I think that I forgot to send the blog this last week—what I do is write the blog at our apartment and then take it to the Institute  office and  use the internet there.  It all works out if I remember to do it  before  I get busy with something else.

Sunday we had Fernando over for dinner before he left for Columbia --his home land.  He is one of Heavenly Father’s choice children that was waiting for someone to introduce him to the gospel. Elder’s Flinders and Hawks were the lucking one to find him. We felt his love and his testimony the moment we met him.  We pray that his family will see the change that has come over him and will want to know more of what has happened to him in the last little while. As it is his parents  are worried about him being abducted into some strange cult.  He will change their minds soon I am sure.              

FHE was sponsored by the sister Missionaries –Sister Howard (Park city Utah)and Sister Millar(California, I put that in more  for me than anyone  else because I know  I will forget where  they come from and they are  such good sisters. ) ANYWAY: They had a sidewalk chalk drawing contest Titled: Favorite gospel topics.  Each pair or individual had to choose something they wanted to draw.  We had about 20 YSA drawing on the side walk portraying all different messages about the gospel. Anything  from the birth of the savior , the creation, the temple, love, the light of the gospel and more.  I don’t think that anyone of the  drawings were the same.  It was fun to see the creativity of these YSA and them getting together and doing something that was on the cement and a little dirty.  Of  course apple cobbler was the dessert—made by Sister French.  The sad thing  it rained really hard that night and washed all  the pictures off the cement.  They will have to do it again.  

LILY JOHNSON  MANGER SCENE

LEE CHRIST TEACHING THE GROUP

FERNANDO TREE OF LIFE

VERONICA  FAMILY AT THE TEMPLE

Elder Judd proctored several exams this week. This has really helped out Bro. Patrick from having to come to the Institute so often.  He spends a lot of time on the road anyway checking out all the seminaries and other Institutes, so this just gives him more time to be somewhere else he is needed to be.  We have met a lot of great people trying to improve themselves from the BYU independent online study classes  . He has also been busy preparing for the last two classes for summer semester—Isaiah and the Latter Days and the Missionary Prep. Classes.   And I forgot he will teach Bro Patrick’s class because he is taking a vacation this week.  Three classes in all.  Reminds me of when he taught at UVSC.

I fixed my usual meal for the students on Thursday night.  I was a nervous wreck thinking  I did not have enough for them. It was Hawaiian Haystacks  and for dessert-- chocolate blossoms and peanut butter blossoms cookies.  I know I did not know what blossoms were either ,but they are round cookies with candy kisses in the middle of them—the students likes the peanut butter ones a lot and I liked the chocolate ones better. I guess I will make the peanut butter ones again.  Darn~!  One student who was born and raised in Hawaii, Calvin Gipson, said he had never heard of Hawaiian Hay Stacks and that they don’t eat that stuff in Hawaii.  We had a big laugh over that!!!  picture

We had an extra meeting Tuesday night. The new early morning seminary teachers came in for an orientation meeting. We were really blessed to have our children have released time.  I don’t know if we could have gotten them up at 5 am   every morning.  It is so different here-- these men and women have this as their calling in their ward, special people to do this.  I am thankful that they will teach the youth principles of the gospel.  I provided some cookies and fruit for the group. 

SISTER MILLER AND TIM SILACO

Sunday was the YSA’s Fast Feast.  They have a meal after the3rd hour. Everyone is supposed to bring something to eat. They had a good turn out and a lot of food.       

FOOD!

THE LINE  IS STARTING

ROBERT AND BROTHER JON JEANS