Daily Archives: November 22, 2011

22 November 2011 – Mullet Fishing

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The road that runs along in front of the Plantation chapel also run along a canal – there are lots and lots of canal in the area as well as lots of small lakes which catch the volumes of water that keep falling from the skies.  I had noticed that almost any time we drove along this canal there were people fishing  with these long poles. I decided that I would stop today and ask them what they were fishing for. A very nice man explained that they were fishing for mullet, the pole is 20 feet long and they fish with worms. I stopped again after our meeting which lasted about 2 hours and asked how they were doing. They had not caught anything and had not even had a bite. However the little minnows regularly ate their bait so they had to continually replace their worms. I wondered why they did not use spinning rods which are much lighter and easier to cast but I guess the 20 foot pole is traditional. Maybe some sunny p-day I will give it a try.



22 November 2011 – District Meeting

We went to our first district meeting for the Fort Lauderdale West district. We have always enjoyed meeting with the missionaries and to share in their training and spirit. There are four elders and two sisters in the district. The ZLs also attend each meeting so all together there were 10 of us.

There was some training from the white handbook, on how to use the Book of Mormon more effectively in our teaching and then a role play on setting a baptism date. Along the way sister Mills shared how she uses four verses in Alma 36 to explain the steps of repentance that I felt was a great tool for teaching this important concept to investigators.

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The DL is elder Meredith and his companion is elder Stohlton, Sister Holder and Sister Mills, Elder Farr and Elder Valderama.

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The ZLs are elder Beard and Anderson. I managed to get them to all pretty much hold still for a group picture. It is going to be a pleasure to work with these fine young missionaries.