October.......

Yes; there has been a brief drought of news for the editor in chief of posting to the blog.  Seems that once life gets crazy other things tend to drop off the planet for a while.  So, hopefully Elder Brimhall will not be to harsh about the side tracks disrupting the flow of the blog.

So, short notes to bring you all up to speed for the past month or so.  Justin has reported home that they have been extremely busy in the Callaway  Ward there in Panama City.  Busy meaning to excitement and progression of the gospel into people lives that have accepted the blessings there of.

Quoting one of Justin's recent emails, "We got 3 baptisms lined up.  One for October 19, and one for October 26, and another for November 2.  Good stuff still in the coming weeks."

Intertwined with the Elders adventures, they help perform some service for the community with the "Calvary Temple Assembly of God."  They went for a ride on the 'Church's Bus."  The Pastor is quite likable; he likes the missionaries, respects them, his wife feeds Justin tells us; that he probably won't convert, but the inner faith publicity is good & puts a good name out for "the Mormon's"; that we are Christians too, and do christian things.

Another interesting activity Justin & Elder Glick were able to participate in; they were privileged to a tour of the Tyndall Air Force Base.  A member is a Sargent ? or something ??  He took us all over the base, and all over the place.  Showed us places where they do "war games" and other stuff like blowing up runways, putting out fires on burning aircraft.  There was even a mock Iraqi village that we drove through,  He showed us some of the different IED (improvised explosive devices); we even found a gator out & about; all is well.  It was a neat experience.  It was extremely quiet however due to the government shutdown.  So, there were no students, and very few personal on the base.

The ward here had there annual fish fry.  lots & lots of people showed up.  Justin said 300 - 400 people in actuality.  Lots of them were the less active members and non-members.  We had police helicopter activity involved,  It was good, a member is actually the pilot for the copter;  he was flying it around and dropping candy out of it for the kids.

"Zack"

We had a booth set up at the Panama City Fest.  It was geared around family history to show & teach people a little more about family history.  It went fairly well; some success; we struggled or competed a little bit with another booth just down from us; It was a really loud rock band; It was Oktoberfest.  We even saw quite a few drunk people as the festival continued through the evening.  We were very tired after this event.

<<<<---This is a picture of "Zach."  Evidently you can not get the kid to crack a smile whatsoever.  Justin said that is about the best they could get out of Zach.  Zach's baptism went really well and was a great experience.  Zach really enjoyed his baptism quite allot & thanked us over and over.


A fun little story to go along with that day;  After the service was over and everyone was gone; we were straightening thins and noticed that someone had forgot to pull the drain plug in the baptismal font after the baptism.  I got adventurous and went wading.  Elder Glick got a kick out the whole deal.  Hopefully no-one forgets after next Saturday baptism services; the sisters have 2 baptisms and we have another.  This ward is super excited & we are excited for all that is happening in the Lords kingdom.

Well, this coming week; we will find out how the past week went and how the baptism services transpired.