Football season is here!!!!

Hey,
Sorry this is a day late. Yesterday was crazy. Labor day, so all the Libraries were closed, and the FSU vs. Miami game in Tallahassee. Every parking lot, every parking garage, every field, every apartment complex and even the curbs were full of people. I think every person attending the game was at some kind of tailgate party. I've never seen so many tailgators'. It does not, however, make for good missionary work. Its really hard to find someone to talk to when their so into their beer, or their tv, or the up coming game. So...we just did what ever we wanted to yesterday.
This weekend was just as crazy. The singles ward put on a party. They called it the T-town Get Down. There were people from Panama City, Orlando, Tampa and other parts around Florida. It seems like a lot, but not everyone showed up. Most waited until the dance that night. We were invited to the festivities. All except the dance. We weren't allowed to do anything though. Except watch and eat. Its really tough to just sit there and watch your peers run down the hill and jump on a thirty foot long slip in slide covered in water and two bottles of dish soap. Instead we sat there and watched until we couldn't take it anymore. We went and did service instead.
That night was just as bad. There was a huge dance in the 'Tute' and we weren't invited. So what were we going to do all night? Its a Saturday night and the entire town is getting ready for the big game on Monday. This may seem surprising, but we went to Subway, got a drink, and what do you know!! The BYU vs. Oklahoma game is on. :) Its really hard to resist when your companion, the district leader, loves BYU football, no one wants to talk to you, and a big game is within your sight. Anyways, the game was awesome and Sam Bradford got owned!
So now onto more spiritual stuff. Allen is getting ready to be baptized. This kid is Amazing. His date is on Sept 19 and he has already purchased a 'Quad' and a Preach My Gospel. He wants to be able to convince his dad, a catholic Deacon, that this is the true church. Not only that, he wants to convince his friends too. He invited 5 people to the T-town Get Down and 3 of them came to church with us the next day. We met with one of them, Brandon, who is Allen’s best friend. He was sitting next to us during sacrament and just started to cry. After sacrament we went into a spare room and started to talk to him. I didn't have anything planned to say, but I knew that if I listened I didn't need to worry about it. He told us about his niece who died two months ago. How he felt it was his fault that he wasn't there for his brother. He told us how the Bishops testimony really touched him and he felt he needed a good cry. Well after hearing this I ran with it. We jumped right into the plan of salvation and how that Christ is the center of it. We told him about the spirit world and that through Christ all children can be saved. We showed him the Book of Mormon and that by reading it we can feel closer to our Father. The one Eternal Father up in Heaven. How the Book lets us become closer to Christ and helps us follow his teachings. To end our conversation we read 3 scriptures. 2 Nephi 25:23-26, Mosiah 3:17 and 3 Nephi 5:13. All relating to Jesus Christ. The purpose of the Prophets, the purpose of Christ and my own purpose. He felt good and ready to continue to learn more. He gave us a big hug and we gave him the contact information of the church in Gainesville.
Heath is our other investigator. He is amazing. He has started making changes in his life without us. He has recognized certain characteristics of members and missionaries and has started to mimic them. We have only had one lesson with him and he asked us if he could fast for Fast Sunday. He is progressing so fast and I hope it continues.
Hillary is alright. It seems like we're losing her. She didn't come to church this Sunday and we haven't been able to meet with her at all last week. The closest we come is a telephone call. It’s sad because she was so happy when she was in the ward.
Congrats to all of you girls on your accomplishments. I don't have time to single you out, but I'm proud of what you are doing. And I brag about you all the time.
Mom - Its so weird when a random ward member starts talking about Devon Renshaw. :) Kaylee made us the cookies and they were delicious. I think its funny you tried to send me salsa. haha. That’s a lot of money. Oh cool story. We just got so much meat!! A family was moving to Ohio and had to get rid of a few things. They got rid of all the food in their freezer. It turns out that there was about $300 worth of meat in there. We split up the food between 6 sets of missionaries!! So I'm loving life right now. :D
Love, Elder Call