Oasis of the Seas

Our week included several trips to various parts of the mission to exchange new cars with older cars that we need to get ready to sell. It was fun being with the missionaries. In one of the exchanges, we gave an Elders car to some Sisters. Later in the day, Elder Black received a call from the Sisters complaining about how dirty it was and how much work they had to put into getting it clean. They insisted that I let the Elders know, which I did. While we were in Homestead, we got to stop at Roberts is Here and get some fresh fruit shakes (Strawberry Passion and Banana Passion). Elder Black helped out in the Mission Office about every day last week and is starting to get on top of some of the auto issues. He also worked on a special report for President Hale. On Saturday evening about 4:30 pm, we drove to the end of a State Park near the mouth of the channel leading into Port Everglades and watched 5 cruise ships leave port. The first one to leave was the Oasis of the Sea (the worlds biggest cruise ship). It makes all of the others look small. The attached photos show the ship from front to back as it came out of the channel. Within about one hour, all 5 ships cruised off. As they would get to one point in the channel, they would blow their horns and the people on board would cheer. We also watched a pelican diving for fish close by. Afterwards, we stopped by Jaxsons for some ice cream and drove home along the 1A1 highway.

On Sunday, the young man, Jordan Collie, who was baptized last week was confirmed. He brought a friend with him who is interested in the church and we passed on the information to the missionaries. Also, Elder Black got to participate in the priesthood ordination of Peter Ramos who was baptized several weeks ago. The fast and testimony meeting was special with many of the young adults and Sister Black bearing their testimonies. After church, we waited for about two hours for President Hale who was attending a baptism at the Kendall ward. He interviewed us for our temple recommends. Elder Black will be driving a group of missionaries to the Orlando Temple this week on Wednesday. We cannot believe how fast time is going by.