I'm in Florida Mom!

This is a old letter from Spencer. It was sent on May 4th.
I have been doing very well, thank you for asking. I am very sorry that I couldn't tell you when I first arrived in Florida and how that was. But I'm here now! When I got off the plane beads of sweat gathered at my forehead and I thought to myself, " how am I going to survive this?" It is good though. I have been here a week and have been having a blast! I have taught about 15 lessons with my "papa" Elder Welch. I'll send a picture of us some time next week because I don't know if I have enough time to get prints today. Anyway, we are having fun learning to live with each other and bringing people unto Christ. I am actually expecting a baptism this weekend. The lady we are preparing for baptism is Leshawn. She is really nice and I am very excited to be a part of her baptism. The area that I was sent to was the Tampa 1 mission and the Lord has prepared the way for us so we are accomplishing great things in this area. We should have a lot of baptisms in this month.
Now more about my companion and the other elders that are with us. Elder Welch is from Ogden, Utah and has been out here for almost a whole year. He is a very good and caring person and has been a great help to those not only in this mission but to me. I have learned so much in this first week from him. We stay in a two room apartment which is just right for two people. I did receive the bike that dad sent me and I love it! Thank you so much for getting it for me. It has been really comfortable and easy to work with. I use it every day and love to use it. Nobody has stolen it yet, and I am going to make sure that it does not happen. The other elders that are in our area are elders Tresler and elder Graham. We call them the Spanish elders because they work the area up north which is mainly Spanish speaking. They are really nice and are helping me to adjust to life in Tampa.
I am so happy that the Lord has let me be a part of this great work and I know that this is where I am supposed to be. I love you all and hope that you are all doing very well.

- Elder Spencer Larson