Ward Trunk or Treat and eating Mayo!

Friends and Family, How in the world is this weekend already Halloween!? It's getting to be really nice down here in Eustis, and I'm beginning to really love it here. There are some awesome members, investigators, and all sorts of God fearing people here. As I've worked with the Cowboys, rednecks, and all different walks of life in this area I've learned so much about how to talk with all kinds of people. We were able to find some more people to teach, which is always helpful! It's been fun to work with some new missionaries I've never met these past 3 weeks, and get to know some life long buddies. Our investigator Hunter Mallory passed his Baptismal Interview this week, and is all set and ready to go for his baptism this Friday! Him and his family are some of the funniest people I've met on my mission. They bore some solid testimony of how the gospel has changed their life over these past two years. Hunter and his wife Lindsey have moved in together, got married, and now are in the process of getting baptized this upcoming weekend, because they know that this church and the principles taught in it are true. The lesson in Gospel Principles this week was on the Law of Chastity, and it was pretty awesome to hear how this one commandment has changed their entire life for the better, and has brought their family closer than ever as they bore testimony of it in front of the class. This week was the Ward Halloween "Trunk or Treat" and it was a blast! It was a great opportunity for me to really get to know the members. Elder Stewart dressed up as twins! (See pic below) there were a ton of great costumes and I really love the Ward I'm in now. The picture is with the Dorephler family and they are awesome. They dressed up like the Despicable Me crew and they were hilarious. They definitely won the costume contest. This Ward, believe it or not, is composed of a lot of really fancy, upper class, people with cowboy accents. Most have pretty big homes with barns in the back yard. It's a lifestyle I'm not used to, but I am beginning to kind of like the western life. We have been teaching an investigator named Bob, and he is definitely in the rougher side. He was a part of a biker gang for 33 years of his life and has been out for the last 5. He's what I'd call a "tough guy." He has been looking for a church to change his life ever since then. We've been working with him ever since I arrived in L-Beezy and he's changed so much. He moves to West Virginia tomorrow to move in with his son.  As we said goodbye Sunday, we asked him to bear his testimony to us. As tears filled his eyes, he struggled to even speak. The atonement of Jesus Christ helps all become and reach their full potential. Funny story alert! So I've spoke a little bit about a man named Brother Reising (GM). Let's just say him and his wife "nana" are awesome. My first day here in Eustis, they pranked and joked with me GM and Nana soooo many times!! I didn't know what to believe. I decided this week it was the time to get them back. So at the store on Monday, we got some mini mayo containers and a packet of White Chocolate Pudding. We emptied out the container and filled it in with the pudding. We got to their house and while walking through the door I was eating what looked like a container of straight Mayo! Nana was dying!!! She said "DOMAN! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU EATING?!? That's sick!" I told her I was on this crazy diet to prepare for football when I get back. She didn't believe me for the longest time. When she eventually she figured it she promised to get back at me. I love this Ward .... Other than the fact that as we show up to Church Sunday morning, we get a text asking us to speak in Sacrament meeting. Pretty nerve racking to be honest!!! We were asked to speak on the Parable of the Prodigal son and Luke chapter 15 in general. I definitely learned to be grateful for the Holy Ghost. I've really learned to love my mission no matter where you are at. The Church and its teaching are the same everywhere and that something to be happy about in itself. I'm grateful for all the support and prayers sent my way. I love and miss you all! Godspeed, - Elder Doman Luke 15:20 " And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him" PS  One more thing!!! If you remember Brandi Litts from Daytona Beach, she was baptized this past weekend! WOOHOO!!!