Today was very non eventful.. We went to go see an inactive member
(Sis. Mason) and we did a lot of service for her. We found a cool guy
named Brian and taught him about the Restoration. There was also a
lady that was hardcore hitting on us trying to get us inside. I was
pretty uncomfortable. We just decided to leave. Haha
Our dinner plans were cancelled, so I cooked some hamburgers. To end
the day, we went to an inactive member's named Donnie. He doesn't know
much about the gospel and I question if he even has a testimony. I
feel bad because previous missionaries seemed to rush him through
everything so that could he could just be a number. So we have a lot
of work to do with him still. Howard can't come to church because he's
sick. It was a rough day. I gave E. Siebers a blessing because we are
going through a trial. But after every trial, there's great things to
come!
12-31-15
I have unfortunately, missed a lot of days being able to write in my
journal. I have been so busy! We moved into a new apartment and it's
so much nicer. We cleaned a ton when we got here. We also went to
Cheraw the other day because E. Siebers had to do an interview for a
baptism. We stayed the night and then went to our district meeting in
the morning with them. After that, we went on exchanges with the zone
leaders. I stayed in Hartsville with Elder Arnoldsen. He's the senior
companion district leader. He also an awesome guy! I was able to learn
a lot from him and he said he learned from me. He told me that I'm
already a "4th Missionary." Don't ask why, but we decided to drink raw
eggs since neither one of us have before. Haha but never again! After
an awesome dinner (BBQ Ribs), we went to go see Michael Langdon. He
has been praying to decided is he should go back to the LDS church.
Here's the crazy part; he had a dream of his dad (who was a member)
telling him that he needs to go back to the LDS church! It was really
neat to hear. We taught him a really good lesson with him and then
committed him to come to church this Sunday! He will if he does t have
to work!
It rained on and off all day today. It was still a good day! Some
drunk black guy we approached today was a trip! He kept saying; "Gimme
a hug man!" Haha
Clemson played in the Orange Bowl against OU today and beat them! I
wore my new Clemson tie to support them. (Probably why they won
because the Lord was on their side). Haha but we have been locked in
since 6pm because of New Year's Eve. The apartment is spotless now and
we are all unpacked.
1-1-16
This morning, we got to do some service for a nonmember guy named
Pete. His wife is the Relief Society president. He is such a nice guy
and we are trying to work with him to take the discussions. We went to
his house and helped dig ditches so we could lay down pipes for a
sprinkler system and a pipe from his shop bathroom to the septic tank.
Later tonight, we went to the Solomon's to have dinner. They invites a
family member and her boyfriend over there. We taught them the
Restoration and watched the video. They seem like really cool people!
I hope they felt the spirit as much as I did during the lesson.
1-2-16
We helped Pete again for a bit and got a lot done! It's finally
starting to get a little chilly. Daniel Thompson was able to come out
with us for a bit! We had some appointments, but they kind of fell
through. We were still able to teach some people!
Later, we met a guy named Jeff who we knocked into. He was really neat
and spot on with our beliefs! He also, was watching the Oregon Bowl
game so it was hard to teach the lesson when I wanted to watch it so
badly! I was able to catch some glimpses of it and they were looking
pretty good! Hopefully we can sit down with him again soon!
I love you!
-Elder Mitchell
