Monday, January 11, 2016
1/12/16
1-4-16
For PDay, Frank took us to Florence to go hangout with the Zone
Leaders. He took us all out to eat at a nice Japanese restaurant. He
took us shopping for a little bit and I bought myself a new tie! After
that, Frank took us back to Hartsville so that we could meet up with
some members who took us out to eat as well. We also, got to go and
visit some members who have been having marital issues. We met with
the husband at his house and the went to his wife's mom's where she
was and spoke to her. We gave her a blessing because they're going
through a lot. They have three young kids and they're about to go
through a divorce.
1-5-16
It is starting to get cold now. It was also pretty slow today. We saw
a guy that was Southern Baptist and he very politely damned us to
hell. Haha! We asked to sit down and learn about some of his beliefs
while we share ours. He said he would, but doesn't have time today. I
told him that we would LOVE to sit down with him and talk about Jesus
Christ at anytime and that he knows where to find us!
We ate dinner at a member's home and the dad came out with us to an
appointment. It was a sweet old lady that we taught and it went well!
Hopefully she will follow through with the commitments we extended to
her.
1-6-16
Bro. Solomon called us this morning to go with him to give a less
active member a blessing. We were there for an hour and a half... He
talked and talked and there wasn't anything we could do about it! I
think it's because he sometimes procrastinates having to get up and
walk. He's a solid 400lbs. He is such a nice guy though! He took us to
Subway and drove us to go see a couple potentials. He had a blast and
I think we made his day. He's one of my favorites!
For dinner, we went to the Bushman's. The husband is the highschool's
Spanish teacher. The wife is from Peru and she made some really good
chicken, rice and beans! They're a funny couple because he's buff and
she's so tiny and skinny.
After that we had ward coordination and then went to go see a member
who is in a nursing home. He is on dialysis right now... We met a
funny old lady who is starting to lose her mind a bit. Haha I shook
her hand and introduced myself. She wouldn't let go of my hand! She
claimed that E. Siebers was her nephew. Haha the nurses told us to get
away as fast as we can!
1-7-16
It wasn't very eventful today. We taught a couple people on their
doorsteps and went tracting most of the day. E. Siebers had to go to
the dentist who is a member. He's a cool guy. He said he won't charge
us if we need to get our teeth checked on!
For dinner, we went to a local BBQ Buffet with some members and it was
so good! They had some awesome fried gizzards so I was excited about
that. We got so full that we couldn't move, so luckily we had
scheduled a member to come out teaching with us so we didn't have to
ride our bikes anymore. We covered a lot of area today! I've probably
put so many miles on my bike already.
1-8-16
We had ZTM today and it was really good. President Turner was there
which was neat to see him. I got a package from the Felmlee's for New
Years with some candy and money!
After the meeting, we headed back to Hartsville and went ghetto
stomping for a bit. We met a lady named Felicia (of course). Haha we
also stopped by to watch Frank play tennis for a little while. We went
back to tracting and met some really neat people! We set up some
return appointments as well.
To end the night, we went over to the Barefoot's (an old couple in the
ward). The wife named Yvanne is such a funny lady. Her voice sounds
just like the lady from The movie Open Season with the pet wiener dog.
Haha she always gives us a plate of cookies, Dr. Pepper and money when
we go over there. I am exhausted. That's somethings going to have to
get used to, is always being tired.
1-9-15
While we were tracting this morning, we stopped by a lady who has met
wi missionaries before. She told us to come back after lunch. So when
we went there again, she asked if we could help her with a couple
things... First, she has a door to the garage that had a broken lock,
so we took the hinges off. I ran my shoulder into it because it still
wouldn't come off and it popped off! She had been struggling with that
door for over a month because the door wouldn't unlock. The whole
inside of the knob was busted so we replaced it with another she had.
The second thing was that her daughter locked her keys in her trunk.
While I was working on the door, E. Siebers was working on that. He
couldn't get it, so I got a wire hanger and a screwdriver. We had to
reach the lever that pops the trunk because her automatic door locks
didn't work... I said a quick prayer and got the trunk open in no
time! They were so happy. Then, we got to teach them a lesson and it
went really well! She was offended by the previous missionaries
because I guess they tore down her beliefs. We made sure that, that's
not what we do and they shouldn't have. We seemed to have rebuilt her
trust in missionaries again. Haha
While we were biking away, a short little guy stopped us and told us
we were going to hell. Second person this week! Haha he told us that
we don't believe in Christ. I think it's funny when people tell us
what we believe in like they know more than us about it. He also
chastised us for not believing in the trinity. Haha he said we are
going around teaching blasphemy. He called us Pharisees and that if
we continue what we are doing, then we will be drug down to hell. He
said that he cares and just wants to see us in heaven. We just simply
said that it isn't anyone's place to judge except the Lord's, so we
will see him in heaven! -then biked off. People are fun. It is really
hard not to go off on some people like that. I just have to remember
that I'm the representative of Jesus Christ set apart to be an
example.
1-10-16
Church was really awesome today! The focus was on the Plan of
Salvation and eternal families. We got an investigator to come to
church as well.
After church, we got a couple member present lessons. One was with a
kid that has been coming to church quite a bit now. It went well!
Towards the end of the night, we stopped by Sis. Catoe's and shared a
spiritual message. She was watching football, so she just muted it for
me and said that we can't force her to turn it off. I was completely
okay with that. Haha she has a dog that is so cute. He's brown and
short with long brown hair. His name is Chewie like Chewbacca! He
LOVES me for some reason and climbs up in my lap and lays on his back
the whole time I'm over there.
1-11-16
For PDay today, we went to the Darlington Raceway with the zone
leaders and walked through the museum. We got to go out on the track
with a guy that works there and he drove his car on the track. We got
up to 120mph... It was awesome! Then we took our picture at the
victory lane. We have been so busy so that's why my email is later. We
are waiting to go out to eat with a member at a Mexican restaurant.
I love you!
-Elder Mitchell
For PDay, Frank took us to Florence to go hangout with the Zone
Leaders. He took us all out to eat at a nice Japanese restaurant. He
took us shopping for a little bit and I bought myself a new tie! After
that, Frank took us back to Hartsville so that we could meet up with
some members who took us out to eat as well. We also, got to go and
visit some members who have been having marital issues. We met with
the husband at his house and the went to his wife's mom's where she
was and spoke to her. We gave her a blessing because they're going
through a lot. They have three young kids and they're about to go
through a divorce.
1-5-16
It is starting to get cold now. It was also pretty slow today. We saw
a guy that was Southern Baptist and he very politely damned us to
hell. Haha! We asked to sit down and learn about some of his beliefs
while we share ours. He said he would, but doesn't have time today. I
told him that we would LOVE to sit down with him and talk about Jesus
Christ at anytime and that he knows where to find us!
We ate dinner at a member's home and the dad came out with us to an
appointment. It was a sweet old lady that we taught and it went well!
Hopefully she will follow through with the commitments we extended to
her.
1-6-16
Bro. Solomon called us this morning to go with him to give a less
active member a blessing. We were there for an hour and a half... He
talked and talked and there wasn't anything we could do about it! I
think it's because he sometimes procrastinates having to get up and
walk. He's a solid 400lbs. He is such a nice guy though! He took us to
Subway and drove us to go see a couple potentials. He had a blast and
I think we made his day. He's one of my favorites!
For dinner, we went to the Bushman's. The husband is the highschool's
Spanish teacher. The wife is from Peru and she made some really good
chicken, rice and beans! They're a funny couple because he's buff and
she's so tiny and skinny.
After that we had ward coordination and then went to go see a member
who is in a nursing home. He is on dialysis right now... We met a
funny old lady who is starting to lose her mind a bit. Haha I shook
her hand and introduced myself. She wouldn't let go of my hand! She
claimed that E. Siebers was her nephew. Haha the nurses told us to get
away as fast as we can!
1-7-16
It wasn't very eventful today. We taught a couple people on their
doorsteps and went tracting most of the day. E. Siebers had to go to
the dentist who is a member. He's a cool guy. He said he won't charge
us if we need to get our teeth checked on!
For dinner, we went to a local BBQ Buffet with some members and it was
so good! They had some awesome fried gizzards so I was excited about
that. We got so full that we couldn't move, so luckily we had
scheduled a member to come out teaching with us so we didn't have to
ride our bikes anymore. We covered a lot of area today! I've probably
put so many miles on my bike already.
1-8-16
We had ZTM today and it was really good. President Turner was there
which was neat to see him. I got a package from the Felmlee's for New
Years with some candy and money!
After the meeting, we headed back to Hartsville and went ghetto
stomping for a bit. We met a lady named Felicia (of course). Haha we
also stopped by to watch Frank play tennis for a little while. We went
back to tracting and met some really neat people! We set up some
return appointments as well.
To end the night, we went over to the Barefoot's (an old couple in the
ward). The wife named Yvanne is such a funny lady. Her voice sounds
just like the lady from The movie Open Season with the pet wiener dog.
Haha she always gives us a plate of cookies, Dr. Pepper and money when
we go over there. I am exhausted. That's somethings going to have to
get used to, is always being tired.
1-9-15
While we were tracting this morning, we stopped by a lady who has met
wi missionaries before. She told us to come back after lunch. So when
we went there again, she asked if we could help her with a couple
things... First, she has a door to the garage that had a broken lock,
so we took the hinges off. I ran my shoulder into it because it still
wouldn't come off and it popped off! She had been struggling with that
door for over a month because the door wouldn't unlock. The whole
inside of the knob was busted so we replaced it with another she had.
The second thing was that her daughter locked her keys in her trunk.
While I was working on the door, E. Siebers was working on that. He
couldn't get it, so I got a wire hanger and a screwdriver. We had to
reach the lever that pops the trunk because her automatic door locks
didn't work... I said a quick prayer and got the trunk open in no
time! They were so happy. Then, we got to teach them a lesson and it
went really well! She was offended by the previous missionaries
because I guess they tore down her beliefs. We made sure that, that's
not what we do and they shouldn't have. We seemed to have rebuilt her
trust in missionaries again. Haha
While we were biking away, a short little guy stopped us and told us
we were going to hell. Second person this week! Haha he told us that
we don't believe in Christ. I think it's funny when people tell us
what we believe in like they know more than us about it. He also
chastised us for not believing in the trinity. Haha he said we are
going around teaching blasphemy. He called us Pharisees and that if
we continue what we are doing, then we will be drug down to hell. He
said that he cares and just wants to see us in heaven. We just simply
said that it isn't anyone's place to judge except the Lord's, so we
will see him in heaven! -then biked off. People are fun. It is really
hard not to go off on some people like that. I just have to remember
that I'm the representative of Jesus Christ set apart to be an
example.
1-10-16
Church was really awesome today! The focus was on the Plan of
Salvation and eternal families. We got an investigator to come to
church as well.
After church, we got a couple member present lessons. One was with a
kid that has been coming to church quite a bit now. It went well!
Towards the end of the night, we stopped by Sis. Catoe's and shared a
spiritual message. She was watching football, so she just muted it for
me and said that we can't force her to turn it off. I was completely
okay with that. Haha she has a dog that is so cute. He's brown and
short with long brown hair. His name is Chewie like Chewbacca! He
LOVES me for some reason and climbs up in my lap and lays on his back
the whole time I'm over there.
1-11-16
For PDay today, we went to the Darlington Raceway with the zone
leaders and walked through the museum. We got to go out on the track
with a guy that works there and he drove his car on the track. We got
up to 120mph... It was awesome! Then we took our picture at the
victory lane. We have been so busy so that's why my email is later. We
are waiting to go out to eat with a member at a Mexican restaurant.
I love you!
-Elder Mitchell
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