1-19-16
It was 18° is morning! It didn't warm up very much during the day either.
We went ghetto stomping for a little while. I felt this prompting to turn down
this one street. It wasn't even in the direction we were supposed to be heading.
We came across this young lady sitting outside on her porch. We stopped to talk
to her and she's really nice! She let us sit down and teach her. Her name is
Tianna and she's awesome. I could tell she felt the Spirit while we were talking
to her because she started tearing up. We set a date with her to be baptized!
She seemed really excited to go through with it. I told her that we are going to
have to come back and teach her a little more before she can. She said, "so when
am I gonna see y'all again?"
We went over to Sis. Catoe's for dinner again. She signs up to feed us a
lot because she likes having us over! She makes awesome food and I love seeing
her funny dog "Chewie."
After dinner, we went to a member's house and shared a message with them.
We invited them to hand out a BoM to a friend and then forgot to give one to
handout! Haha so we will have to drop it by sometime.
1-20-16
We had a live worldwide broadcast for all the missionaries and it was
awesome! The theme was, "Teach Repentance and Baptize Converts." Neil L.
Anderson, David A. Bednar, L. Whitney Clayton, Dallin H. Oaks and a few other
people spoke. Elder Oaks was so bold! He told us to be confident with extending
our commitments.
After the broadcast, we got to go eat at a really good Chinese buffet!
Then, we went on exchanges and I went to Cheraw. This time, I got to go with E.
Webb. He is a really neat guy and I can relate to him a lot. He's from Oregon
and played football a little in highschool. He knows I like the Oregon Ducks, so
he gave me a Ducks sweatshirt! We stayed up late talking about all kinds of
things. Haha which led to us being really tired, but that's okay! We taught a
couple people including someone I met last time I was there. We got him to pray
and he's going to read the BoM.
1-21-16
An 80 year old man (Bro. Moles) picked us up to end exchanges and on our
way back, he got pulled over. He's pretty much deaf, so he kept asking the
officer to repeat himself. He also, talks really loud in general and even louder
when he's nervous. The officer said, "just because you can't hear me, you don't
need to yell. I can hear just fine." Then tempers quickly escalated and the cop
got mad, left the ticket and drove off. Haha I felt bad, but it was pretty
funny. Bro. Moles pulled over into a gas station and really had to go to the
bathroom so he went to tell the cop while he was writing the ticket up and the
cop thought he was going to run away or something!
When we got back, we saw a friend of Frank's and he showed us a brand new
pistol that he won in a raffle. It's a Smith & Wesson .380 compact pistol.
It's such a nice gun and he wanted to sell it. He wants to sell it for really
cheap too... I wish I could get it so bad! Haha
We visited a couple members and tracked for a bit. We met a couple and
taught them! Then, we went over to the Solomon's. Bro. Solomon was being
hilarious. He always cracks me up!
1-22-16
Today was freezing! It was hailing and there was ice on the trees and
roads. We went out for a bit after lunch, but then decided it wasn't safe
because of the roads. SC drivers are crazy! And to them, a little bit of snow is
a huge deal. All the schools and stores shut down. Everyone rushes into the
grocery stores and stocks up on milk and eggs. Haha so we stopped by Bro.
Haney's and helped him install a toilet instead! After he took us home, we made
cookies and planned for tomorrow. It's supposed to snow tonight, so we will see
if it actually does. It was really cold today because it rained and was also
freezing rain.
1-23-16
It was so cold to be biking today! It snowed a little this morning. We
knocked into a middle aged couple and they were really awesome! The husband was
basically, teaching the lesson for us! It was pretty accurate, so the lesson
went well. On our way back into town from where we were, we stopped at the
church. Some members dropped off dinner for us! Then, we went by Sis. Catoe's
and taught her son's girlfriend. We also, saw the Greenburg's (members) and
talked to them about prayer. They gave us snacks to take home. All in all, it's
been a pretty good day! We were able to set up a couple appointments for
tomorrow. Now, I'm listening to Hank Smith speak while I'm trying to thaw
out!
1-24-16
Church was really good today. A young guy spoke on having a Christ-centered
home. He is a convert and joined just about 8 months before he served a mission!
He talked about how we are all in orbit and need gravitational pull. The
gravitational pull we need is towards the gospel. That's the strongest pull as
well. We should also not let any other things pull us away from that. It was a
really good talk, but I can't explain it as well!
After church, we went over to have lunch with some members. Then, we
stopped by a less active couple. We got the husband to open up a little which
was awesome because he wouldn't answer anything we asked him last time.
Towards the end of the night, we decided to stop by a former investigator.
We ended up having an awesome lesson with him. We helped him learn how to
recognize the Spirit. We shared Alma 32:28 and that seemed to help him. He told
us that he felt something last time we met with him and felt it again tonight!
He is really searching, so I hope he follows through with the commitments we
left with him. We committed him to pray for an answer on baptism, Joseph Smith
and the BoM. We also asked him to read from Enos!
I love you!
-Elder Mitchell
