Mormon from the library in the Whitehouse for a couple weeks? It was
during a troubled time in America and things seemed to turn around for
the country when he made changes after that time. Very well could've
been because of him reading the BoM!
6-27-16
PDay was a lot of fun! The Cheraw Elders came down and spent the day
with us. We played some tennis and basketball at the church. Frank met
us at the tennis courts to see us, but he had to go home because he
want feeling good. After dinner, we stopped by a couple people who
weren't home. Then, we went and saw the Laffidy's to see how they're
doing. They fed us (like always) and we had a good visit with them!
Their son Cole is coming home from his mission in August, so they're
getting pretty excited about that.
6-28-16
After DDM this morning, we went to Yogi Bear with Elder Lambert an
Elder Thornton. They're on exchanges for today. They took our bikes on
the back of the car ao we didn't have to bike as far after lunch. We
went to Sis. Laffidy's for a little bit and got dumped on with rain
and some lightning. She had to go to the eye doctor, so we sat under
her carport until it died down a bit. You couldn't even see because of
how hard it was raining! It cleared up after about an hour and we went
to go see a less active who wasn't home. We knocked a little bit
around her neighborhood to find some people. An old, chubby guy walked
up to us and started talking about how he had surgery on his breast.
Then, he proceeded to lift his shirt up so that we could see the
bandage on his moob! It wasn't a pleasant thing to look at... He said
he would invite us into his trailer, but he has to go lay down. We
told him that we will pray for him for the tumor to be benign. After
we left, he stuck up a cigarette and walked off! Haha interesting guy.
We rode over to a less active's house and taught her a little bit. She
had the cutest little kitten that was really playful!
We went over to Freddie's house who invited us over for burgers that
one time. He's such a nice guy! He made burgers for us that were the
size of our heads! We ate that with Watermelon and Grape soda (yes, he
is black). We were so stuffed. Then, we went to Applebee's with Frank.
We didn't have an appetites, but he ordered a big appetizer for us to
share and some desserts. We planned to go there because he wanted to
watch the Coastal Carolina and Arizona baseball game. It's the College
World Series! CCU is such an underdog team who ended up making it
there! They won 5-4 tonight, so it is 1-1 in the series. They play for
the championship tomorrow!
6-29-16
It was a really hot day today. I almost wished it rained on us again
to cool off! We were going to an appointment we had, but there weren't
home and we decided to knock around. We got to this house where a
little puppy was stuck in between the trailer house and the stairs...
It wasn't tied up to anything but had a leash on him. He was just
trying to get some shade and its leash got stuck behind there too. We
got the puppy unstuck and gave it some water. It lapped up that water
so fast. It didn't have any food or water. It was so happy that we
played with him for a bit. We put his leash on a post in the shade so
that he didn't run off. I felt so bad for him... I wanted to take him
home. He was the cutest puppy and was suffering from abuse. The
trailer was just falling apart... If you can't even take care of
yourself, don't get a dog! They weren't home, otherwise I would've
gave them a piece of my mind! It was hard to leave the dog.
When we finally left, we tried by a couple other people who weren't
home and headed all the way across town for our next appointments.
Guess what... They weren't home either! So that was a pointless 7
miles we had biked. We stopped at Dequans even though he wasn't there
and took a little break on his porch.
Tammy Barefoot went to Florence for her interview with the Stake
President this evening! She got her temple recommend!! If the stars
align, we will go next weekend. We wouldn't gone this Saturday, but
her mom got sick and had to have surgery... I can't wait to witness
someone's first time going through! We stopped by Patti and Dave this
evening to see how they're doing. They randomly started talking about
poop and it was awkward! She talked about how Dave would make a mess
when he poops. Patti asked Dave, "Do you wipe from the front to back
or back to front?" He abruptly said, "SIDEWAYS!" Haha
6-30-16
Coastal Carolina won the College World Series! Myrtle Beach is going
to be so hype tonight! It was a big upset that CCU even made it to the
World Series and then to win it is crazy. We stopped in at a bar and
grill to watch the last three innings of it and to get a pop and talk
to an investigator (Vanessa) working. Rewinding to before we did that,
we met a really nice lady named Kerah who has two young kids. We
taught her a little bit and shared a pamphlet with her. While we were
riding down the road, we saw these two car in an empty parking lot and
they were riding RC Cars around. They were so fast! One of them was
getting up to 65 mph. We stopped by a house today that belonged to an
old grumpy couple. They have rejected us pretty hardcore last time
when I was with Siebers, but we were due for a good laugh. Their door
was open and they were watching tv in the living room, so they saw us
when we walked up. The old guy tried to shoo us away. Haha, so I stood
there and just waved back at him for about 5 minutes acting like I
thought he was just waving at us. He told us to go away and we acted
like we didn't hear... "Sorry, what was that?" The old couple just
looked at eachother confused at what to do. Then he eventually, got up
and told us that he is 92 years old and wasn't interested in anything
we had to say and he didn't want to convert to another church. It was
hard not to laugh the whole time because they were so frustrated.
Especially, when he had to get out of his chair which took another 5
minutes of rocking back and forth to gain enough momentum to get to
his feet. Vanessa invited us over to her house for dinner later, so we
went over there and ate with her and her friend Jonathan. We had
another good laugh there as we acted like we were doing dishes by
pushing around pots and pans while the water was running for no reason
to make it sound like we were doing something. We were both just
crying laughing because of what we were doing and that they didn't
even notice (you had to be there). Vanessa said she will come to
church this Sunday!
7-1-16
Our day consisted of exchanges with the Florence Elders (ZLs). I went
to Florence with Elder Lambert. We started out by stopping by some
people who weren't home. We noticed that there was a Uhaul truck
pulling in next to us, so we decided to help! We helped them carry all
their stuff up the stairs and they were really grateful. There was a
young guy that was going to have to move everything by himself. After
we helped, we taught the young guy a little bit too. After that, we
picked up a member and we went teaching a couple people. We taught a
guy that they have on date who is really solid! We bumped his date too
sooner as well. We taught him the commandment of prayer and sabbath
day. We got some really good shaved ice and then went to a part
member's home and taught the children.
7-2-16
After we exchanged back, we went to the church and helped Tammy and
her family clean. It was fun! We played some basketball with Jake
afterwards. Then, she took us over to a restaurant that they eat at
pretty much every single day. We had a good visit with her about going
to the temple! We are going to try to go next weekend (the 9th)! After
we ate, we stayed at home for a little while due to Elder Staley
getting food poisoning. We had an appointment, so we headed out to go
across town and she wasn't even there. Her mom answered the door and
said that she wasn't interested in what we had to say. She said
something that is so obnoxious to hear. She told us that we "worship a
different God" than she does? I was just like, "what makes you think
that? What is your God like?" She didn't know what to say next so she
just said she didn't want to get into it. I assured her that it's the
same God we worship and love as He loves us back. The same God that
sent his son here to die for us. She didn't know what she was talking
about anyway... Haha she just didn't want to talk. So we asked her if
we could still stop by and visit with her daughter (Kerah) who is 22
-which she was okay with. Then, we stopped by a less active and
visited with her. She's been going through some trials lately, so we
shared a message about enduring through them.
7-3-16
Church went really well today! Vanessa came to church which was
awesome to see her there. The only thing that was frustrating, was
that we worked hard to get her there and the Sister missionaries
started talking to her while we were helping handout programs. They
had her sit by them during sacrament... We didn't even get to talk to
her very much except for when she had to leave. That made it look like
the sisters had an investigator there instead of us. They haven't
gotten an investigator to church in the past 3 or more transfers. They
don't go out very much because it's "too hot" and they even have AC in
their car. We are working hard and it is paying off. Then, for them to
do that was kind of obnoxious. They're socially awkward too, so they
didn't even talk to Vanessa and explain anything about testimony
meeting. I was pretty frustrated, but at least she came! After church,
we ate some lunch with Tammy Barefoot and she took us home. We planned
to go see a less active with Bro. Haney since they're far away, but he
wasn't feeling good. We gave him a blessing instead. We rescheduled
our visit with the less active family for Tuesday. It stormed for a
little while, so we stayed in from the Lightning until it calmed down.
Freddie invited us over to his cookout he was having. We went over
there and out of about 35 people, we were the only white ones. Haha it
was a lot of fun! We had some good southern cooking' soul food. They
had smoked ribs, chicken, meatballs, potato salad, beans, chicken
salad and Bud Light! I settled for some grape soda instead
(purpdrank). 🍇🍼 I was so stuffed. They hired a DJ, so they were
bumpin some old soul music as well. I love black people!
Scripture of the week: 2 Nephi 1:7
"Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring. And
if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments
which he hath given, it shall be a land of LIBERTY unto them;
wherefore, they shall never be brought down into captivity; if so, it
shall be because of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound cursed
shall be the land for their sakes, but unto the righteous it shall be
blessed forever."
Lehi is prophesying of the land of promise. Still to this day, we have
our liberty and freedom. It has required a lot of fighting for our
country, but it is promised that the land will remain consecrated as
long is people live righteously. Such a neat chapter!
-Elder Mitchell
