So get this analogy
people are like peaches when we first meet them they are hard and green and
bitter but if you wait a few days they become soft and sweet to taste and
desirable. We meet lots of people who are bitter and hard but as time
goes by they soften up and become sweet and ready to partake of the
gospel. Is not that great I thought about it all by myself. I love
being a missionary I cannot say that enough!! This week has been great as
always. Monday we went to the Zoo and met so many people we were able to
introduce to the gospel just a little bit but hey a seed is a seed. Every
Monday we go to Family Home evening at a members house and two other families
come one of which is less active and we go and enjoy and share our testimonies
so tonight we are going to the Whitfield’s to have family Home evening his wife
is a less active and very sweet and funny. Then on Tuesday we got to put
on pants and go and paint and good news no paint on the car (dad) but it was so
much fun took most of our morning we work in the morning because by ten the
humidity is out in full blast and you start to drip in sweat. Than on Tuesday
we got to go to Irmo and visit all the new sisters and see some of my
mission friends transfers were Wed and on Tuesday they have all the Trainers
come for training so we went to get three sisters who would be staying with us
that night and All the new missionaries looked so cute and young and fresh I
remember my first day in South Carolina and being scared and I must have looked
like a deer in the headlights some of the new sisters had that look and I loved
to meet them and feel of their spirit with the age change I have been amazed to
see how prepared and smart these younger sisters are. Then Wed we went out to
the middle of corn fields and met Akil and Jeremy we were walking down a dirt
road and came up to their house and they were interested Jeremy is more
interested spiritually and Akil is more interested to learn more than anything
but both have great potential and we have high hopes for them. Also on
Wed we went and visited a less active Sister Godwin and brother Godwin they
have honey bees so we took a tour of his honey bees and they make their own bee
boxes where you can observe them and then they gave us soap to keep made from
their bees wax it was the coolest thing I have ever seen and we set up another
appointment to go back and to work and help one day and see how he runs his
bees He is not that interested in coming to church so we are taking
interest in his hobbies and hopefully we can help him they both are quitting
smoking and doing great they both love us and we love them and love visiting
them. Thursday was a day of searching for less actives we went and
visited a less active / part member the Fengers Sister Fenger is not a member
but wants to be but has to be overcome some things right now but they are
special and sweet and spoil us this whole ward spoils us and want to serve us
and help us. Friday we went with a member family the McClure’s who took us to
meet some friends who are ready to hear the gospel The coup family there is a
Larry and Marg who are married and Bill who is Larrys Brother They are so sweet
and love Family History and so prepared to hear the gospel it will be a few
weeks before we go and teach though because Bill has cancer and is in
Charleston for treatment so please pray all goes well. Saturday was
special sister Fenger had a friend going to the temple to get married and so
she asked if we would come and sit with her outside while she waited as we sat
there you could see the deep desire to go in in her face she will get there we
need to help her. Sunday was a great day relaxing we had dinner with a less
active family the Clows who fed us a great southern dinner and then we watched
a church movie than later at the end of the day we had a few minute to knock
and as we were wondering what house to knock so we stood at the end of the
street looking just then a car came toward us and we started walking to a house
and we met Katie Williamson who is so sweet she is married and has a 4 year old
son who is so funny she was telling us of how recently she prayed to know what
church she needed to go to no other church came close to what she wanted but
she wants to talk with her husband before she learns so we are waiting on her and
praying like no other that she will call us wanting to learn. That was
our week it was great but every day and week is great and they only get greater
and greater I love it the testimony I have gained and the love I have for
the church and the savior it is so great I love ya’ll and hope you have a great
week and a successful one at that.
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