Knocking doors in the south

Manning County Courthouse

This week was good! We took a day and drove out to Manning and parked out car and biked and knocked as much of the town as we could and that was pretty fun! We had a couple guys tell us they would be at church but they weren't. We did a ton of knocking this week. One person told us we can come back and teach them so that was nice! Other than that just a lot of people telling us what church they go to and letting us know that are saved. Apparently everyone in South Carolina is haha. 

What has your week been like?

Good! We knocked a lot. it was pretty fun. We got a new investigator out of it but got A LOT of doors shut on us haha. Which is fine. I know they need the message we have so I just feel sad for them more than anything. Especially all these baptists that think they are saved.

Who are you teaching?

Our main investigator is Billy still. I have a super funny picture of him. We were at his house reading the Book of Mormon with him and he put on his reading glasses and his normal ones at the same time to make his own pair of bifocals. Very southern. And he would stop us and ask questions and when we answered he would just point at us and say "bingo" like he knew it all along. It is pretty awesome

Have your companions been frustrated with you at all?

Not that I am aware of. I told them to be straight with me and tell me if they are though

What did you enjoy studying this week?

I finished the Book of Mormon! We were asked to start it again at the beginning of training and I finished it again! After that I started over again and I focused a lot on Laman and Lemuel. They are doing all the same stuff Nephi is. Except with contention in their hearts. It is such a powerful reminder that we need to have joy in hearts especially when doing the Lord's work.

Describe the culture around you.  Do you feel adjusted to it?

Our area covers about 30 miles. Immediately around us is pretty nice and not to different from Arizona. But as you go further out you ca find ghetto, country, and clear down by the lake is a little bit of both. It is pretty interesting and very fun!

A few teaching moments from this week!: we were at our investigator Billy's house and he put on two pairs of glasses and told us he was making his bifocals. It was pretty funny. 

We also went to teach at a members' house! They had a friend over that they said would be interested and her fiance. When they left we stayed for a minute to talk to the members about it and they were way more receptive than they usually are which is awesome! Other than that just trying to talk to everyone we see! "If you want to baptize a few people, talk to a few people people. If you want to baptize a lot of people, talk to a lot of people. If you want to baptize everyone you can, talk to everyone you can"

This week I read a lot in the Book of Mormon! Ether 8 was awesome and talks a lot about the things going on today.

Elder Dowell (2)

"mhm mhm mhm. I know some of these words"