Walking in Moncks Corner

This week was good! Nothing to crazy in Moncks Corner. We have been
sifting through our investigators because we had a list of like 30 and
I have still only met like 8 and so has Elder Anderson. So we have
been trying to visit all of them and figure out if they want to be
taught. 

Me and Elder Anderson started walking more this week. It gets
dark around 7 and people do not want to talk to us after dark. So we
decided that a few times a week we would walk and try and teach people
on the street and just be seen more. And it is working! One guy was
working at a car wash and came out and stopped us and asked about some
of our core beliefs and he was surprised that we believe a lot of the
same things. That is something I have really been trying to work on in
my teaching is focusing on similarities and drive from truths they
already know as opposed to starting with what makes us different. But
we left him with a picture of Jesus and told us we would love to come
study with him sometime and he said he might take us up! Another
gentleman stopped us and said "y'all are the ones with modern prophets
right?" And we explained to him that yes! That is us! And we are so
grateful that the a Lord has given us a messenger today! 

The last encounter was a gentleman stopped us and gave us some reading material
about the proper Sabbath so we talked about what we believed about the
Sabbath and gave him a picture of Jesus haha. Other than that just
trying to go find the sheep! There is a member here that loves the
missionaries and loves working with us and it was pretty funny this
week. We called him and asked him for a ride and his wife answered and
when we asked for him she yelled "Mark, it's your children". We just
about died laughing. 

I am so grateful for the people here in Moncks
Corner and the opportunity I have to serve. Every day I thank the Lord
for the love he shows and the strength he gives, it breaks my heart
when people don't want to talk to us because I want everyone to know
how much the Lord loves us. His loves is immeasurable and unending and
I would not be here serving him if it wasn't or I didn't know that. I
hope everyone has a great week!

"Ohana means family. And family means nobody is left behind."

Elder Dowell (2)

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