This week was pretty good! Monday the Georgetown elders came down for the last P-Day of the transfer which was pretty fun! We played some basketball and talked for a little which was pretty fun. Then Tuesday Elder Anderson packed and we saw a few people for him to say goodbye too which was fun but a little sad. Then Wednesday was the fateful day of transfers. I am so grateful that I have had the opportunity to serve with elder Anderson! He is an awesome guy and I do miss him! But I got my new companion, Elder Griffiths! He is awesome. He has been out one transfer shorter than me so about 6 months now. And he is really excited to work! Which is good because I love to work. He is from Parowan, Utah and is a super awesome guy.
After transfers we went to Cracker Barrel with some members and the sisters on the way home which is Moncks Corner tradition, so that was pretty fun. After we got settled in a little we went out teaching with one of the Ward missionaries which was awesome. Sadly we didn't get to see to many people, but it helped get Elder Griffiths introduced to the area a little so that is good! After that we had basketball which was fun as always. And we got to talk with some of the non members that come so that was great! Thursday was pretty good! We went and did some service at Mepkin. If you haven't noticed a pattern, we go there very Thursday haha. And it is really fun! The people are nice and we the scenery is magnificent so it is always a pleasure to be there.
After Mepkin we went with Brother Brown to paint his trailer which was fun! We painted the ceiling which was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be! Then we went back to the apartment for dinner. And after dinner we went to Book of Mormon class which was fun as always. I love reading the Book of Mormon. It is so uplifting and edifying every time. Friday was awesome! We left the apartment at 10 after some great studies. It is such a blessing to be able to start off the day with scripture study. It helps me to become more converted each day to the gospel and prepares me more to share it. When we left we went to see a bunch of current and former investigators as well as some less actives. There has been a flu bug going around and sadly most of the people we tried to see had it. So we weren't able to really talk with to many people. But I'm the afternoon we had a great weekly planning session and talked about what our goals our for the transfer and that was awesome.
Then Saturday and Sunday were both stale conference which was pretty great. We were in meetings starting at 4 Saturday and got home around 930. And the meetings were great! I just can't focus for that long haha. And then Sunday was the main session which was amazing. President and Sister Turner were there and got to bear their testimonies which was great. And for the closing song we did something way cool. There was a stake youth choir there and they sang the army of helaman/ sister in Zion medley. But during the interlude before the men's part, all the missionaries serving in the Charleston stake (I think there were about 34 of us) stood up from the congregation and lined the aisles in between the pews and we joined in singing the second half of the song. It was super cool and really good. While we were singing we looked up on the stand and saw that President and Sister Turner were both crying pretty heavily. And it made most of us tear up. It was amazing and the Spirit was so strong. And afterwards we were talking to Elder Jacobsen and he was pretty watery eyed. He has been out about 20 months or so I think and he looked at me and just said "it goes by to fast. Enjoy every second of it." And time does fly! And the experiences are amazing. I love you all and miss you so much!! Have an amazing week!!
"Never tell me the odds"
Elder Dowell (2)
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