We love our mission!

Another blessing is enjoying the Lord's workmanship in
nature. They tell us we have seen nothing yet! South
Carolina is a beautiful place!

Being senior missionaries serving in a branch is a wonderful experience.  It is filled with hopes, discouragement, spiritual uplifting moments, late night calls, fun, adventure, discovering bugs we have never seen - experiencing their bites, miles and miles, patience, great food, interesting food, friendships, lengthening our stride, feeling old, feeling young, realizing you have limits, pushing those limits, appreciation for family and friends, receiving testimony of the Lord's work in small, simple ways, loving the people, loving the work, finding strengths you didn't know you have, recognizing weaknesses and with the Lord's help, making these weaknesses strong, learning from and working with the young Elders (here they call them the Little Boys), learning to cook all over again, learning a new language with many different dialects, realizing how blessed we are temporally and spiritually, teaching, learning, experiencing a new culture, respecting their culture, listening - they love to talk, watching people grow as they exercise their faith, serving, praying, studying. All this in just a few short months.  When you wonder if you're really doing any good, all it takes is an investigator who is very quiet, standing on the sidewalk as he bares witness of feeling the promptings of the spirit, listing the blessings they have had since they have been involved with the church, with tears in his eyes tell you he loves you, takes your hands and asks you to pray right there, then give you a hug when it's done; watching the look on a member's face when she is able to play her first song on the keyboard; having a sister in a wheelchair thank you for not forgetting her and getting her back to church; taking members to the temple after they've been away for a long time or going for the first time, watching them be sealed to their living parents and to their deceased parents; helping members discover their grandparents; feeling the spirit guide you as you teach.

We send our love to our family and all our friends. Thank you for your support and prayers! Wish you were here! : )