So Get This, We Whitewashed

Dear mom,

I am now in.... Gilbert, SC, in the West Columbia Zone! My companion is Elder Stanley from Santaquin. He is reallllllly awesome! So get this, we whitewashed. That means we came in both of us new to the area. This area had sisters for almost 2 years and we just replaced them! It's nuts! We are still trying to figure out where the stink we are. And to make it even better the bishopric in this ward got reorganized- new bishop, new 2nd councilor, same 1st though.

A bit about the area- we live in Sister Riley (this 82-year-old lady who goes out every day to work on the house she is building for someone- yes, she is 82 and still can swing a hammer as hard as I can)'s trailer at the end of this really creepy dirt road. It's pretty small compared to my last apartment, but I really like it. The area is HUGE and we have a ton of little, pretty nice communities. We are about 30 minutes from the mission office in Irmo, and we are part of the Lexington district. Remember how Aiken had all the polo horses and stuff? Well, Aiken county is the neighbor of Lexington, and I can throw a rock from the edge of our area to a member's home from Aiken that I've been inside. It's pretty weird being so close to my old area. Anyway, back to the polo horses. There are still a ton of dirt roads and horses out here. There is also this neighborhood that is a bunch of houses and small-plane hangers built in an oval around a runway. People here just fly around all day! It's pretty cool!

So basically this week we just tried to get our bearings. We still aren't really sure what the heck is going on, but the WML Brother Bryant helped us get on track with what the sisters had been doing and whom they were working with. No investigators, just leads right now. We also found 2 families to teach this week. We're going back Wednesday. There is one single mom, and 3 kids, who live with her parents. There are 4 baptismal-aged people there and just down the road another single mom and her 5 kids, with yet again 4 baptisms. We are looking forward to some miracles and 8 baptisms :p LOFTY goal, but still possible with prayer and fasting. :D

As for Mother's Day, I already talked to our neighbors, the Harbors (Sister Riley's daughter) and they invited us over that Sunday to SKYPE. 

If you're looking for some fun entertainment, look up Flemish Giant Rabbits and the Jerry Lewis Memory Test. Brother Brooks, who drove me to transfers, from the Coker Springs ward, told me about 'em. The memory test is way fun, and the rabbit is HUGE! It's like the size of a golden retriever. Maybe not that big, but pretty dang close!

Stink Scarlett is walking! THAT'S NUTS! SHE'S SO OLD!!!!

Chumlee is passing out? That is so funny and sad! I wish I could be there to see that :p Take pictures or a video next time please ha-ha.

That's about it for this week y'all! Love ya!

Hurrah for Israel!

Elder Seaver