It's been a very sun-filled week!  So much different from July.  It just seemed to want to rain through the entire month.  It has also warmed up with temperatures hovering around 90 degrees.  We did however, manage to have one wild downpour during the middle of the day just as the mail lady had pulled up to the door.  Elder France was the only one brave enough to go out.  Sister Rothman and I looked on and relieved him of the packages he brought to the door.

 

The jacket he had on was one we retrieved from an elders apartment when they moved out.  It's a medium, so there was no way he could put it on...so he just did the best he could.  He was drowned!  It was funny, but only because it was him and not me or Sister Rothman.

 

On Wednesday I went to Camden to find a new apartment there.  I was blessed to find one that will work for sisters.  Things don't always come to us that easy, but often enough!  It's pretty amazing!

 

On Friday Elder France and I went to Spartanburg and spent the day.  We moved sisters out of an apartment and moved elders in.  Those same sisters were moved into a new apartment.  I had told them that they would lose their washer and dryer because there were no hook-ups in the new apartment, but behold....they told me wrong and so they were happy to know that the Laundromat was not in their near future.  Originally there was going to be 2 sisters, 2 elders and Elder France and I.  I knew it was going to be hot, so I called the elders to inquire if there was another set of elders who could come and help to get the job done quicker.  We ended up with 10 missionaries plus Elder France and I.  That's plenty of missionaries to keep track of and keep organized!! 

Elder France is dwarfed by Elder Petrovich.  He is jokingly referred to as one of President Holm's bodyguards. 

 

Can you tell which elder in particular liked the camera?  Elder Tonga never missed an opportunity to pose for me!!

At long last we are finished and now it's time to take them all out for lunch.  By popular demand we went to a pizza buffet and everyone ate plenty and left with a smile!  They all really enjoyed the chocolate chip desert pizza.  I had some as well, and yes it was good!

We love our missionaries and are so excited to be able to serve with each of them.  We understand their sacrifices and are proud to be here with them in the South Carolina Columbia Mission.

 

Thanks again to all those moms who let me know they are reading my blog, keeping up with mission news and watching for pictures of their children.  I just bought another new camera (to replace the one I dropped in the river) so I can keep up with every opportunity to catch the missionaries being so helpful and wonderful!

 

Love y'all.