Goodbye Gainesville

Hello Everybody!

        This was a great week! We talked to a lot of great people about the Gospel, learned a lot, served God’s children, the usual. I’m coming to realize that most of our weeks as missionaries are basically the same - because everything we do is focused on serving others by strengthening their faith in Christ and inviting them to come closer to God through change. There are lots of specifics, but that really sums up our days, weeks, months, and the whole two years. So, we did that again this week! 

         But... one of the neatest experiences, inside of that, was on Tuesday. We went to visit one of the people we are teaching, Curtis. He is an older man and has come to church twice. He lives by himself in a very humble neighborhood with lots of violence. His trailer is small, very little furniture, and always smells heavily of smoke. His heater won’t turn off, and he doesn’t have money to fix it, so it’s always super hot in there. Most of the lights have broken and he doesn’t have money to change them. But his trailer is one of my favorite places, if not my favorite place, in Gainesville because of our love for him and the time we’ve spent there teaching him the gospel. It’s a special place to me. 

         He invited us inside and he offered us dinner. Elder Birch and I had chosen to skip dinner before so we would have more time to talk to people, so we hadn’t eaten. We said we would love to, if he had enough. He made us boiled neck-bones and pinto beans. It was so kind of him! And it was delicious. We ate with him and had a lesson on the Book of Mormon a spirit of peace, unity, and love was there. Love brings the Spirit! I know that it does. 

  Later this week, I’m being transferred to Price Creek, a country area by Lake City, to train a new missionary. I am excited for it! So, my address is changing and I will send it next week. 

This is one of the district in our zone. I love them! A lot of the missionaries are leaving Gainesville  on Wednesday to go to other areas, and I will miss them a lot.

This is us and Rachel, who photobombed this photo. We did service for her mom and her family - they needed help moving things from the house of her recently passed grandpa. They are from Tennessee and all have super southern accents and lingo. It was funny to hear. 

Love you all!

Elder McMullin