Sunday, March 22, 2015

On Sunday afternoon, March 15th, I picked Elder/Dr. Allgaier up at the airport in Charlotte and we headed on our drive down to the Georgia Macon Mission to Savannah.  We had promised President and Sister Cottle that we would attend their Zone Conference on Tuesday, March 17th in Savannah and give a powerpoint presentation.  It was a LOT of driving but we had a commitment to keep.  We did not want to disappoint them.

It was a great little drive down.  We drove as far as Columbia, S.C. and spent the night, to continue the remainder of our trip on Monday.  We stopped in a little town of Walterboro, S.C. to see a S.C. Artisan Store.  It really didn't pan out to be much but we did find a couple of other interesting things to see.  The picturesque churches were neat to see.  This is one of them.

This is another of the churches that we thought was nice.

We 'happened' upon this swamp park with a very nice, very long bridge which had been erected.  We really didn't have time to walk much because we didn't have the time.  We will have to go back when we have more time.  It was really neat though.  Walterboro....we will be back!

Here is my Project Life page of some of the bridge.....loved it!

We got checked into our Hampton Inn Hotel long enough to leave our bags and headed over to TYBEE ISLAND.  We had been there once before and wanted to go back and see the lighthouse so we could climb to the top.  It was a great view up there....although a little scary for me!

We got some great view from up there......

One thing that Elder/Dr. Allgaier has been asked to do at most of the Zone Conferences is give a powerpoint presentation to the missionaries about staying healthy in the mission field.  Don't know if it helps or not but we keep trying!

 President and Sister Cottle treated us to dinner after the conference.  We went to the Ruby Tuesday's close to our hotel.  

Because it was St. Patrick's Day while we were there, and because Wayne forgot to bring anything GREEN to wear, the hotel clerk went out and bought some 'green things' to give to the customers.  This is what she gave to Wayne.....a green clip-on hat tie tack!  It is so cute!

This was probably one of the ABSOLUTE WORST NIGHTS EVER staying in a Hampton Inn.  We stayed there 2 nights.  The first night was ok but the 2nd night was AWFUL!!  We got very little sleep.  There was a smoker in the room next to us.  About 10 p.m. we started smelling smoke like the people were right in the room with us.  It got bad enough about 11 p.m. I called the front desk.  They apologized but said there were NO empty rooms!  We expressed our dismay.  Had we known there were smoking rooms on that floor we would have requested to be moved to another floor!  At about midnight we called again and told them it was just unbearable and that we could not sleep.  Short story......we got the night FREE!!!  However, that still did not resolve the fact that we didn't get any sleep.  We had to get up at 5 a.m. and start driving back up to the N.C. Charlotte Mission so we could be there by 11 a.m.  It was a 4 1/2 hour drive.  It was indeed a SLEEPLESS NIGHT IN SAVANNAH!

 We finished up in the N.C. Charlotte Mission with Zone Conferences on Wednesday and Thursday.  All went well.....although we were very busy.  Thursday night President and Sister Craven invited us to dinner.  The next day was a full-mission conference with Elder Kopischae, of the Presidency of the Seventy, and one of the counselors of the NorthAmerica SouthEast Area was there to be a guest speaker.  He spoke for 4 1/2 hours without taking many breaths!  It was absolutely wonderful.  A very inspiring meeting.  To the left of Elder Kopischae is President Baker, the Stake President in Charlotte, and President Craven on the right, mission president.

We drove back down to Peachtree City after the meeting.  We were completely exhausted but it was a good exhaustion.  On Saturday, we went to the Atlanta Temple.  It was a great day to be there and good to be back.

I had somehow lost one of the PINS that Wayne bought me on his 24-hour trip last weekend.  After much searching he finally found it.....and was ready with his hemostat in case he needed to get into a small space!  He is SO GOOD!!

We were able to go on a much needed walk in our neighborhood again!  The beauty of spring was all around....and especially with the trees.  The spring is turning out beautiful here!

The beauty of the Atlanta Temple Grounds was evident!  I made a Project Life layout with the fotos that I took.

It has been a quiet Sunday.  Nice and relaxing....we needed that!!!  And we are preparing for another short trip this coming week.  We surely feel blessed and grateful we are able to serve on this mission!