YA Tour April 29, 2011

April 29, 2011-Columbia/Hopkins, SC

We started our day off with a tour of the state capitol. It was a great tour and I really enjoyed all of the stories that were told.

We sang You’ll Never Walk Alone in the capitol building and a whole crowd of people gathered. It was a neat experience to sing there where so many historic events had taken place.

We did a workshop at Lower Richland High School and at first the kids were very hesitant to participate but it didn’t take long before they all opened up and participated. We talked to people afterwards that were shocked that we’d gotten such a great response out of the kids because they tend to struggle. I was grateful that we were able to make a difference there.

After the show that night I met a lady from Virden, NM. Her parents were James Nations and Irma Jean Robbs. I could hardly believe it. I’m sure our families knew one another. That was a fun connection to make. She introduced me to a 90 year old lady that asked me if I knew any general authorities. First she wanted to know if I knew the prophet. I told her that I did get to meet general authorities occasionally and she asked me that the next time I saw one if I could please tell them that there is a 90 year old lady in South Carolina that loves and supports them in everything that they do. I thought that she was just the sweetest thing. I love the strength of the saints in the south.

That night I stayed with Landen and Ashley at the Titus home. They had twin daughters. We had to get up bright and early so we really didn’t get to chat much with them. Ashley stayed down stairs by herself and Landen and I shared a room. While we were reading our scriptures a moth began to buzz around the room. Landen really hates bugs and so I caught the moth and put it outside of the room. A few seconds had gone by and it flew right back under the space between the door and the floor. Landen really didn’t want the moth there so I ended up killing it with a shoe and putting it in the trash. As I got back into bed and began to read my scriptures again a spider repelled from the ceiling and I swatted it away. Needless to say I had a difficult time falling asleep. I felt like I had spiders all over me.