Last night while writing in the blog, Elder Gowans forgot to mention that during the evening, after returning home from the Temple, we received a call from Sister Burgess, the Bishop's wife; she stated that she had just received a phone call from a lady out in Las Vegas who was calling about her Sister who had been admitted to the hospital and was asking if there was someone who could go and visit her. So she called us. Since Sister Gowans' knees were very sore, Elder Gowans called Elder Meacham to see if he would be willing to go with him to visit this lady, her name is Christina. So we went down to check on her. We found a lovely young lady, 28 years old, single, a student at the University of Georgia. We had a very enjoyable visit with her; helped her laugh and feel that she was among friends. We visited with her for about 20 minutes. The reason I bring this up is because this evening we went to visit her once again. Here she is, several thousand miles away from any family; her friends are all in Athens, GA; she is completely alone. We had another nice visit with her this evening and was able to bring her a little joy and cheer. We also gave her a copy of the Book of Mormon to read, she is a member of the Church, but she didn't have her own scriptures with her; Elder Gowans also gave her a copy of one of his books to read. She was very appreciative and grateful that now she would have something good to read.

We had a wonderful Sacrament service this afternoon in our branch. President Baughman, the South Carolina Temple, Temple President came and spoke to us; he did a magnificent job speaking to all our soldiers. He spoke of his own experiences in the military during the Vietnam war. I'm sure he touched a lot of hearts.

This evening, we visited with Brother Kyle Janssen our investigator who will be baptized this Saturday. He had his baptismal interview this evening and was cleared for baptism. This is so wonderful, we are uniting a family. You may recall that Sister Janssen was baptized back in March; now her husband will be too. We are so excited for them.