15 Apartment Checks, 650 mile loop MS and TN

Elder and Sister Barfuss drove a loop of 650 miles in two days.  Stayed in a Hotel in Sheffield, enjoyed seeing a ship lock and a few minutes at a lake.  Also visiting Elvis Presley's birth place Park in Tupelo, MS was a fun diversion.  Enjoyed taking a set of stalwart Elders to an early dinner and visiting, giving them rides since they are on bicycles.  Most of the Elders and Sisters keep really clean apartments and are receiving blessings for their obedience. A few others startle us!!

This sign made us laugh!! State Law!!



Elvis Presley birth place, two room home that was restored with period furniture donations

Elvis Presley car on display in His Park in Tupelo, Mississippi

Haileyville Church where we picked up the Elders, took them to check their apartment, then to dinner and back to church. It is a real joy to visit many of the apartments and find the missionaries in good spirits, dressed and ready to serve, clean and obedient.  Elder Barfuss loves to tease the Elders especially and Sister Barfuss enjoys sharing some treats and fresh fruit.
1 Nephi 3:7
"I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I knkow that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."

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