My Mission Home Atlanta Georgia

House next door to my first apartment. Looked similar

First Baptist church Anderson, SC
Mission Home 2055 East Lake Rd. Decatur Georgia
Elders Apartment behind mission home.
Mission office and it's between the mission home and elders apartment.

I arrived at this mission home the middle of October 1961. We had been on the train for four days and three nights with no pullman to sleep in. The seats were similar to those on the plane or bus with a little more leg room. To say we were tired is an understatement. We were sent out to the elders housing which was behind the actual mission home to shower and clean up because we had been in the same clothes for four days. After showering we were fed a wonderful home cooked meal and then interviewed by Pres. J. Byron Ravston. After our interview we were assigned to our field of labor. Mine was to labor in Anderson SC. I was told that the last time missionaries had labored there was fifty years earlier and had been driven out of town by the local clergy. I was then put on a bus for another two and a half hours to meet my new companion Elder Jerry Cronquist from Logan Utah. I was given a small piece of paper with two names and address on it. A Sister Smith and Sister Parker. We had no apartment or car to get around. We hired a taxi and went to sister Smith's humble home and camped in her living room for about a week while we found an apartment. The apartment happened to be next door to the largest 1st Baptist Church in town.