Last Report from the Field

This is it. My next report will be done at home.

Monday- We went to Cape Hatteras with Jacob during P-day. That was a blast!!! We had dinner with the Drake's, then we went and saw Mike Harris and Brother Hulet with Brother Drake.

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​Tuesday- We went and saw Mike again today. We helped him with a couple of projects he was working on, then we talked about the Word of Wisdom. We had dinner with the Estes, then went out and tracted a bit. We talked to a guy that said we could come help him lay some mulch later in the week. We started exchanges with the English Elders. I went with Elder Ferrero.

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Wednesday- We had a pretty good day. We got to see a lot of less actives and members. Elder Ferrero's a really good guy.

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Thursday- After weekly planning, we went out with Jacob to a couple of appointments. They both fell through. We were able to have a meeting with him though. We went and helped that guy lay the mulch, and we taught the Restoration. The Packer's brought us pizza for lunch. We went out and did some bike riding (first time on a bike since December).

Friday- Today was a blast. We woke up early to drop our car off to get an oil change. The Albemarle Elders came and picked us up and took us to Suffolk for our Specialized Training. We received 3 trainings: A personality training, a health and safety training, and a budgeting training (I really needed that last one). In the afternoon, we split up into teams and all played Oompa!!! It was kinda weird playing with Sisters, but it was fun. We picked up the car and Brother Packer hooked us up with some Wendy's. We contacted a referral and that was all we had time for.

Saturday- Brother Winters came with us to a lesson with James. Brother Winters saved that lesson big time!!! We contacted a referral, then went and invited Mike and Dan to church.

Sunday- We had Branch Conference. There were some really good talks given!!! Jacob came with us to a lesson with a Spanish Lady. Jacob translated while we taught. He is awesome!! We had dinner with the Etheridge's.

Love you all!!!

Elder Dumont

They Call Me Elder

Trunky thought of the week: If it wasn't for my week long extension, this would have been my final week in the mission. But alas, I have more time in North Kakali and I love it!!!!!

Monday- We actually washed the car today, like we're supposed to.

After P-Day was over, we had dinner at the Johnson's. We asked them for counsel on how we could help the Greene family come to church. They offered some good ideas that then said they would come with us to our next lesson!!

Tuesday- We had a busy morning: My Plan, DL Call, MLC Call, lunch, DL time, then we went out. We didn't have a whole lot of success today. We got to see Sister Halko and the Hamilton's fed us dinner, but that was about it. We did get this cool pic.

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Wednesday- Today was just plain rough. Nuff said. I guess this would be a good spot for the Meme of the week. We're the worst secret ever!!

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Thursday- Today was much better. We had a good weekly planning session. We both made a goal to not quote movies anymore so we could be more focused.  Not much else happened after that.

Friday- Today was interesting. Us and the zone leaders caught a ride down to Nags Head for district meeting. District meeting was good, but we ended up getting stranded for 3 hours in Nags Head.

​I went on exchanges with Elder Vanisi and we had a really good day. We met with the Johnson's real briefly to get coordinated for the lesson with the Greene's. They had to cancel, but the Johnson's did a great job at inviting them to church and explaining our worship services to them. We met with Brother Smith briefly, and Brother Connel fed us dinner. We did some late night tracting (late night being 8 o'clock). We found some good potentials.

Saturday- Elder Vanisi and I taught a new investigator on our way to exchange back. Elder Collier and I spent much of the day tracting with not much success. We went and worked out our own arrangement for "I Stand All Amazed" for church the next day.

Sunday- Elder Collier sang while I played the piano for the special musical number. People said it was good. My Mom has the recording. We did a lot of tracting and had dinner with the Bairs.

Sorry that was an abrupt ending. I've got to run so I can go to Hatteras. Love you all.

Elder Dumont
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I'm Not Trunky!

But this week sure didn't help with that at all.

Monday- We had dinner with the Moster's.

While we were over there, we found out that Brother Eller had passed away.

Tuesday- It was deep clean day...my last one...(sarcatic) yippee. We went and saw Mike and talked to him about church. He said he really liked it and wants to come back.

Wednesday- I got a wedding invitation from Shane Terril, my trainer. That wasn't crazy at all. We went straight from My Plan to Grandy. We grabbed lunch down there and went and saw Sister Cartwright. We spent a good amount of time tracting, with zero success. It builds character, and knuckle strength.

Thursday- Today, I got my flight itinerary. I'm officially terminal (get it, because like, airport terminal) Following weekly planning, we had a correlation meeting with Jacob. We were thinking that we could walk to one person's house. It turned out to be like 3 miles away. We got a mile in and then were told that it was going to rain soon. As we were heading back to the car, we got drenched ha ha. Thank goodness for waterproof bags. We did get to contact a couple of people, so that was really good.

Friday- We had zone meeting. I gave my departing testimony which is kind of dumb because I still have a month left pretty much. Everybody's going to forget it by the time I leave. I went on exchanges with Elder Edwards. We went and saw Brother Connell and helped him get set up on family search. Apparently, Brother Connell's house is named Lochnagar.

​We hurried home to meet Jacob and he took us up to see a new investigator named Rachel. We introduced the Book of Mormon to her and she was super excited to read it!! Elder Edwards is a funny guy.

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Saturday- We exchanged back. We went and helped Mike with a project and read the Book of Mormon with him.We had dinner with the White's. Sister White prepared my Dad's Sweet and Sour Chicken and Ham Fried Rice recipe. It was sooooo good.

Sunday- We were asked to help run the Primary with Jacob. That was just nuts!! Women of the church, Kudos. Major Kudos. Nah, it was fun though. We met a new less active named Molly. She has a son on a mission in Provo. We went and saw Dan, then Brother Hulet. We went and saw Joshua Greene and his son Malachi joined in. We gave them both a Book of Mormon and they were both excited to read, especially Malachi. We went to the Etheridges for dinner and I skyped my family (actually it was facetime).

I love you all and stuff. Here's my meme of the week.

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Elder Dumont

April showers bring May flowers

Tuesday- I worked on My Plan in the morning, then had a district leader call. While we were out, the GPS sent us down an unpaved road at 45 miles an hour. My driving ability sure was tested yesterday. We were able to deliver a Book of Mormon to a family, and had dinner with the Huggins. I'm going to try to start putting pictures up of the families that feed us. I just don't have any this week.

Wednesday- We went and saw Mike Harris. We talked about him coming to church and he said he would!! We went and saw Brother Eller and Brother Connel, then went to dinner at the Hamilton's. BBQ is sooooooo good!! Sister Hamilton can cook!! Roy and Nick Johnson were there, as well as Brother Smith. We went out with Brother Hamilton and tried to see a couple of people.

Thursday- After weekly planning, Jacob Packer came out with us to see come people. We had quite an adventure!! We went down this neighborhood that was unpaved and just had sand. We were super close to running off the road a couple of times, but it was fun!! We got to see a less active lady that we hadn't seen in a while. We had dinner with the White's and it was super good!!!

Friday- I exchanged with Elder Bearnson after district meeting. We went to lunch at a place called Pass the Salt that was super good!! We did some service for Mike and talked more about him coming to church. We rested for a while, then Jacob and Nathan Packer brought us pizza for dinner, so we had a pizza party in our trailer. They came out with us to a couple of lessons. We taught this guy named Joshua and had a really good lesson with him!!

Saturday- We drove down to Nags Head to get Elder Collier and then back. We were very short on miles. We drove up to Wedgewood, parked the car at Mike's house and walked around. We were able to see Dan and Brother Hulet. We were out tracting when Brother Drake pulled up randomly and asked if we wanted to go home teaching with him. We went and saw Brother Boyd. We gave him a blessing and shared a short lesson.

Sunday- Church was super good today. After church, we had a short meeting with President Evers, and then went and was Sister Sears. We tracted a little bit, then went to an appointment. The guy said he didn't want to waste our time. He started talking about all of these different translations of the bible, and we were like.

Not really, but he was pretty funny about it. We had dinner with Sister Nixon and the Cartwrights.

I love you all. Mom, I'll get pictures of the trailer next week!! For now here's where I sleep. I love you all!!

​Love,
Elder Dumont

Standing Up for Truth

Monday- We went and saw the Sanderlin's and talked about the Book of Mormon. They asked for a large print copy that they could read.

Tuesday- We had our last correlation with Elder Davis, then went and contacted a less active family that ended up coming to church this week!! Elders 1 Satan 0. We also taught this guy that works with Brother Hamilton. We had to cut it short with him, but should be teaching him this week. We had dinner at the Drake's, then nobody showed up for Book of Mormon class.

Wednesday- I started the My Plan thingy for soon-to-be return missionaries. I thought it was going to do nothing but trunk me out, but it was amazingly spiritual. The first week talked about remembering what we've learned and who we've become on our missions. Then it invited us to study out patriarchal blessings looking for certain things. It's amazing!!  President Evers picked us up and drove us to Elizabeth City for transfers.IMG_0054.JPG Elder Collier is a super cool guy I mean Elder!! President Evers took us out to lunch, then we got home. We were there for just a little bit, then we were off to an appointment with Mike Harris, which fell through. We went and saw Brother Eller, and then Brother Connel. Brother Connel gave us an entire chocolate cake!! We had dinner with the Estes' and then went and saw a less-active couple with Brother Estes.

Thursday- After weekly planning, we went down to Grandy. We stopped by the Harvley's and talked with them a little bit. We also saw Sister Cartwright, who absolutely loves family history by the way. We had dinner with the Packer's, who are still just so much fun to be around.

Friday- We had district meeting down in Nags Head, and then Jacob Packer took us out to lunch. We went and taught Mike Harris about the Plan of Salvation. We turned around and taught Dan McCarthy the same lesson. We had dinner at the Waller's house. They made some amazing shrimp fettuccine alfredo!!

Saturday- We went and saw Big Rob and Nichole. We started into the Restoration, then Big Rob went off on us about Joseph Smith. We pretty much just stood there and took a verbal lashing. Nichole started defending us though. We just bore our testimonies and then left. Honestly, the whole experience just strengthened my testimony of the Restoration. We went and saw Brother Eller again, then had dinner with Taryn Smith and her family. They are great!! We talked with Brother Hulet about coming to church.

Sunday- Church was really good today. We had a linger longer afterwards. We had a good conversation with this guy in the trailer park, then went to the Etheridges for dinner. More shrimp!!! I love the shrimp out here!!

Elder Dumont
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Last Call (transfer call that is)

Tuesday- We didn't do a whole lot today. We managed to get out a little bit, but I was not feeling up to it today. We saw Brother Eller again, then we had Book of Mormon class. Brother Smith was the only one there so we started into the chapter, but then felt prompted to watch some videos instead. The Nags Head English Elders drove up to exchange. I drove down with Elder Ferrero.

Wednesday- We didn't get a whole lot done. We tracted a little bit, taught a lesson, had dinner with the Bishop, then exchanged back. We did get to tour a yacht, so that was pretty cool. The Hamilton's drove with us. I love them so much!!

Thursday- After weekly planning, I finished planning district meeting. We went over to Camden. We saw the Sanderlins and set up a lesson with them. We went and tried to contact some potentials, but had no luck. We had a lesson with Andrew Xenos, Brother Xenos' brother. We talked about the Book of Mormon. He was pretty quiet during the lesson, but after we left, he asked a ton of questions. Sister Kynaston hooked us up with pizza, so we had that for dinner.

Friday- After district meeting, I had exchanges with Elder Edwards. We had a lesson with one of their investigators, and had dinner with a recent move-in family.

Saturday- The Johnson's came to help us with exchanges. We stopped at Home Depot (there was a sale on mulch), then we got a call from the assistants. I'm going to stay in Currituck and my new companion will be Elder Collier. I know him a little bit, and I'm super excited. Elder Davis is going to Virginia Beach. After studies, and lunch, we got out there. We helped Taryn Smith and her husband rake some leaves, then went and got some honey from Danny. That honey is amazing!!! Best honey I've ever had.

Sunday- I played piano in sacrament meeting and didn't lose any organs!! I also played for the Young Women's new beginnings. We took the sacrament to Brother Eller, and got to see Brother Hulet.

One last transfer. I'm going to make it count. I love this area and am so grateful that I get to spend the rest of my mission here.

Elder Dumont

Joey's Baptism

Joey's Baptism

 
The baptismal service for Joey was amazing!! The Spirit was so strong. Joey had a really good experience with his baptism. While I was sitting next to him, after the actual ordinance, I felt the Spirit whisper to me, "I love him, and I'm proud of him," and I was allowed to feel a portion of the love that Heavenly Father has for him. Us and the YSA's did a musical number together. I played while they sang "Nearer My God to Thee." After the baptism, we went out to Van's pizza.

Brothers in the Gospel

We confirmed him yesterday, and he was all smiles. After church, we ordained him to the office of Priest in the Aaronic Priesthood. He's doing so well.

Sorry this is so short. I love you all. Have a great week.

Elder Dumont