Blessed Week

This was a crazy week.

Tuesday- We went and did some service for a former investigator. He had us rake up the pine straw in his backyard. There was soooooo much pine straw. Picture to come. We went to teach the Grimes family, and crazy little miracle, we were able to also teach two new investigators that happened to be sitting on the porch. One of them, Barry, we had received revelation that we need to start teaching him and that he was prepared to hear the gospel. He was so excited when we gave him a Book of Mormon, he ran inside, grabbed a pen and wrote his name and the date in the cover. That night, we taught Charlene Hunt (we found out that her name is spelled with a C haha whoops). We taught her the commandment of Tithing and she, like always, loved it. She loved the confidentiality of it all. She's just awesome.

Mucho Pine Straw

Wednesday- I went on an exchange with Elder Morgan (one of two exchanges for the week). We taught Jermaine about keeping the sabbath day holy. He's really struggling right now, so we're doing all that we can to help him. We send him a scripture about faith almost daily. He was doing good yesterday.

Thursday- We taught Charlene Hunt again. Well, when I say taught, I mean the Fox's taught. Let me explain. The Fox's are the Family History Center Consultants and they are awesome. We went with Charlene over to their house for a family history lesson. It was awesome. They are amazing at family history. Charlene really felt the Spirit of Elijah. They helped her to set up an account on Family Search and helped her to get started. She was so enthusiastic about it.

Friday- So remember when I said I went on two exchanges for the week. The second one was today with Elder Hunter. He's our Zone Leader. We were able to see Rodney and Barry. They were both down in the dumps a little, so we were able to help uplift their spirits. It was an amazing experience. The advice to just open your mouth and the Spirit will take over is true. Before I could even think of what I could say, words were already coming out. It was sweet. We visited a lot of Less Actives that night, to invite them to Stake Conference.

Saturday- We met at the church to exchange back. Elder Zonts and I had to fill the font. Kenneth Staton got baptized!!! He was a child of record, but it was still awesome to see him enter into the waters of baptism. Elder Zonts baptized him. It was a really good baptism. Later in the day, we met with Khylique again. We took Brother Morgan (the Young Mens President) with us. We taught the Plan of Salvation. We asked Brother Morgan to share his thoughts on the Atonement. When he was bearing testimony, the Spirit was so strong. We committed him to be baptized, and he was excited. His date is for December 6th.

Sunday- Today was very interesting. We went to Ward Council. While we were there, they found out that the youth speaker was not prepared, so they asked for a volunteer to take his place. I volunteered!!! I literally had about 10 minutes of preparation. I was the first speaker, so I went from my seat up to the Stand. I decided to give a talk about Self-Esteem and Individual Worth. These are both things that I have struggled with in the past, so I focused my studies this week to those topics. I related a parable I had just recently read in a BYU devotional. It was the parable of the Eagle who thought he was a chicken. This will double as my spiritual thought for the week. 

To be brief, a farmer found a baby eagle one day. He put the eagle, the king of birds, with his chickens. As a result, the eagle grew up thinking he was a chicken. A naturalist came to the farm and saw the eagle pecking around with the chickens. He inquired of the farmer and the farmer said, "That eagle has grown up among the chickens. He is convinced that he's a chicken. Therefore, he is a chicken." The naturalist disagreed and asked the farmer to let him prove that he was still an eagle at heart. The next morning, the naturalist took the eagle and put him on his arm. He said "Eagle, thou art an eagle. Thou dost belong to the sky and not to this earth; stretch forth thy wings and fly." The eagle looked around, and seeing the chickens pecking around on the ground, jumped down and joined them. The farmer boasted that he was right. The naturalist asked for another chance. His request was granted. The next day, the naturalist took the eagle up on the roof. He said, "Eagle, thou art an eagle, stretch forth thy wings and fly." Again, the eagle saw the chickens feeding, jumped down to join them. The naturalist begged the farmer for one more try. The farmer consented. The next morning, the naturalist took the eagle to the mountains, away from the farm. For the last time, the naturalist told the eagle, "Eagle, thou art an eagle. Thou dost not belong to this earth, but to the sky above. Spread forth thy wings and fly." Just then, the sun was peaking over the mountain. The eagle looked into the sun, spread it's wings, and began to soar.

     We each have a divine purpose in this life. We are meant to soar. Satan would have us to believe that we are but mere chickens. He wants to keep us grounded where he can reach us. The Savior is our advocate. With his help, we can realize our divine destiny. We can realize that we are eagles, and then we can fly.

After sacrament meeting, we taught Gospel Principles, so there was a lot of talking on my part this Sunday.

And that's all she wrote. It's been pretty cold here. Transfer calls are this Sunday. Stake Conference is also this weekend. President Baker is coming to speak, so he could just tell us in person haha. Have a great week. Love you all.

New Motto

Yeah we got egged

Love,

Elder Dumont