Happy Muddy's Day

That's what I use to call my mother, you know, when I was tiny. And speaking of Muddy

Tuesday- I fell ill. I got a pretty nasty cold, so we didn't do much.

Wednesday- Still sick.

Thursday- I was finally able to go out and do work. We went and contacted a referral out in Macon, which is 30 miles from where we live. Elder Fullerton called the referral up and set an appointment. We got there and he invited us right in. We were able to teach him most of the Restoration. He said he'd read the Book of Mormon and pray. His wife is a pastor though, and they host church services at their house at the same time as our services are, so...yeah.

New Planner Cover.

Friday- We had zone meeting in Goldsboro. The meeting was devoted to us becoming more consecrated missionaries. That's the focus for the month. I went on an exchange with Elder Hubbard, which meant I got to drive!!! We had a pretty good day. Tracted a bit, taught a less active, tracted some more, had appointments cancel, talked to people. You know, the usual stuff. Late in the evening, we went to a park to talk to some people. That was interesting.  We sat and listened to one guy talk about politics and how he thought talking politics was more important than talking about Jesus. We were kind of like "...ok, cool. Well I love Jesus. Bye." People are funny.

Saturday- We exchanged back and stuff. Elder Fullerton and I went to an appointment, but he wasn't there. We went and mowed a lady's lawn, and we got transfer calls. Elder Fullerton is leaving for Kinston, and I'm getting Elder Lewis. This will only be his 4th transfer in the mission. He's district leader. President Baker said that he wanted me to coach him, cause he has no experience with district leader stuff. 

Sunday- We went and saw some people so Elder Fullerton could say goodbye. We went to the Brletich's, where we got to skype our familias. All my nieces and nephews are still super crazy, but they look and sound different. My family is great, and my Muddy is a superstar. Love you Muddy.

Jacob 4:14 talks about how the Jews are a stiffnecked people and how they sought for things that they could not understand. Because of this, Jacob called them blind, "Which blindness came by looking beyond the mark." The Jews missed the point of the Law of Moses, because they looked too much into the ceremonies and not enough into their meanings. When we read the scriptures, we need to be careful that we're not "looking beyond the mark." We need to look at the whole picture. We need to look at how the scriptures testify of Christ, before we venture into deeper doctrine. 

New companion, new adventure. Have a great week. Love you all.

Elder Dumont

That's my perfect attempt at double parking (you'll notice that the two cars on the sides are parked very crappily as well).