Short on Time, We'll see how it goes

We taught lessons.

We found new investigators.

We had a lot of cancellations.

We had interviews with President Baker.

He says that I need to teach simpler.

He's right

We have transfer calls this week.

Roanoke Rapids has more flakes than the cereal aisle at Wal-Mart. We had no one show up to church. Stuff. That's all.

Sorry this is totally lame.

Elder Dumont

So Busy

We were constantly running around this week. Every day was filled with stuff.

Prepared Investigators

     We found a couple of people that have a ton of potential, real potential. One of them is John Thomas. He's an older guy that lives in Weldon. We had an appointment with him on Wednesday. We got there and we found out that not only did he remember, but he was prepared. He set up some chairs for us on his terrace!!! It was raining, so we had to do it inside. He had put a few water bottles in the freezer for us just an hour before we got there. We taught him the Restoration and he said, "How do I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet?" That's super exciting, cause it shows that he wants to know. We went back and introduced the Book of Mormon to him, and his lady friend came halfway through, so we introduced the Book of Mormon to her as well. He's gone for the week at a football camp. 

Our wasted hours

     On Wednesday, we had to take the car in to get it fixed. We got a shuttle ride to Angel's Closet and did some service. We got back, and we thought they were almost done, but they ended up taking another 3 hours, and the shuttle guy was on break. It was sucky.

Hooking a gator up

     We had a lesson with an investigator named Gilbert, and we had Chase Given with us. Gilbert asked us what we were going to do for dinner. Chase said that he was going to take us to Taco Bell. Gilbert said, "Have you heard of those news captain crunch delights?" We said no. When we were on our way to Taco Bell, Gilbert asked us if we'd bring him some Captain Crunch Delights haha. So we did, and he was super happy.

Weather sucks

     It's starting to get back up to the upper nineties, which sucks when the humidity is at 70% and we're outside mowing lawns for a few hours. I can't wait for the fall, when the weather is less sucky.

That was our brief week. I'm thinking about going back to the old style. We'll see.

There is something wrong with that tire!

My reading spot

Pot head (not what you think)

Snarky Selfie

Elder Dumont

Elder Bednar!!!

I'll get to Elder Bednar at the end.

Teaching

     We spent a lot of time this week teaching. We taught a total of 15 lessons this week, which is the most I've had for about a year. 

Donaheys

     4 of those lessons was taught with either Brother or Sister Donahey. We went out with Sister Donahey 2 days in a row, then went with Brother Donahey the evening of that second day. 

Service opportunities

     The Sister's investigators Kenny and Sha'qual were moving, so we helped them out. We put some stuff in Bishop's trailer, then went over to their place. They weren't there, and their door was locked, so Elder Ward and I threw a baseball. I miss baseball so much. They finally got there, and we finished up. We were at a car dealership, getting our car looked at the next day, and we got a call from Bishop. He needed some help with something at his movie theater. We got a shuttle to take us there. We did some service at Angel's closet, and then we mowed Sister Crawford's lawn.

Movie theater chilling (don't worry, we didn't watch anything)

Someone has to come

     We desperately wanted someone we were teaching to come to sacrament meeting. We had to have invited over 50 people to come. We called all of our investigators on Saturday. Sunday rolled around, and nobody came. It was very disappointing, cause Elder Bednar lit up the Chapel. We decided that we did all we could do, and that we want to say that every week. I want to say that I did the best I could do every week. We realized that we should be as excited every week for Sunday, no matter who's speaking. 

We had to get creative with food this week. Eggburger.

Elder Bednar

     The first glance I got of Elder Bednar: I was sitting at the sacrament table, and he walked by with Brother Lansing (his friend) and walked up the hallway towards the bathroom. The second I saw him, I suddenly received an inspired thought. If I'm this excited to see an Apostle, think about how great it'll be when the Savior returns to the Earth. I came to the conclusion that I, assuming I'm still living, want to be there to welcome the Lord back to the Earth at his second coming. Both Sister and Elder Bednar gave amazing talks. Sister Bednar talked about staying true to who we are as sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father. Elder Bednar spoke about making the sabbath a delight. He urged us to not be afraid of repetitious teaching. Line upon line comes from this repeated teaching. They did a Q&A session for the 2nd and 3rd hour. They work very well together and they are hilarious. After church, everybody got to shake their hands, then Elder Ward asked for a picture and Elder Bednar agreed. It was the best ever, definitely a life changing experience. 

Elder Ward, Elder Bednar, Elder Dumont, Elder Lewis
Now that's a foursome for good!

Elder Bednar's Business Card

Sacrament Meeting Program

Elder Dumont  

My Special Noodles

Elder Ward eating my special noodles

The Ward Technique

Dr. King and I

I'm trying something new this week. This is how Elder Ward sends his emails. Without further a do (yes I'm aware that's not how you say write that) the Elder Ward technique.

The Work

     Things just blew up last week. With a trio, we can go into any house, even if it's a single female. We were able to teach more lessons than I've taught in nearly a year. We also found a lot of new investigators. At least one of them is going to be baptized. The struggle now is getting people to commit to appointments. Two of our new investigators are that couple (Thomas and Joyce) that Elder Lewis and I did service for a few weeks ago. We set another one for baptism on August 1st.

The Weather

     It was a very wet week. Nothing like tracting in the rain, oh yeah!!!

The 4th

     The 4th was such a great day. No parades, I guess they don't believe in parades in the south, and to that I say boo. There were fireworks though. We went early so we could contact people and found a lot of success. We came away with 140 I/O's and a funnel cake (so yummy)!!! The fireworks were pretty sweet, but during the finale, a truck stopped right in front of us, so we could only see the really high ones. If I wasn't a missionary, I would have grabbed a random egg, and hucked it into a frying pan, and the cooked it to perfection, then offered some to the guy, but instead of giving it to him, I would have ate the egg right in front of his face. What did you think I was going to do? Egging people is just mean.

The Testimonies

     Elder Ward got up to bear his testimony, so Elder Lewis and I followed him. I could not get through it, I was crying so much. Just so we're clear, I don't cry except on very special occasions, like when Mufasa died, or when my ice cream cone topples over. I bore testimony about the Love that God has for e'rebody. Sorta random but...yeah.

The Nap

     Elder Lewis started his fast early, so he took a lunch hour. Elder Ward and I were still fasting, so we took a Sunday nap. It was the best nap I've ever had. We woke up pumped to go do work.

I'm kinda hyper today, so sorry about the total randomness. On second thought, I'm not sorry. That email was sweet. Love you all. Have a great week. Bardledoo my friends. Bardledoo.

Love,

Elder Dumont

Elder Ward

Elder Ward

Creepy house