After much tribulation...

Cometh the blessings.

Monday- I locked our keys in the car. $110 for the locksmith. We weren't able to do anything as a result.

Tuesday- This is kinda funny. Our smoke detector malfunctioned and wouldn't stop going off. We ended up calling 911, cause I didn't know what was happening. We just went around today trying to talk to people and contact people, but we didn't have any success. We went to Cracker Barrel with the Massey's.

Wednesday- We had zone conference today, and it was probably the most spiritual zone conference I've had. We got black boxes installed for the cars. Tracks speed, acceleration, location, brake pressure, and reckless driving. Fun stuff. We had a lesson with Brother Greene, then went home and had dinner. We talked with people for the rest of the evening. 

Thursday- We had weekly planning, then went and saw Seth Wilson. The rest of the day was spent trying to contact people, but again, we were met with little success.

Friday- We just tried to contact people and talk to everyone but once again, little success. 

Saturday- We went and saw Sheena and Marcus in the morning. We just read the Book of Mormon with them. We biked clear across our area for another appointment, but he wouldn't answer the door. After lunch, we just tried to contact people. Little success. During the evening, we were planning on role playing with Brother Turley. What happened instead is he took us to the Swetish's house, where he, Brother Swetish, Brother Carroway, and Brother Young were babysitting so their wives could go to general conference. We had dinner with them and did a group role play. We got a lot of good feedback.

Sunday- Church was so good today. Both the talks during sacrament meeting were amazing, and we had two members bring friends to church. One of them signed up to feed us in a couple of weeks. Today was the spiritual recharge I needed. We didn't get a whole lot of proselyting in, but we tried to make the most out of what we had. We had a good discussion with a man about the Book of Mormon and talked with some other guys about the Restoration. 

It was a rough week, but so worth it when considering the miracles we had yesterday. Love you all. Have a good week.

Elder Dumont

Training in Hampton

It's been a pretty crazy week this week.

Found a new bike helmet for Elder 

Tortirici

Tuesday- We had Elder Ray with us. Trio party!! We went and taught Sheena and Marcus the Book of Mormon. They absorbed it pretty well. We went tracting a little later on and were able to teach a lady named Andrea. We went and had dinner with the Walkers, then went and saw the Christopher's, a less active family. 

Wednesday- I had to be down in Portsmouth at 9 for a meeting, so we had to leave pretty early. President Baker met with Trainer's first and just talked about his expectations for us. He then welcomed the Greenies into the room. My new companion is Elder Heagy from Farmington, Utah. He just graduated from high school last year, so he's super fresh. We went home and did our first companionship study, then went and saw Brother Greene. We had a couple of appointments cancel, so we tracted haha. We had dinner with Brother King, then went to try to contact a couple of people. As we were on our way to contact someone, we started talking to a guy named Melvin. He's a really cool guy. We taught him the Restoration, but we had to leave a couple of things out because of his beliefs. It was a good first lesson though.

Elder Terril begat Elders Dumont and Jensen and Elder Dumont begat Elder Heagy

Thursday- We had weekly planning and stuff. We ended up doing quite a bit of tracting. After we had dinner, we went and saw Chris Nelson. We had a really good talk about the Atonement. I love that guy.

Friday- We had district meeting, and we got two more companionships in our district, the Zone Leaders and the Sister Training Leaders. We role played giving a church tour, so that was a lot of fun. We went and saw the Wade's and talked about the stake Book of Mormon reading. They're so willing to improve and get better. I love them. On our way to the Walker's, a car in front of us started having problems. We didn't know what to do, so we just sat there and talked with the guy, you know moral support and stuff. We went to the Walker's and really helped Brother Walker out. He was kinda bummed when we got there, but he perked right up by the end of the lesson. 

Saturday- We went and did a day of service at Fort Monroe. It was a stake activity. It was way fun, and we got a picture by the bay. We had lunch, then went and did studies. We had dinner, then tried to contact some people but didn't have any luck.

Day of Service

By the Bay

Sunday- Church was really good today. We had a new family move in, so that's big. After church we had a correlation meeting, then we had studies. We went to try to teach a guy, but he wasn't home. We did get yelled at by the apartment manager. He told us to stop soliciting? Anyway, we had dinner with the Browns and they are so funny. Sister Brown kept feeding her baby an acocado , and the baby did not like it, but he kept eating it. We went and tried to contact some less actives, but didn't have much success. However, after one of them, we went and talked to a guy and taught him the Restoration. He's a way good guy. 

Elder Heagy's a stud. I love training. I love life. I love my friends. I love my family. And most of all, I love my Savior. Have a good week.

Elder Dumont

Brings new meaning to the phrase "tree hugger"

Matt Foley, motivational speaker.

Sorry, My Bad!

Tuesday- We had a pretty busy morning. We taught a lady named Dawn and she is solid. She loved the Restoration. We then went and taught another lady with Brother Anderson, but she wasn't nearly as enthusiastic as Dawn. After Lunch we went and talked to a bunch of people, but didn't have much success. 

Wednesday- We went and took a survey thing in the morning. We tried stopping by a bunch of people, but no one was home. We went and did service for a member family with the other Hampton Elders, Elder Ray and Elder Ballantyne. We cleaned up their back  yard. There was a ton of junk back there. We carted everything out to the curb for them, then we had dinner with the Ganuza's. There son is so funny. He stood right in front of us and pooped his pants. He is such a funny kid, I love him. The Ganuza's are super great.

Thursday- We did our weekly planning, then tried to contact a bunch of people, but no dice. We biked clear to downtown for a cancelled appointment, but it was worth it. Downtown Hampton is way sweet. We saw Brother Green, then had dinner. We tried to set up a lesson in a member's home, but it fell through. We're going to try again tomorrow. We went and saw Brother Pochop. We talked about prayer and it was a way good lesson. The more time I spend over there, the more I grew to love and respect him. 

Friday- We had district meeting today and stuff. We got a member present miracle. We're were going to teach one of our less actives, and one of our investigators was there, so we taught both of them. We then went to the Wade's house and taught the Plan of Salvation. We focused on their 8 year old. He had a ton of questions. I love that kid. We went to the ward fish fry that night and had a grand ole time. 

Saturday- We introduced the Book of Mormon to Dawn and she loved it. I think she thanked us for bringing it to her 8 times at least. She is so prepared. We got transfer calls. I'm getting another shot at training!!! I'm super stoked. We went and saw Brother Walker. We had the adult session of stake conference and it was super great. I got to see a lot of the New Kent Brothers: Brother Chrisofferson, Brother Baird, Brother Turner, Brother Rivord, Brother Fairbanks President and Sister Hansen, and President Johnson. I miss New Kent so much. Stake conference was interesting. They used a website to do a live poll, then the stake presidency based their talks around the results.

Picture sent by member after Stake Conference

Sunday- We had an hour before we had to leave for Stake conference, so we went and taught a lady and her husband. We talked to a bunch of people on the way there and back. Stake conference was super great again. The biggest thing I got out of it is the importance of yielding to the Spirit. I defined yielding as: slow down, pause, look, listen, discern, act. Those are 6 things that I need to do better at, and I'm confident that if I do these 6 things, I'll be able to be led by the Spirit more. We had dinner and coordination at the Turleys, then we went to see the Pierces.

It was hot and humid most of the week, but it's cooled off. I'm so glad we're in the car this week. Love you all. Have a great week.

Elder Dumont