Happy Thanksgiving!

Tuesday- We had a really good day today. We went and taught Deante's sister the Restoration and set her with a baptismal date!! That was a good start. Then Deante came with us to teach Joy, and that was a really good lesson. Joy's been reading a lot and marking a lot. She seems to be understanding what she's reading very well. We had dinner with the Brown family, then we went and read the book of Mormon with the Christopher's.

Wednesday- We had another really good day. We had a lesson with William Joseph. He read quite a bit since the last time we saw him. After lunch, we went and saw a guy named James. He's a lay preacher for another church, but was interested in the Book of Mormon. After that, we went and saw Benjamin Carter. We taught his friend the Restoration and gave him a Book of Mormon. We went and saw Brother Greene, then we had dinner with Brother King. We went and saw Brother Pochop afterwards.

Thursday- After weekly planning, we went to the Short's for dinner. It was still being prepared when we got there, so we got to watch a little bit of Meet the Mormons. Dinner was super yummy. We had fried turkey, stuffing, mashed taters and gravy, homemade sweet rolls with honey butter, then for dessert, homemade pumpkin pie, homemade pecan pie, and homemade butter pecan ice cream!! We went home and made brownies to take to ward members.

Friday- I had exchanges with Elder Davis. We spent a good part of the day contacting former investigators. We saw a little bit of success. We went and had a lesson with Deante. He was sore from the Turkey Bowl but he had a blast. We had dinner with the Humphries, then Brother Humphries was going to take us to the church with an investigator, but the investigator was a no show. 

Saturday- We helped Brother Turley with some yard work. It was fun. Yes Mom, I just described yard work as fun haha. We went and tried to contact some more less actives. That was pretty much our day. We made another batch of brownies to take to members

Sunday- Deante got ordained today!!! We delivered the rest of the brownies. We had dinner with Brother Miani and it was sooo good. He had a bunch of different kinds of cheeses that I couldn't stop snacking on. 

I would encourage all of you to visit the new Christmas website and watch the videos. They're pretty great!

Love,

Elder Dumont

Mount Up!

Tuesday- We had our P-Day today, so we went to Fort Monroe. Their museum is closed on Mondays, so this was a tender mercy. It was so great. Fort Monroe has a lot of history, such as this was where Jefferson Davis was held while awaiting trial. We had dinner with the Pierces. 

Hey, what's down there?

Wednesday- We had back to back lesson's at the church with a couple of less actives. The first was David Palmer. We got to know him a little bit, then shared about eternal families. The second was Shequan Bernard. We shared the Restoration with him. After that, we had dinner with the Chase's. They are so dang cool. We went and saw Deante after that.

Thursday- We were on our way to an appointment when we stopped and talked to a guy named Gary. We taught him the Restoration and said we could come back. We were able to talk to a lot of people today, but other than Gary, it was pretty quiet.

Friday- We took Deante a bible and asked him to come with us to a couple of lessons. We weren't able to see anybody, but we had a fun time. We had dinner with Jim and he took us to Firehouse Subs. That place is so good. 

Saturday- We had a lesson on the priesthood with Deante in the Turley's home. Deante is getting interviewed on Tuesday!!! We had another lesson with Gary. He read the restoration pamphlet and said that he really liked it. We had dinner with Sister Kim and Brother Miani came with us.

Sunday- We had ward conference. President Hamilton gave a great talk on the new stake goals. We had a combined 3rd hour with the High Priests and President Hamilton talked about what it takes to make multi-generational families happen. We went out and saw Brother Pochop in the evening. He is cruising through the Book of Mormon!! He got from 2 Nephi 2 to Alma 13 in a week and a half!!!

I hope everybody has a happy Turkey Day. I am thankful for a loving Savior who is always concerned for the One. His love is so broad and yet so personal. I am thankful that during our times of grief and pain, He's there to lift our burdens and encourage us to move on. I am thankful for the opportunity I have to serve my Lord and my God. What are you thankful for?

Elder Dumont

Ready, Aim...

The room that Jefferson Davis was held in...so hardcore.

Baptism!

Monday- We had dinner with Brother Miani and he fed us some legit italian food that was soooo good. We had a lesson with Deante. We talked about the Priesthood and service.

Tuesday- We had to shampoo our carpets today, so that was fun. I had a doctor's appointment, then Brother Massey took us to Cafe Rio. We managed to get out and see the Christophers. We talked about the Book of Mormon and the blessings of those that read it. We had dinner with the Mortensen's, then went home teaching with Brother Mortensen.

Wednesday- We had a really good lesson with Brother Pochop. I love that man. We saw Joy, and talked with her about the Book of Mormon. We set up an appointment for the next day.

Thursday-After weekly planning, we went and saw Joy. We just answered all of her questions. We saw Dawn and talked with her a little bit. We had dinner with Brother Greene, then we went and saw the Pierces. Their son Dylan started hitting me with a triple combination. His Dad grabbed him and as he was taking Dylan away, he reached back one more time to hit me. It was so funny hahaha. That kid is a brute. We went to see a less active that we hadn't met yet. We came out of there smelling like every drug known to man. It was bad haha.

Friday- We had district meeting and exchanges. I stayed in Hampton with Elder Allred. We went out with Brother Anderson to see some people. The only luck we had was with Tron. He committed to working towards going to the temple!!! We did a little bit of tracting, then we had dinner with Jim. We tried to go see a couple more people, but no dice. Brother Miani took us and Deante to the church to get him fitted in baptismal clothing. 

Saturday- We exchanged back and tracting for a few hours. We sent and filled the font for Deante's baptism. Elder Heagy did the dunking. For being half Deante's size, Elder Heagy did pretty good not dropping Deante haha. 

Deante

Sunday- Bishop confirmed Deante. We had a correlation meeting with Brother Turley and lunch. After studies, we went and saw the Walkers and talked with them about the Book of Mormon. We tried to see some other less actives. We did get in with one named Sister Shipley.

A little happier Deante

Sorry this isn't more detailed. I'm really short on time. Love you all. Have a great week.

Elder Dumont

We brought down the house!

Hanging out poolside! No this is not the font.

Monsoon Season

Monday- We had dinner with the Walkers. Sister Walker is Filipino, so we had some authentic Filipino food and it was sooooo good. They gave us these little things that kind of remind me of egg rolls, but they are so much better. We went to try to contact another less active, and she gave us a little plastic baggy stuffed full of candy!!

Tuesday- After my morning physical therapy, Brother Massey took us to Firehouse Subs. The brisket sandwhich is soooooooooooooo amazing. We spent the rest of the day deep cleaning our apartment. We did have dinner with the Humphries. They are super great!!

Yeah, a little wet!

Wednesday- It rained sooo much and we were on bikes this week. The picture of me in a towel is associated with this day. We went and saw Sister Bruhn and Tron came with us and bore a super powerful testimony. We had dinner with Brother Pochop. Brother Humphries picked us and Daunte up and took us to the church. We had a lesson with Bishop. We went over the baptismal interview questions with Daunte and showed him the font.

Thursday- It still rained buckets today. We went and saw William Joseph and talked more about the Book of Mormon with him. It was raining too much, so we had to head inside. Jim came and picked us up for dinner. We went to Red Robin. I love Red Robin!!!

Friday- We had zone meeting and President Baker was there. It was all about helping investigators make commitments. The rest of the day was pretty slow. We had dinner with another Walker family, then had a lesson with Daunte.

President Baker-Paparazzi

Sister Baker-Paparazzi

Saturday- Daunte had his interview early in the morning, and we were asked to help with the bishop's storehouse. Daunte passed his interview!!! and he helped us with the Bishop storehouse. It was raining...again. We went home and did our studies, then had dinner by ourselves for the first time in like...forever.

Now that's a treat!

Sunday- After church, we got a ginormous rice crispy treat!!! I was so happy. We did studies and the Doyles brought us dinner. We went out and worked for a bit, but no success.

Elder Dumont

Our Week

Monday- The Doyle's took us to Cafe Rio. It was great. The workers there can pretty much tell what the missionaries are going to get: Pork Burrito.

Tuesday- We were able to have a lesson with William Joseph today. We hit the Book of Mormon pretty hard with him and exhorted him to pray about it. We also had a lesson with Daunte. We went over the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chastity. He committed to living them both. He's so solid. 

Wednesday- We contacted a new less active named Maxine James. She was at Brother Booth's house, so we taught them both about the blessings of reading the Book of Mormon found in 1 Nephi 15:24. We biked around for a while, then went to do some service for Brother Pochop. We helped him replace a fence post. We then drove to Brother Greene's house for dinner. We went with Bishop Hamblin to help him with his hometeaching. 

Thursday- We did weekly planning, then e helped a nonmember family move into their new home with the other elders. We went and helped the ward set up for the trunk or treat that night. Daunte came and had a great time. He got to meet a lot of new people. 

Friday- We had district meeting, then spent the day trying to find people to teach. We were able to teach Daunte the 10 commandments, following the prophet, keeping the sabbath day holy, and scripture study. We went to dinner with a Sister McEachron. She's a great cook. We met a new member at the church. It turns out, he was baptized in Havelock, North Carolina when Elder Terril was there!! I met him before in Greenville. He's a really cool guy. 

Saturday- We spent the whole day biking to new less actives and trying to contact them. We did get to meet one of the members though. We had to be inside early, so we came home, grabbed some dinner at Burger King, got some ice cream and made milkshakes. 

Sunday- I made a more concerted effort to keep the sabbath day holy, and it paid off. I had several spiritual experiences during church and Elder Heagy and I were able to lead two class discussions very effectively. After studies, we drove and set up times to see the Walkers and the Wades, then we went and saw Daunte and taught him the law of tithing. He committed to living it after his baptism. We had dinner with the Doyle's, and something there made my lip start swelling, so I took some benedryl and was knocked out an hour later haha. The Doyle's are super great.

Elder Dumont