Merry Christmas

We had a very slow week this week, and I'm low on time so here's a brief summary.

Tracting- We did a lot of it this week. No Christmas cheer to be found.

Christmas eve- Christmas Eve was fun. We went to the Packer's house for dinner, then we played some games with them. Brother Packer read the Christmas story for us. 

Christmas Day- We opened up our presents, ate breakfast, and then relaxed for a little bit. We went to the Waller's for dinner and skype. It was so great to see my family. I'll be honest, I couldn't recognize half of my nephews haha. 

Church- I got asked last minute to teach gospel doctrine. That was pretty interesting. I'm just glad that there are some gospel geniuses in the branch or I would have been sunk. 

Next week's letter will be a lot fuller, as we are going to make things happen.

Love you all.

Elder Dumont

Elder Thurgood unwrapping 

I open presents quickly

I love new pants

Currituck

Tuesday- We went and saw a member that's in a nursing facility named Brother Smith. We just visited with him and then he shared with us his favorite scripture. We spent the rest of the day tracting. A member drove us to Nags Head for exchanges with the Spanish Elders. 

Not swimming

Wednesday- Elder Gibb and I started out by tracting. We tracted into a couple of very drunk guys, so that was pretty fun. We also had a miracle happen. There's a less active that Elder Gibb and Elder Free have been trying to find for a while, and we tracted right into her, minutes after she got home. That was way sweet. We (and by we I mean Elder Gibb) taught a couple of less actives. We had a member take us back up to Barco to exchange back. 

Rico Suave

Thursday- Not much to report here. We had dinner with the Huggins. and contacted a referral. 

Friday- We had our Christmas conference. We watched Muppet's Christmas story. It was pretty funny. There was a Christmas program afterwards, and then Elder Dudley, the area seventy, talked to us about where we were in the Book of Mormon, specifically where we were in behaving like Christ compared to Book of Mormon characters. We got lost a couple of times going home, but we made it. We stopped for some pizza, and then went and taught the Harvleys, a part member family, for now. The wife has a baptismal date for January 5th. They are super great and humble. 

Umm, the Elder Gingerbread Man, not the best interpretation.

Saturday- We went and saw Brother Smith again. We went and tried to contact people, but didn't have any luck.

Sunday- The Branch Christmas program was absolutely wonderful. The music was very inspirational and the remarks given were faith promoting. President Evers asked Elder Thurgood and I to bear our testimonies. It was a great Sacrament Meeting. We were able to contact a less active later in the evening, and then we had dinner with the Bairs.

Merry Christmas to every single one of you.

Elder Dumont

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas one and all. I just wanted to share a few quick thoughts about Christmas with all of you.

One film that has been on my mind is Mr. Kreuger's Christmas. The film is about a lonely custodian that lives in the basement of the apartment complex he works at. Mr. Kreuger has a very wild imagination, at one point imagining himself conducting the Mormon Tabernacle Choir while being pulled on a sleigh. The part that really hits home from me, comes from near the end of the film. Mr. Kreuger imagines himself in the stall in Bethlehem. When he realized where he is and what's happening, he begins to talk to the little baby Jesus. He thanks the babe for being there for him when his wife passed away and for helping him understand a lonely person. He goes on to thank the Lord for being his best friend. He knows that because the Savior is his friend, he can hold his head up high, no matter what the circumstances. The most powerful part is, while on his knees, Mr. Kreuger tells the little baby Jesus, "I love You!"

How grateful I am this holiday season for the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because He was born, we all have a friend. Because He was born, we can all hold our heads up high, knowing that the greatest person to ever live loves us. Because of Him, we don't have to live a life of shame, guilt, pain, or sadness. I love the Lord, Jesus Christ and I love all of you.

Love,

Elder Dumont

Transfers

Tuesday- We had a lesson with Gary. We just read the Book of Mormon with him. We also saw Deante. Sorry I forgot my planner so this is going to be pretty spotty. 

Wednesday- We had dinner with the Massey's, then we got locked out of our house haha. Our downstairs neighbor broke us in. We went with Brother Mortensen to see Brother Pochop and had a really good lesson with him.

Thursday- We had a lesson with Seth Wilson, and dinner with Jim. We went to Chili's.

Friday- We had zone meeting today. We had dinner with the Pierces.

Saturday- We got transfer calls. I'm going to Currituck, North Carolina to be with Elder Thurgood. I'll be his last companion. We went and saw Gary again and just answered some questions that he had. We went and helped the Walker's paint, so that was pretty fun. We went and saw Deante again that night.

Sunday- There were a lot of visitors at church yesterday. Testimony meeting was really great. It worked out very well, cause there was a man that said he was looking for a church where the members were kind, and had strong testimonies. Check and check. We had dinner with the Doyle's. We watched the Christmas devotional with them.

I'm sorry this is short. I need to do better at writing in my journal. That will help me remember stuff better.

Love,

Elder Dumont

Elder Dumont's New Address

Elder Nathan Dumont
141 Little Joe Ln.
Box 10 Lot 21

Barco, NC 27917