Sorry I was slow today. This is going to be the normal time I will
email for a little while. Elder Garrity and I go play basketball at
the YMCA. A member takes us and it is a good time. I don't know if I
have told you about Elder Garrity but he is a baller. He is probably
going to play in the NBA when he gets home. Well I have finally got my
feet underneath me in this new area and I finally know my way around.
This is a good thing because I am on my own on the 31st. Elder Harper
is headed home to Ogden,Utah and I have inherited alot of his stuff.
I was able to confirm the Beltrans on Sunday! IT WAS AWESOME! We are
trying to know how to continue to help them on the way to the temple
so we are buying a picture frame for them with a picture of their
baptism, the temple, and a family proclamation to the world. I was
pretty proud of what we thought up!
But there is a little bit of bad news, we have focused so hard on the
Beltrans being baptized that we have no new investigators. So I will
be doing some massive finding. I am hoping on getting the ward
excitied to do missionary work and giving us refferals. Do you have
any advice on how to do that?
Well I don't have any exciting stories this week, but I am sure I will have some next:) I Love You!
Love,
Elder Dye
Elder Dye
"Behold the field is white....":
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
January 17th, 2012
Dear Family,
This past week has been a wild one. We have been tracting our guts out
and are not seeing too much success. But it all paid off because last
Sunday a famiy made the decision to be baptized by someone
holding the authority from God. So I was able to help my first
investigators into the waters of baptism for the remission of sins. It
was a great experience and I am hungry for more!
Elder Porter of the Seventy came and talked to us and I was able to
learn some very key things that have really changed my view on
missionary work. We had an in depth talk about the Atonement of Jesus
Christ. It was pretty deep stuff but this is what the spirt helped me
pull out of it and how I likened it to missionary work:
Christ's ultimate goal on the earth was to give us an opportunity to
recieve a remission for our sins. We are asked as missionaries and as
members of the church to follow the example of the Savior. So the way
that I think that I can best do that is having my investigators be
baptized for the remission of their sins. Too much I have my focus
diverted to just the 1st lesson or just the Book of Mormon. But our
main focus should be helping those who have not already recieve a
remission of their sins. (As talked about all over in the Scriptures
but mainly in 2 Nephi 31.)
Our trio was split up today. I was able to learn how to be
unified as a companionship because with three people it is a constant
struggle to do that. I cannot believe how much my mind has been
opened up to the scriptures and how much knowledge, testimony, and
charity I have gained. I would not like to be anywhere but here right
now.
I am glad that Jessa was able to pull off the "W" in her basketball game. And send justin out there with his gun after that
porcupine.
Oh I almost forgot! The weather here has went crazy! It has
been snowing and blowing on us and we come in at night frozen to
death. This morning I was almost part of a tornado and I was going to
chase it down and get pictures of it,but it passed over. The tornado
siren was going off all morning. Transfers come on the 31st and I am
pretty nervous but everything should be fine. I will send pictures of
the baptism to you next week but that is about it from Indiana.
Love,
Elder Dye
This past week has been a wild one. We have been tracting our guts out
and are not seeing too much success. But it all paid off because last
Sunday a famiy made the decision to be baptized by someone
holding the authority from God. So I was able to help my first
investigators into the waters of baptism for the remission of sins. It
was a great experience and I am hungry for more!
Elder Porter of the Seventy came and talked to us and I was able to
learn some very key things that have really changed my view on
missionary work. We had an in depth talk about the Atonement of Jesus
Christ. It was pretty deep stuff but this is what the spirt helped me
pull out of it and how I likened it to missionary work:
Christ's ultimate goal on the earth was to give us an opportunity to
recieve a remission for our sins. We are asked as missionaries and as
members of the church to follow the example of the Savior. So the way
that I think that I can best do that is having my investigators be
baptized for the remission of their sins. Too much I have my focus
diverted to just the 1st lesson or just the Book of Mormon. But our
main focus should be helping those who have not already recieve a
remission of their sins. (As talked about all over in the Scriptures
but mainly in 2 Nephi 31.)
Our trio was split up today. I was able to learn how to be
unified as a companionship because with three people it is a constant
struggle to do that. I cannot believe how much my mind has been
opened up to the scriptures and how much knowledge, testimony, and
charity I have gained. I would not like to be anywhere but here right
now.
I am glad that Jessa was able to pull off the "W" in her basketball game. And send justin out there with his gun after that
porcupine.
Oh I almost forgot! The weather here has went crazy! It has
been snowing and blowing on us and we come in at night frozen to
death. This morning I was almost part of a tornado and I was going to
chase it down and get pictures of it,but it passed over. The tornado
siren was going off all morning. Transfers come on the 31st and I am
pretty nervous but everything should be fine. I will send pictures of
the baptism to you next week but that is about it from Indiana.
Love,
Elder Dye
Monday, January 9, 2012
January 9th, 2012
I made it to Newburgh! Actually I am serving in Evansville but the
area is called Newburgh bike.
Send my stuff to:
Elder Jake Dye
1263 Devonshire Place
Evansville, Indiana 47715
But when it is close to transfer time just send it to the mission office. the next transfer is the 31st. We are baptizing three people this transfer!!
I am in a trio. They are both cool Elder H. He is from the same
town as Elder F. which is Plain City, Utah. and the other is
Elder W. He is from Fruitland, Idaho. I like them alot.
The town is awesome. I would say about Rexburg size. The ward is pretty big and it is a pretty good ward. They have a ton of youth. There are alot of doctors in the ward and the guy that we are baptizing is a doctor. The neighboorhoods are nice just like Shelley.
People are real nice here too. They are not
as Bible belt as Kentucky almost everyone is Catholic which is a big
change because I was used to Baptists. There are a lot more members of the Church here. Maybe 20%-30%.
:) (Send cookies!!)
area is called Newburgh bike.
Send my stuff to:
Elder Jake Dye
1263 Devonshire Place
Evansville, Indiana 47715
But when it is close to transfer time just send it to the mission office. the next transfer is the 31st. We are baptizing three people this transfer!!
I am in a trio. They are both cool Elder H. He is from the same
town as Elder F. which is Plain City, Utah. and the other is
Elder W. He is from Fruitland, Idaho. I like them alot.
The town is awesome. I would say about Rexburg size. The ward is pretty big and it is a pretty good ward. They have a ton of youth. There are alot of doctors in the ward and the guy that we are baptizing is a doctor. The neighboorhoods are nice just like Shelley.
People are real nice here too. They are not
as Bible belt as Kentucky almost everyone is Catholic which is a big
change because I was used to Baptists. There are a lot more members of the Church here. Maybe 20%-30%.
:) (Send cookies!!)
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