Hey Family,
Well here is my update. I have been working hard and seeing the lord
bless me. I left my planner at the apartment and I have no idea what
happened this week. That is how things have been going lately. I will
slow myself down on Monday and before I even think about it it's
Friday. Then I get all excited for Saturday tracting. Then it's
Sunday, and then Sunday night goes by real slow and I start over
again. The time is flying and it only seems to be getting faster and
faster. How does a 4 year mission sound?? hahaha Mom would die. We
have been hanging out with the Senior Missionaries lately, and every
time we go over it makes me think about Grandma and Grandpa Dye and
how cool of senior missionaries they would have been. I will be
sending you all that stuff today. and when I email next week I will
tell you about this last week. Time just seems to mesh together.
Love,
Elder Dye
Elder Dye
"Behold the field is white....":
Monday, March 26, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
March 19th, 2012
So...
This past week was a a killer. We had record breaking tempatures for
this time of year. On Tuesday, it was 82 degrees with too much
humidity. I think Elder Fry and I lost 10 lbs in sweat that day on
our bikes,especially because we had to bike through the most hilly
part of our area. But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
So Monday is P-day so not much happened then that is worth reporting. But
on Tuesday, we had a crazy day. We went tracting in the "Sticks" part
of our area, and almost every door we knocked on let us in. It was
crazy. We got in more doors this past week than I have my whole
mission! We taught 9 lesson that day in 4 hours of tracting. It was
pretty crazy. We went and helped one of our members make a mormon.org profile and that was our day.
On Wednesday things went pretty slow, but one of our investigators families invited us to attend their 16 year old daughter's high
school play. So I called President and we got permission to go. It
really helped our relationship with them grow. So we will see where
that takes us.
On Thursday, we tracted into the nicest lady I have ever met.
She invited us in and her husbad was there so we went in. She told us
how her sister had missionaries just like us knock on her door, and
she is now a Mormon, and it has been the best thing that has ever
happened to her. She told us that she could tell we were special young
men and that we are welcome over anytime. They are a pretty wealthy
family and they said that when the tornados start hitting to come over
and there is room for us in their storm shelter. They also invited us
over for Easter dinner. So I am pretty excitied about that.
I am going to skip to Sunday now. The ward now loves us, and I feel like I get mobbed at church now. So that's good. After church, we had dinner with
some familes and it made me miss our Mormon BBQ's. But we went and
visted a prospective Elder's House (Which is someone who hasn't
recieved the M. Preisthood who can) with our ward mission leader and
they were pretty rough. His parents are on their second mission in
Russia right now, and it blew my mind to see the choice that he made
to put him where he is now. When he had been taught the right way
since he could walk. But he is coming back to church this Sunday and
we are going to baptize his wife pretty soon. So that is exciting!
Things here are going better then ever. But I am busy as ever. I have
the largest teaching pool I have ever had. So if I don't write you
back. I got a good excuse, and if you got any problems, you can take
them up with my boss. I am pretty sure this will be my last transfer
here and my last with Elder Fry. I have trained him too good for them
to keep us together.
Love,
Elder Dye
This past week was a a killer. We had record breaking tempatures for
this time of year. On Tuesday, it was 82 degrees with too much
humidity. I think Elder Fry and I lost 10 lbs in sweat that day on
our bikes,especially because we had to bike through the most hilly
part of our area. But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
So Monday is P-day so not much happened then that is worth reporting. But
on Tuesday, we had a crazy day. We went tracting in the "Sticks" part
of our area, and almost every door we knocked on let us in. It was
crazy. We got in more doors this past week than I have my whole
mission! We taught 9 lesson that day in 4 hours of tracting. It was
pretty crazy. We went and helped one of our members make a mormon.org profile and that was our day.
On Wednesday things went pretty slow, but one of our investigators families invited us to attend their 16 year old daughter's high
school play. So I called President and we got permission to go. It
really helped our relationship with them grow. So we will see where
that takes us.
On Thursday, we tracted into the nicest lady I have ever met.
She invited us in and her husbad was there so we went in. She told us
how her sister had missionaries just like us knock on her door, and
she is now a Mormon, and it has been the best thing that has ever
happened to her. She told us that she could tell we were special young
men and that we are welcome over anytime. They are a pretty wealthy
family and they said that when the tornados start hitting to come over
and there is room for us in their storm shelter. They also invited us
over for Easter dinner. So I am pretty excitied about that.
I am going to skip to Sunday now. The ward now loves us, and I feel like I get mobbed at church now. So that's good. After church, we had dinner with
some familes and it made me miss our Mormon BBQ's. But we went and
visted a prospective Elder's House (Which is someone who hasn't
recieved the M. Preisthood who can) with our ward mission leader and
they were pretty rough. His parents are on their second mission in
Russia right now, and it blew my mind to see the choice that he made
to put him where he is now. When he had been taught the right way
since he could walk. But he is coming back to church this Sunday and
we are going to baptize his wife pretty soon. So that is exciting!
Things here are going better then ever. But I am busy as ever. I have
the largest teaching pool I have ever had. So if I don't write you
back. I got a good excuse, and if you got any problems, you can take
them up with my boss. I am pretty sure this will be my last transfer
here and my last with Elder Fry. I have trained him too good for them
to keep us together.
Love,
Elder Dye
Monday, March 12, 2012
March 12th, 2012
Hey Family,
This past week has been a good one. I am no longer in a threesome but transfers are tomorrow and Elder Fry and I are sticking together. My best two buddies are leaving though and I am pretty bummed about that. Elder Morrison is going to be the Zone Leader in Lexington and he will be working on UK during March! I am kinda jealous and we don't know where Elder Garrity is going.
Me and Elder Fry had a really good week though. We are teaching a
family of 4 and they are super cool. Things are looking real good for
them. We are also teaching another family and we have been teaching
them ever since I got here, and they are starting to progress.
The ward has finally warmed up to us, and we have a dinner appoinment
every weekday this week. We will have more this week than I have had
my whole time here! So that is exciting!
For the crazy story catagory:
We were eating at McDonald's and this guy walks up to me and elder fry
and tries to start Bible bashing. So I slid over and told him to sit
down by me.
Elder Fry and I started being real friendly to him and just talked
for 4 min about nothing to him and then we started to teach him. We
cleared up all of his concerns and we are meeting him at the church on
Wednesday. He tried to show off his Bible knowledge by reciting Hebrews
1:1-3. So then Elder Fry and I both recited some scriptures from the
Bible and he decided he was done bashing. It was funny.
Then we had a lesson with Tom again. We went in and he had scribbled
all over the Book of Mormon and said that it was not the word of God.
So we sat there while he yelled at us and told us we were wrong. So I
pulled out 2 Nephi 29:7-9 and that calmed him down a little. Then
Elder Fry bore solid testimony and we read 3 Nephi 11. He then told us
that he didn't give the Book of Mormon a chance. So he told us he
would really read and pray about it. That is about it from Evansville.
We are suppose to have 50 more tornados hit in the next little while.
Love
Elder Dye
This past week has been a good one. I am no longer in a threesome but transfers are tomorrow and Elder Fry and I are sticking together. My best two buddies are leaving though and I am pretty bummed about that. Elder Morrison is going to be the Zone Leader in Lexington and he will be working on UK during March! I am kinda jealous and we don't know where Elder Garrity is going.
Me and Elder Fry had a really good week though. We are teaching a
family of 4 and they are super cool. Things are looking real good for
them. We are also teaching another family and we have been teaching
them ever since I got here, and they are starting to progress.
The ward has finally warmed up to us, and we have a dinner appoinment
every weekday this week. We will have more this week than I have had
my whole time here! So that is exciting!
For the crazy story catagory:
We were eating at McDonald's and this guy walks up to me and elder fry
and tries to start Bible bashing. So I slid over and told him to sit
down by me.
Elder Fry and I started being real friendly to him and just talked
for 4 min about nothing to him and then we started to teach him. We
cleared up all of his concerns and we are meeting him at the church on
Wednesday. He tried to show off his Bible knowledge by reciting Hebrews
1:1-3. So then Elder Fry and I both recited some scriptures from the
Bible and he decided he was done bashing. It was funny.
Then we had a lesson with Tom again. We went in and he had scribbled
all over the Book of Mormon and said that it was not the word of God.
So we sat there while he yelled at us and told us we were wrong. So I
pulled out 2 Nephi 29:7-9 and that calmed him down a little. Then
Elder Fry bore solid testimony and we read 3 Nephi 11. He then told us
that he didn't give the Book of Mormon a chance. So he told us he
would really read and pray about it. That is about it from Evansville.
We are suppose to have 50 more tornados hit in the next little while.
Love
Elder Dye
Monday, March 5, 2012
March 5th, 2012
Howdy Family,
Like all of you know we had some pretty nasty storms around here
but I am perfectly fine. We went to play basketball at 5:45 that
morning just like normal, and we ended up driving through the storm. I
did what dad wanted... I got a video of the storm and the sideways
rain but since it is dark outside you can't see the clouds, but I
tried. When I send my sd card home next week you can check it out.
This week not much work got done because of the storms so not too much
happened. You all had a pretty eventful week.
I got another companion. His companion got emergency transferred so he is working with us until the end of the transfer. So we are working in a threesome. I got to have interviews with president and he talked to me forever. He was really happy with how well Elder Fry is doing. That's about it from here. The Church is true. Sorry I don't have much time this week.
Love,
Elder Dye
There is a video on you tube called Tornado passing by Evansville, Indiana March 2nd, 2012. It is about 1 min and 40 secs. This is the storm that Elder Dye had hit him last Friday. You should watch it.
Like all of you know we had some pretty nasty storms around here
but I am perfectly fine. We went to play basketball at 5:45 that
morning just like normal, and we ended up driving through the storm. I
did what dad wanted... I got a video of the storm and the sideways
rain but since it is dark outside you can't see the clouds, but I
tried. When I send my sd card home next week you can check it out.
This week not much work got done because of the storms so not too much
happened. You all had a pretty eventful week.
I got another companion. His companion got emergency transferred so he is working with us until the end of the transfer. So we are working in a threesome. I got to have interviews with president and he talked to me forever. He was really happy with how well Elder Fry is doing. That's about it from here. The Church is true. Sorry I don't have much time this week.
Love,
Elder Dye
There is a video on you tube called Tornado passing by Evansville, Indiana March 2nd, 2012. It is about 1 min and 40 secs. This is the storm that Elder Dye had hit him last Friday. You should watch it.
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