April 18th, 2012

Hey,

This past week was a heck of a week! We have recieved a new expectation from President Woodbury, and we are expected to contact 20 people a day outside of tracting, and set appointments. I don't know if I have told you about it or not already. It is a promise from Elder Ballard that if every companionship will talk to 20 people a day or more. They will double their baptisms. We have been leading the zone in number of people contacted. We have had some pretty off the wall stories that have resulted from this 20 a day expectation. Here are just a few that I can remember:

We stopped this middle aged black lady and started talking to her about the Book of Mormon and started talking about the Plan of Salvation. While we were talking I couldn't help but stare at this ladies eyes, and for some reason Elder Fry was being dead quiet, and that is not how I raised my boy up to be-so I awkwardly kept teaching this lady her name was Yolonda but she told us we could call her yo-yo. She told us how we were an answer to her prayers so I was getting pretty excited. I knew there was something wrong with her, but I couldn't put my finger on it. So as we walked away Elder Fry started busting up and asked me why I wasted 40 mins of my time to teach some lady that was higher then a kite about the Plan of Salvation. haha and after he said "high" the pieces of the puzzle fell into place!
Well it was a really rainy day and we only had a half hour to finish up our 20 contacts so we decided to go to the bus stop and talk to people there. So the very first guy I approach looks just like Mr. T. No Lie. I ask him about 4 or 5 questions and he just nods his head or gives me the thumbs up or down. So I am pretty scared of this guy, and I start to walk off. Elder Fry had different idea. So he kept talking to him and for some strange reason he took a liking to Elder Fry instead of me! Crazy I know! haha but we talked to him for about an hour at a bus stop in the rain. His name is Israel, and he is not a Christain. He told us that he would love to listen to us and give Christ another shot. The only problem is he doesn't live in our area, but he works in it. The missionaries that are suppose to teach him are both super sheltered. So we are going to poach him :)
This past Sunday Elder Munns of the Seventy came to our ward and he gave a talk in Priesthood about keys and who holds them. He had me read a few scriptures, and he made me repeat them becuase my accent was too thick for him to understand. I guess it is getting pretty bad, but it only comes out when I read. This past week was also prom so all of the youth wore their flashy clothes to church, and it made me think of how old I am. Well anyway that is it from the Great State of Indiana. I Just found out from President Woodbury today that I will be staying here till at least June 5th. Maybe longer.

Love,

Elder Dye