May 29th, 2012

This past week has been a crazy awesome killer one! Our area has finally boomed! Our investigators are progressing better then we could have ever guessed. We have had so much happen that will have to go day by day. Tuesday: We went and helped one of the sweetest recent converts seal his driveway and in turn he came with us to one of our appointments that day with Misty Clark. She is an investigator that I found my first week here with Elder Harper so back in January. We sat down and had a great lesson towards the end of it she told us that she knows that Joseph Smith is a Prophet of God and that She knows that everything we tell her is the truth. So that was pretty awesome! We will set a date with her on Thursday for her to be baptized. Wednesday: not much happened Thursday: We met with Derek "Elder" Hunter. He is an ordained Elder in a Baptist church, and is on track to become a Bishop which is as high as you can get. He had met with missionaries before but he lost contact with them. We went and knocked on his door two weeks ago and he was super excited to meet with us again. He showed up to our appointment dressed exactly like us and he told us he would like to be baptized. So we set his date for July 8th. Friday: We had Interviews with President Woodbury and he told me that we need to baptize Derek as soon as possible. While I was in my interview Derek called me and gave us an address of a lady he talked to on the street and gave a Book of Mormon to. I was super excited and President told me that he is the blessing for me and Elder Fry's hard and diligent work. He also hinted to me that I will be getting transferred on the 5th. We met with the Madison's that night and Bro Madison is super bummed that I am leaving. I am pretty sad that I will have to leave them too. We had a terrible lesson with him that night because another member of the ward was over and tried to force him to do things. He drove us home and we sat in his truck, and cleared up some wrong ideas she gave him for about an hour in front of our apartment. Sunday: Elder Hunter came to church! We met with him after and he is ready to be baptized. We called President and asked him if we could baptize him this upcoming Sunday, and he told us yes! So I will have some sweet pictures to send home! Monday: We went tracting after P-day was over and in an hour we found 6 new Investigators. It seems like once we got our momentum rolling it will be impossible to stop! The work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent! Love you, Elder Dye

May 21st, 2012

Hey Family, These past two weeks have been some wild ones. We have been reaping the fruits of our labors. We set our first baptismal date this past week with one of our AMAZING Investigatos names Faith Ford. We found her at the park and she was super interested in what we were sharing because her and her husband have been struggling for quite along time. They got married 5 years ago, and in those five years have only lived together for 6 months. They couldnt get along so she is raising her 5 year old by herself. She realized that a broken family is not how it is suppose to be and she knew that if she made God a prioity he could help her change her broken home into a happy home. She will be baptized on the 24th of June! 19 days after transfers! haha We have 5 more investigators that are progressing pretty well. We plan on giving them all baptismal dates to work towards this next week! I will send you a picture of one of my favorite investigators. He is the big black guy that came to church with us last week. We had one of the worst days on a bike I have ever had this past week. It was around 94 and it was more humid then it has been in a long time. We biked about 8 miles and it looked like i had jumped in a pool. I only have 3 min left of p-day so i gotta go. I love you all Love Elder Dye