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!!)
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
December 28th, 2011
I was at the bus stop waitng for the bus to take me back to my
apartment when a lady walks up to me and is crying. She asks me when
the next bus is coming and if it will take her to Valley Station. So I
start talking to her and she gives me a big ole sob story about how
hard her life is and all that jazz. Which happens pretty often and it
is always followed with them asking for a few dollars. but she didn't.
She told me that she doesn't want to burden me with her drama and so
she walks away. I thought that she was a fake. So i went and sat back
down, but i had a prompting to go back up and talk to her. So i
grabbed a Plan of Salvation Pamphlet(can't spell) and i pulled a five
spot out of my wallet and stuck it in between the pages. I walked up
to her and she looked at me and starting crying again. She told me she
didn't believe in God and if there was a God he doesn't care about
her. So i told her that was not the case. There is a God and he loves
you very much, and that is why you ran into me today. I talked about
the Plan of Salvation, and the bus pulled up so i just walked away.
She chased me onto the bus and was sobbing and asking me why i did
what i just did. I didn't know why i did i just knew that i needed to.
She told me that i was the most christlike person she had seen in a
long long time and she asked where our church was located. I watched
her walk to the front of the bus and offer up a prayer of thanks to
the God that she again believed in. Two prayers were answered with
this experience, a young fired up missionary looking for someone to
teach, found someone to teach, and my friend i met at the bus stop who
was looking for a testimony of her Heavenly Father and found it.
apartment when a lady walks up to me and is crying. She asks me when
the next bus is coming and if it will take her to Valley Station. So I
start talking to her and she gives me a big ole sob story about how
hard her life is and all that jazz. Which happens pretty often and it
is always followed with them asking for a few dollars. but she didn't.
She told me that she doesn't want to burden me with her drama and so
she walks away. I thought that she was a fake. So i went and sat back
down, but i had a prompting to go back up and talk to her. So i
grabbed a Plan of Salvation Pamphlet(can't spell) and i pulled a five
spot out of my wallet and stuck it in between the pages. I walked up
to her and she looked at me and starting crying again. She told me she
didn't believe in God and if there was a God he doesn't care about
her. So i told her that was not the case. There is a God and he loves
you very much, and that is why you ran into me today. I talked about
the Plan of Salvation, and the bus pulled up so i just walked away.
She chased me onto the bus and was sobbing and asking me why i did
what i just did. I didn't know why i did i just knew that i needed to.
She told me that i was the most christlike person she had seen in a
long long time and she asked where our church was located. I watched
her walk to the front of the bus and offer up a prayer of thanks to
the God that she again believed in. Two prayers were answered with
this experience, a young fired up missionary looking for someone to
teach, found someone to teach, and my friend i met at the bus stop who
was looking for a testimony of her Heavenly Father and found it.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Transfer--Indiana Here We Come!! December 19th, 2011
I'm getting transfered to Newburg Indiana. I will be on a bike. I will be Junior companion for one more transfer and then I will train after that. I am nervous.
I need to make a few purchases for a bike area in the winter time. I have to buy Fenders to keep the water from the streets from getting on me and a leg strap thing and some slime tubes, so I might be spendig a little money in the near future.
I had to say goodbye to all of my investigators and we have gotten pretty close in the last little while. it has been probably one of the hardest things I have had to do. I am worried that they will drop the missionaries after I leave. But Elder Freestone will still be around so thats good. I am getting set up to train and I am kinda scared but Elder Freestone told me that I am already better then he is. I don't believe him but it gave me a little bit of confidence. It is nice to know that President
thinks you are a good missionary too. Normally people don't train until their 9th or 10th transfer here and mine will be my fifth. So I
am trying to learn everything that I possibly can as
quick as I can. That is about all from here in Ky this week
Love,
Elder Dye
I need to make a few purchases for a bike area in the winter time. I have to buy Fenders to keep the water from the streets from getting on me and a leg strap thing and some slime tubes, so I might be spendig a little money in the near future.
I had to say goodbye to all of my investigators and we have gotten pretty close in the last little while. it has been probably one of the hardest things I have had to do. I am worried that they will drop the missionaries after I leave. But Elder Freestone will still be around so thats good. I am getting set up to train and I am kinda scared but Elder Freestone told me that I am already better then he is. I don't believe him but it gave me a little bit of confidence. It is nice to know that President
thinks you are a good missionary too. Normally people don't train until their 9th or 10th transfer here and mine will be my fifth. So I
am trying to learn everything that I possibly can as
quick as I can. That is about all from here in Ky this week
Love,
Elder Dye
Monday, December 12, 2011
December 12th, 2011
Hey there Family!!!!
This past week was an exciting one! i will just go through the days
Monday: Got invited to a christmas party that was being thrown by the
campus cru ( bible study group) we ended up teaching 15 or 20 people
in this party I felt like we were some old school missionaries just
standin there and preaching. It went well and we got us some new
investigators outa that. I broke my umbrella on accident and i had to
walk about 30 blocks in the pouring rain so i got soaked.
Tuesday: Was packed full of appointments. 2 of them were first lesson
restoration lessons and the other 2 were progressing investigators. We
set another baptism date with our investigator Carlos for Dec. 31st!
Which is really exciting because this area has not baptized in a long
long time. Then we had a lesson with some baptist seminary students.
We were making alot of progress with them and then all of the sudden
it turned into a bash and the kicked the crap out of us. So we
scheduled a return appointment cause we were not going to get our
trash kicked and i was ready to tear apart the doctrine of the
Trinity. so we went in there and i had a change of heart and we had a
nice friendly talk with tons of testimonies bourne and they didn't
know how to bash with the spirit.
Sunday: Elder Walter F. Gonzales of the presidency of the seventy came
to our branch to talk to us. So one of our investigators was with us
at church and we went up and shook his hand after and he asked our
investigtor if he was a member and he tole him no and he asked if we
had invited him and we told him we did last night and he turned us
down. so then Elder Gonzales invites him to be baptized and promises
him all of these blessings and stuff it was crazy!! So now ty is
thinking really hard about baptism!
That was my week. There was a challenge in our zone to see who the
most obedient and successful companionship was and me and Elder
Freestone won!!!!! So the Zone Leaders have to take us out to eat.
I love you all!
This past week was an exciting one! i will just go through the days
Monday: Got invited to a christmas party that was being thrown by the
campus cru ( bible study group) we ended up teaching 15 or 20 people
in this party I felt like we were some old school missionaries just
standin there and preaching. It went well and we got us some new
investigators outa that. I broke my umbrella on accident and i had to
walk about 30 blocks in the pouring rain so i got soaked.
Tuesday: Was packed full of appointments. 2 of them were first lesson
restoration lessons and the other 2 were progressing investigators. We
set another baptism date with our investigator Carlos for Dec. 31st!
Which is really exciting because this area has not baptized in a long
long time. Then we had a lesson with some baptist seminary students.
We were making alot of progress with them and then all of the sudden
it turned into a bash and the kicked the crap out of us. So we
scheduled a return appointment cause we were not going to get our
trash kicked and i was ready to tear apart the doctrine of the
Trinity. so we went in there and i had a change of heart and we had a
nice friendly talk with tons of testimonies bourne and they didn't
know how to bash with the spirit.
Sunday: Elder Walter F. Gonzales of the presidency of the seventy came
to our branch to talk to us. So one of our investigators was with us
at church and we went up and shook his hand after and he asked our
investigtor if he was a member and he tole him no and he asked if we
had invited him and we told him we did last night and he turned us
down. so then Elder Gonzales invites him to be baptized and promises
him all of these blessings and stuff it was crazy!! So now ty is
thinking really hard about baptism!
That was my week. There was a challenge in our zone to see who the
most obedient and successful companionship was and me and Elder
Freestone won!!!!! So the Zone Leaders have to take us out to eat.
I love you all!
Monday, December 5, 2011
December 5th, 2011
You're awesome! I am so thankful for all the things you have done for me to be me. It seems like I was raised to be a missionary. I have been kickin the trash outa one of the worst areas in the mission and
president told us that we have done everything he wished we would and more, from the things he told Elder Freestone about me it sounds like he has high expectations of me.
Thanks for all you have done, and thanks for teaching me to chew with my mouth closed.
I have about 4 investigators that are really close to
baptism. I am not suppose to give out names. but 2 boys and 2 girls. They are so cool and I love them!!! But about me. I am progressing
fast,I have given trainings, and Elder Freestone and I are top
dogs all because we listen for the promptings of the spirit and I have been blessed with the gift of being a people person. I have been able
to learn how to make friends with people on the street within 2 min. I am so thankful for that! My knee is feeling better! The Church is true!
Love,
Elder Dye
president told us that we have done everything he wished we would and more, from the things he told Elder Freestone about me it sounds like he has high expectations of me.
Thanks for all you have done, and thanks for teaching me to chew with my mouth closed.
I have about 4 investigators that are really close to
baptism. I am not suppose to give out names. but 2 boys and 2 girls. They are so cool and I love them!!! But about me. I am progressing
fast,I have given trainings, and Elder Freestone and I are top
dogs all because we listen for the promptings of the spirit and I have been blessed with the gift of being a people person. I have been able
to learn how to make friends with people on the street within 2 min. I am so thankful for that! My knee is feeling better! The Church is true!
Love,
Elder Dye
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