Things are good, I Got all of my stuff bought. This last week has been good,
tranfers are tommorrow. I love you and will talk to you later. we have
a bus to catch and it comes in 7 mins so i have to go.
Love Elder Dye
Elder Dye
"Behold the field is white....":
Monday, September 26, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
The Day Elder Dye Arrived at the Mission Home
On August 15th eighteen Elders and three Sisters, arrived to the GKLM. This was the largest group sent in over a year, so we had to use not only the large mission van, but also the Mission President's car and the Assistants' mini-van to transport everyone from the airport to the Mission Home.
The situation had been intense at the Mission Home that day over the weekend, after a freak storm downed large trees all over Louisville causing power outtages for thousands of homes. The mission home was one of them, as two huge trees across the street pulled down electrical lines and poles, not only taking out the power but also blocking the main thoroughfare on one side and our side street on the other.
Taking a circuitous route to avoid all the road closures, we finally arrived at the Mission Home. The Sisters and Elders were fascinated by the trees in front, twenty -five or so trucks, cranes, and other heavy equipment, as well as several television crews on site, and many took pictures.
The situation had been intense at the Mission Home that day over the weekend, after a freak storm downed large trees all over Louisville causing power outtages for thousands of homes. The mission home was one of them, as two huge trees across the street pulled down electrical lines and poles, not only taking out the power but also blocking the main thoroughfare on one side and our side street on the other.
Taking a circuitous route to avoid all the road closures, we finally arrived at the Mission Home. The Sisters and Elders were fascinated by the trees in front, twenty -five or so trucks, cranes, and other heavy equipment, as well as several television crews on site, and many took pictures.
September 19th
Sister Woodbury sent us a quick note about Elder Dye
Elder Dye is awesome! He's working hard and is already a leader among his peers. You should be very proud!
Take care.
Love, SIster Woodbury
Elder Dye is awesome! He's working hard and is already a leader among his peers. You should be very proud!
Take care.
Love, SIster Woodbury
Monday, September 12, 2011
September 12th, 2011
I got Staph Infection in my face and I am on a double dose of my
medication and it makes me real sensitive to the sun so i can't go
outside for longer then 2 min. without it killing me. I have 3 more
days until i can go outside. The mission is kind of hard right now
cause i can't go outside.
But we have a way solid investigator that i
think we should be able to baptize within the next month. I am super
excited! While i have been stuck inside i have learned an awful lot
and i think that i have grown a ton this past week. my purpose is to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them understand all of the great things that i
understand.
Don't let mom read this part because i know that i am safe but i live two blocks away from the fifth most dangerous hood in America! But the people here love us and we are always inside by 9 and if i am being obedient i have nothing to be
scared of!
I hate the devil and you can see him at work everywhere! Got your package! Thanks i love that beef jerky its the best thing i have eaten in a while. Take care of the missionaries in Idaho. The only member here that would feed the missionaries is moving away.
But life out here is good! The Church is true!
love ya!
medication and it makes me real sensitive to the sun so i can't go
outside for longer then 2 min. without it killing me. I have 3 more
days until i can go outside. The mission is kind of hard right now
cause i can't go outside.
But we have a way solid investigator that i
think we should be able to baptize within the next month. I am super
excited! While i have been stuck inside i have learned an awful lot
and i think that i have grown a ton this past week. my purpose is to invite others to come unto Christ by helping them understand all of the great things that i
understand.
Don't let mom read this part because i know that i am safe but i live two blocks away from the fifth most dangerous hood in America! But the people here love us and we are always inside by 9 and if i am being obedient i have nothing to be
scared of!
I hate the devil and you can see him at work everywhere! Got your package! Thanks i love that beef jerky its the best thing i have eaten in a while. Take care of the missionaries in Idaho. The only member here that would feed the missionaries is moving away.
But life out here is good! The Church is true!
love ya!
Monday, August 29, 2011
August 29th, 2011- Letter from Elder Dye
Hey ya'll!
Thanks for all the packages and letters! They really mean alot! I am
glad everything is going good! everything here is going good also! i
had the worst moment of my mission this past week though.
we were teaching a guy named Andre in his friends backyard cause he was
watering his plants for him. but we were gettin through to him and i was about to give
him a Book of Mormon and all of the sudden his friend bursts in the
backyard screamin at us. his friend is a 65 year old Baptist preacher
or something like that. he started making fun of us tellin us that
there is no way in heck that we are Elders and we need to start using
our heads and don't let them brain wash us blah blah blah... this went
on for like ten mins and he was really bashing on us hard! he grabbed
me by my backpack and started jerking me around out of his backyard
and man handling me. and you know that Dye Temper... so we get out to
the sidewalk and he still has his hands on me and my arms are folded
just trying to bottle up my rage and this old guy hugs me! i just sat
there with my arms folded just waitin to blow! and he goes to push me
one more time. So i grab his arm and i told him "if you touch me one
more time im gunna break your bones, i don't care what you say i am an
Elder and i hold the same power God does." and he says im sure you do
and rolls his eyes. "and i said im not done, me and my companion here
have more authority then anyone in your church so if i were you i
would watch your tone! then i threw his arm back at him and left.
Missionary work is not hard, the hard part is keeping your emotions in
check. You get rejected and bashed on and things thrown at you,
investigators who know its true and just wont act on it and it breaks
your heart. it is hard to be a happy missionary when all thats
happenin. But i know that God loves me because on our way home that
night we have to walk by one of the roughest corners around and stuff
always goes down: beggars and all sorts of thugs and drugs and stuff.
but while we were walking through here everyone on that corner took
turns prayin with us and askin for some uplifting words, so we happily
gave them. and while we were walkin away a normal couple from Salt
Lake drove by and stopped and said we are members! ( that doesn't
happen often) and they said jump in we will grab ya a bite to eat
(that doesn't happen often either!) so we sat down and had a great
time that just showed me who is own my side... God is, and he has got
my back! haha
The Church is true. The Book is Blue. And Jesus was a Mormon!
Love ya,
Elder Dye
Thanks for all the packages and letters! They really mean alot! I am
glad everything is going good! everything here is going good also! i
had the worst moment of my mission this past week though.
we were teaching a guy named Andre in his friends backyard cause he was
watering his plants for him. but we were gettin through to him and i was about to give
him a Book of Mormon and all of the sudden his friend bursts in the
backyard screamin at us. his friend is a 65 year old Baptist preacher
or something like that. he started making fun of us tellin us that
there is no way in heck that we are Elders and we need to start using
our heads and don't let them brain wash us blah blah blah... this went
on for like ten mins and he was really bashing on us hard! he grabbed
me by my backpack and started jerking me around out of his backyard
and man handling me. and you know that Dye Temper... so we get out to
the sidewalk and he still has his hands on me and my arms are folded
just trying to bottle up my rage and this old guy hugs me! i just sat
there with my arms folded just waitin to blow! and he goes to push me
one more time. So i grab his arm and i told him "if you touch me one
more time im gunna break your bones, i don't care what you say i am an
Elder and i hold the same power God does." and he says im sure you do
and rolls his eyes. "and i said im not done, me and my companion here
have more authority then anyone in your church so if i were you i
would watch your tone! then i threw his arm back at him and left.
Missionary work is not hard, the hard part is keeping your emotions in
check. You get rejected and bashed on and things thrown at you,
investigators who know its true and just wont act on it and it breaks
your heart. it is hard to be a happy missionary when all thats
happenin. But i know that God loves me because on our way home that
night we have to walk by one of the roughest corners around and stuff
always goes down: beggars and all sorts of thugs and drugs and stuff.
but while we were walking through here everyone on that corner took
turns prayin with us and askin for some uplifting words, so we happily
gave them. and while we were walkin away a normal couple from Salt
Lake drove by and stopped and said we are members! ( that doesn't
happen often) and they said jump in we will grab ya a bite to eat
(that doesn't happen often either!) so we sat down and had a great
time that just showed me who is own my side... God is, and he has got
my back! haha
The Church is true. The Book is Blue. And Jesus was a Mormon!
Love ya,
Elder Dye
Monday, August 22, 2011
First Letter from the Mission Field!!!
Howdy y'all!!!
thats how they talk around here! they put this good ole country boy in the middle of the hood. i dont mean to
scare you but i do live in the hood. Me and my awesome companion live in the hood. there are drug
dealers and other stuff on each corner. it is quite the change! but at
least they all love the missionaries!
I have had quite the week! i will start from the start! So i got on the plane and flew to Atlanta GA when i stepped off that plane there was some massive culture shock! i am now the minority! haha thats something an Idaho boy aint used to!
so i have a three hour lay over in Atlanta and i talked to some people
there. got on another plane and flew to Kentucky and was greeted by
the mission pres his wife and the assistants. my mission president is
the man! his wife
was in the Mormon Tab Choir and she was the Assistant Conductor!
so i stayed my first night in the mission home with 20 other new
missionaries, it is the biggest transfer this mission has ever had. i
got assigned to the Y.S.A. branch in downtown Louisville.
I have been in some sketchy situations we have drunks come up to us yellin and
screamin and callin us some nasty names and gettin in our faces. but
its a good time! a drunk came up to us that got kicked off
the bus for peein his pants and wanted us to take him somewhere. just
lots of stuff like that.
i am not going to lie though i have went a whole week without mail. so tell my friends to get writin! can i get some homemade jam? i had to use store bought for
like the first time and it made me realize how spoiled i am! the
church is true! study D&C 76 and 77 it is some pretty awesome stuff! i
love y'all
thats how they talk around here! they put this good ole country boy in the middle of the hood. i dont mean to
scare you but i do live in the hood. Me and my awesome companion live in the hood. there are drug
dealers and other stuff on each corner. it is quite the change! but at
least they all love the missionaries!
I have had quite the week! i will start from the start! So i got on the plane and flew to Atlanta GA when i stepped off that plane there was some massive culture shock! i am now the minority! haha thats something an Idaho boy aint used to!
so i have a three hour lay over in Atlanta and i talked to some people
there. got on another plane and flew to Kentucky and was greeted by
the mission pres his wife and the assistants. my mission president is
the man! his wife
was in the Mormon Tab Choir and she was the Assistant Conductor!
so i stayed my first night in the mission home with 20 other new
missionaries, it is the biggest transfer this mission has ever had. i
got assigned to the Y.S.A. branch in downtown Louisville.
I have been in some sketchy situations we have drunks come up to us yellin and
screamin and callin us some nasty names and gettin in our faces. but
its a good time! a drunk came up to us that got kicked off
the bus for peein his pants and wanted us to take him somewhere. just
lots of stuff like that.
i am not going to lie though i have went a whole week without mail. so tell my friends to get writin! can i get some homemade jam? i had to use store bought for
like the first time and it made me realize how spoiled i am! the
church is true! study D&C 76 and 77 it is some pretty awesome stuff! i
love y'all
Monday, August 15, 2011
Jake Flies to Kentucky
We got a phone call from the SLC Airport this morning. Elder Dye had got up at 3:30 a.m. to ride the bus from the MTC to the airport. It was fun to talk to him. His knee is still hurt and he has to wear a brace but is excited to get to the mission field. He was a little anxious about his first airplane ride.
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