October 20, 2014

last week of transfers lol i went one whole transfer without a bike! lol So this week was crazy! we had three meetings and we moved a lady for a whole day! and she ran out of gas in her car so we had to turn around and go back and get keys to storage and push her off of the free way ramp it was intense! Not a lot happened this week just meetings. a greenie meeting and a zone meeting. then we had a fireside yesterday for investigators. 

 Dakota's Mission Pres. is in the background **lol**

October 13, 2014

So this week has been pretty crazy!!! so as most of you know i got my bike stolen two weeks ago and are still waiting to get one. and we baked cookies for the guy that works at chick fillet that brought us a whole bag of food. it felt great and he will soon be baptized i can feel it! we felt a spirit very thick with one lesson with this investigator with a member present and he did amazing and he really brought the spirit in  when he bore his testimony about what this gospel has done to his life. and i used one of Elder Bednars quotes from conference about how the investigators baptism isnt a heavenly point for us it was very amazing. Wednesday was a very spiritual day! so we did service at the ronald mcdonald home and then we started walking to our next appointment 1 hour away and as we had like 45 minutes left the YSA zone leaders (young single adult) drove by and asked if we would like a ride we said of course when we got dropped off this older couple were getting out of their car so we approached them and asked if they wanted a prayer and the lady said yeah! and then the husband walked around whom we have talked with before said no and she said i said yes! so we prayed and asked if they would like to hear our message, she said well if you got time right now come on in so we went in and taught them the restoration. it was a very spiritual lesson and we set a baptism date! and extended the invitation to go to church as well and they come to church yesterday!!! we are planning on seeing them tonight! so wednesday was an amazing day! Thursday my trainer was in louisville for training so i was on an exchange in nicholasville for the day and it ended up being two greenys in the area it was crazy!but we had a very productive and spiritual day! i have learned so much on every exchange i have been on! i love them! and we had a guy yell at us i got pretty intense for a second! i got to teach the word of wisdom and learned a really cool 15 step program to quite smoking! on friday we had district meeting so i was back with my trainer. and i learned a lot in his training and friday we met with this asain guy who at first was athiest! and it was interesting at the beginning but at the end of the lesson we had him praying and making commitments to pray and also read the Book of Mormon. it was a very spiritual lesson! saturday we met with a lot of less actives and had a lot of great experiences but not a single lesson and we had a member out with us for 4 hours and not a single member present lesson! but we ended the day great with a zone prayer! it was a very spiritual experience and i'm glad we decided to start doing those! Then sunday the true test day for our bap dates came. and they showed up! it was a very happy moment!!! and so we had church and the guy said well elders i think we have found our new church. so i know they are getting baptized! just need to keep teaching them the lessons and our ward is so welcoming and friendly, and they enjoyed and had a great experience with testimony meeting. so after church we had a member drop us off at an apartment complex that is a 2 hour walk. so it was super nice! and we finally got back into contact with this couple we had lost contact with due to the fact that we dont have any bikes and had a great talk with him and i am very confident in him that he and his girl friend will be baptized after they are married. then we had dinner with a member and we were asked to teach a lesson on prayer for them. and it was an amazing prayer! i got to share an experience ive had with prayer since being in the mission field. and it was amazing! but seems how we cant spend forever there we had some members  take us to the guy that started out athiest and just as we got dropped off his boy got dropped off and he started running to the back of the house then we heard the dad yell and so we ran around and he had crawled up a ladder into a tree getting his apples out of his apple tree so we went over and assisted him out of the tree then we talked with him about what he thought of the things we had him read and he said they were really good and is interested but is leaving for china this week and wont be back until november!!! i hope we don't lose him! he was making so much progress!! but i still have faith!  till next week! 

Sincerely,

 Elder Durfee

September 29, 2014

haha that all sounds really crazy!! mason is changing soo much! its crazy! he looks good in that suit! and the twins and dad look like they are having some fun! well this week was very eventful! we have just been trying to find people to teach, we have two that are very promising and i think will be baptized soon. the members feed us really well. but this coming week we don't have many signed up to feed us so it will be okay. um so far we do service every week at the ronald mcdonald house it is a lot of fun over there! friday we had an exchange with the zone leaders and it was alot of fun, i was paired with elder barker he is an awesome missionary and a really cool guy! i enjoyed spending a day with him! I learned alot from him, he said i was gonna be a great missionary because i have a very soft kind spirit and that will go along ways. but also on this last weekend we got our bikes stolen on saturday, we went in and taught a lesson to this gentlemen for 45 minutes and we came back out and the bikes and helmets were gone. so now we are to walking it really sucks when everything is an hour to two hour walk! so this next couple of weeks without bikes will be very interesting! i hope dad sent that bike! while we were waiting for the cops to show up to file a police report we witnessed this guy beat the crap out of this ladies car because they had a fight and as she was sitting there in it he took an arizona can and spider webbed cracked her windshield and dented the whole drivers side of the car in and the back bumper just with his body. all in the same are that our bikes got stolen. so saturday was very eventful and that was when i was with elder barker, one of our zone leaders. and sunday we were expecting that couple that will be getting baptized, to come to church and they didn't come because the girls mom flipped out, but i know eventually they will and i know itll be before i leave. i am still having fun. oh and on our way home walking we watched a snake get demolished in the road as we were walking home for an hour. lol i did alot of walking we walked so far and so much that my comp was strecthing last night before bed and i went right out and so did he and he slept on the floor until 6 am he had a sore neck. well we are still in the finding stages we have found a couple that are interested but without bikes itll be challenging but it will be worth it. i love you all, and it looks like yall are having alot of fun back at home. 

Sincerely,

Elder Durfee   

 

 This is where Elder Durfee is sleeping. 

 

First letter from Kentucky

First letter from Kentucky

its going great! yep i did! haha yeah lol. i bet i love the pictures! yes it is awesome here in kentucky! yes i do! haha sucker. yeah oh really only 8? that was short... ;) haha wow maybe thats just a sign youre getting old lol ;) yes it is i love it! haha yes they are amazing this time of year. wow, haha so am i! thats good, ok sounds good! thanks mom! i loved the package! so did you get my letter! and so far the biking is a work out! oh by the way i want my bike or should i just go buy my own here! need advice... like asap! um we got turned down by eveyone for the first couple of days and didn't start to get beter until about saturday, well friday becuase i went on a transfer with the tates creek elders and they are amazing! had a lot of fun! and they taught me how to be awkward with contacting. and now im getting the hang of how to do it and talking is coming easier. and saturday i had several that wanted return apointments and sunday we went to church and i had to give prayer after prayer because i was the new elder. and then we went out prostelyting and it was interesting stopped at a gas station and contatcted we get turned down alot but i haven't been yelled at yet. umm also he had someone yell i love the devil as they drove by while we were saying a prayer with this couple, and i recognized this guy, it was reallly weird. so i know im in the right place by having experiences like that. i love it here the humidity is getting better the biking isn't as bad, and even when you get turned down here it is very politely havent been yelled at much, knock on wood. oh did you get my letter? and i need input on bike situation, and i got your package today thank you!!! i love it! Sincerely elder Durfee

oh and my companion is really cool he reminds me alot of me and he is from idaho. lol his name is elder spaulding, 

 

yes i am! :) ok sounds great! i know right!? its crazy! yeah lol there are only two straight bike areas and we have 139 cars in this mission its crazy! and in the care missions you need a bike too so either way i needed a bike but with only two bike areas i was the only new greeny that got it lol well ive gotta go talk to yall later bye 

 

September 3, 2014 ~ Elder Durfee Enters the MTC.....

 A special day... Entering the MTC with a friend.  Elder Sam Salisbury

 Picture outside the Provo Temple. 

 Mason is not impressed with losing his "da" for 2 years.....

 I'm pretty sure the Bodree feels the same. 

 On our way into the MTC.... Had to get the Sign :)

 Last Family pic when we let him out....

 And he is off.... So PROUD of him and already miss him!

First "P-day"

September 5, 2014

First "P-day" - Email from Elder Durfee

Hi mom and dad I am just checking in with you on my first p-day. I love you both.  i sent you a letter today as well so i will talk to you  guys later about the stuff i wrote in that letter.  i love you all and wish the best for you guys. I hope it is getting easier and easier for you.  I love you and will talk to you guys next Friday.