November 24, 2014

So this week was crazy. it was all a blur. went by so fast! So monday: we played basketball at the church after we emailed! i love playing basketball! and ive gotten pretty good at it! Tuesday: we did a lot of following the spirit. and we found one two new investigators! and taught a good lesson on the restoration! Wednesday: we did service at the Ronald McDonald Home. and then we had an appointment cancel because his car died. and then we had a good lesson with a couple we found last week on the restoration but the guy talked a lot so we didn't get to finish and he had to go see his mom and forgot about us so we taught a little and set up an appointment for this week. Thursday: we had a fun day we had lunch with the tates creek elders then we tried a couple but they weren't home... so then we sat down with a less active member and had a good chat. then we biked to our dinner appointment with a member. and they took us to O Charley's. and had ribs and steak! it tasted so good! Then had  good lesson on  the Plan of salvation with another investigator. Friday: we had district meeting, and the Zone leaders came and did a training on becoming a consecrated missionary and that's what the district training was on as well. so i learned a lot on what i need to change. Then we had an exchange with the Zone leaders because my companion is a district leader. I got to go to Richmond for that night and Saturday. Then we had some good lessons and a good jamming session with one of their investigators. and talked with two other investigators. Then Saturday: we did service putting up drywall i learned a lot! and they fed us cook out. its an awesome burger place! then we talked with one really cool investigator of theirs she's 17 and legit! and her twin is really cool to i guess didn't get to meet her. then we taught the Word of Wisdom to another lady. it was great! she knew she needed to before we taught it. then we saw another investigator and sang with the piano and read the Book of Mormon. then we saw a less active he is really cool I love him!! then we had dinner at a members and it was super cool!  Then we drove back to Lexington to exchange back. Sunday: we went to church. then came home and had waffles with the member we live with! then we taught a member present lesson reading the Book of Mormon! then we had a dinner with a member. then we talked to people as we biked home. This last week was super long! But short at the same time! I love the work I do! I love my Father in Heaven and My Savior Jesus Christ! and his Atonement! 

Quote: The Lord doesn't expect immediate Perfection, but immediate Progression   

Sincerely Elder Durfee 

November 17, 2024

So this week was a really good week for finding new people to teach! we picked up 7 new investigators!! on Tuesday we had zone conference. and that was a lot of fun! we ate a lot of different soups! and learned so much! Wednesday we did service and then we taught this really cool couple! he is very hard to teach but we will get through to him and his wife she is a golden investigator. Thursday we weekly planned all day and held a companionship inventory for the Tates Creek Elders and helped them get through some things and now they are getting along a lot better. Friday we Found two new golden investigators and they are pretty much already members so now all we need to do is teach them and get them baptized. so we will see how this week goes with them! I'm so excited!!! And Friday i also got a call from our bishop ric and i was asked to give a talk this upcoming Sunday on the 10th article of faith!! and we had a deep building cleaning! it was a lot of fun! and ate 8 pieces of pizza! and I'm losing so much weight. Saturday a member took us to 5 guys! that's the best burger I've ever eaten!!! Sunday: i gave my talk and it was the longest talk I've yet ever given!! 10 minutes!! yeah buddy! And then after sacrament meeting everyone praised me. and Elder Spaulding felt left out and one of the members said oh you're okay it was funny! Then we went to an investigator fireside! And it rained so hard that night! i got soaked!!! I was told a great quote Sunday! Joseph Fielding Smith: " People die in bed, and So does Ambition". 

Sincerely Elder Durfee 

November 10, 2014

So this week was a long week. on monday we came and emailed and were half way done with emailing and we got locked out of the Family History center, so then we had to wait for one hour till the zone leaders came to play basketball with us and four other missionaries. We played basketball all day and it was a super good workout! i love basketball! The members are super good at feeding us! but most of them are from Utah and moved here haha. Tuesday we did a lot of biking around contacting referals! and i wrecked pretty hard on my bike! haha stinking bikes, but its alot better than walking!  but Tuesday was a super horrible day, we both had a hard time feeling the spirit. Wednesday that morning we found out why tuesday sucked, we broke the word of wisdom. by drinking this protein shake that had the extract of coffee bean in it. we had service at the Ronald McDonald home. And did a lot of finding today. Thursday, we we did weekly planning then we went to the bottom of our area that is about 10 mile round trip. i was super tired! Friday, We we had District meeting. We had district lunch at Hugh Jass Burgers. they are super good! and there was a lot of beer served in that restaurant! then we drove through the college campus and Elder caskey did a drifting stop and i was super close and i hit is tire and i was going pretty good. and i got ejected from my bike and hit running! it was an insane wreck and i missed a pole by three feet when i was running trying to save myself. it was awesome!!! then Elder Caskey fell over, then we chased squirrels in the campus and Elder Caskey and Elder Lowry hit one it was crazy! then we went and had dinner at the Piepgrass's they are from Canada! They are super cool! and We ate Pork burritos!!! just like the cafe rio one! ive had that meal like 10 times!! im loving this food! but wow has my stomach shrunk! and then they had us take our belts off at the dinner table to show them how our missionary belts work. Saturday, so today was a lot of tracting. and we had dinner with a member and a lesson with an investigator. and the investigator left early!  and didn't come back like he said he was going to!! So we went to try some different people while waiting. and they weren't home but as we were leaving they pulled up and so we flipped around and went and talked with them and set up an appointment for this coming thursday! im excited! Sunday we didn't have any investigators come, :( but we did see come less actives afterwards! and had dinner with a member! so over all this week was pretty great! 

Sincerely,

 Elder Durfee 

November 3, 2014

so this week was the start of transfer 2! And me and my companion are still going strong together! but i think he will be leaving me after this transfer! :( so for all of you wondering if I've eaten anything southern. NO i haven't! its all been the same exact food I've eaten at home! this week was super crazy! we did a lot of biking seems how we have gotten new bikes! we do service at the Ronald McDonald home every Wednesday and it is a lot of fun over there! Our Baptism dates fell through because they have been super hard to sit down and teach, they are super busy! But we have 4 investigators that are promising that we are teaching. Halloween was a lot of fun! we had district meeting that day and after district meeting we went and had district lunch at Panda Express! Then we went to the Tates Creek elders apartment, on the way to their apartment we had to go biking through some freezing rain! that stuff sucks! it really hurts and it is hard to see!  Then we had a party! we ate some good food! and i finally tried squirrel! it doesn't really have any distinct taste to it. the Tates Creek elders were rough housing and elder Caskey hit his head on the corner of the wall and cut his head open it looked really cool! he super glued it shut and it is healing up great! you almost can't even tell anymore! Friday night it snowed! and was still snowing Saturday morning! it was super cold! And Sunday we went to church and had dinner at a members! the members here are really good at feeding us! but most of them are from Utah or are from the western half of the U.S. so that's why nothing super weird for food. The members here are super helpful and most of them are either college students that are married or are just out of college. and most are return missionaries as well. so our ward is super amazing! I love our members! I love The GKLM!!! (Great Kentucky Louisville Mission). Pictures to come.  

October 27, 2014

So this week was really Fun! So Sunday a member found this investigator and took him to the investigator fireside, and he is in our area, so we have been teaching him! He is coming along really well! Then we also had exchanges this week, because my companion is the District leader and he has to be with each elder in our district, with Elder Lowry and Elder Caskey. I learned a lot from each of them! Elder Caskey and me taught the investicator the member found, and the lesson went amazing! One of the best lessons so far of my mission! But we are still down to just three investigators so we are still finding new and more people to teach! Also this saturday Elder Spaulding and me found out that that we will be spending at least one more transfer together! I can't wait for this next great transfer together! and on Sunday we taught this recent convert family the restoration. and we are going to continue teaching them the rest of the lessons so that i can get some more practice and teach them the new member lessons. it is going to be great! Oh and for all of you that are wondering how the southern food is..... its not very southern. i haven't eaten a single thing here that i hadn't eaten back at home. the food is the exact same here as it was at home. but thats mainly because half of the members that we have eaten at are from Utah originally and they all know where salina is  at! 

Sincerely,

Elder Durfee