March 2, 2015

Monday: we had a fun day with the Carter's on Preparation day! Then a good lesson with these two teenager investigators we have. Tuesday: we went to the bottom of our area and visited this Less active Family that hasn't had any contact with the church in over a year. we were the first contact in over a year.... but they are super awesome!! I know that by following the promptings of the spirit that I was led to find them and to help them back to activity and I felt that I was sent to Beattyville for them! I recognized the whole family!! Super Spiritual! I'm glad we got the opportunity to meet them! Then we went and had a couple lesson with a few other Investigators but seems how they are so far away and haven't had any "Mormon" contact in over a year and have been isolated due to the fact that all the families down there are other religions and they are the only Mormons within like 2 hours or so.... Wednesday: we went up to Campton and had Brother Caputo this awesome member that is related to Al Capone! He is a little on the crazy side but I love him to death!!! then we went and Visited this less active family that is a dis functional family. But they are a super cool family! I feel sorry for all of the things those kids have had to go through. Then we went and visited these two teenagers and the boy wasn't there so we talked with the girl and helped to better understand what she is reading. Thursday: we had Zone Meeting Finally!! after it being canceled two times! Then we exchanged with our district leader so I went to London for last part of Thursday and most of Friday. so Thursday afternoon we went and visited this Recent convert she is super cool! with this member who is awesome!! and we rode in his jeep! I had to ride in the back and it was all sorts of rigged up.. Friday: we ran around knocking doors and we did 12 week for Elder Peck, I love Elder Peck. but everything we had planned fell through just a day of failed plans. But I had high hopes because our district leader was supposed to be interviewing our Baptismal date for Saturday!! but when we met up with them to exchange back they said he didn't get interviewed and that they ran around trying to find him and so they called his grandma that he lives with and he answered then his mom quickly took the phone from him and said hey I changed my mind he isn't old enough to get baptized.... then hung up on them after saying I hope no hard feelings... So it was super sad to see that happen. Saturday: we went and saw this other Investigating family. they are super awesome!!! So as you could guess no baptism today.. but we went and visited the Frost Family again with the Carter's and they said they were coming to church and they explained all that has happened here in that past 2-3 years... then we went home and I haven't been feeling good I've had a horrible head ache for the past 4 days that just won't go away! so I had to lay down. And this night was Transfer call night so it was the night to see if I was going to get Transferred to a different area but I'm not! I'm staying in Beattyville for another 6 weeks I'm excited!!! But how ever they did realign the boundaries of the mission so they moved us into another zone which put us in another district so that will be fun getting to know a bunch of new missionaries without having to leave the area! Sunday: we had Church!!! we still had investigator come to church his whole family is Baptized except him and his mom and now he lives with his wife and his kid so we will get him baptized and his wife he really wants to be baptized and married in the temple! Then we had the Carter's take us out to this less active family in a Hollow!! he is now living with his girlfriend and her kid.... so we will have to work with that.. but then we went tracting this street and I know we were sent to this street to meet this single mother! It couldn't of been any better perfect timing than what we had! then we went and tried a couple other women but neither were home. So then we went and at dinner with the Carters! Lasagna! It was super good! I love Sister Carters cooking! and I love their stories of their cabin and their time share in mexico and their houseboat they were splitting with a few other families.  Then we went and visited those teenagers and the girl is really progressing but the boy had for some reason halted we will be getting to the bottom of that one! well this week was full of excitement! 

Love,

 Elder Durfee