October 26, 2015

Monday: we had a great preparation day! We taught one good lesson with this awesome member bryce he is gonna go on a mission soon! We also were able to get done all that we needed to! 

Tuesday: We were able to have one solid lesson with one of our baptism dates! she is super hilarious! Then we had a bunch of appointments fall through, but I went on an exchange that day!! it was a lot of fun! I was able to spend it with a spanish Elder!!!! so i had no idea what was being said in any of the lessons or with the people we talked to! it was super cool! but super confusing!! 

Wednesday: we got up and we went to district meeting, we had a member from the spanish branch in Louisville take us he was so funny!! But we had a great district meeting! I learned so much!!! Then we were able to have another lesson with our baptismal date! Then a lesson with one of the recent converts Karen. shes super funny! i love meeting with her! and we met with her with Dale! he is the best! Then we ate dinner at Blanche Doss's house! John Gordon her son fed us dinner! they are the best! love them!!! 

Thursday: WE had an awesome weekly planning session!! Then we went and visited with a less active Bill linne! he is the funniest old man! Then we had a bunch of appointments fall through! but we did meet with one of our other baptismal dates! she is super funny! haha Then ended the night teaching our other bap date that was supposed to get baptized this last saturday. Then the Zone leaders called us up! they said they was gonna come pick us up at our apartment. because there is this part member family that is moving from their area to ours. so this couple was a homeless couple, they lived off the bank of a railroad track overpass! they had three tents, one a bedroom, another an outhouse, and the other one a food pantry! it was the craziest thing i have ever seen!!! super cool!! But we got them moved!! 

Friday: We met with our one baptismal date, and then we met with that couple we helped move on thursday with dale, they are super funny!! I love them!! Then we tried people did alot of biking!! then we hurried to a members house for dinner, we had a great lesson with one of their sons friends, it was a great meeting!!! Then we met with the baptismal date that was supposed to happen on saturday, but we met with her in the ER so yeah, she had passed out in her shower, and one of the recent converts and another one of our investigators found her and called the Ambulance! so we visited her in the ER and so she did not get baptized on saturday. 

Saturday: we didn't have the baptism. she was not feeling very well! and she walked home from the ER which is like 3 miles!! But we met with one of the other Recent converts shes asain and super hard to understand!!! Then ate lunch at the Doss house, Then we met with the lady that didnt get baptized! Then we met with one of our other baptismal dates. Then we had dinner at dales!!! Then met with Austin! he is funny!! 

Sunday: WE had a great sacrament meeting!! Then we busted it to an appointment! she is awesome!!! Then we had a lesson with karen, shes funny! Ate dinner at dales, no one was willing to meet with us.... But we ended the night awesome with a fireside at the mission home!!! It was super spiritual!!! 

Well this week I learned that Everything happens in the lords time his way..

I love and miss you all!!! 

Love, Elder Durfee

October 19, 2015

So Monday we a great day! we had 2 good lessons one with Austin Metzler our baptism date! he is this awesome funny black guy!! haha 

Tuesday: We had zone conference, it was very spiritual! Then we Taught one of our baptismal dates then we saw Austin

a gain and taught him a lesson. then ended the day with a lesson with another one of our baptismal dates.

Wednesday: We taught this awesome lesson with this lady! Then we had a member take us out to lunch. Then we went and saw a less active. Then we went and saw karen a recent convert. and then saw Austin again. 

Thursday: we had a great weekly planning session! Then we did a lot of biking! but we were able to have a lesson with this funny lady! then the other lessons we had fell thorugh! :( 

Friday: We did a bunch on biking! and we taught a couple lessons. Then President Brough came out with us! he is so funny! and awesome! I love President Brough!!! He interviewed Austin for his baptism. Then we ended the night with teaching an awesome lesson and then biking to a members for dinner! Then saw a recent convert! and one of our baptismal dates! 

Saturday: We did a lot of finding in the morning! then we came to the church and started filling up the font! then we went and got Austin to his baptism and had his baptismal service! it was amazing! the spirit was super strong!!! so Elder Butler Baptized him, i assisted with it, and we had another Elder in there to help, it took us two tries to get him, one his half leg floated to the top and his belly was barely under the water so we dunked him a second time and that time we got everything under! it was an experience!   We also had another girl that got baptized for the other area in this ward! Then we had dinner with Dale he is our assistant ward mission leader! 

Sunday: we had church! Austin was confirmed! and so was the other girl! Then we went out trying people on our bikes! and had dinner with a member! they are awesome! the Doss and Gordon residence! haha, then we went to Dales to help him pack his clothes in boxes so he can get sprayed for bed bugs! 

This week was filled with disappointment but as we remained obedient and kept being diligent we were able to see our hard work pay off! keep pushing even when the times seem tough! 

Love, Elder Durfee

Love ya'll and miss ya'll   

All the Elders that taught him for the 6 Months.

Pictures of the trees in Indiana

October 12, 2015

So this week was filled with a lot of biking and finding and teaching so a pretty well balanced week!

Monday: we had a good preparation day brother neidiffer took us to lunch and he plays slug Bug except you can slug back so you gotta be on your toes! Haha then we did laundry and shopped and all that fun stuff, then we were able to have a good lesson so one of our baptismal dates! She's awesome!

Tuesday: we went and saw a less active talked about missionary work and word of wisdom, and played trouble with him haha he's a funny old guy, then we had a quick lunch and went and saw one of our other investigators, she's super funny! Then we biked over to one of our other baptismal dates! She is the best and we took out one of the recent converts out with us! Then we did a lot of biking today trying potentials none were home:( but then we had a great lesson with on other one of our baptismal dates he is super funny! I love him! Then we had a lesson with one of the recent converts, then we biked to another guy. Then we went to see how this one guy that decided not to get baptized the day of his baptism. He isn't interested.

Wednesday: we got up did studies the. Busted it to a lesson she wasn't there :( so we saw some former investigators one knows us as jb Jesus boys! Haha then we tried a bunch of people we had contacted and set up appointments with but none were there! But we where able to have an awesome lesson with this couple with a member brother Romney and it was an amazing lesson! So the wife she was a teacher for one of the members daughters and the daughter gave her a meet the Mormons DVD and they'd watched it and they are super interested! They are amazing! The lesson was fantastic! Then we had another lesson that night with dale another member he's super hillbilly! Haha super awesome he is our third missionary in our group! Had a lesson where us guy had wrote down a bunch of anti questions and we were able to answer everything he had! So he was stumped! Haha

Thursday: we had district meeting!! Then ate a quick lunch then we went out trying potentials, had a great lesson with this one lady she is super funny! And we were talking with people down at the harvest home coming it was huge! and while doing this we were watching this old guy walking with his walker and he hit a dip and his wheels hung up and he just face planted it! He didn't catch himself and busted his nose! He lost a lot of blood! It was crazy, so we helped him up and then we waited for an ambulance to get there, there were a bunch of people with him. Then taught one of our baptismal dates, then went to harvest homecoming that night with a member and I had this drunk come up to me put his arm around me and goes hey Charlie I haven't seen you in forever how you been, so I played along until my companion stepped in and said hey his name is elder Durfee not Charlie, haha it was hilarious!

Friday: we did weekly planning! The. We had a lesson with brother Benham there and this one potential we have it was a good lesson, then we went and had a lesson wi Karen one of the recent converts she is hilarious! Haha then we biked to another appointment we had and the husband came out and said I've been in jail for 12 years and I studies yalls religion and we don't need yalls religion! But they are awesome!

His wife was the one that told us to come back.... But then we tried some more people then we had lunch with this awesome family! They are so funny! The Mathis's then we went and saw another recent convert, she's funny!

Saturday: we got up and biked to the doss's house, and we mowed their lawn! And they fed us lunch! We also mowed Reidas lawn and she fed us egg rolls she's asain and Reida isn't her real name her real name is thongdam viravong, ha then we biked and had a lesson with an investigator that has a baptismal date! Then we had dinner with dale and the car elders here! Then we biked to this guys place and had a great lesson! Then we biked to dales and we had correlation with him.

Sunday: we didn't get anyone to church:( but we had a great day at church I got to meet all of the awesome members here! This ward is a lot of fun! Then we did a lot of biking trying people! Then we had one of our appointments when we met with him at the place he said to he said his boyfriend told him we don't like gays and that we shouldn't talk with him... It threw us both for a loop we did not see that coming! Then we ended the jig with a lesson with one of our baptismal dates! We also have been on the look our for bedbugs because dales apartment complex had bed bugs so and like all of our baptismal dates live in his complex and like two houses away from each other so yeah, we've been really careful! Then dale drove us home.

This area is the best! The members here are amazing! I'm loving it here! D&C 82:10

I, the Lord, am bound when ye do what I say; but when ye do not what I say, ye have no promise. This has been a verse they has been in my mind all week!

I love you all and miss you all! God loves you and is always there for you! So use prayer to open the door to Christ's atonement!

Love, Elder Durfee

Elder Durfee. Kentucky Louisville mission

The things you do for cute "little" members :)

She was pretty please with her artwork - and Elder Durfee was such a good sport.

October 5, 2015

So Monday was filled with seeing people saying goodbye and packing!

Tuesday: we got up and brother Perry picked us up at our apartment, and off we went to transfer meeting! We ate at Cracker Barrel for breakfast, then we had transfer meeting. Then we got to new Albany the members here are awesome! We had a lot of appointments when I got here. The work is super awesome here!

Wednesday: we had district meeting! Then we were teaching all day! We have also been biking a lot it's a bike area here! We played trouble with a less active! He's super funny!

Thursday: we had a great weekly planning session and I was able to learn the investigators and people we are working with here, then we taught some awesome lessons! And we also spent a lot of time biking and talking with people.

Friday: we helped an investigator move his couch out, then we tried to come in contact with a bunch of people! Had dinner with a member! Met with a recent convert here and one less active. Then we had missionary correlation it was awesome! I love the ward mission leader! Played trouble with the less active again! And I won one game! Haha

Saturday: was awesome! I hope all of you watched conference because it was awesome! We watched all the sessions with the assistant ward mission leader dale! He's awesome! He fed us dinner chili with noodles in it! Super powerful talks! The members here have an awesome sense of humor! Promised land here!

Sunday: we watched morning session with the doss family! They are super awesome! Then we went and watched second session with dale! Then we had some lessons fall through! And met with the recent concert!

She's super funny!

This week has been super full and crazy! It's been a lot of fun!

Loving it here with my new companion elder butler!

Me and my new companion! He's super awesome! Great sense of humor!

Elder Durfee. Kentucky Louisville mission