Crazy Lady and Barbeque

This week has been super crazy busy and really fun so I will take some time to explain everything that happened!!

Monday- we had a huge basketball game with the Elders from Jacksonville.  They came down and we balled it up and of course I  was the smallest one there so I stepped off after a little bit because it started to get intense.  You know me I'll beat someone up so I had to chill...(I would have been eaten by these guys - they were huge)... but it was tons of fun and I got to see Elder Walker, so that was super great! Then we went and played soccer and Elder Nadauld and I were about to buy some like cheap 20 dollar cleats because we thought we were gonna go play again and then we decided not to and it was a good decision because the game was super small and not worth cleats at all!! But it was still fun and a great day!! 

Tuesday- crazy day we found 5 new investigators and we only knocked on 3 doors the whole day!!  It was amazing and they were some of the funniest contacts I have ever had on my mission... We talked about these jedi knight looking dudes who preach and they were like you mean the Israelite and we were like that's what they are and apparently they hate white people!!  We have a bet with the the Wilmington first elder on who can get a picture with them first haha!! Whoever does gets milkshakes from the others!! It was super cool and then we got to give a blessing to one of the members kids after dinner and it was really cool!! We got to see the Mire family!! They are having to move and they are just off!!  It has been a real journey with them but sadly we think we might have to drop them.. :( but thats ok we will find another family and they will always mean a lot to me! But Brother Grishman came with us and it was amazing he is so good! He is my favorite! He always comes out with us and he always knows what to say and has seen a ton.  I could hang with him all day!!

Wednesday- we had interviews with president again and it was great.  District meeting went really well and was pretty short because of interviews but it was great! I got to go on an exchange with Elder Nadauld who is my zone leader and he is so much fun! We went into the hood and we found 2 more new investigators and one is this crazy lady who is super funny!!  I will send the picture of me with her and everyone will understand hahaha.  Then what was really fun was we stayed up all night and we were trying to catch the rat in our house... so we were up and we talked and tried to stay awake and then we heard the rat land in his layer.. and we had baited him with bananas and so we watched and waited and watched the bait and then next thing I knew i woke up and boom the bait is gone!! ahhhh but I can hear the rat and so I'm like trying to get Nadauld up and then we lost him!! But we tried so hard and almost had him!!!!

Thursday- was crazy we met Kenny and idk what this guy was on but he was like dude aliens came and like taught us and blahh and then he's all like one day that tree will be you and you will be me and I will be the tree and were like what the butt?? Yea it was crazy but we set a new baptismal date this this new guy named Steve.  He is really cool and really funny! 

Friday- we biked everywhere and nothing much happened but it was fun!!  We had dinner with the Stainbacks and they are a funny younger couple.  He told us some of his crazy mission stories!

Saturday- all of our appointments fell threw but this member Brother Macarther came out with us and he was super awesome.  He told us this place never to go to called creekwood where we might die if we enter.  So we are going to go there tomorrow jkjk hahahahahahha!!!  I'm not dying here but it was cool! Scary but it was great and then we had a lesson with William and he is this cool 15 year old kid who really wants a change in his life.  We taught him the restoration and invited him to read!

Sunday- Ward conference was great because we had food after church!! Super good then it went down hill and we got bashed for an hour and this guy was just dumb!! Then we got to go to Steves and he is super awesome and has been reading and praying and working towards his baptismal date.  He is doing great and he believes it all but is scared of the change that will need to take place.  We know the spirit will work on him!!  William came to church and really enjoyed it so it was good!

Today we are going to the beach it will be tons of fun and just a ball of excitement!!!

Love yall have a great week!!

Elder Dylan Hutchings

pictures are the crazy lady and then this sign because I am apparently at college!!!  Ha ha and then barbecue of which we got for free because we are elders and we get that kind of stuff!!

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I guess I'm at College???

Yummy free barbeque!!!

Full of Excitement - Spencer the Rat!!!

Well apparently this week was Valentines Day haha but Happy Valentines day!! All I have to say for myself is that this week has been crazy!!  I think we drove over 200 miles and ate a bunch of raw veggies without ranch and that is from satan!

Monday- So were all at the store and Elder Miller is like man we need to get some healthy food.  I was like yea I agree so we got healthy bread and vegetables.  Man it was a good idea but then not so good!! We also celebrated an elders birthday and we went to down town Wilmington.  I ate this ice cream from this famous store down there and oh my..... it was so good!!! I got chunky brownie you know me gotta get the chocolate and it was the best ice cream ever!!!! That night was the part that was really cool... so we were out doing what we had planned and everything was falling through, nothing was working out and finally we just stopped and said a prayer.  Then we both knew where we needed to go and we found Amanda.  She is this awesome lady who we had a great lesson with on the door and we were able to set a time to come back the next day!! The funny part was her dog wouldn't stop barking but she was so into the lesson that she didn't even notice until her dog grabbed food.  It was crazy to hear her story!  She is a total gamer and that is really funny.  She had a game on that we use to play .. crash bandicoote. It was great and a total answer to our prayers!

Tuesday- so apparently it was like Valentines Day or something I guess.. but it was a great day! We worked really hard and found this  hidden less active member of the ward.  No one knew about her so it was pretty great! She was really funny and liked our ties but said they could be more colorful. I was wearing a plain black tie hahaha.  That night was so amazing - we went to the Yue's house for dinner and it was so good!! They are like super rich and have all of this tech stuff that is super high tech and then have these giant shark teeth from a methadone shark!! It was crazy and so much fun they also have elder dobby at their house!!  It is literally a statue of dobby dressed up like an elder it is the best!! For dinner we had steaks and corn on the cob and it was so good!! Then we had a lesson with Amanda again and she talked about how it was crazy how it all lined up when we got there and what we taught (plan of salvation).  Brother Grishman was just perfect he asked the best questions about her faith and just made it a great lesson and she wants to learn so much more!

Wednesday- we had our district meeting like usual and it went pretty good it was on teaching the restoration! Then that day I got to take elder Sterling on an exchange.  He came to our area and we found a man from the Congo.  It was awesome because he loved it when we taught about the Book of Mormon.  He was super into it and reading it when he saw that it was another testament of Jesus Christ!! It was super cool and then that night it was crazy because we found Mike.  This guy was tall so that's how I started off the door contact.  I'm like whoa are you super tall or am I just a midget!!  He's like I think its a combo of both and we start laughing.  He let us come in and then boom lesson and it started not going so good because he said that he didn't feel emotion.  I'm all like what because he says he's like socialfbbfg idk some big word and at first I'm like oh I'm going to die!!!  Then it was like no jk he just doesn't feel emotions.  We turned it all around when we asked him about prayer and told him if he really wanted to change he has a loving heavenly father who will be there to help him do it.  He excepted some pamphlets and our number which at first he wasn't going to!

Thursday-Nothing really happened other then we we had a great dinner with a family named the Marshalls!

Friday- we got kicked out of this apartment complex it was super funny but we are going back soon! It is where the man from the Congo lives!! Oh and that morning this rat that we have in our apartment flippen got all up in our trash and pulled stuff out of it!!!!  It's not even next to the counter and that should tell you  how big it is!!

Saturday- we worked super hard everything was falling through and then we were like boom thats it!!!  So we pulled off onto this random street and just started tracting.  Then we found Melissa and she is super awesome.  Apparently she has a quad but isn't a member! So we set up a time to come back on Sunday.  We then followed up with a bunch of people and none of them were home!! 

Sunday- we had church and then all of our appointments fell through but it was cool because Brother Grishman came out tracting with us.  We had this very interesting conversation with a man we ran into on how we are just civilized animals.  It was kinda dumb because we were like yea no that's not right because we are children of god but the guy didn't listen but that's ok. Then we found Maria and she is pretty chill.  She liked the book of mormon and wants to learn more!! She had crazy weird eye color though it was weird!!

The Mires are like off of the map which is such a bummer but they are apparently getting evicted.  Janea is doing super good but sadly she wasn't able to come to church because she had to babysit.  She is working so hard and has changed so much and she will be able to be baptized here soon it will be great!!! 

But great week we worked hard and I loved it, it was so great!! 

Love everyone have a great week.  I hope everyone enjoys this week! Pray for me on Wednesday!!  Elder Nadauld and I are going to catch the rat or else!!!  Gonna be a good fight because he is the size of a football!!!

Love Elder Dylan Hutchings

The Rat (Spencer) did This!!!!

It's a Blur!!!

This week went by so fast i have no idea where it went at all! 

Monday- was the best after emailing we went to look at this one super nice apartment complex.  It was the stuff let me tell you it made what we are living in look like a dump! Haha but it was really cool to see but way to expensive!!! Then we had a zone activity and we popped onto the battleship!!  It was so cool and so much fun again we went crazy and we were climbing on everything!! It was the best, we had so much fun we took awesome pictures and just had a blast! It was great to go again with everyone that went this time.  It was so much fun! That evening it was pretty great we taught Paul who has recently dropped off of the map but it was a good lesson in which we taught the law of chastity.  It was a good lesson then we had a really interesting visit with manly who is super cool and is a lot smarter then he puts off.  He is probably the funniest guy I have ever met! The lesson went really great he has a lot of different views then most people do but we will keep working with him.

Tuesday- Up to Raleigh we went and dang did it take forever! It was really good to be able to go up there and such good instruction from president and the assistance! It was the same as the past 2 that I have been to but it was great to be there again and get the instructions but man was I tired! I did miss half of it because Elder Sterling got a bloody nose so I took him out so his trainee didn't have to leave and miss the meeting!!

Wednesday- zone training and whoot whoot I didnt have to instruct but instructions were really good and i got to see elder walker again he is my fav! But really good meeting. Then we went and tracted a ton and it was crazy we were late for our dinner but we felt prompted to go and re talk to this lady and boom new investigator named Tasha.  She is super awesome! But then I really started feeling like crap!!!!

Thursday- I dont even know what happened all I know is we found a man named Glen and he is super cool and was wearing wingtips.... and I did a baptismal interview... still fighting the not so good feeling!!!

Friday-  We had a great dinner with a family named the Spences and then we went and visited this part member family.  It went really good and we only got to visit with the less active husband.  Brother Spence came with us and it was really good probably should have called first but oh well it went fine!! Super fighting the yucky feeling now!!!

Saturday- Woke up and then boom it took me down!!!  I slept for like 2 hours and then i got up and we hit it! It was great and we got Jenea to commit to come to church!! Which was super great and she came sneak peak!! haha and it was great we found 2 new people both are really cool and very ready!!  Both knew we were mormon so it was great! Then that night we found a possum.. the pictures will explain it all!!! ahaha it was the best so much fun and the zone leaders were with us for the possum!!!

Sunday- Super busy and Jenea came to church and is on tract to get baptized which is super awesome!! Then we booked it out to the bishops house and I got some meds!! haha I am feeling so much better! The Mires are not ready yet and we probably wont be stopping by for a while they are like avoiding us and yea it has been discouraging.. but it was so good to see Jenea at church!!

This week was so good everyone is still doing pretty good Elder Miller is doing great and is just a great missionary!! It has been an amazing last transfer and super good to be here!!!  I absolutely love it!!

Love Elder Dylan Hutchings

The Battleship

Just hanging out at the Battleship

Oh Yeah!!!

Just hanging out again!!  LOL

Look ma we fit!!!

This is better than my apartment!!!

Elder Walker and I

What a cool ship!!

Why I think that's a possum!!!

Yep it was a possum!!

It's going by super fast!!!

The week,

I would like to express that i have no idea what happened this week again but i will try to recount all that has happened because it is quite crazy!! Haha and it has all gone by super fast!

Monday- well it was cold so we decided to go down to the aquarium for the day and it was super awesome.  It hasn't changed much from when I went the last time but it was still super fun.  It was great  to be there with all of the other elders they are so much fun!! It was tons of fun and I touched a stingray, a starfish and these like tiger fish thing it was so cool!! Then that night we went to the Yue house.  They are a part member family and we are teaching the son who is 24.  He is so funny, his name is Manly Winters... as Jeanluc would say, it's better then a girly summer hahahhaha.  He is super cool and very interested.  The lesson was kinda funny because we made it into a none formal lesson and we just asked if he had any questions about anything he has heard or anything like that.  Then boom, just like that the lesson on the plan of salvation and the three kingdoms of glory came out and it was so amazing.  He had a lot of questions about where we came from and how it works.  It is so great to see the spirit work!!

Tuesday- Whammo - suprise meeting in the morning for the zone leadership.  So I went to that and it was really great we talked about the work in the zone and what we can do to help it improve.  Also, about what needed to be done to help us as district leaders improve and help our missionaries.  We came up with the topics for our next zone training which is this wednesday! It was a great day and we have really been focusing on our investigators and it was great to see how that has helped us teach more and a lot better. That night we taught Mike the plan of salvation and we asked him what would you do to go to the celestial kingdom and he was like well I need to be baptized and then boom baptismal date!!!!

Wednesday- Was the best zone conference with everyone!! I got to do some instruction and it went till 4 but it was so good! We got thrown down on by president and it was pretty great.  It was just a really inspiring meeting you just should have been there!!  I wanted to film it!! There are pictures of it on facebook #ldsraleighmissionshared!! Haha it was great and then that night I went to Leland and I got to interview Nancy for baptism.  It went great and it took an hour and a half but it was great to see how prepared she is and how the lord has really touched her heart with the spirit! She had a dream and that was what confirmed that the Book of Mormon is true and it was just an amazing story to hear!!

Thursday- busiest day ever, we taught like 20 lessons!!  It was crazy but the lord really helped soften the heart of this guy named Alex.  He really listened to us and what we taught and then was like yea I need to read the Book of Mormon!!  It was so great! Then i got to interview 4 of the Congolese for baptism and it was all translated for me and again and it was so great to see their faith and all they have done to prepare for it!! Just an amazing experience to see!! I have just been doing tons of interviews and it has been so inspiring!

Friday- Not sure... my memory escapes me.. LOL!!!

Saturday- went to the baptism for the Congolese it was a fabulous!! We even got manly to go with us! He thought it was so cool and it was!!!! Everything was in Swahili and they sang to us it was just so touching!! We then contacted Paul and Paul is the man, he looks like he ate a watermelon whole it is so great He is so prepared for the gospel and we taught him the restoration.  He was like I know its true and then we invited him to live the word of wisdom and he committed and then next thing you know we are setting a baptismal date with him it was crazy!! We also taught manly that night and he really opened up and we were able to really commit him to read and brother Wilson was with us and it was just a great lesson!!

Sunday- well it was the super bowl thats all about I have to say but we met with Paul again and it went great! He is just so ready and really loves us coming and everything we are teaching him!

Today i get to see Elder Walker my fav!!  it is going to be great we are going to the battleship whoot whoot. We also are trying to get them to move us out of our apartment because it is gross!! Haha let me try to think of anything else hmmm yea not sure but great teaching week we taught a ton and just called people to repentance like not even a joke just straight told them to repent!! Well that's about all that I remember hahaha great week!! Love yall! Oh and we got stuck in mud hahaha and we got paul to give us his cigs!! (So he doesn't smoke them!!!!!!)

Love Elder Dylan Hutchings

Good Times - Mudding

Paul committed - we have his cigs!!!