Elder Dylan Hutchings: Duke University!!!

This is what happened this week - it was the best! There was one part that wasn't the best for Elder Malyon! But it was pretty great so let me tell you about it!

Monday- After getting off of emailing we went and did our shopping and ran around for a bit. Then for like the day we played a ton of sports. We started with a game of basketball with some Elders and then for some reason we played four square!! It was kinda weird but it was good! Then the best thing ever we played a huge game of soccer in the gym and it was great! I wont lie I am not in soccer shape at all but it was tons of fun. We had all of the Spanish Elders with us so they were better then most of the usual missionaries! It was pretty great! Then that night we went and tracted but we didn't find anyone. We were able to find a less active member and visited with him and he was really fun. His name is James and he could talk your ears off! He was cool and he had like 20 million books in his apartment it was pretty crazy!

Tuesday- Great day, we went and worked really hard ane we found a new investigator. What was really awesome was we went and had dinner with a family named the Hemmings. They have some girls from Brazil who live with them who aren't members and so we were able to teach and answer any questions that they had. It was a really cool experience. Not to much happened after that other than we tracted into guy who was really drunk it was kinda funny because he was like yo i am so drunk come back again... then as we were leaving we look over and he is like smoking weed haha! Funny night!

Wednesday- What a day!! Went up to Durham and had a great zone conference. I had to instruct for a chapter of preach my gospel. It was pretty great... then we went to the Duke gardens which was super beautiful! I got to see a ton of missionaries that I don't normally see so that was awesome. We went and toured the campus and we got to go into the big chapel there which is super beautiful it was huge and amazing!! And then Frank Jackson let us into the Duke Hall of Fame Museum. It was amazing so now I have officially been on almost all of the big college campuses here in North Carolina!! Way awesome experience!! That night I got to go on an exchange with Elder Hansen in my district and it was a great exchange. We got some milk shakes which were super good and huge!! Just a great day!!

Thursday- Ended up exchanging back and when I got Elder Malyon and told me about his exchange. t was pretty crazy and weird so that was funny to hear but I will now need to go on an exchange with the other Elder! That morning we found 2 other new investigators! Then that night was cool. We got to go and meet with a man named Jimmy who is really awesome. He has some medical stuff but is so ready for the gospel and it was great to sit down and teach him! He is dating a less active member of the church but they are ready to be apart of the church and he will be baptized here soon!

Friday- Was a crazy experience we went out and tracted all day long and when I say all day I mean like all day. We had no success at all!!! Everyone was just like no I'm not interested and it was getting discouraging but we kept on pushing! Then that night we were blessed and it was amazing! WE kept knocking and we finally meet Boris and Tray. Both are like we need to learn more and they are both ready it was really awesome!

Saturday- We went and taught Jimmy again that night it was defiantly the best lesson that we have ever taught and it was on the restoration. It was so good!

Sunday- we finally got to meet the ward and it was great. T hey are really cool and tons of members want to come out with us. The weird thing is we go to church at 2-5 pm it is really weird haha! Then the weirdest thing happened, we were in the like lobby area of the church and next thing we know we are surrounded by all the young women!! Like the whole group it was so weird!! Hahaha but it was funny!

Today we are going to go play laser tag and Elder Carrell and I are going to wear these freaking weird shirts!!! It's going to be so much fun!

Love

Elder Dylan Hutchings