Wilmington... The Home of My Mission

Well I also remembered that I forgot to tell everyone that since I am now in the first ward I will be learning Swahili as well!!!  There are a ton of African refugees here in Wilmington. So i will be getting a name tag in Swahili!!!

Monday- Was the dreaded day of packing, but i skipped that till the night. So we did our like cleaning real quick then we bounced on out so we would be able to email quick. Then we were able to play a ton of basketball with the priests from our ward... and that was super fun! They are all characters and pretty funny, and one of them is so tall!  Then that night went by really fast, we had dinner with a member and then sadly I needed to start packing.  I started with my study desk and hurried to get that packed before I had an appointment. Then we went to that appointment and to be honest from the way the first appointment went I was not excited to go back and teach them more.  They were just not open to listening to what we had to say and we had really gotten into some stuff that they didn't understand. But it went really well and we were able to teach them about the plan of salvation and they were a lot more open and it just went a ton better!

Tuesday- was crazy like always on transfers. We got picked up and I grabbed all of my stuff and went to the stake center there in Raleigh. We were there for quite a while but it was fun. We got to help with some of the new cars that were getting sent out! So that was fun and then I got some home made root beer, it was a ton like grandmas but not quite as good.  It was a nice little like whoa there is home for ya!! Then after being able to find Elder Miller, Elder Dobson and Elder Millers trainee, Elder Garlick got a huge posterity picture which was a ton of fun!! So transfers were really great being able to see a ton of people and take pictures! Then at about 2 we left for Wilmington, and man this is like the 300th billion trip I have taken back down, and it was still pretty great!! That night we like rolled in and I threw my stuff in the house, (which I have already lived in) then we went straight to work. It was great we found a few new people and this older guy named Lundy let us right in. It was pretty cool!!! We got to teach him the restoration and he understood it pretty well, even though he was like 87 years old!

Wednesday- we went to district meeting, everone that was still here was like what your back... it was pretty great! Then I had to go shopping after that for some grocery's it was great!! Then we went home for our language study.. Swahili. It is great I am learning slowly but it will be good. Then we went out and worked a ton. I was able to meet Cecil and Melissa who are some characters, they are engaged and he is 39 and she is 64 it is weird!! We gave Cecil a blessing and both of them felt the spirit really powerfully. Then they committed to be baptized on July 22.   They are ready to start coming to church and being solid in everything!! Super cool experience!! 

Thursday- we went out to knock doors that morning and we were about to leave this area that we were in and then we felt like we should knock these one doors and boom we found Christine!! It was really cool we taught her the restoration right there on the door and she was like yea come back here Saturday and teach us more!! It was really cool. Then we needed to to weekly planning which took a long time because as zone leaders we had a ton of extra stuff to plan for like - going on exchanges with all of the district and elders in our zone. Then that night we got a call to do a ton of stuff for the zone and then we taught a few people and got one of our investigators to come to a class at the church. We then ran home and packed up our stuff because we had a meeting on Friday and we were driving up that night to Raleigh to stay with the assistansts! It was a crazy busy night!!

Friday- we spent all day in leadership meetings, it was kinda crazy we were there from 8 till 4 it was really good and inspiring but after that long, you are just super tired. Then when we put all of the supplies for the zone in our car we walked out side and man our eyes hadn't seen sun in what felt like forever!! Then I drove us back home, nice long car ride back to the house. Then it was eat and back to work which felt really good because sitting all day is not the best!!!

Saturday- we went and taught Cecil, it was on the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the lesson went so good. Then in the middle of it Cecil started confessing some stuff to us and we were like yea you can repent and he is so funny and I quote him '' ima tell you sumptin!!!'' hahah its the funniest thing!!! That night was crazy though, we had a lesson in Swahili and our recent convert was like drunk it was insane, everything at the end went kinda crazy but the ones we were teaching believe the Book of Mormon is true and want us to come again. Now we just need to re teach the word of wisdom to the recent convert!! Haha crazy night!

Sunday- I got to meet the ward and I saw a ton of people from the 2nd ward, and they were excited to see me! It was great, and now since I am a zone leader we cover the YSA as well! So I was at church from 7 till 4 it was nuts and exhausting. But we got Cecil and Melissa to church which was crazy because everything was like going against them, but they made it!! Then sadly after church they called us and dropped us:(  Melissa was being weird all church so we kinda felt it coming. But we will find more people to teach. Like Dawn, Christine's mom, we went back because we forgot and were off time for their lesson Saturday and boom now she is interested as well!! It is awesome!! The area is great and so is the missionary work. Even working with the Swahili speaking people is awesome, I don't understand much but it is pretty great!

Love Y'all! 

Elder Hutchings

GEOFF GOT BAPTIZED!!!!!! AMAZING!!!

Monday- We played a ton of basketball, then we had a big zone activity that kinda failed because we didn't have the volleyball net.  We played soccer instead so I really liked that! And then we got to have this sweet bbq! This investigator called us and invited over, and so we got 2 dinners it was the best... funniest thing was he was like yea pool is open as well bring your trunks hahahah! We were like only if your wearing all white! haha it was funny though!!  The burgers were really good!

Tuesday- We went with Geoff to the bishops house for dinner and a lesson.  While we were there we planned out Geoffs baptism and I was asked to baptize him!!!  It was so cool!! Best night ever! Then after that we went and confirmed everyone on the program!!

Wednesday- This was as Elder Toblers last district meeting and it was good! I really enjoyed it! Then we got to do service because of my skills. This older less active lady in the ward was having a problem with her duct work so guess what??  I crawled up under her house and fixed it!! It was awesome I used all of my know how from working with dad!! It wasn't my best job but it fixed it completely and I even replaced some of the parts!! It was awesome!!!!

Thursday- We planned for the week and it was fun we made a ton of records and made notes it was great!! Then we went and met with Geoff and he was so excited he is the best!! We taught him all about families and temples and the priesthood!!  Then I showed him how the ordinance of baptism would happen and it was great!!

Friday- cant really remember!  (I can never remember these days!!!  Hmmmm)  

Saturday- We got a real treat that night,  Brother Peedin took us out to eat at this amazing Mexican place that was so good!!! Then we got a call from President James!!  I have been called to be a zone leader, back in Wilmington!! It was crazy and I am so Excited!!!!  Then, because Brother Peedin loves us he was like were getting ice cream!! It was so much fun!!! I loved it!

Sunday- We got to church early and it was crunch time for the baptism!!  We needed to make programs and get a video from lds.org and for both we needed the internet and guess what the internet is down!! Of course so we figured that all out and then Geoff showed up for church.  He was glowing and walking on air!! It was the best, we got him his jumpsuit and then church was amazing just perfect for him again!! Then the Baptism happened and everything went so smooth and almost all of Geoffs family was there it was amazing and I baptized him. Then I had to tell him that I was leaving but I got his number and gave him my email so we will stay in contact!!!

Today - We are playing ball with a bunch of priests from the ward and then we will go teach tonight and I will have to pack so it will be interesting!!!

Love Everyone 

Love Elder Hutchings​

Geoff ready for Baptism!!!  

Geoffs amazing family!!!

Elder Malyon and I with Geoff - what an amazing day!!!

Sad/Happy Transfer Day!!!  I will miss Raleigh!!
But I Love Wilmington!!

Playin Some Ball!!

Monday- Well we started off this week with an awesome night! We got invited over to a members home who has this non member living with them.  We got to go and hang out there and we were able to teach her so that was really awesome! While we were waiting for dinner we got to play some basketball with their son Evan and it was really fun just an awesome night and it kick started a really great week!!! There are some pictures attached from basketball!

Tuesday- we met with Geoff and whoa it was amazing.  He missed church last Sunday and he hasn't been to church yet and we have a rule that they have to come to church twice before they can be baptized. He came today and he will come tomorrow and that will give him 2 Sundays and then just baptized that Sunday!!  The other thing was the word of wisdom because you have to keep it for 2 weeks and we hadn't taught it yet so we didn't know if he was living it yet.  We taught it Tuesday and he was like yea I have been keeping it and the last time I had coffee was  awhile ago.  It was a miracle!!! We had his baptismal interview before church and yea it is pretty crazy, everyone is like how are you two pulling this off!!!! He is so ready for everything and he loves it all!! It is amazing how prepared he is to receive the gospel!

Wednesday- I went on exchange with elder Tobler our district leader and it was really fun. We tracted like all day it was really fun though because they have a ton of weird people in their area... for instance we are knocking on doors and next thing we know this door opens to us and ahhhh this lady answered without pants on we were like uhhhhhhhh hahahaha!!! So we gave a door approach and then she was like yea I need to go and get dressed and we were like uh yeah here's a card hahaa byye! It was so funny!! 

Thursday- We had district meeting today because of the power being turned off in the church for maintance reasons and then we had weekly planning so we got like nothing done until about 3.  Then we got to go meet with this investigator who has been investigating forever... and we set a baptismal date it was awesome!! and that is really all that happened!!

Friday- I don't really remember...

Saturday we tracted  a ton and visited a bunch of people but no one was really home. Then it was awesome, we got to do service and it was tons of fun. We helped this old lady do a bunch of cleaning outside it was funny and she was like so happy for it!! It felt really good to help her out even though it was just like raking and some small jobs. It was cool because she gave us a bunch of snack stuff hahaha it was great!  We visited this less active family who are really cool and we might start teaching one of the kids so he can be baptized.  It could be super amazing!!

Sunday- Jeff came to church and it was amazing!! We had his baptismal interview before church and it was the best Sunday ever!!  He loved it so much and he passed his interview and now he will get baptized next Sunday I am so excited!!!!!! It will be the best!!! Then we had some Asian bbq it was so good!!!  Then that night we went to get our bikes from our ward mission leaders house so we get there and we were gonna bike home and he was like oh no! So we stuffed our bikes in his.... Kia Soul hahahhahahaha it was the best!!!! that morning was crazy we had 2 appointments and then coordination and then ward council and whoa!!!! Busy day!!

This week has been amazing and just crazy but it has been so awesome!!!!

Love Elder Dylan Hutchings

Playing some Ball!!!

Look at that sunset!!!!!

Missionary LIfe!!

Monday- We had a ton of Elders come down from the zone and we had a huge game of basketball and it was tons of fun. My team won the first like ''BIG'' game it was funny because we weren't the ones who should have won it was pretty funny! It was a fun day though and apparently a holiday. What was really fun was we got invited to a ward party thing. I got to play some corn hole game with a few kids while we waited for dinner. Then that night we went and visited a less active named James.  He is a super sweet old guy and is really lonely.  We just absolutely brightened up his day by visiting him, it was really a good visit. 

Tuesday- Was suppose to be crazy, we had 4 appointments lined up and ready to go and then boom it all came crashing down!!  One person called and dropped us and the rest weren't there for the appointments. It was so lame!  We decided not to let it get to us so we knocked doors all day and kept on going. It was pretty interesting.   Then yet again as we were going to contact a less active my GPS runs out of juice and none of the cords in the car work for it. So I was so frustrated but I was like well I know how to get to another place with a referral and what not so we went and did that.  Then we tracted to finish out the night and we found Charles, this cool old guy who we were able to teach the restoration to on the door and he invited us to come back it was really awesome.

Wednesday- I got to go on exchange with Elder Carrel who is one of my favorite missionaries ever!  It was a ton of fun. We got to go tracting and we found Alexis who is this super cool young mom.  She was offended at her old church but is interested in finding a church that she can go to and she has a kid so it will be awesome!! We kept working and then we got to go visit a less active named Charlie Harper.  He had a goal to be at church on Sunday, which he came to... but it was an awesome lesson! That night Elder Carrel got feeling super sick it was pretty bad so we ended up calling it a night early but it was a ton of fun!!!

Thursday- Nothing really happened we planed for the week and then went tracting and found a few new people but other then that we just exchanged back and what not but it was still a good day!

Friday- We ended up having to drop a few investigators so that was sad but the best part was these 3 old ladies of the ward took us out to eat and it was just funny and cute!!  They treated us to a place called Zaxbys it was really good! There are a ton of placed out here that I want everyone to go to it is so great!!!

Saturday- Jeff told us he was still super sick and wasnt going to be able to make it to church which was a huge bummer because we will need to move his baptismal date back... but it is okay he will get baptized!! We went and did service and whoa it was insane! We helped this family move and whoa there were so many cockroaches! It was awesome and elder Chui was there it was awesome!!

Sunday- Charlie came to church and so did another investigator named Michelle it was really awesome!!!! Then we had a great dinner and we got told we were the best missionaries the ward has had in a long time!!  It was really funny!! And church was great!! 

It has been a great week I loved it!! And we had this one experience where we were knocking and this guy answered and we were talking to him and he was really cool and nice.  Then his wife came out and was like ohh mormonism well our lives have been changed by Jesus and we both were like yea us to and she was like what and it was pretty funny!!!

Have a great week everyone!!!

Love Elder Hutchings

I Turned 20!!!!!!

Monday- was just great!! Elder Carrell is writing a book. So he told me all about it and that is what I did for Monday! It was really awesome and the book is so intriguing.  It was awesome! So I told him - you need to finish the book and he was like ok ok!! Oh yeah really really good!! It was fun to listen to his writing process and he is someone that you wouldn't expect to be writing this interesting and amazing book!! Then that night is where it was at!!!!!! WE went and taught Jeff.... he is the man!! We had the best lesson ever with him!! It was on the plan and he believes all of this and he knows it is true he has been praying about it constantly. Then we started talking about the spirit world and it lead into baptisms for the dead which we normally don't go into very fast and it totally makes sense to him.  Then Elder Malyon started to invite him to be baptized and he cut him off before he even finished and said Yes, Definitely!!  We were stunned and said So you want to be baptized and he said you couldn't hold him back!!!!!! :D It was the best!!!

Tuesday- We had zone conference which was really great and I finally didn't have to instruct at it was so nice!!! It was so long and took forever but it was really good!!

Wednesday-We tracted a ton and we met this super sweet old lady and it was really awesome!!

Thursday-It was great!! So we got a call from our zone leaders that morning and they said Happy Birthday! Were going to lunch with you what time will work?? So we set up a time and then Elder Malyon and I went out tracting.  It was awesome!! We ended up talking to these two old guys and they were super funny. Then somehow it got brought up that it was my birthday and so one of then was so excited he said - what I'm paying for your lunch today and whips out 20 bucks!!!  We were like what ok!! So that was awesome! Then we came home had our studies and I checked the mail and I had  everything arrive right on my birthday it was crazy!! So I ended up opening it all up! I Loved all of my gifts!!  They were the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we went out to lunch with the zone leaders and we had mexican food from this taco truck it was tons of fun!!  We did our weekly planning after that and we went to an appointment.   We had dinner with the Clawsons and they made me chicken Alfredo and a cake.  It was embarrassing but fun when they sang happy birthday it was really cool! Then we got to meet with Jeff the most prepared man ever and we had another lesson on the gospel of Jesus Christ and read 2 Nephi 32.  It was the best and that's how we ended our working day!!!!!!  That night we made these cup cake things that I got in my birthday package and they were so awesome!!!!!!  My ward mission leader even got me a gift it was so cool!!  2 pairs of really cool socks... one says AWESOME on it!!!!

Friday-was a lot of fun, we found a ton of people!!!  We found 3 new investigators and it was great because we haven't found hardly anyone lately.  It was great and then we got to go out to dinner with Brother Peedin who is the best!!!  He took us out to Chilis and  it was really good!!! Then we got to teach some recent converts who just moved into the ward!  We left our bikes chained up and when we came back... some one had left us water bottles in our helmets - that was so awesome!!!

Saturday- We taught a great lesson with a woman named Jackie and we had a couple named the Sabeys with us and it was great!! She loved the plan of salvation !! Really cool experience and Sister Sabey made her feel a lot more comfortable since we are dudes and shes a lady! Then we spent the rest of the day tracting!! Nothing really happened with it being a holiday!

Sunday- we were able to teach primary and it was a ton of fun!! No one showed up for church but Jeff was out of town so we knew he wouldn't be able to make.  He wants to come so bad so that is great!! Then we had an amazing dinner with the Browns it was really great!!  We even got to help with dinner and another cake!!!  Celebrating my birthday again!!!  woohoo!!!

Thanks for all the Birthday loot!!!

Love Elder Hutchings

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

Birthday loot!

A Bike pump!!  I need this!!!

More Birthday loot!!!

Man did I score!!!

What a haul!!!

Can you believe I'm 20!!!!  

Teaching primary!!

Helping with dinner!!

More Happy Birthday to me!!!

What a great day!!!  Loving the life!!!

Weeks flying by

Weeks are starting to blur together.. I remember everything that happened but it all went by really really fast!

Monday- Started the week off right with a great zone activity. So every missionary from the stake I am in met here in Raleigh and we basically had a party. We played a ton of sports it was crazy. Mostly we played soccer so I was very happy. I didn't know soccer was so hard to play on grass without cleats. Its really hard but it was still tons of fun! We played like 20 games of it... the best! Then Elder Carrell was all grilling and me and him had brats that we grilled up!!  It was really good and we put chill on them so we had chili brats!! It was a good activity. Then the best part of the day. We went and taught Jeff.  Holy dang is Jeff elect and super ready for the gospel! He is more ready then I have ever seen anyone on my mission. We get there and I knock and at first there was no response and I was like oh no... knocked again and the door opens and boom Jeff is there thank goodness!! Then we had the best review of the restoration and he is like telling us stuff that he learned from reading the pamphlet. He read the Book of Mormon and he is just so ready. Then we taught him about the priesthood and how we hold it and he was like I can feel that.  He said that he can see and feel the spirit so strong right now and he held up his hand and he was shaking it was crazy best lesson ever. 

Tuesday- we had our coordination meeting with our ward mission leader and it was really good.  He told us this really long story of how he met his wife it was kinda weird but whatever. Then we had a lesson with this recent convert who moved into the ward from the Raleigh 4th ward. Its crazy because I was the one who interviewed them for baptism so that is cool. It was a good lesson.  This one missionary went out on his own theory of doctrine  but it made sense and answered the guys question some what... It was a good day though!

Wednesday- I was on an exchange with Elder Hansen in the Raleigh fourth ward and it was really fun.  We biked a ton and worked really hard. We tried contacting this one referral who wasn't there. That night we got to go tract in this one town house place and as we were locking up and this Ferrari pulls in.  I was like oh were knocking on that door!! So the time finally comes and we knock on the door and the guy answers it.  We taught him the restoration on the door and then we find out who he is... Its P.J. Tucker from Toronto. He is a pro basketball player.. It was the best thing ever!!  I should have gotten a picture with him but its all good I have a witness that it happened!!

Thursday- we tracted for a long time and nothing really happened

Friday- we went and met with this less active member and we thought she was a recent convert. Turns out shes not a recent convert.. just has been moving a ton and what not. She is crazy smart she has a PHD and just got a second masters it was crazy! Then the Davis family had us for dinner that night and that was fun they are a fun family and we helped them set a goal of being able to invite someone to come to church it was pretty great! 

Saturday- we went and helped a part member family move some stuff out of a storage unit and into a garage thing by their apartment it was pretty fun! The washer and dryer were so heavy it was crazy!! They got us lunch after wards and that was really good! I was happy. And then that night we found this little old lady who is a member but is like not on the records and she was a talker.  She talked for like 2 hours.  We had to like leave because it was 9:30 haha. She was super sweet though and it was pretty great. At the end she like had us give her a group hug thing it was funny and really cute. The funniest thing was the whole time she had taken her dentures out and was like I'm not putting them back in hahaha!!

Sunday- We went out tracting that morning and we were in this neighborhood that was no soliciting. Everyone but this one guy was fine with it. End of the story told us he was calling the cops and called us brainwashed it was funny. We didnt leave though and finished the neighborhood and guess what no cops showed up!! Ha jokes on that guy! Church was good though there was 2 farewell talks it was pretty great and then this high council representative spoke and it was really good! Then after church we had a linger longer (tons of food was brought and we ate after church pretty cool!! 

Today- woke up and drove here it was pretty great!! 

Thats my week or the highlights of it I guess. It was really great and I enjoyed it!!

Love Elder Dylan Hutchings

Happy Mothers Day!!

Well again for me at least - this week went by fast as ever! I think every week is just seeming to fly by it is pretty crazy! It seems that every week just seems to speed up faster and faster. I guess that saying is true time fly's when your having fun!

Monday- It was crazy being here in Raleigh with all of the new missionaries coming in and getting all ready for transfers. Everything happens here so it is pretty crazy.  Everyone was kinda running around and what not it was funny!! It was a really good day and we ended up playing some sports and what not! The best was that night we found some people who are golden! We went to look up this referral and we couldn't find them so we were like oh well lets go tract this one place we haven't tracted.   Then the next thing we know we were let in and we taught a full restoration lesson!!  It was funny because afterwards we realized we had knocked it already and the people we had taught had been there and were just busy the first time it was crazy!!

Tuesday- We got to go and teach the Epps family who are a part member family.  We just started teaching and now we are teaching the whole family and the lesson went so good! We went in and read the Book of Mormon just the introduction and then from that the Mom had a ton of questions.  We taught the whole restoration and committed all of them to read and pray to come to know it is true! It was a really good day!!  One of the investigators we found was there for the return appointment but she said that we had to leave but but she would be back around this time.   She even gave us her number and was like please come back!!

Wednesday- We biked so far it was crazy! We legitimently biked 40 miles it was so far I was gone!!  What was really cool was we biked back down by this huge mall and we were able to find this other referrals house who we were looking for! Then the worst part was biking home!!  We were on this green way and man the bugs were the worst!! There were so many gnats and it was so gross!! The whole time I was just like looking at the road and bugs were hitting me and getting in my eyes - so nasty!!!

Thursday- We did a ton of tracting and it kinda sucked!!!  No one would let us in and we were fighting hard to get in but just nothing!!  Then next thing we know we are traveling to the next place we planned to go and boom Brother Hall sees us and starts driving next to me.  He's like Elder Hutchings so I look over still riding and he is like I can give you a ride.  I was like heck yea! So we went there and then we were tracting in the gigantic mansions area and it was so crazy! That night we went out to dinner with this old guy named Brother Peedin who is so amazing.  He took us to this really good mexican restaurant!! Then we found this really cool guy that night who we taught the restoration to and then he was like yea come back I want to learn more!! Awesome evening!

Friday- I had to go give instructions at a leadership training meeting!!  It was pretty funny and kinda crazy because I was like shouldn't you have gotten a district leader to have done this haha! Then we got to meet with this really cool less active member and we got free food at this place called Brueggers! Then we had 2 dinners - the second was so cool because we taught a non member in the bishops home. It was really really cool to be able to teach there.  We taught just about how God is our loving Heavenly Father!

Saturday- we biked a ton again but we had an awesome lesson with one of our investigators Finn who is super awesome.  Sadly he didn't come to church on Sunday but we had a great lesson and answered questions.  The whole time he was just like everything is just ringing good and true.  It was the best!!

Sunday we called home and yea!! Happy Mothers day to all the mom's!!!!  There was the best talk at church about mothers it was really really good!!  I felt like I was at general conference!! Then the calls it was really a great day I enjoyed it a ton!!  We ate this cool Japanese thing where you boil stuff in a broth thing and it was really good!!

Today we are going to go play sports and have a bbq it will be tons of fun!!

Love you all have a great week!!

Love Elder Dylan Hutchings

Happy Mother's Day

Ben Howington - Mormon Guitar - Check him out - AWESOME!!!!!

This week has flown by! Everything was pretty crazy but it was really good and exciting!!

Monday- we went up to a place called Wake Forrest and played a ton of basketball! It was so much fun. There was probably to many elders there for the tiny gym that we were in but it was really fun! Then we needed to leave to get some other elders home! We were able to get Elder Malyon a hair cut! That was good because his hair was so long! Then that night was really good we went and ate with a part member family that we helped move into the ward! We got to hear their story of becoming active again which was really cool! After that our plans got all messed up because of this appointment falling threw but we ended up tracting and it went good.  We didn't find anyone to teach but we had some great contacts and gave out a Book of Mormon! 

Tuesday- Was pretty slow we were out working hard but not to much happened! We found this lady named Hailey who is pretty cool and is interested in learning more about what we teach people! So that was pretty cool! We ate dinner with this family that has like 30 kids well 10 but it was a ton! To be honest it was kinda weird because we ate chili over spaghetti noodles. It actually tasted pretty good though! 

Wednesday- was crazy so we had district meeting like usual and then I went on exchange with a missionary named Elder Tobler.  He is interesting.  He really opened up to me and talked about stuff that he needed help on and it was really good! We got to help this one family while they were moving.  Then what was crazy was we were out tracting and we knocked on this part member family.  The husband wasn't home so we set up a time to go back that night. We went back later and we taught an awesome lesson on the restoration... and the member was 11 and she like recited the story of Joseph Smith and it was amazing!!!  The dad committed to reading the Book of Mormon! It was really great to have such an amazing lesson!!

Thursday- We visited this guy named Charlie Harper. He was really really nice! He wants to come back to church and it is crazy he is like old and has a bunch of back issues and is still taking care of his mom who has dementia.  He is the nicest guy ever!

Friday- All we did was tract and nothing happened it was kinda discouraging but it was all good!

Saturday- this is the day that it all got crazy! We found Finn Blackwell who is really awesome! We had a super long lesson with him.  It was over 30 mins on his door step. He had tons of good questions and was like yea I would love to have y'all come back!  He has never met missionaries before which I though was so crazy! Then we like went through most of the day and President texts us and was like I need y'all to call me. So we call him and he tells me that I am being released from being a district leader! I get to stay with Elder Malyon.  It was interesting but I was expecting it! :)  Then that night we met Chris and he is super cool.  We taught him the restoration and we asked him if he wanted to know if there was a prophet on the earth today and he was like well yea! So we talked about the Book of Mormon and we asked if he would read the Book of Mormon and was like yea!!  We said well here's a copy and all he says is wait is this free?? haha We were like yea its free!! It was pretty funny and then this guy was just a ding dong and was like Joseph Smith said stuff contrary to Christ and we were like what?? Then he just closed the door!

Sunday- Ben Howington!! I got to meet him it was so cool he threw down on the guitar and it was so cool!! His parents live in our ward and these members like us were like oh you like his music and boom personal concert thing set up it was so cool!! We got some cd's that were signed by him! It was by far the coolest thing ever!! 

It was over all a great week tons of fun!!!​

Love Elder Hutchings

Wet No Matter What!!

Monday- had a great preparation day it was tons of fun! We played this game called zombies.  Its kinda like raptor but with nerf guns and some other rules but it was tons of fun!! Then for dinner that night we went to this place called Steak n Shake and man did that milkshake hit the spot!! It kept me going for the night!! Because I was soaking wet!! When we left the apartment it was raining but not bad and we were on bike. Then the floods came. All I had decided to wear was my water resistant wind breaker because it was pretty humid... bad idea!!! I was soaked to the bone!!! Like every bit of me was wet!! I had puddles in the sleeves of my wind breaker!! The best thing ever was everyone was like Oh stay dry.. I couldn't get any wetter!! Hahaha It was a great night!

Tuesday- We got to teach Jackie and she is awesome. We took Brother Albright who is a character!!  He connected really well with her and it went pretty good. She had questions about prayer and the priesthood and prophets from reading the restoration pamphlet!! It was really cool and we were able to give her a Book of Mormon and a Bible! Then we got to play lumber jack because this guys tree fell onto his house!!!  We went and helped a member take it down with him!! It was awesome!!  It wasn't that big of a tree either!! :) I used a bone saw and went to town taking off limbs and stuff it was a ton of fun!!

Wednesday- I was on exchange with Elder Carrell and it was so much fun!! He is Spanish speaking so I got some good old Mexican food!! It was so good and I think I ate like 20 pounds!!!  It was the heaviest plate of food I have ever seen on my mission!! It was so good and then I ate this chili and man was it super hot!! I was like oh wow this thing is really really hot and everyone laughed and it was great!! Then that night we got Mexican ice idk it was in a plastic sack thing and it was really good!!  It was made with fresh fruit!!  We taught this kid who threw down on his parents for not bringing him to church!! Then this member threw down on him and we taught the gospel of Jesus Christ and told him about baptism and I just found out he came to church on Sunday!! :)

Thursday- was really hot!  JUST HOT!!!

Friday- we got a person all ready to come to church and got them a large print book of mormon and they were really excited to come and yea they didnt come on sunday! :(

Saturday we tracted all day and nothing happened but we sweated a ton!! 

And that is about it it was a pretty good week!

Love Elder Hutchings

Elder Carrell and I with Mexican Ice!!  Well just what was left!!

Elder Carrell and I!!

Roller Coasters

This week was a roller coaster. Everything was kinda bonkers but we had the car so it turned out pretty good and was pretty fun all at the same time!

Monday- We didn't do to much just kinda hung out here at the church and played some sports and had a good relaxing day! Not to much happened but we know we were needed because we helped a part member family move into the ward. Dang, did they EVER have a ton of stairs that we had to climb! It was an apartment building and they were on the top floor and it was exhausting!  Luckily, they didn't have that much stuff!!  We were like whoa what if this would have been a big move!!!  That would have been the worst but it was small and the sad thing was we only had one other person from the ward to help! It was on Monday at 4 so it was understandable! We also had dinner that night with the Bishop and he was telling us that our meal calendar is really sparse and he was like that needs to change!! He is an awesome bishop!

Tuesday- We got to go and do service on this "food trailer".  We helped this guy fix it and then clean and clear up his shop and what not but it was fun! The regular sketchy missionary service we do! But it was fun! Then that day was cool we got to meet with Jackie who is this really awesome lady who might have been meeting with missionaries before but we aren't sure.  She just moved here and we met her tracting! We taught her the restoration again and she is really interested so we will see how that goes! Then our other appointments kinda fell threw so we tracted quite a bit for the day and then we got to have dinner with Brother Farmer! Man is he the coolest! He has this huge German Shepard and he is like a rock and roll dude who plays the bass! He is so cool and he knows all these martial arts and he is the one with the ninja swords! He played the bass for us and is really good! It was a pretty awesome night!

Wednesday- We had district meeting like usual and then im not to sure what happened!!  We didn't go on an exchange but we will this week so i don't really know hmmmm... We had a dinner with a family named the Hills and they were really cool but other then that I don't really remember... oops

Thursday- Was pretty awesome we got to have dinner with Elder and Wister Porter who are a senior couple who wanted to feed us!!  So we got free food and we got to have dinner with Sister Stuart who is this other mission office staff.  It was pretty cool because it was her last day and we got to have dinner with her! Then we went and had a lesson with this guy who was formerly investigating and we had a talk about the god head and he tried to explain the trinity.  It was pretty good but super flawed and was interesting.  We are going to go back and talk to him about what is really true and it will be interesting! But it was fun!

Friday- Henry was found!!  This guy is so cool! He completely knows that god is real because grass grows! If that doesn't explain how awesome everything is I don't know what does! He has a really awesome story of being paralyzed and god healing him because he wasn't suppose to be able to walk! Then we found a snake an yes I got a picture with it and it was really awesome!! It scared us to death but we did what we needed to! Then that night I got to do 3 baptismal interviews and it was a crazy night!!  We did a ton of driving to each place and the interviews were all kinda crazy and it was just the most interesting thing I have ever done for interviews!!  Both of the interviews were in the homes and then 2 of the 3 were in front of everyone!!  It was kinda awkward with everyone staring at us looking back and forth!!  But it was pretty cool and everyone was ready to be baptized so that was pretty awesome!!

Saturday- This day was exashting and we found no one!!!  We tracted all day and we found not a single person!!  It was pretty upsetting but we still made it fun! We met this jw guy who had the weirdest interpretation of the bible and I just felt so bad for the guy! Then we met this guy Chris who was really cool but not really interested but he gave us each 3 bottles of water.  It was pretty cool and he was really nice!!

Sunday- I spoke in church and we had 2 people there so that was really cool.  Our new ward mission leader is cool and really funny!! It was interesting but fun and not to much happened!

It was a good week and that is about all that happened it was pretty great!

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