August 21, 2017

Well this p day is going to be busy we need to take the truck into the dealer to do maintenance on it so we need to be in Santa Fe at  10:30, fun right. So yea today will be busy also I have a story for you today. We did a church  tour and the first words out of their mouth was this place is beautiful as we were walking up (something to note there is a lot of churches in Las Vegas and is has a lot of devoted Catholics and there is a lot of big buildings that show how small our church really is). When we walked in Anjelina said there is "the presence of god in this church" and just kept saying that it was beautiful and trying to describe the spirit. It was the coolest thing that has happened this week till yesterday we walked up to a man who was working on a little wall and we offered to help. He asked spiritually or with the work? We said both and he laughed and we ended up giving a Book of Mormon to him. And we got his address and we'll be seeing him Tuesday and helping him work and Thursday we will be teaching him. He also has 9 siblings in town and he ends up helping them with work around the house a lot so we think we might see a way in to have 9 new families. That's been my week with only one good picture its a rat on my arm :)

Elder Dubois

August 14, 2017

This week has flown by and I am not sure what happened. We helped move some people into the dorms at the college. We dig a lot of trenches and I've been doing a lot of tree work and just other landscaping work so my boots are very helpful. School will be starting here soon too. It is odd here how the schools are. Lots of changes are happening with reorganization of the school district so lots of things are changing and its a mess. It has been raining a lot here and its actually colder here then where you are. It's been in the 60's. Other than that not much has happened. We did try several new ways to find people like bike tracking and hanging around the plaza. So that's what happened this week, been kinda slow. We did get another hail storm and a tornado warning. We found out about the warning after wards but all it well.

Elder Dubois

August 7, 2017

I'm staying in Las Vegas. Just like last timer every other companionship was hit but mine si I'll br here for another 6 weeks. Not much has happened this week. There was a motorcycle rally in town but we stayed away from that. We did a lot of service this week. Our branch mission leader got back in town  so we went to an old fort last week for p-day. Fort Union is what it is called and not much is left of it just the foundation and some walls. I've met most of the branch but I should get to meet the rest this transfer because school starts in 3ish weeks. Other than that not much has happened but we got hit with more hail yesterday-_-.

We did do a lot of service this week more than most. We email in the family history room at the church. The library is not in a good place. We use service to try and get in the door and usually they listen to us after they get to know that we are not robots and are real people, Zone conference was really good.

Elder Dubois

Picture from Zone conference from ANM Facebook page

July 31, 2017

This weeks has been wet and rainy. It has rained everyday for at least 10 min. The most was for 3 hours non stop where we were working. We found out that 3 out of the 4 sisters for training calls so that means at least two people are leaving. And this district has been together for 3 transfers until I came in this last transfer. Also this is the last week in this transfer and I find out in Friday if I'll be moving.

I do live in an apartment and we were the best members this week because everyone else is out of town or lives out of town. So we so a a lot involving the priesthood and responsibilities of the quorums.

Elder Dubois

July 24, 2017

This area is a little different. there are a lot of ranchers so going to them is kinds hard because they are so far out there. But the landscape is beautiful and there is nothing on it just open fields. We still do missionary work like normal knocking doors, talking to people. We will be able to go and set up a booth at the college campus in August once classes have started. We might get ab copy of a replica gold plates, so that's kinda cool. Oh yeah look up World College. It's odd but it's the only one in the Unites States is in Las Vegas NM.

I have gotten to know almost all the families in the branch. There is a family that has been here just a few days more than I. They are cool. There are a lot of interesting people here. I got the package along with a package from Grandma Dubois, that was kinda funny. Pamela looks so cute in the pictures and it will be good for everyone to know how to swim. The drive to Santa Fe is just the same long road every time. We go because of district council. We meet with the district leader in Santa Fe. We get more miles than the sisters so that's why we always drive. The branch is cool. I love the 3rd Sunday, we have a potluck and it's yummy.

Elder Dubois

July 17, 2017

Nothing much has happened this week except I found a family of an elder I met in the MTC. And we drove to and from Santa Fe 4 times this week. That's 130 miles round trip and at least an hour each way. We have drove a lot . The truck has almost hit 300 miles and it was brand new. The branch has a pot luck every three weeks and we had one yesterday. It was yummy. Nothing has really progressed with our investigators. We have tried something to help them know all that they need to know so hopefully it works.

Elder Dubois

July 10, 2017

This is mostly a driving area just because of the size. I have been to Santa Fe twice and I am going today and tomorrow as well. We go so much because we are just so far from everyone else. It's just easier. The weather is crazy. We had a lot of rain and it hailed for like 20 min. The ward is a branch. We get  about 20 - 30 members a week. They feed us when they can but we eat at home a lot. I was wondering if you could send me some recipe for the next week that are fast and easy. . This is a ranching town. Our branch president has 1300 acres, I think or something crazy like that. There are a lot of interesting people here. There is a pirate lady that walks around saying pirate things. We have a lot of potentials that we should find out more next week. Also I would love to get a copy of Hank Smith CD's.

Elder Dubois