July 20, 2015

Hey guys, there really wasn't much too exciting this week. We did a ton of tracting this week and handed out a ton of advertising for pageant.

I got to go to pageant this Saturday with Lee and Mary Jane.  It was awesome! I really like it and you guys are going to have to come and see it next year. We are continuing to hand out the Book of Mormon. There really wasn't anything too exciting besides that because nobody got transferred in our district. 

I have been reading the Book of Mormon for my fourth time on the mission and I am marking every time it mentions Jesus, anytime he speaks and Christlike attributes so I'll send it home soon. 

Sorry for the short letter.

Love, Elder Daugs

Completed Maze that Avery made for Elder Daugs during church.

Hill Cumorah Pageant

Hey guys!

This week we have done quite a bit of community service, which is good because then we get to talk with a bunch of people and to get to know the people from the other churches. So helped at the food pantry giving out food donations. We helped at the book sale at the Episcopal Church. We also helped at a dinner serving food at the Episcopal Church.

We had all of the usual things during the week. Walking around a lot trying to tell people about the pageant and trying to give out some Book of Mormon. We had a good lesson with Joseph and Brother Warren came with is to the lesson. We taught about the word of wisdom and he wants to change and quit smoking himself even before we gave the lesson so hopefully he will be able to do it.

We also finally got in with this one family and they want to meet again and they want to go to pageant but they don't have a car so we will have to try and figure out a way to get them there. Joseph also wants to go but he doesn't have a car either. The best part of the week was going to pageant! It was an awesome show and lots of fun. It's surprising all of the people you meet there. I met lots of people from Utah, California, Arizona, etc... And I ran into Elder Wick of the Seventy and got to talk with him for a little bit. He gave a conference talk a couple of years ago. It was a big endeavor though to go to pageant. It starts at nine so you have to leave to get there and get a seat by 6:30 then you don't get home until after midnight. So it makes for a long day. I hope to go a couple more times with investigators if we can figure out all of the rides situation.

Transfer calls were this morning and I'm staying the same so I'll be in Brockport for at least 6 months.

Have a great week!

Love ya! 

Now that's a slice of pizza!

District Meeting

Hill Cumorah Pageant  

Cast members of the Pageant

Visiting the Sites!

The Palmyra Temple from the Hill Cumorah

Hey guys!

So this week was pretty fun!

Monday was p-day and we had the whole zone in Brockport to play basketball and have lunch, etc... We have been doing lots of walking around trying to tell people about the Hill Cumorah Pageant and handing out Book of Mormons. We got three new investigators this week and a couple potentials. We had a couple good lessons with people like Jim, Elizabeth, and Lee and Mary Jane. The one with Lee and Mary Jane was really good and we usually have lesson at Brother Britton’s house so he can help as well. He is super knowledgeable with the gospel and he's only around 30. Right now he's writing this big paper on all of the different numbers throughout the bible and what they mean and how they connect with the Book of Mormon, and he's just doing this in his spare time for fun.

We had a good lesson with Joseph and we set a baptismal date for September 5^th, so hopefully we can get him to do that. He did come to church this week with an inactive lady so double whammy.

Friday, we helped Bro. McNeese tear out his kitchen so it was just like when I used to help dad! So now he has an empty kitchen and no place to cook.

Saturday, we went to the sites with Lee and Mary Jane and they really liked it!! It was really nice that they could see all of the things that we had been talking about and before we were going home they wanted to go and walk around the temple and see it because we had been talking about it in a couple lessons and in Sunday school and they really like the idea of what we do in the temple. And there was a family getting married and getting pictures taken and they could see how happy they were so hopefully it made a good impression!

Sunday, was church and I got a candy bar and that's pretty much it!

Hope you guys have a great week!

Love ya!

Masonry Symbols

Lake Ontario from a Members Yard

Pictures from the Cemetary

June 15, 2015

This week was good as usual!

So Monday, we went to Greece for p-day and played basketball.

Tuesday, we had zone conference in Batavia and it was awesome!! I think we for sure have the best zone around! The mission set a goal to pass out 1000 Book of Mormon in the next three months and our zone set the same goal of 1000! It was great to have all of the trainings and to be with the other missionaries and president and his wife! I think it was probably the most spiritual meeting of my mission so far!

Then we had dinner at this place in Batavia called Big Paulys and tons of famous people have been there so it was cool to see all of the pictures on the wall.

Wednesday, we went to the senior center and I finished the hat finally!!

Thursday, we had a stake priesthood meeting on the Hill Cumorah so that was a once in a lifetime opportunity! Really cool!! And a couple of guys from our ward were advanced to the Melchizedek Priesthood that are either recent converts or preparing to go on a mission.

We have done lots of finding this week trying to hand out Book of Mormon. We usually just walk down Main Street, cross the bridge, walk down the canal and then back up Main Street for a couple of hours every day. We got six new investigators this week and handed out 14 Book of Mormons! So a pretty good week!

Saturday, we want to the prison and that was quite an experience!

Everyone was talking about he two prisoners who escaped, then the best part.... When we're going in I went through all of the safety things, metal detector, etc... Then they pulled me down this long hallway by myself to a room and did a "random" narcotics check! So they had to check all of my clothing, hands, feet, arms, etc.. Just to make sure that the Mormon missionary wasn't carrying any weed or crack?!

Quite the experience!

Today we have the whole zone in Brockport and we are going to play ball so it's going to be great!!!

The rain comes down pretty hard.  This is from the car to the apartment!  

Bulletins, letters, doodles, mazes, etc. that the family sends him.

Finished the hat!! Pretty cool!