45 degrees with the hunidity

Hello,
In Bancroft there is an apartment above the church, and it has a portable airconditioner, and queen size beds, very nice! With the humid ex the temperature was around 45 degrees celcius. The mission president approved a small airconditioner for all appartments( our appartment was usually hotter than outside when we came back in). The bill on my debit card will be refunded, so don't worry, I'll put the money back in. I went on splits to Lindsey area this week, and the dinner appointment as you may have heard was one of Kent's relatives. It was pretty cool. I'm staying in Peterborough for one more transfer at least, which is good, we have made really good plans for the members. We are having a Bar-b-que on July 27th, and the "condition of admission" is that each member has to bring a friend. Last night we had this cool missionary musical presentation in memorial park in Oshawa. It was really good, the zone leaders organized it and there was a really good turn out. Peterborough's less actives are more than double the actives, there are a few really amazing people though, like the Fukishimas, they're a really old Japanese couple, and they are so nice and awesome. They were both converts to the church when they were younger, and I could talk a bit about Samurai's with them. I hope all the house work goes well,

I love you a lot
Elder D

Bancroft

Mom,
Dad's whistle works on every dog, a while back a great dane had gotten away from his owner, so we got out and helped him catch it, I used the whistle and he came a running. Brandon visited with his grandparents so he didn't make it. On Friday before we went up to Bancroft, I taught this one lady, she had been taught by missionaries for 2 years, and didn't make any commitments, and while I was teaching the spirit was upon me so strong, that I started to shake. I know that she felt the spirit testifying to her of the truth, but in the end she still wouldn't commit to anything. It was very sad to see that happen. We went up to Bancroft (total population between 3500 and 4000 people) and they had like only 20 members, but they fed us every single day. Everyone in Bancroft is older than you (except for the Branch President who is leiah's ageish), but they are amazing member missionaries, they're always spreading the gospel, and giving out Books of mormon. It was invogorating, and now we're even more set on getting Peterborough more missionary oriented. In Bancroft they give you like five names as referels. There was also an investigator in Bancroft, and they are prepared for the gospel. I am excited to go back, but I am going to work twice as hard to get Peterborough in motion. I also tracted Evans st. this week. We are going through all the former investigators and all the streets, we will find those who the lord has prepared for us. I'm doing great, Im actually starting to tan, its great. I have been very clumsy on my mission and have missed the curb on a step or barely hit the curb causing me to almost fall, but I haven't hurt myself yet.
I love you a lot
Elder Dumouchel

You think that's Hot!!!

Hello mom, you think that is hot!!!! We've been getting 28 degrees, with ten times the humidity. Even when it's raining the temperature is still 22 degrees. This week I will visit brother Humphreys, he wants his 11 year old son to choose for himself whether this is the right church, and he wants to know where in the scriptures it says we have to attend church, so I'm going to read with him D&C 59:9-10, and D&C 68:25-28. I hope it helps. This week we did 18hrs of tracting, thats a lot. I'm starting to feel it on my legs. There is a book called tracting and member missionary work, in that book it says that we should pray for streets to tract, so my companion, Elder Williamson and I went and picked out six streets. The first one on both our lists was Nicholls street, and when we went and tracted that street we found Nicole, she had just moved that day, and was having a house warming party, but she said it would be great if we came back another time. So we'll have to see how that goes. do you remeber a brother Loose, back when the ward boundaries changed brother loose gave the closing prayer(i think, i can't remember.) we are teaching someone who is afraid of going outside, his name is Brandon, he wants to come to church, but needs a familiar face to pick him up and be at the church. Luckily we're familiar faces, so now we just need somebody to pick him up. Thats everything interesting this week. I'm enjoying the work
Elder D (thats what everyone calls me, because i told them they could).

All is well.

Hi Everyone,
I'm feeling fine, don't worry. There is really no greater joy than to see souls come unto Christ. I'm still living off the joy of just finding a potential investigator! I can't even imagine yet how joyful I'll be if they get baptized. I'm glad to hear that the roof is pretty well done. you can tell everyone this story I'm about to share. In my ward there is a slightly older fellow named Shawn. Shawn is completely blind, and lives on his own. Now something not about Shawn. Scientists have proven that there should be no way a bee could fly; the problem is that nobody told the bee it couldnt fly. Back to Shawn. Someone forgot to tell Shawn he was blind-- because he just does everything! In priesthood they announced a service project that would require a lot of physical labour, and I swear that Shawns hand went up before the sentance was even finished. Not only that, but he has been really good with his house. He bought a couch and 2 coffee tables for $35, and I've checked them out and their nice. He also bought a really nice ceiling fan for $50, it was on sale $100 off at Canadian Tire or something. He is completely fixing up his house for really cheap. Not only that, but he keeps inviting us over to eat, (he didnt do that before I was here, apparantly) he is also our home teaching companion (yes we're home teachers) and we are going to bring him to share his conversion story with an investigator. What a great guy, he's an example to all of us. I have been cooking. I've done 2 meals, they turned out alright. This week we only have 2 days that we're not being fed. tThe members here are really great. These computers don't have a USB or anything, so I can't send pics. They have a zoo here, we are making it a tradition to go to the zoo each P-day. They have a white Bobcat that looks really cool. It's pretty sweet for a small town. I love you lots
Elder Dumouchel

FIRST BLOG

Elder Dumouchel reported to the MTC on May 12th and arrived in Toronto on June 1st. He has been assigned to serve in Peterborough, Ontario and is really excited about missionary work. He's already had some experience tracting and is hoping that some of his investigators will soon set baptismal dates. He happens to be serving in the same mission as 5 other young men from his ward/stake that he grew up with.