September 18, 2017

Porque Yo Creo

Elder Dayton and Elder Bird (his son)

MOMMA!!

We had a pretty good week! It has been busy, a little stressful and kind of successful! So Saturday we had a party where all the people in the branch from different countries brought different food from their countries and a ton of people came and there were musical numbers and dances and it was a super good time! And actually one of our investigators, Gladys, came which was super surprising actually, haha So that was super fun, then we had church and that Sunday night we had the testimony meeting for recent converts in Oakland called Porque Yo Creo, which we got to go to, Salomon was going to speak, but I think he got super nervous when he saw just how many people were there. So he didn't end up speaking at it, but it was super great to see everyone that went there. I got to see a ton of SF people again which was great! I saw Betty and Kona who I havent seen in almost a year!! Can you believe that!!!! So that was super cool, I got a picture with Betty and I think she took a video of me, haha but idk where that ended up. The HOCO pics looked good! Ya us boys have never been to chatty with you huh haha, sorry it's been that way, it would probably be better if it wasn't like that. And I think the boys will be fine for a few days, Zach is a great baby sitter! 

The Branch is treating me pretty well here, I like them a lot! So the only thing different we do for exercise is we run the days we don't have sports, which is just 2 days out of the week, so it's not that much different haha, but that first run we did I finally realized just how out of shape I am haha. Not much else new happend, we did get a new investigator by trying people on our potentials list, and the sisters found someone for us which was awesome, they are doing super great right now so they're kind of helping us out haha, they totally carry the district! So just yesterday we had a really great time at this English family's house for dinner, they come to the branch and have callings in the youth programs and stuff like that, but the lesson we shared with them was super great, we talked about the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and Brother Perry shared experiences from his mission and it was just super awesome to see him, being a convert when he was youngish, to just testify of the change the gospel has made in his life, and I know that even though we aren't perfect the gospel allows us to try and try and just keep trying! So that was awesome and then we went to Porque Yo Creo (Why I believe) and heard some great testimonys from recent converts so that was also a really good experience! I am tired almost all day long and still a little homesick but I am happy and I love being a missionary and having all of these awesome experiences! I love you so much! Picutes will come in just a minute!!

Favorite picture spot!

pic from the party! Thats Colton, he's one of the Merril's kids, he's a pretty funny guy

Sis Betty with the us Elders (Sorry it's blurry)

September 11, 2017

Working Hard

The Members in Oakland/San Fran take the best care of their Missionaries!!
I love getting these mid week pictures!!

MOMMA!!

I'm glad you guys had some good talks and a good week! Elder Bird and I stayed together through transfers and we are doing pretty good! This last week was alright, we were so grateful to find a new investigator Sunday night! We were just walking trying to contact someone and he was on the street just standing there a couple houses back and when we knocked on the door he walked up to us because it was his house too, we were looking for someone else but he told us she was sick and so we talked for him for a little bit and got a return appointment which is awesome! Other than that we have sadly been dropping a few of our investigators because they are just not progressing, so this week we will be dropping more probably and working on finding some new people that are prepared to hear the gospel! Thanks for all of the pictures, tell dad to take some of his hunting trip! I will send some pictures here in a second! Love you so much bye!!

here is our zone!

last weeks zone activity

I have to share the many faces of Brig! Love this boy! And miss all his hilarious face expressions!!

September 4, 2017

Labor Day!

Nothing makes this momma more happy than when sweet members send me pictures!!

MOMMA!!!

So this past week was alright, we got to see a few of our investigators but we feel like not many of them are progressing so we are going to think about dropping them by the end of the week if we aren't seeing much progress so that will be sad but then we will have more time to find those people that have been prepared by our Heavenly Father!. Ya P-day is pretty much the same for us here, we are actually all going to get together as a zone and play ping pong and skrud over at the institute building because classes aren't going on today so that will be fun! 

Yes I was on exchanges with an elder in my district when that picture was taken, it was a super good dinner, steak and potatoes and salad! It was a nice little change hehe. I did get the package and thank you so much! So transfer calls came and the person you saw in the pic from the member is the only one that will be leaving from our district. So ya thats about all the craziness thats gone on here, I want to see some pictures if you have service right now! I love you I'll send some pictures in a bit!

So ya i just took this one picture right now haha, I did a bad job taking pics, but thanks for all the pictures!

August 28, 2017

Another Week...In the life of Elder Dayton 

MOMMA!!!

So my week has also just been a same old, same old week, kind of maybe not so much. It just went by so fast that I think that's what I thought, but now that I think about it it was a pretty good week!! We got back in contact with two investigators this last week and had super great lessons with them!  During one of the lessons the investigator looks at me once I get done explaining something and says ,usted es un maestro, which means either, you are a master, or you are a teacher, which was like super cool because that is Jesus' title in Spanish, so I liked that. We weren't able to find new investigators until this Sunday so that's always a little stressful, but now I can see that as we work hard all week, we will be blessed in the end! New investigators came through contacting potential investigators so that was good! 

Haha I'm sure you will do fantastic with your activity thing! I was just writing to dad that as we prepare we feel so much less stressed! And I have a pretty good testimony of that because I kind of have to lead District Meetings and give trainings, and it just always goes smoother when I prep a few days in advance. It's good to hear about Ammon's team though! That's a really good attitude about being the new guy and I know he'll put in the work to get to play! 

Haha that would be such a cool place to work at!! (Mason applied to Top Golf) I hope he gets the job! 

And from all the people here they say college was a great time for the year they went! (Zach started school at MCC) Whats he studying for again? 

Gladys is doing alright, she felt bad she didn't go to Catholic mass last week so she did yesterday and says she will come to ours this next week, so she's kind of going every other haha, she's a character. And i'm glad you got the pics! that family is super nice and Victor is doing pretty good, he just has a very different way of thinking when it comes to God and things like that. Alma is super great and we saw her a couple times this past week, but she did not make it to church or to English class.

I'm not too mad the package didn't come haha, I am excited for it though! message me whats all going in it unless its a surprise or something! Love you!! I'll send some pics in a second!

so i was pretty bad with pictures this week as well, so i've got some selfies haha

Here is our wall in our bedroom, lots of neat pictures on it

A Sweet Member sent these pics to me from a birthday party that Brig and his comp helped with! LOVE IT!!