Monday, August 26, 2019

Monday, August 26th, 2019







Hello everyone! 

It's super fun serving in the D.C mission! We get to be by all the monuments and the White House and Capitol building and all that good stuff. It is so diverse and lively. I might have never seen the President, but I see his helicopter, limo, and airplane all the time. It's super cool! There are 3 identical helicopters that fly in a row right next to each other, so you don't know which one he is in. There are two identical limos as well that are escorted by plenty of police cars and motorcycles. I think its two limos, it might be 3. It's called at the motorcade when they are all driving together. There is just one Air Force One, and I'm pretty sure they have a jet escort, but I've never seen the jets. It's pretty exciting whenever you see those things. 

There was a pretty crazy wind storm this week! We saw that the waves from the Chesapeake were crashing upon the boardwalk as we drove past, so we decided to take a walk on the boardwalk and get splashed, since it was the next closest thing to swimming, and we can't swim, so it was satisfying! 

It's been a pretty normal week, but we had a really fun district activity today! We had a shaving cream battle! We each bought a bottle of shaving cream and the goal was to get as much shaving cream on other people as possible. It was pretty fun, but it was a pain cleaning off. It was especially difficult getting it out of our ears. I suggest it! 

Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Love you all!

Elder Dallin Spurgeon 

Monday, August 19th, 2019







Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Monday, August 12th, 2019


Hello all! 

We did service for a member of the ward this week. We weedeated his hill on his property that is too steep for the lawnmower. We were completely covered in grass when we were finished, but that didn't stop us from going and getting some good seafood by the bay. It always smells so good in our area because there are so many harbors along the Chesapeake that have great seafood. 

I spoke in Sacrament meeting this week. I was told I could choose my topic. That was exciting for me because there are people that we teach that come and I wanted to focus my talk on things they needed to hear, specifically for this one guy. The sad thing was that he never showed up to church, but other people said they enjoyed my talk. 

We went on a walk this morning down by the bay around the boardwalk and the pier. We even spotted a common Maryland Blue crab! How exciting! I love serving in this area so much! 

My companion and I have grown a slight obsession with watermelons. It's our favorite snack! It healthy, sweet, keeps us hydrated, and pretty cheap! We go through 3 watermelons a week! My companion has a 6th sense with picking them out. He always picks the reddest and the juiciest! 

I've started rolling up my coins I've collected over the course of my mission. I'm at 32 dollars right now!  I still have all the pennies to roll up and that will be a task. 

Love you all,

Elder Dallin Spurgeon 

Monday, October 9th, 2019

National Harbor, Maryland