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Five MIle Pass, Utah - 4 Wheeler fun! 3-21-15

Fun photos of a 4 wheeling outing to 5 Mile Pass between Lehi and Tooele, Utah

On Saturday Nick, Hayden and Cambree met up with Morgan, Camrie and I at 5 Mile Pass to go 4 wheeling!(Michelle was at school) It was a blast to have the wind whipping up and the dry desert had lots of dust. No matter, the wind pushed it aside pretty well. At the top of the hillside there were these deep mining pits that were covered with a grid of re-bar for peoples safety. Morgan threw a rock down and it took almost 5 seconds for it to tap the bottom. He calculated it to be over 400 feet deep! One of the shallow holes had what looked like a WWII jeep at the bottom, by the look of the headlights. One of the roads had some deep ruts and I had to have both Morgan and Nick rescue me on two different times to get passed. One time my whole torso left the seat to the left with a foot off the side! Yikes! This is why you never ride alone! Nick brought a loaded sub sandwich and we all shared lunch back at the parking lot. The kid's were great through it all. Nicks enclosed trailer was sure nice! Thanks Nick for the great idea!

Ethan's 12th / 2015 Letter/photos Carmen de Patagones 3-23-15

Dear Family,

First of all I want my mother Sara Vernalee Durocher to know, something about her son Elder Ethan Charles Durocher.

Mom I am truly happy as a Missionary of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I just wanted my mom to know that! This work is hard and being a missionary is a different experience but i am truly happy. There is no other thing better that i could be doing in this moment in time then this as a Missionary. Everyday there are blessing that the Lord gives to me and those with whom we speak. I am grateful that I have the opportunity to share this message of joy and eternal happiness with all the people that we meet. My mother once asked me, "Ethan do you know that difference in between the word to be Happy and to have Joy?" I don't remember what i said to her, probably something like " there is no difference" What she then told me is something I have shared with the people of Argentina throughout my whole mission. She said," To be happy is something that comes and goes and is temporal, but to have Joy is something Eternal and that only comes from God through doing what he asks us to do." This has impacted me throughout all my mission and pre-mission. Thanks Mom for your wise words.

In the week i got the blessing of offering service to someone, and finding people, not only people but a family to teach. A man pulled up to a house and was trying to unload a Refrigerator from a trailer and i offered to help him and he accepted. Afterwords he left because he just delivered the fridge but we presented ourselves to the family that lived in the house where i carried the fridge. Its a single mother with 2 daughters 17 years old and 14 years old, and a son that's 5 years old. They are super awesome and are willing to talk with us and hear the message of the Restoration. Pray for them, Analia, Camila, Milagros, and Benjamin.

Saturday our investigator Damian Manquelef who is 77 years old was baptized!!! He asked me to baptized him, and i said with honor i would love to do it. We have been so blessed to find people who are prepared to hear the gospel and who are able to be baptized. Sunday we was confirmed and after the Sacrament meeting he asked us, "alright where or what do i have to do to pay my Tithing?" He is such an example to me.

That was the week of events, please pray that Nicolas Gomez can feel the need to be baptized March 28th 2015.

I love you all!!!

Con Amor,

Elder Ethan C. Durocher

Ethan's 11th / 2015 Letter/photos Carmen de Patagones, Argentina 3-16-15

Dear Family,

I finally go to my area Monday at like 5pm and i got unpacked and showered and ready to work, at 6:15 pm we were out the door to go to work. We passed by for a lot of the investigators that we have and the members during the week. We passed by and talked to the Mother of a 9 year old boy who had been going to church for months but the mother would let him get baptized. We talked with her for a little bit and she gave him permission. He got super excited and then asked me to baptized him because for some reason... haha

Saturday morning we did service for some member, we dung like a 20 foot trench about 1 foot wide 2 feet deep, and i just went at it like a mad man!! haha I just started giving it my all and my Latin companion and the members just were stunned as i got it done super fast! haha. That's just how Durocher's work, effectively, with diligence. I got one blister but i so enjoyed manual labor, id love to talk to Dave Wilkinson and see if he can help me out with a job, i miss working with my hands. Anyway we finished that and then we went to the church and we had to drain the Baptismal Faunt from two weeks back, my companion said that the Pump was broken that sucks the water out, so i went over and looked at a couple things and primed the pump and it worked!!! haha it took about 45 minutes to suck out all the water, and then we cleaned it and then filled it up. We left and came back like 2 hours later and there was enough water. We prepared every thing and Alexis Castro showed up and the members so we went and changed. Alexis went to the water and felt if it was warm and it was, then we went and started the Baptismal Service. 15 minutes later we went to baptize him and i stopped to show him what we have to do, like bend his knees and everything. My companion comes running over and says THERE IS NO WATER IN THE BAPTISMAL FAUNT!! I run over and look and it was completely DRY! He said that he open the door up where everyone can see and he saw a foot of water and in seconds it vanished!

That's was our challenge this weekend!!! we hurrying and found out that the pump was on again and it worked with out being primed like it normally hast to, and the water was drained in 15 minutes instead of 45 minutes like in the morning! We were shocked! we waited for like 30 minutes and baptized him in like 2 feet of water! haha it was a great day! he was confirmed Sunday. We worked a lot and we got a lot of people to accept the invitation to be baptized so we should be able to baptize every weekend this month!

That was the miracle this week!! I love you all!!!

Con Amor,

Elder Ethan C. Durocher