Week 7

hey everyone! jamaica is still the sickest place on earth! i really couldnt imagine being anywhere else. so far ive been chased by dogs once, and i was charged by a goat.... ya that was embarrassing haha

Day 55 monday

today we only had one lesson. we got a referral from the other porty missionaries so we went and taught her. she is really obsessed with visions. she thinks that every dream she has is a vision. now we need to think of a way to tell her that that is not how it works. not sure how to do that but it should be interesting when we tell her that. she also talks a lot so its hard to say a whole lot. a 10 minute lesson plan turns into us being there for like an hour. its nuts! 

Day 56 Tuesday

we did service today. i felt bad cause we were running late and could only stay for like 30min. we are way behind on studies that trainees have to do so thats why we stayed for so short. we then went up to Stephanie and had a good lesson! i think she is finally starting to get this obey thing! hopefully she comes to church this week! we had a long ride out to Clear Springs so we could teach Shanique. i dont think that ive mentioned her yet but she is way sick! she loves hearing what we have to say and accepts everything! shes been to church once. she missed last week cause her daughter was in Kingston in the hospital. kinda weird with that one. no details. we wanted to teach janet but she wasnt home and it turned into a horror film. her house is way in the forest and it got scary cause we heard something in the bushes. lets just say that we booked it out when we could haha

day 57 wednesday

elder gordon got transferred to portmore (near kingston). he was the native missionary in my house. we got elder strickland who doesnt know where he is from cause he has moved so much. we told the district about our one investigator for prayers. within a few days he had his mom die, house burn down, and get thrown in jail for "something he didnt do". sometimes things happen haha. we taught Julia again. ..... that was a lot of talking. it was long and lets leave it at that haha. im starting to wake up really cold. i have no blanket. just a sheet. i got thinking, and i realized one thing. ITS NOT EVEN 70 DEGREES! I BET ITS LIKE 75! haha temperature is really screwed up here haha

day 58 thrusday

it was a painful day. normally when we start out our days we stay near the church. this time we went clear out to Clear Springs to teach shanique. my legs werent used to riding yet so the ride there hurt a bit. sometimes i wish i rode my bike more but then i think, nope, there is a reason i had a car. they are nice haha. our dinner appointment blew out cause she had gone to kingston. it wasnt too bad cause she is a member ahah. we went and bought some food and then taught stephanie. she is still doing really well

day 59 friday

super planning took up a lot of time today so we had almost no lessons. it used to rain in the nights mostly but now its creeping up into the time that we are out. like i said before, people hate rain here. they all take cover in their homes. they wont let us come cause its rude to make us be in the rain i guess. president brown did say we could have lessons in the KFC tho.... might need to try that haha. my bike gave me trouble too. i had a flat so we went and got that fixed. then as we were riding along, like 3 min later, my other tire blew out. we had to walk clear back and get that fixed. that took up a lot of our time too. i think i spent like 1200 on it cause i had to get new tubes too. so glad that my bike was only 7000 instead of the 20000 for the new ones.

day 60 saturday

its crazy to think that its basically been 2 months since i went into the MTC! its gone by pretty fast! only 22 months left i guess.... cool but not cool at the same time. we have not had a lot of lessons this week. travel time is really killing us and people keep blowing out. we always get stuck on what to do. president brown did say that he wanted less lessons and more baptisms but this isnt the way he is planning i dont think. Julia is still obsessed with visions! we have not found a good way to tell her no yet. we did find one thing out tho. there is a big difference between state side missionaries and the missionaries down here with that topic. when a state side missionary hears that, they think "dude that is the coolest thing ever! your so elect to have seen that! will you be baptized tomorrow!?". when we hear that, we think, "aw crap. not another vision! why does everyone think they have visions!?" its kinda funny but frustrating haha...

day 61 sunday

fasting is real hard for me. ive only done it one time in my life and that was last month. when i was out here. thankfully i had something to fast for this month so it wasnt too bad. church is still really awesome! we only had one person that we are teaching show up so we need to improve on that. i did get charged by a goat. it was probably the funniest thing ever! 2 other missionaries messed with it and nothing happened. but when i went to it it charged me! why do all goats hate me!?! haha. we taught Kadeens friend tho. he is way in the world but he can progress fast if he wants to. it was really the only lesson we had. hopefully things look up next week!

thats all i really got this week! hope that everyone is doing well!

Love,

Elder Kurt Meacham