Week 8

hey everyone!

we got a car so now when we go to mo bay it doesnt cost a lot! no one has driven in jamaica before so its weird being on the left side of the road with the steering wheel on the right side of the car.

Day 62 Monday

today was super slow. we spent most of our pday in the stores around town shopping. not the funnest thing to do at all. it sucked too cause i remembered that i still had a flat from before so we were going to get that fixed when we started to teach. someone came and fixed it but forgot to put my brakes back on afterwards and we couldnt do it. thankfully someone came and did it for us and we talked to him a bit. the teaching was super short cause that took up quite a bit of time.

Day 63 Tuesday

today we drove to Ochi at like 6pm so our teaching was super short today. none of us have ever driven in jamaica before so we were pretty scared. elder dalley is the driver and that scared us way bad. he started going to kingston before we got to Annotto bay, hit a curb on a bidge majorly, he was hogging the left side of the road too much haha. and then almost went the wrong way on a round a bout when we got tried to fix the kingston problem. we did get to ochi in one piece tho so dont worry haha

day 64 wednesday

our whole day was full of driving. we got up early and left Ochi at 6 so we could be to Mo bay by 8 30. we hung out there for a bit and then had zone meeting at 10. president brown and the aps came so that was cool. zone meeting was super sick too! it was all about how we need to really start using the members in the lessons and how we need to use them to get referrals. pretty cool if you ask me haha. it was like 2pm before we got out. we dropped off ochi and went back to porty tho. about the time that we got to Port Maria a huge storm came and hit us. we were gong like 20kmph and hugging the left line. it was nuts! not what we wanted for our first time driving in jamaica haha! we did get back in one piece agian so thats good news.

day 65 thursday

today was just really stressful. i was super homesick and almost came home. luckly i went throught the day and decided to stay. im not one to quit on stuff i start so im gonna stick this one out. i think that the main things im missing are: sunday drives to harts, my family, friends, sports, and the fact that i probably gave up a great job up at KSL. i never relized just how much that i really gave up to come out here. i guess its worth it tho. plus i do get to talk to everyone once a week so that helps a lot!

day 66 friday

we finally got back to brother banter! he is the investigator that just randomly showed up to church and sasid that he wanted to be baptized. we forgot about him for like 3 weeks so we felt really bad and wanted a second chance at him. thank goodness the Lord had mercy that he gave us another chance. we are not going to let this one go away again. we had a desire lesson with him and he still seems interested to know if what we teach is true so we are going to be sure we see im like 3 times a week. we also had president brown stay the night. he was doing a baptism interview for someone. we didnt teach the guy, the senior couple who works up here did. the guy didnt do anything wrong. president brown just got super excited when he heard that he was being baptized that he wanted to do the interview and the baptism. apparently he has been trying to be taught for like 20 years. he finally got taught a bit ago and is going to be baptized tomorrow. its intimidating to have him here but way cool at the same time! he is basically just one of us!

day 67 saturday

well we had a baptism for the first time in a month! of cousse it wasnt ours but we get to count it in our nuimbers. not about the stats but still. pretty cool haha. president brown is the one who baptized hiom. once that was over he just went back to kingston. it was way cool to have him here tho! he taught us a few things that we are definatly going to be sure to use in our work! we got to a less acitve member and got him to say that he is coming to church. the only reason that he doesnt really come a lot is cause he is blind and doesnt have any money to take a taxi. he also will not beg for money cause its very demeaning to him. which is a good thing just so you know. big respect on that one. he said that he was going to be there tho so thats a good thing.

day 68 sunday

today was awesome! we had brother banter come to church! thats a miracle cause he told us that he couldnt be there this week! he came and loved it tho! he said that he is going to make his choice really soon on if he wants to be here permenatly! big time work that we need to do! brother colthirst also came! he is the blind guy! he said that as him and his wife were walking to church, someone came up to them and offered them a free ride! this is why people need faith. the Lord will always provide a way if yiou try to do what he says you should be doing! miricales are working around us and we need to take advantage!!!

Keaden- HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE 26TH LITTLE BRO!!!!!!!!! ITS NUTS TO THINK THAT YOU ARE THAT OLD! JUST THINK, YOU COULD BE DOING THIS IN 4 YEARS TIME. you have to be out of school first haha. JUST DONT CRASH THE CAR WHEN YOU START DRIVING LOL!!!

thats all i got for this week. kinda a weird week but pretty cool at the same time. we had zone conference cancelledc this week so idk when i will be back there but hopefully soon. and just so you know, for any one that goes to Mo Bay on a cruise, its a crappy town. its a lot like LA. lots and lots of gangs

Love,

Elder Kurt Meacham