so i have a special announcment. i am probably one of the only people in the Jamaica Kingston Mission history to ever drive a car while in training! driving here is kinda weird cause its on the left side and the wheel is on the right. but dont worry, i didnt crash haha.
Day 69 Monday
Today was super hecktic! it was National Heroes Day down here so 99% of the stores were closed! National Heroes Day is what it sounds like. they celebrate all their national heroes. Jamaicans take their holidays very serious so thats why almost everywhere was closed down. we had to do emailing between the 4 of us missionaries on one computer so it took a long time. luckily we took turns. me and elder dalley went shopping while the other 2 were doing their emails. later in the day the church had a small activity for the Day so we decided to go to that. it was pretty fun. everyone just got up and made of a fool of themselves on purpose! somehow i talked myself into going up there. to be honest.... it sucked. i dont preform well haha.
Day 70 Tuesday
strange strange strange strange day today. we tried to see a member who went to the doctor. i guess on monday he fainted from high blood pressure and sugar, and a fever. one of the members of the branch presidency wanted us to give him a preisthood blessing. the only reason he didnt then is cause he had no oil. i may be giving him some here soon cause he is always calling us. well to say the least, we never found the member. he wasnt there when we were. we went up to a guy who is LA and saw him. he is awesome! if he gets back to church then he could very well be the next branch president!
Day 71 Wednesday
Today we had district meeting in Ochi and we did a trade off. With the car that we now have, every single meeting we have is gonna be in ochi since we can drive. elder dalley is the main driver but president brown didnt think of trade offs with that. after awhile he told me to watch the driving safety video and for me to drive when elder dalley couldnt! i was excited but scared at the same time cause Jamaican drivers are absolutely nuts! so after district meeting i drove us the 2 hours home to Port Antonio. Elder Dalley stayed in Ochi for the trade off. we saw Shanique when we got back. she is super prepared and really converted! Golden Investigator by far!
Day 72 Thursday
i did almost nothing today. me and elder beck had to leave at 11am to go back to ochi so we just went and got him some Bag Juice. NOTE: if you wanna make a lotta money, sell bag juice! its the best thing since sliced bread! which is also amazing i found out haha. we didnt get to Ochi till one and then we had to wait for the other elders to get back to the ochi house. me and elder dalley didnt leave Ochi till after 2 45 cause we had to eat and then i bought a couple of hats to wear around the house. hats are still my life haha. we didnt get back to Port Antonio till like 4 45 cause of all the time we wasted in ochi. then we taught one of our 7th day "investigators". the kid tried to teach us again. he is super solid and thats the problem. the 7th day church really changed his life and he is really stuck on that. hopefully the Spirit will convince him here soon.
Day 73 Friday
so i finally got the package that the family sent me a month ago. the stuff in there isnt going to last me long haha. the circus peanuts are still off limits till christmas tho haha (your welcome fudgebag lol). everyone in my apartment isnt all that excited for that. i guess i have the only bags of them on the island and they all like them a lot. Today for teaching we went out to San San on our bikes. thats like a 90min ride! then went 45 back toward the church, and then 30 min back toward San San. lets just say that me and my bike are in a complicated relationship right now.
Day 74 Saturday
first off. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE BRO! DONT CRASH THE CAR!! we went to a member to try and get a referral today. it was frustrating. she is a MAJOR talker! sometimes she will go off about random things that has nothing to do with anyones salvation and she doesnt even realize it! Kudos to the missionaries who taught her a year ago. dont get me wrong tho, she is all for sharing the gospel and has super good referrals. we didnt get one today but she is gonna help us a lot! we tried to have a family history lesson with Kadeen but it was a disaster. Family Search just didnt like us for the day
Day 75 Sunday
So can i just say that i love the brach here! there are some people who have some amazing faith! the blind guy who came last week came again! Brother Colthirst is less active but is starting to come back to church! he has almost no money and he is coming! we love the guy! Kadeen also came to church. the reason that is awesome is cause since she has been coming teaching with us a lot. her money got kinda low with all the taxiing that we did. she wasnt sure if she was gonna be able to make it home or not but she still came! super sick and super solid Recent Convert!
i guess thats really all that i have for today. any other questions or things you guys wanna know??
Love,
Elder Kurt Meacham
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