Week 20

Hey Everyone!

So real quick. Please pray for Elder Martin, from my MTC group, and Elder Dalley. they are comps right now. Elder Martin was hit by a car over in Linstead. he went through surgery in Kingston and is doing ok but could still use the prayers of course. Elder Dalley also saw the whole thing happen so he is very stressed out still. he had such a bad panic attack that he couldnt move. big prayers for them.

But this week has been really frustrating but im really happy too. Ive learned out here just how much that agency is frustrating to God. it is to me so its gotta be to him.

Monday 1-6-14
so for our pday we went fishing. Elder Davis is a big fisher. his job back home was for him to guide hunting and fishing trips. he even fished in tournaments to pay for his mission. he is a stud. we caught a barracuda and some ugly thing too. nothing to keep. just a for fun thing. we went over to the campbells for another family home evening. we had some bike probs, AGAIN!, so we had to walk there. going from boundbrook, where we live, to anchovy, where they live, is not a fun thing. its like a 30 min walk. i never thought that i would love bikes so much haha. we read a bit from the Book of Mormon and then had to leave so we could get home on time. not a bad day to be honest.

Tuesday 1-7-14
we didnt have a lot of lessons today. all i really remember from the day is us going to sister clarke to check up on her. she is super poor and can almost never come to church because of the fair. she cant walk the whole way so she has to do taxi. its really sad how poor she is. we never blame her if she doesnt come to church. but today when we went to check up on her she broke down crying cause he life is so hard and people keep breaking into her house. we gave her a priesthood blessing and she said that she felt better about everything afterwards. hopefully her life will turn around real soon.

Wednesday 1-8-14
today was the first district meeting we had with elder davis in charge. he gave a pretty good lesson. bad thing, my driving days are probably over while he is here. he knows how to drive and is not scared to do it haha. next time i will drive will probably if he is sick, if i am a Zone Leader (ya right haha), or if i go to the office, which is very possible this next transfer. we did teach Keena today tho. we were gonna teach her the Book of Mormon but i forgot to bring one to give to her. we brought a member with us. the member basically taught the whole ting! it was so sick! keena was listening the whole time to it too! her being baptized will come soon! we also went and read with Asha-Gaye. she hasnt been reading or coming to church so we are staring with the reading thing. hopefully one day she gets it. we've been trying to get her active for like 2 transfers. she wants to serve a mission in a few years but she needs to be active first. Elder Davis was also pulled over on the road on our way back from Ochi. some cop decided that he wanted a power trip so he tagged us and pulled us over. maybe he was new. idk. we cant pay the tickets down here cause no one from America, Canada, or England (majority of white missionaries here), dont have TRN numbers, like social security in the states. if we pay them then we are paying for someones lunch. we just laughed the whole time. super funny!

Thursday 1-9-14
Today was a super good day. we were full of lessons. we had 6 during the day! which is the most since ive been here i think! we had a lesson with Kadeen, who joined us for a lesson with a random bum right before her lesson too. we also went back to Asha-Gaye and read again. one day she will get the point. eventually we will back off a bit when she starts to get the point. we also had a lesson with someone named Donna, im not sure if ive mentioned her before. she is delanos mother in law. she is very prepared. we just have got to get her to commit to baptism. she had a day but then said she needed to find out if the Book of Mormon is true first. fair but also frustrating.

Friday 1-10-14
we had an ok day today. we taught janet again. i thought she would be a little hardened to me but she is not. we just need to get her and her family to church. they live far away and are very poor. somehow it will work out tho. she said she has the faith to come but i have not seen it yet. but she said that she would come sometime in the next 2 weeks. we cant give her a day cause she doesnt want to be rushed so we just have to have her show faith and teach her a lot of stuff. we also had a coordination meeting with SueAnn, the member who is friends with Keena. its for tomorrow on the Book of Mormon. it should be a good lesson.

Saturday 1-11-14
we taught Janet again today. it was weird cause it was way early. like 9am. we had to be sure to get back to the house at some point for comp study. we also talked to Shanakay again. all she really needs is to come to church and to get married. hopefully that is something that will happen way soon. we also finally met with the gospel principals teacher. the lessons are very interesting so we went and helped her to make them better. we should be good for the next few weeks haha. Keena blew out today so we will have to try again a next time. we are gonna try tomorrow so that should be really good.

Sunday 1-12-14
Today was a pretty good day if you ask me. keena was late to church again so we had to push her back a week. she was upset about that but understood it. she will hopefully be baptized on Feb 1. president Blake from the mission presidency came down today too. he gave a good talk and lesson about Zion and how it will be when Christ comes again. Moses 7:18 is what it will be of. he is a super cool guy. he will probably be the next mission president when president brown gets done in 2016. We went to Asha-Gaye again. she didnt come to church but her mom did. we kinda chastised her for it. i really hate having to do that. its not the funnest thing in the world. we are gonna start to walk with her to church to make sure that she comes. agency is a really annoying thing. when people choose to use it wrong its just super annoying. sorry about that mom and dad haha. learned my lesson now i guess :) it just shows how it must be for God when he gives us a choice and we use that choice wrong. something that i will be thinking about a lot from now on.

Well our week was great! we are looking forward to a new week! love you all!

Love,
Elder Kurt Meacham