Week 23

Hello Everybody!

so this week has been pretty funny. a little frustrating but at the same time its been funny. you will see why ;)

Monday 1-27-14
so for Pday this week me and elder davis went to the beach in long bay again. its so nice to be doing things on Pday. i may never get to see this part of the world again so hopefully i can get more stuff done on the rest of my pdays here. but after pday we went over to Keena to pre drop her. we taught her that she needs to be reading more and she told us that she would take things more serious. we will have to see what happens. she hasnt been reading the book of mormon at all cause she "has to study my bible". its a real big work in progress. after we went to keena we were going to have a lesson with Kashane and just see whats up with him but we forgot that it was monday so it was FHE night. his mom was there and we were about to have a lesson with all of them. but then we got to talking to everyone and just wasted time to be honest. we are repenting of that haha.

Tuesday 1-28-14
So today we had a lesson with Janet again. she is starting to talk about baptism so thats good. but at the same time she wont accept a day to be baptized so its a bit annoying. one day she will be baptized but i dont think that its going to be when i am here. oh well haha. we also had a lesson with Kadeen. i thought that the lesson went pretty good. Kadeen does seem a bit down tho so we will be finding out whats up the next time we see her. of course not going into too much detail haha. we also tried to have a lesson with Asha-gaye again. somehow repentance came up again. she feels guilty about what she did but at the same time she doesnt think that its a big deal. we are getting her to the point to admit it to the right person but she has to come to church first. afterwards we had a lesson with Shanice. she is super solid and is putting forth some really good effort. she hasnt really thought about the day that we gave her to be baptized but thats not a big deal right now. she will be baptized when she is ready. and that should be way soon if she puts forth the effort that she is right now.

Wednesday 1-29-14
so today we had zone meeting in Mobay today. we got up super early, like 3am, and drove straight there. lets just say that i was a little tired haha. i didnt drive but i was up for the whole 4 hours there. we had breakfast at Burger King so that helped a bit haha. Zone Meeting was pretty good tho. it was all about the Spirit and Planning. yes it sounds weird but it was really good. elder davis had to do some interviews in Ochi so we ended up staying there for a while. like 8pm while. so we didnt get home until like 10pm that night. i was just super tired and went to bed right when i could haha.

Thursday 1-30-14
So today the only lesson that we ended up having was with Asha-gaye. we found out one thing there. NEVER TEACH AT HER HOUSE! her brother just disturbs the lesson, the bar is too close so the music keeps blaring, and you cannot feel the spirit like at all. we are gonna try to start to teach her at the church from now on. it will be much better having construction blare in our ears than all the noise down at her house. later we had a family home evening there and it was pretty good. everything kinda calmed down after awhile. playing games there is always a fun time haha. its pretty intense.

Friday 1-31-14
Again the only lesson that we had was with one person. this time it was with Shanice tho. so a good change. we taught her the plan of salvation. she didnt seem to be paying attention too much but afterwards she could repeat everything that she had learned and it was all of the important stuff. i guess thats a good thing haha.

Saturday 2-1-14
so today was just super funny! first off we dropped Keena. everytime we go there she isnt there. she didnt read. so we told her that when she will take it serious then we would come back. we then went over to Asha-gaye again. thats where it was funny but at the same time i felt so bad. her friend Kyle, who lives there, splashed a glass of water on her when she said to not. she started cussing in patios and telling kyle that she was gonna murder him. then she threw a wine bottle at him. ya. like a glass bottle. it never hit him but it came super close. she was pissed!  i felt bad that i couldnt do much but i was laughing at the same time. then during the night we were goofing off a bit. elder strickland and elder ashby wrestled me for my pants. after about 10min of them trying they finally got them. it was probably the funniest thing of my entire life.

Sunday 2-2-14
So today during testimony meeting we had someone come up and sing at the pulpit. he is a less active member who doesnt really want to be here but comes from time to time. i didnt know what to do. finally he stopped and gave an actual testimony but it was still really weird and super funny. church was good as usual haha. really that was the whole day. not much to  really say other than that

so thats my week. pretty eventful for me haha. but this mission is the best in the world. its sad to me to think that im almost 1/4 of the way done but at the same time its cool to think of. but i love it here and wanna keep doing the best that i can!

Love,
Elder Kurt Meacham

Scripture of the Week
Alma 7:14-15