Week 58

Hey everyone!

 

this week was super hard. we didn't get a lot of teaching in this week. it has been raining like crazy! so not cool! so i apologize if this week is just ranting or venting. it should be very interesting....

 

 

Monday 9-22-14

 

so pday was us cleaning the house today. like a 100% deep cleaning. this house i don't think has been cleaner before. we spent like 3 hours cleaning. it was one of the worst things ever haha. i just really hate cleaning, but i do love the feeling after your done. the spirit really is so much stronger. its amazing how much eaiser it is to feel and lose the spirit as a missionary. just the simplest things can make you gain a lot or completely lose the spirit. i guess its like that back home too, i just never paid any attention to it. ive got somre pretty big changes to make haha. i better let the mission humble me before my future wife does haha. now we just need to keep the house clean. the senior couple will come soon to do a check and i really want to pass it. our only lesson today was a FHE with sister Russell and Aaliyah. re read from helaman chapter 12. other than that, nothing else happened today.

 

Tuesday 9-23-14

 

today i am just tired of everything. this is one of those days as a missionary that i just cant wait to forget about. first off, our morning blew out within 30 minutes. that ticked me off a lot. then it rained again so that means that all of our afternoon and evening appointments blew out. then to top it all off, seminary isn't as good as we want it to be. its just really like teenagers. just talking. man i feel way bad for all of my seminary teachers in the past. never again will i do that. things in santa are just really making me mad today. every time we have a great day planned, it just blows out. i really hope that something will change soon.

 

Wednesday 9-24-14

 

so today was zone meeting in Mandeville. it was a really great meeting. all the stuff there really applied to santa cruz so much. ive got a lot of room to work on loving people. i feel like i do a pretty good job at it but today really makes me rethink that. the only lesson we had after, cause of the rain again, was with Keith. it was a really good lesson. we kinda just talked to him. but it was one of the best lessons weve had with him. i cant wait to get into teaching him. he will progress so well!

 

Thursday 9-25-14

 

i feel like a terrible missionary today. reason being is cause everything is blowing out and i cant seem to keep us busy. its very hard to keep faith in this area. but i gotta do it so that things will happen here. i love santa, its just having a rough time with me. i did get to teach seminary tonight tho. it was so good tonight. it was funny, but it was very focused at the same time. tianna and aaliyah even asked some really great questions that made me think a bit. i love teaching seminary. once i move to Hartford one day that's so what i want to do for a calling :)

 

Friday 9-26-14

 

well today we really did nothing. we super planned, sat inside cause it rained till 5pm, then went to the church for Friday night activity. elder kuehn and i did get to have a lesson with Mickailia about tithing tho. it was a pretty good lesson. even with elder kuehn being a new guy, he is a way better missionary than me. he makes such good points and is so sincere. he is more of a person. i so wish i was more like him haha. but Friday night activity was even cancelled cause of all the rain. the power went out too so that didn't really help much. today was one of those Fridays that i just didn't like. i usually look forward to Fridays but today was not as good.

 

Saturday 9-27-14

 

another day in santa cruz that everything fell through. we were able to talk with Barrington and Sister Russell for a bit tho. then it rained for a little while again. stupid rain. after all the rain we had a small lesson with chin. i don't know how far that will go cause she tried to get out of some previous lessons so we'll see what happens. then we went to mickailia and asked her for some referrals cause we have no one to teach but her and keith. we gave her a bit of homework too. then we had our weekly meeting with president durrant. i think i really need to work on just going with the flow more. i still feel like a robot. hopefully soon i can get used to people never being home. well see tho. some things i think i will just always hate.

 

Sunday 9-28-14

 

well today was a pretty boring day again. elder danvers was feeling a bit sick and i didn't want to stay in so i went on a small tradeoff with elder phippen after church. we went up to Mickailia and had a lesson with her. we just reviewed one of the lessons that we had done in the past. not really a good lesson. just so jumbled and unprepared even tho i spent like 2 days on it. oh well. things happen. she did get the point to it so that's good. we had a good time just talking there too. then after that we didn't do anything. everything blew out so we just went home and planned for tomorrow. so interesting haha.

 

 

ya so that's the week. sorry for the uninterestingness haha. hopefully this next week things will really pick up. Santa Cruz is known as the refiners fire down here and its very true. something in santa cruz is teaching me something. i just need to know what it is. things work out in the end tho. i just don't want to leave here until something happens. that's when i will feel comfortable about leaving but not until that happens.

 

Love,

Elder Kurt Meacham

 

 

Scripture Thought

ok so i had a few this week cause there were a lot of cool ones that i found/were shared with me. here they are:

 

D&C 21:4-6, 9

and

D&C 58:1-4, 26-28

Week 57

Hey everyone!

 

this week was pretty good. it rained a lot tho. almost everyday. haha i never thought that santa could get this much rain. i always wonder why its not just a giant lake haha. but im not complaining. i love the people here so its great!

 

 

Monday 9-15-14

 

todays pday was very boring but yet very relaxing. we went to the church early for emails so we were done with shopping and all that by like noon. so for 6 hours we just sat around the house and did nothing. there really is not a lot of places to go on Mondays for us here in Santa. even YS falls is closed on Mondays. but we should be going to Treasure Beach in October. So that's good. after pday we went up to the russells and had a lesson with them about the temple. sister Russell is really excited about the temple. i so wish that i had that in the past haha. oh the things a mission does to you. but each day is a new start, so lets get started i guess haha.

 

Tuesday 9-16-14

 

today was very interesting. we had our entire morning blow out. and we biked up the main road like 4 times day. that freaking sucked! i hate hills so much! we spent a little bit of the day in providence, then it rained so we had to come home. then we went back to see Vanessa, the referral from borther Morrison. it was a really good lesson. with her. we went over a bit of the restoration with her. she understood the first part of it really well, she basically summed up the first 2 pages of the pamphlet. then we answered a lot of questions that she had about the church. she isn't really investigating the church right now but we hope that she soon will be. then elder danvers and i went down to the church for seminary. he taught today so i got a small break. then after that we went up to the claytons house, all the way back up the hill. kinda just a normal day there. so santa cruz is starting to pick up. hopefully it does even more haha

 

Wednesday 9-17-14

 

happy day 400! haha. man was today interesting. districet meeting was pretty good again haha. but right as we got home from it the rain started pouring. we got rained in until like 5 30. of course we all took a nap as well so that may have put us back a bit. oops. oh well. it felt really good to nap. i normally don't cause i always wake up feeling bad but today was good. we did get to have some good lessons tho. we saw sister Russell and keith in the evening. sister Russell was a book of Mormon study while with keith it was an overview of the plan of salvation. the lesson was fantastic tho. keith is a really great guy. we just need to meet with him haha. i have no doubt that once he hears the gospel, he will get baptized.

 

Thursday 9-18-14

 

a lot of things blew out today. basically our entire day. the only person that we saw today for a lesson was lisa. and all we did there was read. i think that the main thing i got out of today tho was how lucky i am to have good companions. elder danvers really is a great comp. there are some things about me that i don't even need to tell him. mostly cause its something that he has already picked pu about me. i am fully confident that elder danvers and elder carter are going to be my favorite companions on my mission. i really need to pick up a few things from these guys. ok ok. i need to pick up a lot from them. having great comps is one of the best things about a mission. i so wish that i could go back and change some things in a few companionships that i have had. oh well. just some more things to learn i guess.

 

Friday 9-19-14

 

Fridays are starting to be very strange days. we didn't have one lesson till right before Friday night activities with Mickailia. plus for some reason, its been raining like all week! it always rains right as we are about to go out from lunch too so we end up spending a bit long inside. it kinda sucks. but our lesson with Mickailia was.... alright today. i think the fact is that i just haven't taught these lessons for a while now. its something that i am going to have to study in preach my gospel again. the lord sure is right in 2 Nephi 28:30. i will never doubt that scripture. we taught her to follow the prophet tho. she asked good questions so that's good. glad im not hindering any progression haha. then Friday night activity was fun again. im not sure how we have fun with the same games for 12 straight weeks but we do haha.

 

Saturday 9-20-14

 

well not much really happened today. basically all of our appointments blew out again. we mostly just rode around and checked up on people today. as much as i love being a missionary, life just shouldn't be this stressful. i love the stress cause it teaches me so much, but its just so much. the highlight of my day was really in my studies. i will let you all know what it is at the end. its gonna be the scripture thought for the week. one thing that i know i need to improve on is not being such a robot. i feel as a missionary that i have a mindset that everything has got to be about the gospel. but people listen to you more when you are a normal person that brings the gospel up at good times. i so need to learn the principle "teach people, not lessons" again. its one of the most important things. i think that if i relax and take a step back then it will be better.

 

Sunday 9-21-14

 

wow, today was a super good day. after church we rode up to Vanessa with brother Morrison and had a really good lesson with her. brother Morrison is a beast too! he makes things so natural! he woulda been a great missionary. i can only imagine what his son must be like. then after that we had a lesson with Mickailia on the Sabbath. the lesson was pretty alright. again. i just haven't taught the lesson for a really long time. i need more practice haha. we also had to ride all the way up to sister larmond to pick up some food for the other 2 elders. i don't like that hill but it was worth it haha. they shared a bit of it and it tasted so good! we were also fed like 3 times today! sister Russell gave us some food when we made a quick visit, Sister Thomas fed us when we were waiting for the lesson with Mickailia, and then Sister Stone gave us some food to take home when we made a stop by there in the night. so much food haha. so it was a good day for lessons and a long day for biking haha. but i loved it.

 

 

so this week was really good. it rained a lot but the week was very worth it. im really excited to see what happens a bit later in this week. i do still wish that i wasn't at my 11 month mark before coming home. i feel like there is so much for me to do here. i never wanna leave haha. Jamaica is the best place on earth for sure. i cant wait to come back here!

 

 

Love,

Elder Kurt Meacham

 

 

Scripture Thought

Helaman Chapter 12

Week 56

hey everyone!

 

this week was transfer week so I got my new comp. I will get to that later.

 

Monday 9-8-14

 

so I am really bad with budgeting. to start the day I had like $13000 for the rest of the month. that is not good since I started with like 25000. I will have to try to survive off of that for the month haha. my food bill was the lowest its been since port Antonio so that's the good thing. now I might have to cut down on the soda..... maybe. we'll see haha. the only lesson that we had today was with sister Russell and we watched finding faith in Christ. its such a great movie haha. so not really that much happened today.

 

Tuesday 9-9-14

 

so transfers were moved to today for some reason. so that means that I was with elder phippen and kuehn for the day. but there was like no work done on my side of Santa today. we went up to one of their investigators, came in for lunch, and then basically had to go up to the church so that I could teach seminary. but right after seminary is when I got my new comp, Elder Danvers. he is from Spanish town, in the same ward that I served in too. he came on his mission like right as I got there but we have talked a lot. I am way excited to serve with him. by the time he showed up it was way late so I just let him unpack and settle in.

 

Wednesday 9-10-14

 

today was pretty good. we didn't really see a lot of people but it was still an effective day. we had district meeting in Junction today and that went really well. then when we came back we went and saw a few members for elder danvers to meet. we saw sister Russell, and kinda brother Dunkley and sister Dunkley. we also kinda saw sister Thomas and lisa. the good thing is that we were able to stay busy for the entire day. that's one thing that hasn't happened too much since I have been here. its good to see that tho. we also saw Mickailia today. she was struggling with her reading so we helped her with a schedule to put the time in to read. now the next part is to follow up on it all haha.

 

Thursday 9-11-14

 

we went and saw more members today. we saw sister Thomas right off the bat tho. we spent a good amount of time there. she gave me more revelation about what to do with Mickailia than I could ever ask for on my own haha. our focus now is gonna be on her getting a good relationship with her father and to listen to what he says. she is a typical teenager right now but as the church says, we need to be a "peculiar people". so that's what we're going to do haha. it should be really good. once that happens, then baptism wont be hard at all. we also did seminary today. I taught again to give elder danvers a small break. I feel so bad for my seminary teachers in the past haha. sometimes when they are talking I feel so bad cause its what I did back home. haha if only I learned a lot of things before my mission haha

 

Friday 9-12-14

 

today was super fun! first we had a lesson with Mickailia before Friday Night Activity. we were going to teach her about families/obey but she didn't read quite far enough so we read with her from the Book of Mormon. wish we woulda gone more but oh well. things happen. then friday night activities had a really great turn out. I think we had close to 15 or 20 people who showed up. it started out a bit rough but once people went and did their own things, it was really good. we had one group doing dominoes while another was doing football in the dark. then that group just moved onto Karaoke. having 3 teenage girls yelling isn't the best but it sure is funny haha. sometimes I wish I could go back to the good days like that. but I guess that right now are those days. going back home will be a strange thing in August but it will be great to see a new life. Jamaica has my heart tho. I wouldn't want to be in any other place in the world. I really cant wait to come back here as  a normal person haha. the people here are so great. the members and investigators really make you mission.

 

Saturday 9-13-14

 

we did a ton of biking around today. I think that we biked everywhere in our area. I guess only like 3 parts we didn't go but we had to have biked like 20 miles or more today. my legs hurt so bad from it haha. we did have a really cool experience today tho. we were going to see if one of our investigators was home in Longwood. right as we got to his house we got a call from a member of the branch. he called us with a referral. when we asked where she lived it ended up being on the street we lived on. when we asked what house, it was the house across the street from where we had stopped. it was such a great part of the spirit! we contacted the person right then and she even brought out her sister. they seem really solid. sometimes the spirit just leads you to do things and your not sure why, but you just go with it haha. santa cruz has really stepped up now. I think it is very slowly turning into my favorite area. of course every place is awesome haha. I need to stop keeping track of favorites. they always change all the time haha

 

Sunday 9-14-14

 

so now I have been out for 13 months. kinda sucks haha. I so wish that I could be here in santa for a long time and then just go back to Spanish town or port Antonio. I miss everywhere too much haha. today was pretty good tho. church went very well today. not anything crazy happened and that's always a good thing haha. we also got to see sister stone a bit. she didn't come to church so we just went to check her and then she ended up feeding us. man that food is so good! if I come home with an addiction to rice and peas and chicken, don't be surprised haha. then we went over to Mickailia and taught her about families/obedience. it was a pretty good lesson. with her being a typical teenager we were pretty straightforward with her. hopefully this will get her with more trust and building a good relationship with her dad. and big time hopes that that ends up happening soon. one cool thing is that she loves all of the church books that she gets. I gave her a preach my gospel and she had been going through it. she even kinda rebuked me for not telling her to do something in her prayers. she has progressed really far since I got here. whenever the day that she gets baptized is, its gonna be one of the greatest days ever!

 

 

so ya that's my week. it was a pretty good week. most of the lessons came on the last end of the week so it means that we can get in a lot of lessons. this last transfer I only had like 43 lessons so that needs to improve a lot. I have some high hopes for this transfer. the spirit is here in santa, we just have to follow it.

 

 

Big Up Yuhselves,

Elder Kurt Meacham

 

 

Scripture Thought

Isaiah 55:8-9

Week 55

Hey everyone!

This week was transfer call week. ill get to who my next comp is gonna be later haha.

Monday 9-1-14

Today was i think the worst Pday ever. but the good thing is that it started out good. we had alot of time to ourselves. then we went over to the church and taught our first seminary lesson. it went really good. it5 was fun and Mickailia, Tianna, and Aaliyah seemed to enjoy the learning from it. the day destroyer was right after. we called mickailia to see if we could talk to her dad, cause he came and picked her up from the church. but she told us that he said that she cant go to seminary and can really only be at the church on sundays and fridays. that really made me mad. the time on my mission when i want someone baptized more than anything, and satan decides to get in the way of it and stick every single trick he can to prevent it. i guess it just means that we need to work harder. and thats exactly what i am going to do!

Tuesday 9-2-14

today was one of the better days as far as lessons go. we didnt teach a lot but it was very effective. we taught someone by the name of Anneika a part of the restoration. idk how far she will go but we'll see what happens. then when we came home for lunch the rain started to come down hard. and once again, the lightning was right over our heads. there was one flash that went on for like five seconds. you could really see all the different colors of lightning. im convinced that it hit the church that is next door to us haha. im so used to that now that my natural reaction when i see big flashes like that is to cover my ears. elder phippen said that the thing was super loud. i so wish that i coulda heard it right haha. then afterwards we wetnt up and saw the clayton family. they are a super great family. they just have the same concern that everyone else in the branch does. people just need to learn that coming to church no matter what is gonna be worth it on judgement day. salvation wont be fun unless we are with our Heavenly Father. infact, thats what salvation really is.

Wednesday 9-3-14

haha today we had no lessons. even district meeting was pushed back to tomorrow. we got to go up and chop sister dunkleys yard today tho. and of course, i got some pretty nasty blisters on my hand. i am really gonna start wearing a glove or some tape when i chop. we'll have to see tho haha. then afterwards, sister williams fed us. she lives a very long ways from church. like 34 miles far away. we had to go outside of both areas in santa cruz to get to her house. its like 2-3 miles above treasure beach, clear over in the Junction Branch! no complaints tho haha. she makes some of the best food. i thought that i was going to blow up. she made us a thanksgiving feast! by far one of the best meals that i have ever had in Jamaica. it was breadfruit, chicken, portk, and rice and peas. oh my goodness. getting there was pretty hard tho. it was like a 60-70 minute taxi ride to get there. we almost didnt make it back to santa haha.

Thursday 9-4-14

So today was district meeting for us. it was pretty good. especially since the sisters fed us curry chicken and rice afterwards! haha we have the best district ever here in St. Elizabeth! i also realized tho that i hate taxis. the whole time they us 4 missionaries crammed in the back seat. i am so going to rent a car when i come back to jamaica. once we got back to santa we had a lesson with Samantha on the Book of Mormon. it was alright. im not sure how much that she really got it. then we went down to teach seminary. elder dean took care of that today. then after that we went up to Mickailia to talk with her a bit since she couldnt come down to seminary. i guess that her dad had one of his friends come to her and tell her a bunch of false things about the church tho. but she knows whats up. she has been coming to church for months. she knew that everything he said was not true. she trusts us a lot more haha. all i know at this point is that its gonna be a lot of prayer, fasting, and faith to get her baptized soon. i will never allow satan to win. losing to him is not an option.

Friday 9-5-14

it wasnt really the best friday ever today but it was still pretty good. planning didnt take too long today, which is always a plus. sitting down for hours on end is not the funnest thing to do. afterwards the 4 of us, yes all four missionaries, went up to the church and had a lesson with Mickailia and her friends. it was mostly meant for her friends so we just taught them the restoration. it was also a really good review for Mickailia. she actually retained a lot of info. i was very impressed since she hasnt really heard the restoration for like 3 months. friday night activity tonight was alright. it seemed very scattered. we did get to watch a lot of Mormon Messages right before so that was way cool. not a whole lot was done today tho.

Saturday 9-6-14

ok so here is the transfer calls. i will be staying in santa cruz. expected. elder dean will be leaving and going to Savannah La Mar. so that means that i need a new comp. i will be getting Elder Danvers. he is from Spanish Town Jamaica. i actually got to go and see his mom a lot when i was serving in Spanish Town. his house was in my area. but he came back on his mission as i got there. we did get to know each other a lot tho. im really excited to be serving with him. this transfer or 2 is gonna rock! although, i hope i stay for longer than 2 haha. i really love santa! the only lesson that we were able to have today is with brother samuels. not really the best. the market isnt really the best place to teach someone. but it is better than his home so we have to make due. the we also had to walk up to Amoys house. sister warren was in town so we had to go and pick up some clothes for elder phippen that we had left with her before. the good thing is that they will be coming on the weekends so we can still go up there and see them. but ya thats about it for today haha.

Sunday 9-7-14

fast and testimony meeting was so great today. people had some really awesome testimonies to share. you could really feel the spirit in each one of them. after church we had a lesson with Mickailia on charity. for some reason our lessons with her have gone a bit down hill. ever since she got back from that police camp thing in bog walk a few weeks ago. im not sure if its us or her but i really believe that it has got to be us. im gonna be sure that our lessons get back to being with the spirit. but her and i had a really good conversation after the lesson. that is one thing that i really love to do. when i can just sit down with someone,and talk to them about whatever. that really helps make the mission a lot more fun and a lot more worth it to me. one thing that i live by now is "people dont care how much you know, until they know how much you care". something that is definitely true. it really takes off a lot of stress too. then afterwards we went down to sister stones house so that she could feed all of us missionaries. this was a really good day to end the week on. it is days like today that always remind me of how much that I LOVE the gospel and make my mission worth it even more! i so wish that this never had to end!

so thats the week. im super stoked to be serving with Elder Danvers. this transfer is gonna be so sick. i might be worked to the ground tho. but thats alright haha.

Love,
Elder Kurt Meacham

Scripture Thought
D&C 122:7-8 and D&C 121:8

Week 54

Yah Wa Gwaan Pickni?

this week was pretty good. 

Monday 8-25-14

Pday was super fun today! today was tiannas birthday so we went and floured her at the church for a little surprise party. we also got Mickailia and Aaliyah in on it so it made it even better. it ended up being a complete war tho. everyone was floured that was there. so much fun haha! the clean up kinda sucked but it was worth it! then we had to go back home to shower off before teaching but Aaliyah came super late as well. so after we had all showered and cleaned off, we had to go back up to the church so that we could have some cake. so we just hung out there for the next hour or so. i really do love hanging out with the members. i so wish that i could do it more. once i come back to jamaica after my mission then i can do it haha.  we didnt have any lessons today tho. we missed sister russell and our other appointment fell through. but in the future i am so going to be having pdays where fun things happen. my next comp had better have some money haha. budgeting will just be a big thing for next transfer.

Tuesday 8-26-14

I think that Santa is gonna forever be the place that i remember for talking to the most criminals. we were supposed to go and chop sister stones yard, but another member already had done it earlier in the morning. but we found this drugie guy that we have been talking to lately and went and talked to him a bit. in the hour conversation that we had with him, we learned that he was a drug dealer in Boston years ago and he is also responsible for the death of around 3 police officers. i really dont know how santa can be so quiet but have so many criminals at the same time. but he is way chill with us. he says that he respects us so we have no worries haha. later we went and had a lesson with Mickailia about conversion. she got it super well. to me she is really making great conversion steps. now i just hope that her dad wont hinder taht progression. we also had a lesson with samantha today. we talked to her about the restoration. she really seemed to like it. she also said that it has made her realize some things in life. thats a really good sign if you ask me! she is a bit of a talker, but thats a good thing haha. she seems really prepared and she is gonna involve her family more in the lessons so i am super stoked!

Wednesday 8-27-14

days like today really tick me off. we saw a total of 2 people. it was Barrington and Tianna. so not bad at all, both of the lessons were really good, but the rest of our lessons just blew out completely. we sat outside Lisas house and she sat in her house playing on her freaking phone, awake, and not even listening to anyone. going up there is something that really pisses me off. she never wants us to come. so done with it. but we had a great lesson with Barrington. it was more of a conversation too so Barrington was able to realize things on his own. yay for spiritual guilt haha! then our lesson with Tianna was quite good. we went and talked about the lesson we're having with Mickailia tomorrow. they said that we should do fasting so thats what we are doing. it ended up helping her and her mom out as well. i really think that its gonna be those 2, aaliyah and mickailia that i will miss the most when i am transferred from here one day. but i have a long time before that happens haha. hopefully it never happens tho :D

Thursday 8-28-14

so today we got back on the highway to hell. we woke up, and another bike was stolen. but at least it wasnt mine this time. it was elder deans tho so that means that me and him have got to WALK! son of a gun someone stab my legs now haha. but we borrowed a bike and went up to sister russells for some service. i have to admit that i love to chop yard haha. im gonna be sure to bring a machet home and just chop the yard from now on haha. ive gotten pretty ok at it too. my shoulder hurts a bit so i still have some room to improve, like a lot of room haha. then we went up to Lisas and did a bit of her yard. then she pulled some crap on us and almost got out of a lesson. she had the lesson. then we went straight down to Mickailias cause she said that her dad was home. well when we got down there he didnt come out. he was playing candy crush on his smartphone. we did go ahead and teach Mickailia about fasting tho. not really a bad lesson. i just feel bad cause at the end of the lesson we kinda pushed her a bit too hard and far out of her comfort zone. she said that she was in a bad mood at the end. i did tell her sorry tho. then she said that she talked to her dad about everything. details on that is coming tomorrow. then sister warren wanted us to go up to her house. that made my heart break. sister warren and amoy have now moved out of our area and are almost impossible to get to. she called us to come up so that she could say goodbye in person. i was pretty honored at that tho. glad to know that they liked the missionaries that much. i dont think that i have ever been so stressed out in my life. but even with all the crap that comes here. i LOVE santa! its got a really great spot in my heart!

Friday 8-29-14

Teenage girls are so weird! i dont know if i can deal with them in the future! first off we had a lesson with mickailia today. we found out why her dad is not giving consent for her to be baptized. its cause he doesnt know what he is really giving consent to. but at the same time he is avoiding us so we cant answer any of the questions that he has. it makes no sense!  but we did get to talk to him for just a sec right after the lesson. he pulled in like right then. he said that he was busy and would try and come to church. MIGHTY PRAYERS on that one. our lesson with Mickailia was pretty good tho. her dad asked her some pretty good questions that he thought she needed to know so we asked her the same questions. there is some progress being made. baptism is a soon come thing. i can feel it. i just really hope that it happens while i am still here in Santa. that is a goal that i have for it. friday night activity was interesting too. to sum it up, one of the girls got mad at another and completely reproved them in front of everyone. i feel bad cause it looks like the friendship between the 2 has just been going down. hopefully it will be fixed tho. i dont like seeing depressed people.

Saturday 8-30-14

we didnt really get much done today. the only lesson that we had was brother samuels. we taught him the Law of Chastity so that we could tell him to get the posters off of his walls. it actually went pretty well. he said that if we can get him some photos of christ and the temple then he would do it. so now we have to do that as well. oh well. its for the salvation of a soul haha. we also saw sister russell for a book of mormon study as well. today was kinda just us walking around cause more appointments blew out. gotta do what you gotta do i guess.

Sunday 8-31-14

well Mickailias dad didnt come to church today so we'll have to make a better effort in trying to contact him. church didnt quite end up how we wanted but it was still a good day. the youth club that was supposed to come didnt have a lot of people come. but the Vances (CES couple in the mission) came and gave some great talks and they also prepped us a bit for seminary. we should be having it 4 days a week. im super stoked for seminary. i may not have done a lot while i was in it but it was still fun. and the youth here look a lot more solid than i was so its all good haha. we also had a munch and mingle so that made today really good. i was really impressed with Mickailia as well. she was asking me what seminary was like and how many people in my school were mormon. so i told her what it was like and that like 90% of kids were LDS so it was a class in High School. then she said that her and bryan were the only members at her school. i liked that cause she basically says that she is already a member! now the only thing that needs to happen is baptism. soon come hopefully. she does seem pretty excited about seminary so i think that things will change really soon.

So ya thats the week. being back on the highway is not the best thing but we are going to make it work. i will be walking for the rest of the transfer so youll hear about it next week haha. transfer calls are this week too so i will let you all know what happens with that. i should be staying tho so its not bad haha.

Love,
Elder Kurt Meacham

Scripture Thought

Helaman 3:35