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