2nd Transfer: Week 4 ~ A Great Week!

I was so glad to hear about Mackenzie's  great week! We were able to chat some so, as always, you will notice some repeats or grammatical errors. I try to fit all of the information I receive into one post but it can be kind of tricky. Try to look over all of the mistakes:) She is having some great experiences. I'm so thankful:)

Hey MOMMMM!!! I am so glad that Lauren prays for Sister R that is so wonderful! Sister R is doing okay.. at this point she is in Montego Bay at the hospital. The doctors are preparing her for surgery on Thursday. It is a 50/50 chance . She either passes away or she lives. So we are always praying for her. I talked to President L about the pen pal thing and he was a little hesitant but he will be talking to Pres B about that idea. That would be nice for your activity day girls to write A. I just love her. A is the daughter of Sister R. So this week was great. We had 2 investigators and a less active that we have been teaching come to church yesterday! Their names are D, R and Bro. J. We are preparing R for baptism this Sunday so I am very excited! The lessons have been very good all week and I have really recognized the Spirit guiding me in knowing what to say. I just love every single day that we go out and proselyte. Its the best. The N family was not at church and neither were the N's because of Sister R. Sister N and Sister R are sisters. So they have been taking care of her. The N family is doing wonderful! Every time we go to their house we yell "Family where are you?!" We do that to the N's as well. We just call everyone our family because they are :) That's something I haven't told you. Every time we go and visit our investigators, less actives, recent converts instead of knocking you yell out to them. Just a little some thing you should know about our work here in Jamaica. FHE was fun, I gave the kids their bracelets and they absolutely loved them! I took a picture of me with the kids so I will send that to you (the girl on the right is a friend of the family's). I took a couple of pictures this week, not much but I think you will like them. I am really going to try to get my picture by a goat. I really want a picture with a goat because goats run wild here in Jamaica. They are free! Its hilarious.

We earned our bracelets!

We had a wonderful testimony meeting. There was this HILARIOUS testimony that was born by Brother B which is the first counselor in our little branch (which is growing immensely by the way) and he said that when the missionaries were teaching him he didn't care to be baptized. Then one day as he was walking down the stairs he sprained his foot and he said " Oh great now I am crippled because I didn't get baptized" HAHAHA!! We all died laughing! People here are soooo dramatic! If someone stubs a finger they will say "oh man I broke it!" they are hilarious. Sounds like me at times:) but that was a funny testimony. No other testimony really stuck out to me. A lot of murders have been going on here especially with people riding in taxis. President L's good friend was shot not too long ago and he was a taxi driver. I am just glad we have our own vehicle now. Got to stay safe because a lot of things are happening in our area right now but we are stayin safe. No worries :) Well mom I am glad that all of you had a good week and as for the package I don't really need anything else. If I need flip flops I can buy some here but thank you. I didn't get the chance to send the package to you guys yet because I still want to buy my Adam and Dad some thing then I will send the package I promise :) Sorry its been taking too long. Thank you mom for providing me money as well as dad. I was starving and had to get pizza hut! I tried to get the cheapest thing on there but it was soo filling! Thank goodness. It was nice to have pizza for a change. Well mom I love you and sorry that I didn't e-mail earlier on in the day. Me and Sister B went out to Moneague so a Sister from the Linstead Branch could braid her hair which took almost 5 hours! it was horribly long. Well, the curry crab was honestly not too bad. It was very spicy though . I was hesitant but I told myself I should try! haha it was hard for me because I saw us catch the crabs and now we are eating them.. oh man but I felt like a champ for trying! :)

Curry Crab

You just rip the legs off and suck out the meat. People here in Jamaica eat chicken bones and everything like nothing phases them. They didn't use anything fancy they just ripped the legs off and ate and did the same with the crab head. You know me I did not suck anything out from any sort of head. That's all Sister B. But the legs I did try :) I LOVE the last quote, thanks for sharing that with me mom. And Me and Sister B sing hymns all the time every day. Because there are days (I'm not going to lie) that I want to give up, but I know that's what Satan wants me to feel.

So Heavenly Father is mindful of me and is always teaching me every single day. The hymn that really helps me push and keep going is "Army of Helaman", "I will go where you want me to go" and "Praise to the Man". I love this gospel and I will do all it takes in me to spread this gospel here in Jamaica. I have been praying all the time for my investigators and for you guys and it is paying off. A hard investigator that we have been talking to for months we finally got to church on Sunday. His name is D. He is Pentecostal and he said he always knew that his church was not true because they believe in only Jesus Christ. But D knew that there was a Heavenly Father, Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ because he knows his bible. He was avoiding us for months but I got very bold with him Saturday night and said, "We don't want to waste your time and our time" and I bore my testimony and told him that this is the true church that he has been looking for but he isn't acting on coming to church or becoming close to his Heavenly Father. Something hit him that night and he came to church Sunday! He says he will do all in his power to not miss a Sunday. He loves this church and he even said that he knows this church to be the one and only true church. How amazing is that? I knew that he was worth it, we never gave up on him and it paid off. I am so happy for him. But it has been a wonderful week mom:)

(I'm so proud of you!) Thanks Mom, I am glad that you are proud of me. That makes me feel really good and I know Heavenly Father is to. Yeah Satan is really working on me and Sister B both... He was working hard on us but we always come out of it through prayer. But its alright!!! we just keep hastening the work. That's all that matters. I always think of the day when I am in front of my Savior in judgement day and him asking me "so how well did you make use of the time I gave you to serve your brothers and sisters?" and I want to stand there and say "I have done all that I can with all my might mind and strength!" with confidence. So that is what I am really working on. The work is really progressing because of the desire me and Sister B both have. It really does just bring happiness to us both. :)

(I've never heard of D) Yeah you haven't heard of D because I thought he was going nowhere. He wouldn't make the efforts and he always avoided us. But since he came to church, he said he would love to learn more and he has the desire to come to church every Sunday now!:)

(Do you still see T and R?) T and R we don't see anymore because we split the area with the elders. They get the main area while me and Sister B take the 8 other areas that we cover.. which is so far apart. R and T are in their area so we no longer can see them but.. oh well part of the mission. I don't even think Pres. B knows how big of an area that me and Sister B cover. Transfers are coming up next Saturday. Not this Saturday but next Saturday we get the transfer calls and June 12th will be my 3 month mark. I can't believe I have already been out for 3 months?! Time really does fly when you lose yourself in the work:)

So a cool thing that me and Sister B got was a 3 gallon box of ice cream only for 1,600 dollars. It has lasted us all week! It was awesome. That's one thing I really love about Jamaica. They sell boxes of ice cream hahaha. But I will be sending you some cool things from Jamaica soon.

I misss my mother. I cracked up at Dads e-mail because he mentioned the sickness that I had and he said " bout time you toughen up" because when I am sick I always have you and you always help me. It is true if anyone needs to toughen up they need to serve a mission.

I taught Primary on Sunday! It was soo fun. I loved it. Nice for a change rather than teaching Gospel Principles. But anyway mom I am going to head out. Me and Sister B want some pizza hut before we head off for FHE tonight. Love you and I am glad to know my family is doing great! :) Love you MOM and I am PROUD of YOU as well :) Tell everyone I love them. Bye!