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| Let's hasten this work!! |
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| This is what I look like when I am trying to share the gospel with those that don't want to open the door. |
So this week has been awesome....a lot of work. I can officially say that yes, Ocho Rios was hard but getting a hold of people and actually having set appointments is a main problem with the people here. Ummm soo....me and Sister Woolf have literally taken some days and called EVERYONE in our area book (less actives, former investigators etc...) and we finally found some people (which is good) but everyone works here so its hard to have set appointments. We got so desperate that me and Sister Woolf parked somewhere and just started knocking on doors. The funny part is that they never open their doors here! They talk with
us through the windows and its like what the heck!! We are just here to share the gospel!!! We just want you to JOIN OUR CHURCH THATS ALL PEOPLE!:) It was pretty hilarious not going to lie. But on the bright side of things we found an awesome less active. His name is R. He was a branch president in Haiti and he just came to the Bahamas. He is married to a woman who is part of a different church and so he is less active. We contacted him and he was so excited for us to come over. We have a member who is dating a non member. They are going to get married then her boyfriend will be baptized. Then they can get sealed in the temple! They are awesome people and I can see them having a bright future.
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| This is what we do when our appts. cancel and we are trying to figure out where people live so we can just drop in. We end up looking like tourists. |
We have 2 investigators. D and then we have J who is actually going to be the future Baptist pastor when his dad passes it on to him. The crazy thing is he LOVES our church. He knows it to be true. He sustains our
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| Gorgeous view! |
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| Goofing around last P-Day at the Coyster on Paradise Island! |
and preaching to the people. But that we go with a sincere and humble heart. We are there because we know it is a commandment and we do it out of love for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as well as our Father in Heaven. So he understood all of that and it really hit him and it made sense. So he said he will be praying really hard about what he should do. I told him about having trust in his Lord and Savior and for him to know he is always there for him. The Spirit was the teacher not me in that moment. That was one amazing experience that I had where words were coming out of my mouth and I wasn't even thinking about what to say. What a blessing that was
for him. The Spirit was there. So that was one very cool experience. He has also been coming to church every Sunday on time for sacrament so he is an awesome investigator.
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| At the Coyster |
Thanks for the uplifting messages about me being part of the Lord's army. I think about that every day. I just love to know that I am fighting for my Lord and Savior! I am on HIS SIDE not on the Dragons side! I will forever be apart of this war against that evil man. He is an enemy to God and he should be
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| Downtown Nassau! See the Disney cruise ship?! Pretty cool. |
an enemy to all of us! I know that Satan and his followers are working very hard, but God is stronger and as long as we lean on him and pray to him always, he will uplift us. We will have our armor on so when Satans fiery darts come at us they will have no effect on us! I love this gospel so much it has brought me so close to my Father in Heaven and the love that I have for my Savior is just so overwhelming at times. I can just feel the love they have for me and for you (my family) so much through the Spirit that I feel in my heart each and every day. My favorite man in the Book of Mormon is Captain Moroni! What a fighter!! I just love him. I want to meet him one day! Captain Moroni encourages me to keep fighting for what I believe
in and fight against evil. He is awesome. My testimony has grown so much thats for sure.
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| Dudes at Junganoo |
We had a really fun experience yesterday! It was so fun.....we were driving and we saw these guys playing the drums with their hands and I knew they worked at Junganoo which is a touristy fun place on paradise island (we will be going today on my birthday!). I rolled down the window and asked if they worked at Junganoo and they said yes and I was like NO way. Can I take my picture with you?! They all got so flipping excited they got their costumes and everything! It was awesome! I have never been to Junganoo but we are going today for my birthday. I will take pictures and tell you all about it next
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| Companionship!! |
Monday :) Everything cool is on Paradise island. Its so fun, perfect P-Day activities!
Well as for today.. I was fooled and got floured very early this morning. I was still half asleep.They got me to go outside to look at this huge moon and then at the same time Sister Bailey came up and floured me! Shake my head! These wicked sisters! hahaha just kidding I love
them all. They are so funny. Oh did I tell you Sister Brown called me today to wish me a happy birthday! It was so sweet of her to do that, and it made me laugh to know that you and Sister Hall talked! That is so awesome! Right after you called she called me on the phone! She was so happy! It was so funnny :)
Nassau.... the weather here is very hot. I think its hotter than Jamaica actually because it is flatter here.... and smaller and the weird part is there is absolutely NO BREEZE at all here... plus we have humidity. So it is very
hot. But thank goodness our church building has AC and so does our house. Which is wonderful. The AC helps me sleep very good at night. Although I have been getting these weird bites at night. We don't know what the bugs look like or where they're coming from but our bites are all over our thighs and they're big and red and puffy!
Itches so bad I have never seen anything like it. Its not ritsy they have poverty here. Some parts look like Jamaica but its definitely a lot better here than it is in Jamaica. They do have the rich parts where people who come from England live and buy big houses. But the majority is poverty.
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| No more looking........I have found my husband |
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| Look at Sister Bailey drinking her baby frosty! I thought it was hilarious!! Blog worthy! |
I am so excited to know I will be getting my package! yayyyy! thanks so much mom! Today will be a great day :) I am happy to know you and the family are doing awesome! That is so cute that Lauren picked me a birthday card! Tell her I love her so much. Oh my goodness she is adorable I can't wait to see her again! I have already been out
for 5 months! and I feel like I have been out forever. This RM came here Sunday and asked how long I have been out. I told him 5 months and he said "oh your new!" I thought to myself... No sir.. I have been out for years and this is my second area. ha! It will fly by pretty fast! I will be skyping you guys on Christmas! So by then I will have been out for 9 months! then 5 months later i will be skyping you again for Mothers Day! Then I will be home 4 months after that. Not like I'm counting down the days or anything haha.
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| My birthday gift from my sweet companion! |
We are having a blast here! All those pictures are definitely blog worthy. Me and Sister Woolf keep saying "I can't believe we have been called to serve in the Bahamas!" How hilarious is that? The four of us just use one car and stay together on P-days :) Its a lot of fun. People will think we are on vacation but its a lot of hard work :) I am thankful to be here in Nassau.
Well Mom thanks for the birthday wishes and tell the family thank you so much for me too. I love you all and it was good talking to you. I always look forward to P-Days so I can talk to my family. Glad to hear everyone is doing great and hopefully
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| We tried to be like the Beatles picture on their album cover |
