5th Transfer: Week 3 ~ "The Lord Is Blessing Us"

So I'm going to try to keep this e-mail short cause I don't feel like writing too much. :) Anyway, this week was good. I am teaching basic English to the people that just speak creole. They are understanding it very well and are now forming sentences! I'm so proud! We found alot of new investigators. I just decided to park the car and start walking to find these people. I don't want to sit around and wait for someone to come to me because most likely that won't happen. I know that the Lord is blessing us. He sees our efforts and all we can do is pray for strength and guidance as long as we keep ourselves busy and "GET TO WORK." So I have been seeing many blessings this week.The work IS hastening, no matter what. It's just our choice to either be a part of it or not.

This week we went to a recent converts house. His name is Andrew and he is AWESOME. He is 23 and his wife Lisa is 24 (I think). Andrew got baptized right before I got here. They are strong members of the church and they are actually the only ones who are willing to come out with us anytime! They have a sweet little son and he is 4 years old. So cute. But Lisa was recently called to be the Relief Society President (which she is amazing) and Andrew got called to MISSIONARY WORK. So he works with our Branch Mission Leader. They are awesome!

Rhada and Narissa (BYU-I) are doing good. We are going to try and see them this week. We do have new investigators! We got 2 new investigators this week. We went out and found them ourselves. And we received 3 people this week to contact or it might even be more....which we did. So we have been working hard this week (the power just went out as I was typing. Here in the Carribean islands we don't have great electricity. It just goes on and off during the day...even in our apt.).We found our new investigators walking on the street (I wish we could call it knocking on doors but its a little bit harder than that here in the islands). President Brown actually came out in our mission saying that we are not allowed to be knocking on peoples doors. Even the Branch President here in Nassau told us not to. It's very dangerous here and they don't want their missionaries getting killed. LOL. But we recently had an experience here at the church. The church has a fence all around the building. We were having an activity and these men came to the fence and started yelling at me and Sister Oman to come to the fence. I had a really bad feeling and I told Sister Oman NOT to go to the fence! They were trying to say they were interested in buying the car that we have in the church parking lot but they were laughing and I wasn't stupid. We ignored them and after that Andrew told us that "they were not interested in the car." We as sisters need to be careful. It's not safe. So now we are not able to knock on doors but if I see someone out of their house while we are walking, I will go up to them. So that is how we find :)

All of us at the baptism yesterday!

I forgot to tell you! The other sisters had a baptism yesterday! Her name is Linda and she is 17. I actually taught her with them and she is amazing! I was so happy for her. We have some good members here in this branch.

Sister Bailey is the district leader for us sisters here in Nassau. She teaches us every Wednesday haha! It's hilarious .. its kinda fun :) I will be so sad when me and Sister Bailey go to different areas. She's like family to me! The Freeport Elders are on a completely different island. There are 700 islands in the Bahamas but only 30 are inhabited. They are almost connected to Florida. Everyone says Freeport is very nice. They can have the vacation island I will take this one:).

All of us with Sister Dean!
Her son is serving a mission in Jamaica!

 I am SOOO glad that Chandler and Lauren had a wonderful birthday! I thought of Lauren on her birthday and I thought of Chandler on his birthday. So I'm glad all went well! Although, I knew that there would be at least a little complaint about Laurens birthday and it was the camera. Which is horrible! Sorry mom! That reminds me of my dinner appointment at Sister Deans house. She is all about pictures! While we were eating she was taking pictures so she could put them on her Facebook. After she took all the "pictures" that she "loved" we glanced at them and noticed that... they were all VIDEOS. HAHAHAHA!!

Us 4 sisters at Sister Dean's house
for a dinner appointment!

She was so aggravated! She wanted the flash on but it wouldn't come on. When we all figured out she was taking videos instead of pictures she said "no wonder my flash wouldn't work" HA! It was hilarious I laughed so hard. Poor Sister Dean :)

I have to apologize. I needed some food (and the food here is very expensive) and because its the end of the month I had to buy some with the home card. SORRY about that.... I felt horrible when I did it but I was dying of starvation. Thanks for giving me a little extra cash. It really has been a blessing for me since I have been out here. I have just learned to buy the things that I

Me and Clodette! My hair was a mess! 

NEED. I have literally been living off of baked potatoes all week cause its cheap and its fast to make :) I thought that would be a little funny fact for you to know.

Did I tell you....?! This week we had zone meeting with all of the off island missionaries. We have it once a month. They sent everyone a mass text telling all of us to prepare a talk. Right when I got that text I knew I was going to be the first one in line because I didn't want to do it. Even Sister Oman said that I was going to give a talk and guess what happened on Wednesday......? I was the first one to give the

Me and Latario! He's getting ready
to start his papers for a mission!

talk in zone meeting over Skype. I spoke on the "worth of souls". It was nice to look into my topic. I don't get nervous at all anymore. Even on Sunday when I get asked to say a prayer in front of everybody I don't get nervous. Its just because its what we do all the time. But I am pretty sure when I get home I will get back to being nervous after a little while.

We got to see the Women's Conference on Saturday at 8:00. It was amazing! You would have thought I would cry during the talks (which I almost did because they were very spiritual and things I needed to hear) but I cried the most when the children from Korea went up and sang "I am a Child of God". This conference was international!

My English Class!

It just opened my eyes and it was
wonderful to see. I just love kids. They are so humble and innocent.

My English class!! It's every Thursday :) 

The main language here is Creole which is a broken down language of French. It's pretty cool. I wish I could speak it but I can't so Sister Bailey and I teach them English. We found the best way to teach them is with pictures and then they understand :) Yuh Me-a Patois still in tact mon. HAHA!! I know my patois very well. Sister Bailey has taught me well hahaha! These are my machetes that I found in the house! I feel like I'm in the Pirates of the Caribbean.

So this week was pretty good. I feel like our area is progressing. Oh by the way, Sister Bailey just walked in and said "Tell my family I said hi" so she is talking about MY family but I am guessing she is now forcing me to let her be apart of it. So I guess I will let her :)

Well Mom I love all of you and I hope you guys stay Healthy and Safe!!! My time is coming to a close. We are going to the Ballards at 6:30 for a dinner appointment. They are in the other sisters area. They are the ones with the huge MANSION with the other 4 houses that their family stays in when they come to visit. But you have a great and fun week! and tell Adam, Chandler , Lauren, Brittany and Dad that I said I miss all of them and that I love each and everyone of them!! I love receiving e-mails from my family! Dads e-mails crack me up hahaha. Love you MOM!!!! Take care of yourself and find some time where you can relax!! :) Talk to you next monday MOM!! BYYYYEEEE!!! :)

-Sis Judd

5th Transfer: Week 2 ~ A Strange Week

So this week has been a little weird. It was a little bit stressful for me because I am running this area. It has been going pretty good and the area is finally progressing but the storms, and little random things that happen during the day, end up changing all of our plans. On Thursday morning, we woke up and I saw a little rain cloud, which was fine, but then throughout the day I watched this little rain cloud getting bigger and then a couple hours later it covered the whole island. Sister Dill and I went to the church to send in some vehicle reports to the office elders and as we were in the church (for like 5 seconds) rain started pouring. Thunder and lightning was everywhere and then this crazy wind came out of nowhere (here in the Bahamas we have zero wind, which is why its so hot here). It was crazy! I ran to the door to look outside and before I knew it, it was flooding the whole church parking lot! Nassau is already below sea level and the church parking lot was under the main road so water was just flowing into the parking Lot. Sister Dill and I were trapped at the church. We had no idea how to get out of there so we had to wait it out. The storm stopped and as we opened the church door to get out the water was up passed my ankles. Some parts were even a little deeper. We got to the car. Then as we were driving towards the gate (we have to get out and open it) the water was almost to our knees. It was like an ocean! It was so scary, because we have this little car driving into the flood. We thought the water was going to come in. It was just a blessing that our car didn't stop working. It was insane. In the Caribbean when bad storms come everything goes CRAZY. There was a ton of traffic, POLICE were everywhere with machine guns. I remember there was a group of cops stopping every car. When they came up to our car they saw my name tag and they said "You doing work for the Lord?" I said YES . They laughed and said "Your free to go if your doing work for the LORD" HAHA Everyone in the Caribbean just loves our Savior. Its wonderful. It's just having them believe in our words and to act on the things we teach and to follow Christ's example.

As the week went on I called a lot of people in our area book. We now have 4 great investigators and 2 potential investigators. So I am very excited. We also have a ton of recent converts that we have been working with and they are now coming back to church. This very old member of the church (who was baptized in 2004 or something like that) has started coming back to church which has been awesome to see! I love doing the work and seeing progress here in the area. I know that the Lord is softening their hearts.

Well, I've learned that sometimes the Lord allows things to happen in our lives so that we can learn and grow. Satan was also a part of this plan. So Satan is helping us out, he just doesn't realize that yet. The Lord has more power than Satan does. We also have our agency and can be stronger than Satan. We have a body, he doesn't! We can choose whether to think certain things and to act in a certain way. We have a CHOICE. So always remember that. We always need to focus on the spiritual things and think of our Savior and Redeemer every day as we strive to become more like him. The Lord will guide us and help us through the Spirit. We just need to choose to let him help us :)

I miss Jamaica so much. I hope I go back there after Nassau! I wanted to serve my whole mission in Jamaica but the Lord needed me here in Nassau for some reason. Its okay though I have accepted it. Only Elders were allowed to serve here on this island. It has recently been open to sisters so only 2 other companionships have been here.

For 2 weeks straight now the Song "If You Could Hie to Kolob" has been stuck in my head. I now sing it around the house. The sisters laugh at me because I say "If I Could Hie to Kolob" and Sister Oman always says "SELFISH" HAHAHA!! It's pretty funny. Our house needs a little laughter once in a while. It gets so serious at times cause we all get stressed out. Especially because it is just us 4 on this island. But I like my version because it keeps me motivated. What am I going to do to reach my goal? How am I going to act to stay on the straight and narrow path? Our zone leader called us last night and told us we are highly favored of the Lord and that he sees our numbers progressing. Which made me feel good. We are being led and guided for sure here on these islands. The work is hastening here in the Caribbean. There were missionaries here before missionaries went to Africa and look at how many members and temples there are there. So.. we definitely have to focus on what the Lord wants and needs us to do here to help these people and for the work here to hasten.

Developing the character of Christ ~ we all strive to become more like our Savior, Jesus Christ and we do that by showing it through our actions. He always says in the scriptures that if we love Him we need to keep the commandments and follow Him. It's all through our actions and the desire in our heart to do what is right. Everything that we do is for HIM. I just love my Savior. I always have since I was little. I remember when I was little I would always brag to my friends that he was my brother and then I realized that he was a "Big Brother" to everyone else. hahaha! but I do I just love this gospel. It is TRUE without a doubt and it brings me such great happiness! So we all need to walk in righteousness so we can all sit in our chairs together as a family after this life!

Alot of things have happened in Ochi that I forgot to mention to you. Elder Hardy is the Branch President their now which has been AWESOME! The people that me and Sister Bailey taught for months are now baptized. Eli's kids are now baptized as well. Eli was the one that walked up to us while we were teaching one of his friends and we ended up teaching him! He got baptized. It's awesome! So it's wonderful to hear what is going on in Ochi :)

Here are some pictures:

Walked in the flood to get to our car! It was kind of fun though.

It took 4 days for my shoes to finally dry :) Thank goodness for another pair!

Cars were all over the place on the streets

A huge snail on the outside of our apt.

Had Family Home Evening with Sister Etienne and her sons

Teaching the members Member Missionary Work
with Preach My Gospel

I am so excited for 2 birthdays this week! CHANDLER AND LAUREN!! WOOHOO! I bet they are so excited (especially Lauren), I heard that she says she has a headache from being 4, she is ready to turn 5.

Well mom, I have to go soon. The sisters will be coming to use the computers but I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH! and I enjoyed our conversation Mom. I miss you all very very very very much. Tell Lauren that I said HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Tell Chandler that I sent him an e-mail. Tell the whole family that I love them and hope you guys have a safe and fun week! and I love you my mother!! BYE MOM!! :)

LOVE YOU
-SIS JUDD
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Good Morning Dad!!

I love the story about Nephi breaking his bow. It always amazed me because if it were me, you all know, that I would have been murmuring as well.They were in a hot desert, they were hungry, they had been traveling for soo long and then all of a sudden the only thing that they had to catch food with was the bow that was broken. But Nephi amazes me! He didn't murmur he just went to his dad, who was the prophet, and asked where he should go to obtain food. And with patience he caught them food. Nephi was awesome. The Lord throughout the scriptures says to be "patient in thine afflictions." Thats hard for me to do but while I've been on my mission I've learned that if something comes my way I stop, think, and get on my knees and pray to my Father in Heaven and ask him what I should do. With faith I know that the Spirit will direct me in what to do. Now, of course some days I do murmur but it's something that all of us as the natural man and women do. But our job is to recognize it and change itso we can keep progressing to be more like our Savior, Jesus Christ.  But Dad, you're awesome and thanks for taking the time to write me every Monday. I know with your little stabs at the keyboard it's a lot of work HAHA. I know the effort you put into the e-mails, and I appreciate it, I love hearing from my DAD!!

Well love you, and I hope you have a great day!!

YOUR DAUGHTER,
SISTER JUDD

5th Transfer: Week 1 ~ "Relief Society"

I have had a really hard week but it was fine. On the bright side I LOVE my companion!! We get along very well. She is awesome and very sweet. I got the pictures! I got soo excited! Lauren looks alot bigger now. I can only imagine how she will look when I get back home. But I will tell you more about my week in another letter I just wanted to reply to this one first :) Love you!

What message would you share with the youth of the church?  The only thing that comes to my mind, is staying strong (holding on to the iron rod) and having an eternal perspective to keep them going. Tell them about PRAYER and how important PRAYER is. When someone becomes close to their Heavenly Father they don't want to stray. When they genuinely feel that love for their Savior and their Heavenly Father (because of the relationship they build with them) their faith increases which then leads to them always abounding in good works. So that's something that comes to my mind. Thats what I teach the youth out here on my mission. They really listen.
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So as you can see by the title, I have learned a lot about Relief Society this week. You're probably thinking "wow so random" but its true and I have loved every second of it. I recently received this Relief Society book called "Daughters of Zion" (something like that). It talks about how Relief Society began etc. In personal studies every morning I have read more and more in this book. I absolutely LOVE IT! I had no idea what Relief Society even stood for but now I know exactly what it is. Everything is making more sense and I have a lot more appreciation for Relief Society. It amazed me how diligent, loving and courageous these pioneer women were. When the men were working on the temple most women took their own money and time to make quilts and things for the temple. When the people got sick these women took their whole day in loving and caring for the poor and quilted them blankets and fed them. When women lost their children while traveling west, other Relief Society sisters came and helped them and showed their love towards them. How amazing they were. Even a non Latter Day Saint said that he doesn't believe what they believed in, but he doesn't doubt how diligent and wonderful the women were back then. He said they were just so amazing. They were. They were just so righteous. They even said that what kept them going were the covenants they made inside the temple. The love that they all had for the Lord just amazes me. I strive to be like those women one day. Diligent, Loving, Courageous and Patient. I recently learned that sometimes we pray to acquire these Christlike attributes. But the thing is....we already have them. We just need to find it in ourselves to bring that back out in us.

Now, as for my week it was a really tough week for me. I had to lead my area and of course it wasn't easy. The people are very hard to get a hold of here but I still feel like we did a pretty good job. The Lord sees our work. My companion and I follow the Spirit and we do what we feel we need to do. I feel like Satan is doing all he can to bring us down and its been very, very rough. Even before my 6 month mark I knew that this point would be the hardest. When I was out 4 months I had a dream and it was random. It was about this lady that came up to me and said "oh its okay. After your 6 months you can just go home. That's what I did" and my dream was over. Ever since then I've known that at my 6 month mark something was going to happen and it would be so hard to where I would want to come home. And I am to that point but don't worry I am not giving up. This has just been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually. But anyway.. I am done talking.. just know I will keep pressing forward. 

So on P-day we went to "Fort Fincastle" which was this really cool place where the Caribbean Soldiers were. It is the highest hill here in Nassau and they used it to watch the sea for pirates. 

Sister Bailey and I are besties. I just love her with all my heart! I hope we both get transferred to the same area after Nassau. HAHA! 

I was cast into prison  

My Water Tower that was built in the 1940's

We have huge lizards in Nassau 

After the historical site we went to this place called the Queens Staircase. It was another historical site which was pretty cool.

Sister Oman and I walking down the staircase and saw this waterfall and decided to take a picture. 

Im holding up the rock, I'm very strong :). 

We also broke down while traveling to a historical site on our P-day. It was pretty fun.

Sister Woolf (right when I got here) went over a speedbump too fast and the bottom of the car came off. So our investigator Rhada tied it back on. Before Sister Woolf left she taped the other half of it on. So the tape came loose and we tied it up again with something else that we found in the trunk :) Because of this speed bump incident I will be taking the car in to get fixed on October 6th. We will be walking here in Nassau for 2 days which is very dangerous but...... pray for us :) haha just kidding we will be fine.

We saw these cool hand made sculptures representing the slavery here.

Sorry...your probably sick of ocean pictures but I LOVE THE OCEAN

Caves!

Caves. Me attempting to climb up in there. 

Lounging on my throne

Oh yeah!  I got my boxes! :) I was so happy and I LOVE MY SKIRTS! I was soo happy to get them! I love my trail mix and everything else that you gave me in the box. Thank you so much for finding the time to get me all of those things. It was an amazing box! ! :) 

Well Mom I miss you all. I will do my best to keep pressing forward. It's the hardest work I have ever done in my life, but I will keep doing this work. Keep me in your prayers! But don't worry about me mom I will be fine. :) 

I LOVE YOU ALL so very much!! :) I will talk to you next Monday! OKAY BYE FAMILY LOVE YOU!!!!! STAY SAFEEEEE!! BYE

LOVE YOU!!
-SIS JUDD

4th Transfer: Week 6 ~ "I Know That My Redeemer Lives!"

(Below are pictures as always...they're so fun to see!)

Hey dad!
So the work in my area is improving a lot. Even though some days it may feel like I haven't done anything, I know good things will come out of this work that me and my companion will do here. The people in Jamaica are more hard hearted people. The people here are as sweet as can be but when it comes to wanting to go and find new investigators, we really have to be cautious in my areas. But the Lord is mindful of us and his work and he will keep us safe. I have learned this week about different kinds of missionaries. There are missionaries who are sowers. They toss seeds around hoping that the seeds will fall into good soil. Then there are reapers. Those missionaries go in with all of their might and are diligent in the work. Their faith is strong because of the work that they put in and they know that in the end they will see something amazing come out of it. Well, I want to be a reaper. At the end of my mission I want to be proud of my works and be satisfied in knowing that I have put all that I have in this work for 18 months. Even if I bring only 2 souls unto him my whole mission, one soul is great in the sight of God and I shall be filled with joy and dwell with my Father in his Kingdom (scripture). Well Dad, thanks for the scriptures I love you and hope all is going good with you at work! Keep pressing forward Dad! Love you!

-Sis Judd

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So this week has been a lot of fun. I was worried because my companion was going home but everything has been wonderful so far. I've had to run my area and I feel like I have done a great job. Me and Sister Oman and Sister Bailey took turns throughout the day in both of our areas. Of course I would always be teaching in my area which was fine since it was my people. I just figured out who to go see and we went to my area. Then we went to some people in their area. So we cover the whole island until my companion comes. I wanted to focus on less actives and recent converts last week. My numbers that I counted yesterday to report to the zone leaders were amazing (if I do say so myself) and they were very surprised at my numbers since it was just me. They even told me that the numbers have gone up dramatically and they were very happy about that.

As for my new companion.. she will be coming in on Wednesday. Her name is Sister Dill and she is Jamaican. She is very sweet. We came out at the same time. The Lord is sending her to be with me and in this area for a reason. A reason that only He knows at this time.

Anyway, as you can see the subject line says "I know that my Redeemer Lives!" He has helped me in so many ways since I have been out on my mission. He has been guiding me through the Spirit to accomplish so many things here. It has been amazing to see how he has really helped me as I have prepared talks, lessons etc. even though some days can be soo slow and hard. I know when I feel that way that it is Satan and his followers trying to get me down. But don't worry, that won't be happening because I know that my Redeemer lives, and I know that as long as I put my faith in Him that I can do so many wonderful things. I know He will help me do the things that I need to accomplish. I love my Savior so much, and am so very thankful for all the things he has done for me. I cannot wait to thank him at the last day.

I have started being creative with the things I wear now. I am trying new things. My green skirt broke but we found a seamstress here so hopefully she can help me fix my skirt. Missionary problems.

It was hilarious. I think it was on Tuesday night that a HUGE storm rolled in out of nowhere. As I was driving, winds were blowing like crazy and the lightning and thunder was insane. I thought a hurricane was coming, but thank goodness the Lord protected us because without him it would have been impossible for me to get back home safely. I could barely see anything it was so bad. I have alot of funny stories already. Memories that I will never forget thats for sure. You guys will laugh when I come home and tell you everything. But anyway, it was a wonderful week. I am excited to meet my companion on Wednesday so we can continue this work here in Nassau. Something about my area is that I have the south part of the island. Our numbers on our retention (recent converts who were just baptized are on a 1 year probation called retention) list are growing. I now have 10/15 on my retention list!! FINALLY! its improving! It used to be a lot lower than that. So I am proud to be working here in Nassau. It's hard, but the work must go on!!

Well I am not eating Mac n Cheese everyday anymore. That was only in Jamaica because that is all that I knew how to make there. Everything that they sell in Jamaica is stuff I don't even know how to make. Like cow foot, chicken foot, etc. Its so gross. But here I am actually having some food. I will buy things today at the grocery store for spaghetti and quesadillas. But....... I don't know.... I feel like I have gained weight. Its because after we work all day every day, I want to come home and eat. That is something that I enjoy and look forward to because its something different than doing the work. So maybe I don't eat many healthy foods but its because they are sooo expensive. One little yogurt is almost 2 dollars each. I am not spending that much on yogurt. I need some food and the only way I can get some food is by getting it from people who know how to make food. HAHA! Just kidding, but yeah we have been eating out a little bit. We have Subway, Burger King, KFC, Wendys, McDonalds... and some sit down restaurant by the mall. I forget what its called.Thank goodness for fast food places on a mission. Thats what is keeping me alive right now :) . It's been kind of fun. Sorry mom :)

Everything here in Nassau to buy is SO expensive!! More expensive than Ochi. So.. Its been a challenge. In November they will be raising the prices more for food. Something is going on here in the Bahamas the people say but I forget.

So, Guess what?! I started reading The New Testament this morning. Old testaments gross me out. Especially in Genesis it was quite disturbing.

Oh, I forgot to mention that my eye is not healed at all. I feel like my eye is getting worse and the infection is spreading rapidly. I have been putting eye drops in but I hope that nothing else is going wrong inside my body or something! It's ridiculous. But oh well, I will just have to wait a little longer I guess :) No worries.

Well, here are some pictures:

Family Home Evening on Monday with the Reid Family! We played Jenga and tied it in with having a sturdy foundation. They are in my area and they are a wonderful family. 

This is what it looks like when I try to cook myself some breakfast. In case you don't know what I was trying to cook.. It was pancakes. HAHA I'm sorry to say that their was no scrambled eggs on my plate that morning! But in my defense our stove fire gets really hot and when I try to turn down the heat it turns off. So I try my best.. I just want real breakfast besides cereal! I need real FOOD! HAHAHA!

The tri companionship!! 

This is after school Traffic in Nassau. I guess the street lights decided not to

work (the power always goes out here!) and the people are not patient here, so they always try to squeeze in. It becomes dangerous.

Not that I am counting down the days or anything but in December I get to SKYPE! WOOHOO! I can not wait to see my family! Well my family, I love you all and am happy to know all of you are safe and doing well! 

-Love, Sister Judd :)

4th Transfer: Week 5 ~ LOTS OF PICTURES!

Well that stinks that you won't be able to talk to me today (we email back and forth but we were at Seaworld)... but I will just tell you all about my week, then I have a lot of pictures to send to you (surprise surprise).

My week was pretty good. Sister Woolf and I had a lot of weird and hilarious moments this week. By the way, we dropped her off at the airport this morning so she will be flying out to Jamaica today and then flying out to Georgia tomorrow. HOMEWARD BOUND! Wow, it made me realize that the mission does have an end. Since I have been doing the same thing over and over again 24/7, I feel like its just a part of my life now and that it is never ending. I was excited for her to go back and see her family. I have about 12 more months left so just pray for me that I will endure. Missions are so hard, but the work is moving forward.

Okay...so the first thing I have written down to talk about is.. yes I went to the doctor for my eye. Thankfully it wasn't pink eye but it was an infection. It started out in one corner of my eye and then it spread on the whole half side of my eye. It was horrible, but she just gave me eye drops and it's doing better. As for my roommate, Sister Oman. She went to the doctor because she got CHICKEN GUNYA! It's a disease from mosquitoes that has been spreading across the Caribbean. The doctor said that its not contagious anymore but when she had the fever it was. Thank goodness nobody got it from her but we just have to be aware of that. Her joints are now going to hurt her for months and her fingers are swollen! Its horrible, my poor sister.

A funny thing that happened this week is that on the way to the doctor Sister Woolf almost ran over a man that was selling GINNIP! This man just ran into the street out of nowhere! She almost ran over the guy. We both got so mad at him!

We met with J again yesterday and we taught him the Plan of Salvation which went pretty good. But then he began to tell us that he bought an apartment building and he is going to build up his own church called Canaan Baptist Church. SAY WHAT?! In the restoration lesson we taught him that during the great apostasy people built up their own churches and now J is doing the same! He even got a TAG with his name on it. He said that our name tags inspired him to do the same thing. After we told J that we don't hug after the lesson he gave me a hug anyway! So we will not be teaching him anymore but he is a nice guy.

Oh I almost forgot! It was so hilarious....Sister Woolf and I always pass this building that looks just like Aladdins palace! So I was like "oh my goodness. Lets go in and see what it is!" So we go in and all of a sudden all of these Muslims come out. They got so excited to see us and they invited us in to watch them have their prayer session (we got there right before their prayer session). So Sister Woolf and I went in and I'm guessing we were stepping on a holy carpet or something because a Muslim lady named Jenna (who was the only woman there) said "no no, take off your shoes!" So we took off our shoes and watched the men do their prayer session. They were speaking another language. They were the nicest people though.. Jenna became our friend. She just loved us. So we made some Muslim friends that day . :) Well.. I think thats all the experiences that I had this past week. It was an eventful week as always. Today we will just be hanging out at home and probably taking a nap because we all are exhausted. But who knows? We might find something to do today. 

Well......here are LOTS of pictures!! 

This is our Zone Conference picture with Elder Cornish and his wife!

Sister Woolf and I on the Beach! (P-Day)

MY BEACH!

The bridge that leads to Paradise Island! and the beach

Your going to think its a little blurry but I like it! Its with me and Sister Lewellyn! Marj's daughter from Ochi. I just love her! 

The Ocean

So they are building this HUGE resort that will be done in December of this year called the Bahamar! Awesome view.

This man was selling Ginnip. I LOVE GINNIP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love these girls!

We went to an appointment for a less active but we were so early we just went to the beach for a little bit.

My hilarious companion always taking pictures of everything. So dedicated!

Scripture POWER!!! 

And a huge, creepy haunted mansion

Sneaking under the gate! 

Sister Woolf and I with Sister Reid. She is awesome.

This member is so funny!! She makes me laugh so hard. 

Sister Woolf and I waiting in the car for Julian to arrive so we could have a lesson with him. we decided to take a selfie. HA

This is J after our Plan of Salvation lesson 

Then me jumping on the beach, HAHAHA ITS SO CHEESY but I thought it was hilarious.

I have some really horrible and sad news. I just received a message that Sister Rose passed away this past week. I cannot believe this. I just love her. We saw her and served her almost every day. I didn't get the chance to get a picture with them because Sister Rose was always so sick in her bed. Which stinks! I just want to know how her kids, Abby and Shaquil, are doing. But I know through all the experiences that I had with her that I will always remember her. Please keep Abby and Shaquil in your prayers. On a positive note! She is not in pain anymore. It was her time to go. She was miserable every single day. I just know her kids are going through a hard time.

Sister Bailey says thank you for the lollipops and that she loves you! She is quite awesome, even if I say so myself. She will forever be one of my friends. :)

I am so happy to know that all of you are having fun at sea world.... I bet Lauren is having a blast and I bet its so nice for dad to have a day off from work. Thats nice to know that you love your calling. I would think that working with the young girls would be so much fun! Well you guys have so much fun and I will talk to you all next Monday :) LOVE YOU ALL!! 

-SISTER JUDD :)