7th Transfer: Week 3 ~ "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!"

This is mine!:)

First things first, MERRY CHRISTMAS my family!!! I cannot wait to see you all this Thursday over Skype! I will be getting on Skype around 4:00!! So be on!!!  The "giving box" that you gave me to do, I am loving doing it! I recently made Lisa and Andrew a card and gave them a Christmas CD. We will now be listening to your CD at our Christmas dinner. woohoo! I am so excited about Skype too!!! yayy!! I can't believe I actually get to see you guys, I some times forget that my family even exists! Goodness I have been gone for too long. 9 more months though! It will fly by so fast!

As for my week, it has been very tough for me. We had the other sisters come in from Turks. They were awesome. I had alot of fun with Sister Shaffer and Sister Rampersad. We got along very well. We had lots of laughs thats for sure. They wrote me really nice notes before they left:). But I think me waking up earlier than the norm, taking the 4 of them out teaching with us each and every day then taking them around Nassau on our P-day really made my body tired. My stomach and my chest were hurting me so bad to where it was waking me up in the night. I would have to get up  

Me and the Turks Sisters!
Sister Rampersad and Sister Shaffer

and make myself hot herbal tea. It was like this all week! I got so sick and tired of it that I went into the Branch President yesterday and asked for a blessing. When I received the blessing I was healed .. almost instantly. No more pain for the rest of the day yesterday. I even slept better last night. I did have a little bit of pain but it wasn't as bad as it was before.

Our Christmas Tree! and Mom's socks
that she sent us:)

As for Nassau, crime is getting a little out of hand.We hear sirens going off every day. Robbery, murders, etc. It's getting so bad

because it is almost Christmas! but no worries. We are staying safe. Some are literally placing objects in the road so people have to get out of their cars and move them. When they get out of their car people come out of nowhere, rob them and harm them. So we are no longer getting out of the vehicle. I will be putting the car in reverse so fast HAHA. I definitely have alot of memories here that is for sure.

As for my investigators!!! We have 2 progressing investigators. Eddie (the guy I was prompted to stop and talk to) and Jerome (that I was prompted to call after finding him in the area book)! They both will be baptized in January. They have been coming to church and are very excited about their baptismal 

The goats in Eddie's backyard.
I had to take a picture:)

dates! Eddie said to us at church yesterday "I will always come to this church, every Sunday!" he says it's so different than any other church. He was raised up Catholic. So he is very excited to be baptized. Every time I bring up baptism he says "Oh, of course I am working towards it!" And he does. We have to go slow with him because he speaks Creole but the Spirit has showed me how to teach Eddie. Right now we are on the Restoration. What I do is I take his notebook and I write down words and their definitions. I do this with each page in the Restoration pamphlet. These are the most important things for him to remember so he can actually gain a testimony of it on his own. As I have been doing this, he has been reading them and looking over them

Hilarious!

every day! When we came back to teach him yesterday after church, he told me all about the restoration! I looked at Sister Dill in shock! He actually acts on the commitments! and we are very excited for him to be baptized!

Jerome is awesome. He knows his Bible inside and out. He has come a long way! When he was taught before by the other sisters he was going through a really bad divorce. We have taught him every single lesson there is to teach him! He knows this church is true and has accepted to be baptized in January. He comes to church every Sunday. He does not miss. He wants to be baptized and raise his kids up in

Starfish!!! We found this on P-Day. It

was by a man who was selling Conch salad

on his boat. 

the truth. He is wonderful!! and everyone already thinks he is a member. I am very excited for Jerome!

All investigators have to come to church 5 times but I love that. It really shows if they are committed or not. That way they won't be baptized and then fall away after. It really helps them build their testimonies. I have noticed that everyone we teach is in their 30's or 40's. It's nice because they can help their families out to. We will also have more priesthood holders, which is very important here in Nassau.

So working with these 2 investigators has really showed me and Sister Dill that we are

This guy thinks he is a king:)

nothing without the Spirit. The Spirit led us to these 2 wonderful guys and they were prepared! So to see them get baptized will be a rewarding experience and I know that Heavenly Father will be so proud of them! I am so excited. Hopefully I won't be transferred out in 3 weeks. I want to stay here for at least another transfer! Anyway, that was my week! It has been tough but at the same time it has been great. Knowing that we are helping these wonderful people come unto Christ. 

Well, I learned something this morning when I was reading in 1 Nephi. 

Dre with his stickers:)

1 Nephi 4:6-7

6 And I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which

I should do.

7 Nevertheless I went forth, and as I came near unto the house of

Laban I beheld a man, and he had fallen to the earth before me, for he

was drunken with wine.

You're probably thinking, what about these verses? Well, the reason these verses stuck out to me was because when Nephi said he

Me trying to braid Sister Bailey's hair
at a mission meeting at the church

was led by the Spirit, not knowing where he would be going or what he would do, it showed me that he had the faith to enter into the city anyway. He knew that the Lord would provide a way for him. The Spirit works when you are going out and doing! It's one thing to sit and have the desire in your heart, but it's another thing to act on the desire that you have. Thats when the Lord really leads and guides you and they are great learning experiences. So always ACT and have trust in the Lord in all things. I love Nephi! 

There are 133 missionaries in this mission. There are more elders than sisters. We only have like 30 sister missionaries and we all know each other but that can be good I guess :)

Well, I love you and cannot wait to see you on Christmas Day at 4:00!!! woohoo!! STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY AND HAPPY!!! and MERRY CHRISTMAS!! TELL THE FAMILY I SAID I LOVE THEM ALLLLL!!! 

-Sister Judd

P.S. (the weather is getting hot again.. and its almost Christmas). This will be a Christmas that I will never forget.