05.05.12

Things have been good these past few weeks. We have had a pretty busy schedule. For about the last week and a half of April we had to teach zone conference to all the zones in the mission. So we had to go all around Jamaica to the different zones. Then for about 7 days we were flying to the different islands doing zone conference for the missionaries out there. It was so cool to be able to go back to Cayman and see everyone, I really love that place so much. The people there are amazing. It was hard to leave, it was almost like I had never left. I am excited to go back there with Elder Montgomery and Elder Mcready. Then we flew to Turks and Caicos island, the beaches there are incredible but the island itself reminds me of somewhere like Elko or Winamucca, Nevada. It's a very dry, desert looking island. But It was really cool to see the missionaries there. We had a lot of fun. Elder Nelson and I probably got about 4 hours of sleep total for the 2 days that we were there. We did zone conference there on Saturday then we went to church on Sunday which was cool. There is a translator that translates everything into French, which makes it hard to pay attention. Then after church we flew to Nassau, Bahamas where I kept my streak of only about 2 hours of sleep. Nassau seems like a cool island, it's very Americanized and they have a McDonald's. Zone conference there was good. Then we flew back to Jamaica and made it home at about 9:30.  It was a very long couple days of traveling but it was a lot of fun. Really cool experience.

04.14.12

This week was an awesome week, We took our Pday on Monday and there was a big activity at the church called Easter Monday Funday. All of Jamaica has the Monday after Easter off of work so we went to the church with the branch and played a lot of games and had a lot of fun. Tuesday, we had a meeting with President Hendricks making some plans for zone conferences that are coming up and getting everything squared away so that was really cool. Then we had a full day of teaching after that so that was really awesome. We have some awesome people that we area working with now both investigators and Recent converts. I am super excited to work with all of them and it has been awesome getting to know everybody. The Recent Converts here are incredible. Kingston is HUGE and it is CRAZY. There is always something going on which is awesome. On Wednesday we did a trade off with the Santa Cruz Elders AKA Elder Conder and Elder Brockbank, that was awesome they are great missionaries, anytime Elder Conder and I get together its a lot of fun, it brought back memories of the good old Mo bay days. After that we had ZLC Thursday which was awesome. It was a fun drive back. It seems like we are always busy and always have something to do which is a good thing and I love it. Friday we had to figure out all the flight info for us going to the different zone conferences off island going to Cayman, Turks and Caicos and Nassau. so it took a long time. And here we are Saturday, Awesome week. Lovin Kingston

04.09.12

                                          General Conference

                                          Some members from Ochi

                                          Country Breakfast

Interesting week this week.  President Hendricks was gone for a couple of days in the Dominican Republic so Elder Kraus and I had to play mission president for 7 new missionaries that landed on Friday.  President asked us to interview them and assign trainers to them while he was gone.  It was pretty cool but at the time it was stressful. But it's nice to know that you aren't the one assigning trainers, it's the Lord, so it was pretty cool. It's weird being around new missionaries, it made me wonder what I was like when I first came. Well, I love my new area, Kingston is awesome and the Constant spring branch is awesome. So many cool people here and there are a lot.  I'm really trying to learn everybody's name. Kingston is a really cool city.  I think that I'm really going to like it here. There are awesome members and investigators and recent converts to work with and I'm excited to help them and work with them.  After doing interviews and trainers, Saturday morning we did orientation for the new missionaries,  We then drove 4 of them to their new areas. We drove 2 to Spanish Town, one all the way to Port Antonio and the other all the way to Mo bay. Check out a map of Jamaica and you can see the distance. We were in the car for like 9 hours.  Guess whose turn it was to drive...yup. It was a lot of fun though.

04.02.12

Well, sorry it has been awhile on the blog but it's been a busy last couple of weeks. Conference was really awesome and I really got a lot of answers to questions that I had. We got transfer calls on Saturday and I will be moving to my last home which will be.............Kingston, the big city. I'm going there to be President Hendricks' new assistant and I will be serving with Elder Kraus. I'm pretty dang excited about it but also am a little nervous.  I just want to do a good job.  Elder Kraus is an awesome missionary so I'm excited to learn from him. So that's the big news, Hope everyone is doing well

03.19.12

I don't have too much time today.  We played football on the beach,  it was a blast. Spanish town came up to Ochi so there was about 10 of us. The week was good but we have to find some new people to teach this week. I wish I had more time, I love and miss everyone.

03.05.12

This week has been pretty cool, we are working for Marine and Shantell's baptism for this Saturday so we are trying to get everything all set up and sorted out. We have been teaching a lady named Danielle in a place called  Mango Valley, it's about 30 min out of Ochi but it's a really cool place. On Tuesday we had Nephi's piano lessons and were walking out from the church to go to the truck and a lady stopped me and asked if I wanted to do some modeling for her hotel, they needed somebody and she asked me to do it. The first thing I said was yes and she got on her phone and called some people and while she was doing that I thought that this was actually a pretty bad idea. So I told her that I couldn't but it was pretty funny. On Wednesday I went on a trade off with the new missionary, he came back to Ochi with me. It was good, it made me think of what I was like when I was a new missionary.  Crazy how long ago that was. So that was pretty much the week.  Today we are going to go to all the resorts and see how much it costs for the day pass (like sandals) so we can get all you can eat food. Its been a good week

02.27.12

This week was good. We drove to Spanish Town to pick up transfers. First time I have seen E. Conder in like 9 months, it was good to see him, its nice having him back on the island. We helped E. Montgomery and E. Conder take people to their areas in there zone because there were so many. First I want to compliment E. Montgomery on his driving, he knows how to use a wing man. I was following and he only made a move when I could follow. There area is crazy, it's like little Mexico and the roads are really small. So it's good following someone who knows how to drive. When we got to the first area I got out of the truck and walked up to him and told him. "You can be my wing man anytime" for top gun fans he quoted the next line...haha. It was fun but man it was a long drive and it took us 2 days to get back to ocho. We drove from Spanish town to Mandeville, then to Santa Cruz, then to Sav. We stayed the night in Sav then went to Negril then went to Mo Bay, then to Ochi then to Highgate. Look at a map of Jamaica and you can see. Yesterday was cool, we had 9 investigators at church so things are going good. I'm really excited for E. Montgomery's and E. Conder, 2 of my favorite companions get to serve together.

love you all