Mon, 26 Jul 2010
It's been a great week. We've kept really busy finding and teaching. One of the best parts was when a 15 year old girl came up to us after church last Sunday and said she was ready to be baptized. She wasn't kidding either. She has been going to church by herself for the last several years and her mother finally gave her permission to be baptized. We had the privilege to teach (more like review) the lessons with her throughout the week. Keanna is way cool and way solid. We got the branch president to baptize her on Saturday and she was confirmed yesterday. It was awesome. It is humbling to know that the Lord did all the work. We just had the opportunity to participate.
We meet some of the craziest people. The other night I stopped to talk to someone who wasn't interested, but before I could ride away a drunk guy in dreds cornered me and started talking to me. He was holding a beer in one hand and a joint in the other. He started going off about how Christ is the Savior. I agreed with everything he said, but the whole situation was so ridiculous and his staggering motions were so funny, that I had a hard time keeping a straight face. I love Jamaicans, they are so funny. Anyway, he asked us to pray for him, so keep Simon Splinter in your prayers.
Oh, The other day, we were street contacting, and a lady calls out from her porch and says, "Elders! I know the book of Mormon's true! I know that Joseph Smith is a true prophet! I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is True!" My companion and I just looked at eachother, having no clue whether she was a member or not. Turns out she was taught a long time ago, and would have been baptized except she couldn't kick smoking. So, we're working with her to do just that.
On Saturday before Keanna's baptism, Elder Ronhaar and I got to do some service for one of the sisters in the branch. We got all the grass and weeds out of the yard and trimmed the trees and bushes - using only machetes. It was sweet. It's crazy what you can do with one of those things. It is the Jamaican all-purpose tool. you can use it as a hoe, a shovel, pruners, lawn mower, kitchen knife, and what ever else you can think of.
Well, The weather here has been pretty cloudy and rainy, with temperatures in the 80's. I get to go mud bogging in my sunday clothes almost every day. The roads in Jamaica are really bad. If you get off of the main road at all, you hit dirt and mud, and the parts that were paved are full of potholes. Makes for interesting bike riding.
Anyway, everything's going good. I'm enjoying myself and I feel like I'm adjusting well. After about a week in Jamaica, nothing surprises you. Sounds like everythings going good back home. How long are you in Alaska for anyway? Well have fun up north while I'm living it up in tropical paradise.
Love you all,
Elder Kartchner
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