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Tue, Oct 5, 2010
Hey Fam,

So yesterday was transfer day so that's why I'm emailing today. Elder Ronhaar left and is on his way home to Mt. Vernon, WA as we speak. I am still in Old Harbour but my new companion is Elder Mackey. He is the Indian looking elder from my group in the MTC. It's a little weird to be with someone who's only been out as long as I have. It should be good though. I am really excited about it. We get along real well and he's a hard worker.

I have never seen as much rain in my life as I saw this past week. We had a big storm come through. It started in earnest last Monday and didn't really slow down until Friday. All the roads became rivers which made it a little hard to get around. There was major flooding all over the island along with landslides and even a tornado in Savanna-la-mar. A lot of the missionaries around lost electricity and water for several days but we got lucky and only lost it for a few hours. It made teaching a little difficult and we had to stay inside for a lot of it, but we're all good.

We got to go to Spanish Town for Saturday and Sunday to watch General Conference at the building there. It was great. I really enjoyed it. We heard all of it except for during Elder Christofferson's talk Saturday Morning when it started to rain so hard on the metal roof that we couldn't hear a word he said.

Thanks for all you do and have done. Elder Holland's talk made me stop and think just how much my parents and family and friends have done for me.
Thanks for the Emails and Prayers. Love you all
Elder Kartchner

P.S. just in case you were thinking of sending me a package anytime soon, I think it usually takes about a month to get here. Just thinking ahead for birthday and Christmas so don't think I'm begging, but some ideas for packages could be another pair of shorts, peanut butter, pictures, a jump rope, a small bag like mom has on her bike, polyester ties, and some nice bike handle grips.