Howdy!

Mon, Mar 7, 2011
Hey Fam,

Broken-hearted does not adequately express my sincere regret for missing the historic ball. I was so planning on going this year too. I thought you would at least have the decency to let me know ahead of time so I could have made arrangements to be there. Oh, well. Maybe next year.

Everything's going pretty well here in highgate. We had a good testimony meeting yesterday with about 30 people. Most of the people with new callings are doing very well. Things are running a little smoother each week. we had an investigator show up at church that I've never met before. One of the branch members, Sis Dryden, is a very good member missionary. she met this guy on the street the other day and invited him to church. He made up his mind to come and Sunday morning he walked over a mile taxied the rest of the way just to visit. His name is Micheal and he is way good and we should be meeting with him later this week. Just goes to show how effective members can be at missionary work. Most of the time, we missionaries can meet with someone for weeks and they still won't come to church.

We ended up not having our baptism this last week. It got postponed till this next saturday. Our other baptism that was originally scheduled for this saturday might have to be postponed as well because the girl's step-mom doesn't think she's ready. We also have a 10 yr old girl who wants to be baptized but her mom, a less-active member, won't let her. It's Jamaican culture not to baptize until you are 12 or even much older just to be sure you know what you are doing. Things are going good, though. We have several solid investigators we are working with.

Love you lots. later
Elder Kartchner