Mon, Jun 13, 2011
Hey Fam.
things are going great. we had the wedding for Scott on saturday at the church here. I got asked last minute to sing a solo. that was fun. Sunday morning we got invited to visit an Anglican church. we went to the 7 am Mass so that we could still make it to our church at 10. It was quite the experience. I'm so grateful to be a part of the true church. Life is good. melda is getting baptized this next Sunday. Scott's baptism is scheduled for July 2. today the ockey's are taking us golfing on Paradise Island. We'll see if I can hit a ball or two. Besides that we're just dealing with the ongoing challenge of keeping a good teaching pool. I shouldn't be getting transferred anytime soon. They haven't applied for any work permits yet for our replacements so I'll be here for probably at least 3 more months.
have a good week
Elder Kartchner
Monday, June 13, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Good Morning!
Mon, Jun 6, 2011
Happy Birthday Mom!!!!! Hope you have a great day and week. I wish long life to you and your goats! Well i figured i'd get that out of the way first. I'm not to good at this whole birthday ting.
Summer is definately here with hot, humid, sunny days and a fan to sleep with at night. it's been like that ever since I got here so I'm thinking that the bahamas just has summer all year long.
So, for the cool story of the week: on friday this lds couple from florida came in on their yacht and they took us to lunch at this nice restaraunt by Atlantis. then, after they had stuffed us full of burgers and cheesecake and everything else, they invited us to dinner at this really nice italian restaurant. then after a huge dinner, they ordered this dish of icecream that had no less than a half gallon of icecream topped with whipped cream and fudge. I thought I had died and gone to heaven - literally because I was so full I thought I would die.
Now, back to the important stuff. the work is going well here. we're making progress with several of the less-active families we are working with. Also, Melda is doing awesome. she is on fire. she is progressing so well that she's already better and knows more and is more comitted than most of our members. we had planned to baptize her this coming sunday but but it will probably wait till next week due to schedule conflicts.
Scott is doing really well also. he is finally getting married this saturday and we're shooting for his baptism next week as well.
we have some other good potentials and yesterday we had a couple of members bring their friends to church. All is well in Zion, Yea Zion prospereth. just kidding, but things are going well.
well, have a great week. hope the family is still all alive and well. love you lots.
Elder Kartchner
Happy Birthday Mom!!!!! Hope you have a great day and week. I wish long life to you and your goats! Well i figured i'd get that out of the way first. I'm not to good at this whole birthday ting.
Summer is definately here with hot, humid, sunny days and a fan to sleep with at night. it's been like that ever since I got here so I'm thinking that the bahamas just has summer all year long.
So, for the cool story of the week: on friday this lds couple from florida came in on their yacht and they took us to lunch at this nice restaraunt by Atlantis. then, after they had stuffed us full of burgers and cheesecake and everything else, they invited us to dinner at this really nice italian restaurant. then after a huge dinner, they ordered this dish of icecream that had no less than a half gallon of icecream topped with whipped cream and fudge. I thought I had died and gone to heaven - literally because I was so full I thought I would die.
Now, back to the important stuff. the work is going well here. we're making progress with several of the less-active families we are working with. Also, Melda is doing awesome. she is on fire. she is progressing so well that she's already better and knows more and is more comitted than most of our members. we had planned to baptize her this coming sunday but but it will probably wait till next week due to schedule conflicts.
Scott is doing really well also. he is finally getting married this saturday and we're shooting for his baptism next week as well.
we have some other good potentials and yesterday we had a couple of members bring their friends to church. All is well in Zion, Yea Zion prospereth. just kidding, but things are going well.
well, have a great week. hope the family is still all alive and well. love you lots.
Elder Kartchner
Monday, May 23, 2011
Happy Last Week of School
Mon, May 23, 2011
Well it's good to know that i'm missed for something even if it is just for horseshoeing. sounds like a lot of fun back home. It's been good here as well. this week was good but it came with a few disappointments. we had to postpone the baptismal date for patrick because it turns out he has a court date in the middle of june that could cause problems. we were finally able to meet with Cy again yesterday and he's not sure he wants to continue. we're still continuing to talk and teach lots of people but as of right now, nothing too exciting. last night we had our Member Missionary Fireside for the branch. we got several of the members and our recent convert to speak. it went really well and hopefully we'll have something come out of it. this friday we're having a branch activity about the book of mormon where we'll be watching the Testaments on the big screen and such. it should be good.
anyway have a great week. love you lots.
Elder Kartchner
Well it's good to know that i'm missed for something even if it is just for horseshoeing. sounds like a lot of fun back home. It's been good here as well. this week was good but it came with a few disappointments. we had to postpone the baptismal date for patrick because it turns out he has a court date in the middle of june that could cause problems. we were finally able to meet with Cy again yesterday and he's not sure he wants to continue. we're still continuing to talk and teach lots of people but as of right now, nothing too exciting. last night we had our Member Missionary Fireside for the branch. we got several of the members and our recent convert to speak. it went really well and hopefully we'll have something come out of it. this friday we're having a branch activity about the book of mormon where we'll be watching the Testaments on the big screen and such. it should be good.
anyway have a great week. love you lots.
Elder Kartchner
Monday, May 16, 2011
Another week
Mon, May 16, 2011
Well, everything sounds good. Sounds like Karina's having fun, and Jeff too. Things are going well here. We've been getting quite a bit of member involvement. We weren't able to meet with Cy this week because he's been working overtime everyday, but he's still doing well and hasn't been chewing tobacco this week. earlier this week, we went to contact a referral out on Paradise Island. We met him in his office in this huge hotel place. It was pretty fun. we went tracting to some of the huge mansions there while we were waiting for him to show. We tried to get into the complex where I was working 2 years ago, but we didn't quite make it past the security guard. This week we had several lessons in creole and one lesson in spanish, using members to translate. It keeps it interesting. We started a music/piano class on Saturdays and we had 9 people there. This weekend was our branch conference. President and Sister Hendricks flew in on Saturday. We got to have dinner with them and had really good meetings on Saturday night and Sunday. Anyway, been a fun week. looking forward to another.
Love you lots
Elder Kartchner
Well, everything sounds good. Sounds like Karina's having fun, and Jeff too. Things are going well here. We've been getting quite a bit of member involvement. We weren't able to meet with Cy this week because he's been working overtime everyday, but he's still doing well and hasn't been chewing tobacco this week. earlier this week, we went to contact a referral out on Paradise Island. We met him in his office in this huge hotel place. It was pretty fun. we went tracting to some of the huge mansions there while we were waiting for him to show. We tried to get into the complex where I was working 2 years ago, but we didn't quite make it past the security guard. This week we had several lessons in creole and one lesson in spanish, using members to translate. It keeps it interesting. We started a music/piano class on Saturdays and we had 9 people there. This weekend was our branch conference. President and Sister Hendricks flew in on Saturday. We got to have dinner with them and had really good meetings on Saturday night and Sunday. Anyway, been a fun week. looking forward to another.
Love you lots
Elder Kartchner
Monday, May 9, 2011
Thanks for the call
Mon, May 9, 2011
It was really good to see you all yesterday. Wow, all the kids (including Duane) are getting so big. It was a lot of fun. Hope everything's going great. Things are here.
Later,
Devon
It was really good to see you all yesterday. Wow, all the kids (including Duane) are getting so big. It was a lot of fun. Hope everything's going great. Things are here.
Later,
Devon
Me and Elder Brockbank arriving in the airport in Nassau
me in the shark tunnel in Atlantis
the beach at Atlantis
us with the Oakeys at the airport
baptism of Mylande Alcime with her friend/fellowshipper Bro. Saint-Natus
a couple of our crazy members
District meeting on Skype
Is this against the rules? don't worry we didn't have any money to gamble with
(sorry--I tried turning the picture, but blogger still thinks it should be sideways)
The Oakeys took us bowling.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Another week
Mon, May 2, 2011
Hey Fam
Been another good week in the Bahamas. We had a really good baptism after church yesterday. We only had one unfortunately. Mylande Alcime was baptized which was totally awesome. She is 20 yrs old and way solid and comitted. Thomas was supposed to be baptized but he had to go to the island of Andros for an emergency. Don't really know what's going on with him because we can't get a hold of him.
Have a good week. talk to you more Sunday.
Elder Kartchner
Hey Fam
Been another good week in the Bahamas. We had a really good baptism after church yesterday. We only had one unfortunately. Mylande Alcime was baptized which was totally awesome. She is 20 yrs old and way solid and comitted. Thomas was supposed to be baptized but he had to go to the island of Andros for an emergency. Don't really know what's going on with him because we can't get a hold of him.
Have a good week. talk to you more Sunday.
Elder Kartchner
Monday, April 25, 2011
Bunnies??
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
Well, we had another great week. We had zone conference on Thursday. Pres and Sis Hendricks and the assistants flew in that afternoon. Our zone leaders from freeport, bahamas flew in a day early so we got to do trade offs. It was really good. Unfortunately the elders from Turks and Caicos weren't able to come because of immigration paper issues.
Easter was great. On Friday night we had our branch easter activity that we've been planning with our branch mission leader. It turned out really well. We had a walk through at the church where we had each room representing a day in the last week of the saviors life. Then we watched The Lamb of God on the projector. We had a good number of people there. We got a great new investigator that one of the members invited.
Well enjoy the easter holiday, now that it's over. have a good week. love you lots.
oh, about the calling for mother's day, what time would work best for you to call. The Ockey's (senior couple next door) said we can use their computer to Skype so that would be cool. I'm pretty sure we are 3 hours ahead of you here. We'll make final plans next week.
Later,
Elder Kartchner
Well, we had another great week. We had zone conference on Thursday. Pres and Sis Hendricks and the assistants flew in that afternoon. Our zone leaders from freeport, bahamas flew in a day early so we got to do trade offs. It was really good. Unfortunately the elders from Turks and Caicos weren't able to come because of immigration paper issues.
Easter was great. On Friday night we had our branch easter activity that we've been planning with our branch mission leader. It turned out really well. We had a walk through at the church where we had each room representing a day in the last week of the saviors life. Then we watched The Lamb of God on the projector. We had a good number of people there. We got a great new investigator that one of the members invited.
Well enjoy the easter holiday, now that it's over. have a good week. love you lots.
oh, about the calling for mother's day, what time would work best for you to call. The Ockey's (senior couple next door) said we can use their computer to Skype so that would be cool. I'm pretty sure we are 3 hours ahead of you here. We'll make final plans next week.
Later,
Elder Kartchner
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