Wed, Jul 13, 2011
Hello Fam,
Things are going good. this past week's been a bit crazy but good. The reason I'm emailing you Wednesday is because we had Zone conference yesterday. Monday we spent the day picking people up at the airport and such. Elder Brockbank and I are thinking about starting our own taxi service. Zone conference was good though. President and Sister Hendricks flew in from Jamaica along with the assistants. the Elders from Freeport, Bahamas and Providenciales, Turks and Caicos also flew in. we also had two senior couples come in from Dominican Republic. one is the area medical advisor and the other is the mental health advisor. it was a bit crazy picking them all up from different flights and different times. It pretty much took all day. We had a good meeting Tuesday morning followed by another round of trips to the airport to drop them all off. During our meeting we talked a lot about finding which was good because our teaching pool is very low right now.
Sunday, Elder Brockbank and I were asked to speak in sacrament meeting. We talked about missionary work (of course) and had a very positive response from many of the members. I talked about the atonement and its connection with missionary work. I shared how ours is a companion work with Christ's atonement. His suffering will have been in vain if people do not repent (D&C 19). In respect and gratitude of His atonement and the joy it has brought into our lives we need share this opportunity with all of God's children (2Ne 2:6-8).
I love being a missionary. It's the best thing in the world. It's the best thing in the world to see people change and live the gospel. we've been meeting with Scott and his wife. they are so excited to go to the temple. they already set the date for next year to go to the salt lake temple and get sealed.
Well, things are going great. I Haven't got your package yet. hopefully soon. It takes forever to get through customs. Love you all lots.
Elder Kartchner
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
4th of July
Monday July 4, 2011
Wow. that's pretty crazy. I like the pictures. gobblers looks a bit different. (Editor's note: Devon is referring to pictures from Alpine, AZ where his parents spent the weekend cleaning up their cabin after the Wallow Fire. Gobbler's Peak is a nearby mountain.)
well, things have been good around here. this last week has been busy. with the Ockeys leaving we had to move all the senior couple stuff into our apartment. Now its a bit crowded. its a good thing we have a big apartment. We took the Ockeys to the airport this morning. I'm going to miss them - especially sister Ockeys cooking. President and Sister Hendricks flew in on Thursday to say bye to the Ockeys so we got to enjoy their company for a day. it's a bit weird now that the Ockeys are gone. now we have to email and skype and everything at the church.
on saturday we had Scott's baptism. it went really well. he is really solid. he got confirmed yesterday in church and received the priestood. Scott's wife, who was an ex-ed member was rebaptized yesterday after church as well. Scott was able to perform the baptism. it went really well. it was a good finish for the Ockeys. they have been working with them for a long time. Lesley is doing really well. she continues to imrove in her reading and everything. besides her we dont have too many other solid investigators. (we've baptized them all) we've been spending a fair amount of time finding which is always fun. you always have some crazy stories to tell after.
things are going well. it's getting really hot and humid, but that's life. besides that and the traffic, the Bahamas are great. The work is going well. we're just hoping and praying we can find some more good people to teach and hopfully we can get them through the members.
love you lots
Elder Kartchner
Wow. that's pretty crazy. I like the pictures. gobblers looks a bit different. (Editor's note: Devon is referring to pictures from Alpine, AZ where his parents spent the weekend cleaning up their cabin after the Wallow Fire. Gobbler's Peak is a nearby mountain.)
well, things have been good around here. this last week has been busy. with the Ockeys leaving we had to move all the senior couple stuff into our apartment. Now its a bit crowded. its a good thing we have a big apartment. We took the Ockeys to the airport this morning. I'm going to miss them - especially sister Ockeys cooking. President and Sister Hendricks flew in on Thursday to say bye to the Ockeys so we got to enjoy their company for a day. it's a bit weird now that the Ockeys are gone. now we have to email and skype and everything at the church.
on saturday we had Scott's baptism. it went really well. he is really solid. he got confirmed yesterday in church and received the priestood. Scott's wife, who was an ex-ed member was rebaptized yesterday after church as well. Scott was able to perform the baptism. it went really well. it was a good finish for the Ockeys. they have been working with them for a long time. Lesley is doing really well. she continues to imrove in her reading and everything. besides her we dont have too many other solid investigators. (we've baptized them all) we've been spending a fair amount of time finding which is always fun. you always have some crazy stories to tell after.
things are going well. it's getting really hot and humid, but that's life. besides that and the traffic, the Bahamas are great. The work is going well. we're just hoping and praying we can find some more good people to teach and hopfully we can get them through the members.
love you lots
Elder Kartchner
Monday, June 27, 2011
June Pictures
Mon, Jun 27, 2011
1. Melda's Baptism last week.
1. Melda's Baptism last week.
2. golfing on paradise island
3. Scott and Norma's wedding. Scott will be baptized this Saturday.
4. a couple of world class golfers
Happy last week of June
Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 11:59 AM
It's been another good week. Keeping busy. We had the confirmation for Melda yesterday in Sacrament Meeting. She is on fire. We had an activity on Friday about Joseph Smith where we watched the Joseph Smith movie. before starting the movie we had Melda tell a little about Joseph smith's life using Joseph smith History. She did awesome. She was up there in front of the branch telling all about it without any notes. she even recited the first vision from memory. She is loving it, although she is facing tons of opposition from her mom and everyone else. Her mom even threatened to kick her out of the house.
Besides that we are working with Scott. he was just married and will be baptized this Saturday. he is solid and will make a great member. We are also working with Lesley, who is the girl-friend of one of the members. She is finally beginning to make some real progress.
Things are going well. Oh, yes we will keep the same PO address. and what is an adventure package anyway?
well, love you lots. have a great week.
Elder Kartchner
It's been another good week. Keeping busy. We had the confirmation for Melda yesterday in Sacrament Meeting. She is on fire. We had an activity on Friday about Joseph Smith where we watched the Joseph Smith movie. before starting the movie we had Melda tell a little about Joseph smith's life using Joseph smith History. She did awesome. She was up there in front of the branch telling all about it without any notes. she even recited the first vision from memory. She is loving it, although she is facing tons of opposition from her mom and everyone else. Her mom even threatened to kick her out of the house.
Besides that we are working with Scott. he was just married and will be baptized this Saturday. he is solid and will make a great member. We are also working with Lesley, who is the girl-friend of one of the members. She is finally beginning to make some real progress.
Things are going well. Oh, yes we will keep the same PO address. and what is an adventure package anyway?
well, love you lots. have a great week.
Elder Kartchner
Monday, June 20, 2011
Powerful
Mon, Jun 20, 2011
Wow, that's intense! I'm glad I'm not going to be there when you have to clean the fridge and stuff - at least I hope you can get there before next year. (Editor's note: this is in reference to the Wallow fire that has burned over 500,000 acres in Arizona. Due to a spot fire that quickly grew out of control, Devon's parents were unable to make it to their cabin to check on things.)
the craziest story I have from this week was last night when we were visiting an inactive, we saw this little girl get attacked by about 12 dogs. luckily there was a few people nearby to fight the dogs off so she's ok.
Happy Father's Day!
We had Melda's baptism yesterday after church. she is doing really well. it was a surprise earlier this week when we went to visit her because she had memorized the first vision and started to recite it to us. she finally left her Baptist boyfriend. she has been getting a lot of anti stuff from her old Baptist pastor/principal and her friends. it's been really neat to watch the change in her over the last month.
we had about 7 investigators at church and several of them are making progress. things are looking good. our elder's quorum had a "reach out night" last night where we split up and visited a bunch of our less-active elders. it was good.
besides that the only news is that the Oackeys are leaving in 2 weeks (july 4). there will be no senior couple here anymore so we are in the process of moving all their stuff into our apartment for storage.
take care, don't burn the house down (or the cabin)
love you lots
Elder Kartchner
Wow, that's intense! I'm glad I'm not going to be there when you have to clean the fridge and stuff - at least I hope you can get there before next year. (Editor's note: this is in reference to the Wallow fire that has burned over 500,000 acres in Arizona. Due to a spot fire that quickly grew out of control, Devon's parents were unable to make it to their cabin to check on things.)
the craziest story I have from this week was last night when we were visiting an inactive, we saw this little girl get attacked by about 12 dogs. luckily there was a few people nearby to fight the dogs off so she's ok.
Happy Father's Day!
We had Melda's baptism yesterday after church. she is doing really well. it was a surprise earlier this week when we went to visit her because she had memorized the first vision and started to recite it to us. she finally left her Baptist boyfriend. she has been getting a lot of anti stuff from her old Baptist pastor/principal and her friends. it's been really neat to watch the change in her over the last month.
we had about 7 investigators at church and several of them are making progress. things are looking good. our elder's quorum had a "reach out night" last night where we split up and visited a bunch of our less-active elders. it was good.
besides that the only news is that the Oackeys are leaving in 2 weeks (july 4). there will be no senior couple here anymore so we are in the process of moving all their stuff into our apartment for storage.
take care, don't burn the house down (or the cabin)
love you lots
Elder Kartchner
Monday, June 13, 2011
Solo
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
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 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
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