MUCHO TRABAJO Y NO DINARO

(much work and no money) 

Well this week has been really good. We have been workin really hard at trying to find new people to teach. We have been walking around and just talking with everyone. Last week i went through some former investigator records and found a lady that had been taught 3 years ago. her name is Patrice. she is a really nice lady. she said she was going to be baptized then but had surgery and that put a halt to it all. but she said that she is more than ready now so thats pretty cool. She had been taught by Trent Garner pretty crazy huh she was all he was such a nice kid always wanting to help me out. when i told her he just lived down the road from me she was all. what a small world lol so that was pretty cool.  We are also teaching a lady we met  last week sometime and she has been really interested she said that she had a friend tell her to stop meeting with us cuz we believe that the devil is Jesus Christ she said i told that lady that i am gonna find out if these things are true for myself so that was awesome. I have no clue where people get their rumors about the church its ridiculous! but she is a really nice lady she has 3 kids and we have been teaching them as well. One day after teaching her we were walking back to the truck and we hear hey Mormons. come back here. and then just a bunch of yelling ahhhh hey come here ahhh lol it was like what the crap is going on. well there was 2 guys in a bar they were pretty white but not really it was weird they defiantly were not Jamaicans thats for sure. so we go in the bar and we are talking to them. the one guy seemed to know alot about the church and about missionaries the other one was soo drunk he could barely sit in his chair he just kept sayin come here i wanna tell ya something. so he would pause then say come here i wanna tell you something.... on and on lol well i sat by the guy who wasn't so wasted and then the other guy pointed at me and said come here i wanna tell you something. i was all i can hear ya just fine from here so finally i got up went over to him and he was all i would like to pray for you would that be ok? we said sure. i was just thinking ok this is going to be nuts. but honestly it was a pretty good prayer. then when he finished the other guy was like dang that was a good one straight from the heart. i felt that lol. then he whispered im an undercover cop but shhhh dont tell anyone. so i dont know if thats true or not but thats what he said.. lol so that was pretty crazy! We had to move on of our baptism dates back another week she had a concern about Joseph Smith but she resolved her concern herself so that was cool and she is now gonna be baptized This coming Sunday so thats awesome. we had a really good day at church though. We had 2 kids just randomly show up and they had tons of questions from the Gospel Principles class it was about the Plan of Salvation really nice guys though. Blossum showed up so that was awesome and Adonna was there as well. also on saturday morning we went and helped the Elder Quorum chop some bush it was pretty fun used machetes and chopped it down. i got a big ol blister on my hand dang it. Skinny was right when he said you'll come back and your hands will be all soft. lol i feel like an office worker lol.   But this week was good for sure everything is going good Elder Poulsen is still here Paper work still not done so who knows how long he will be here. i always joke and say your just gonna be here another Transfer lol but anyhow thats about all that i can remember from the week as of right now!!! oh yes i got my Halloween package on friday that was fast huh! i had a bunch of halloween pictures for today but i went and left my camera at home dang it! but any how I love you all!!! Love Stetson 

"it was a very trying week but i'm lookin on the bright side"

Well lets see here....... This week was pretty good but it had ups and downs for sure. one of the downs was sitting at church with no investigators there. i was dang why isnt anyone here. They tell us they are gonna come and then they just dont show up. They let little things get in their way. We had a lot of appointments fall through throughout the week so it was a very trying week but i'm lookin on the bright side. i know there must be something i need to learn from this week. But for the "ups" we still have a date for this coming weekend so everything is set for that. so thats always exciting. . We had to move one of our baptism dates back a bit she is just going through a tough time so we are going to let her get on her feet before we baptize her. Well im not sure if i have told you about K?...ring a bell??? anyhow we met her about 4 weeks ago or so. well she was the only one out of like 4 other people that seemed somewhat interested so she gave us her phone number and we tried to see her a couple times but she was just really busy with school. Well Elder Poulsen had been like just forget about her lol but something told me no dont give up. so last sunday we got to see her and we just talked a little and then we left. well Yesterday we went back and we had no clue really what to do or what to teach her so we just started by getting to know her better and then it was like a totally different person. it was awesome. she had read the pamphlet and understood it perfectly she is defiantly coming around. as we walked away Elder Poulsen was like i take back everything bad i have ever said about her lol it was pretty cool!! we had a a pretty crazy night saturday night at about 4:30 am i woke up and it was really quiet in the house i was like what the crap its never this quiet. well it took me about 15 or so mins to put it all together. well the power was out duh lol no fans or light from outside coming in. THEN i hear gunshots. ok thats cool. then a little later 6 more all from different areas it was insane. Elder Poulsen and i were just like hmmmm some one is just hammering really loud thats all lol the power stayed off for the rest of the morning but it sure was a crazy night for sure i have no clue where the shots came from but they were off in the distance. so that was the craziness for the week thats for sure! but anyhow im still with Elder Poulsen his paper work hasn't gone through as yet so who knows how much longer i will be with him lol but everything is going good!! any ways that was my week in a nutshell! i love you all love Stetson 

PS yes i got the rest of my birthday package thats the sweetest calander ever thanks!!

"like a drum on the tin roof"

Well here it is another week already can ya believe it? shoot i can't hardly. i was a couple days behind this week so it made it feel as if it flew by. pretty crazy. but this week was good for sure!!! Yes. this Wednesday is Transfer day. but i wont be getting a new companion as of yet. Elder Poulsen is going to Nassau Bahamas but his paper work isnt quite finished so they cant send him out there as of yet. so i will have him for another week or so. then once that goes through. elder Brockbank who is in Nassau right now will come here with me. so thats who my new companion is going to be. i dont know a thing about him he was in nassau when i was in cayman. so we would see each other on skype and all but thats about all i know of him lol. But anyhow so thats transfers. now for the week. the week was pretty good. we kinda had a slump week though. seemed like nothing would go right. we had a zone conference this week which was awesome on thursday it was really good. we still have 2 people with dates for the last sunday in october whatever that day is. it just slipped my mind. and they are doing great. its a bummer cuz we can only see them once or twice a week because of their work schedule and stuff. and then we just have a few other people that we are teaching that really arent doing anything. so its been kinda rough we definately need to find some new people to teach thats for sure. but everything is going good other wise! im sad to see Elder Poulsen leave though he has been a good companion thats for sure. last night we got home and we planned and all that and then he jumped in the shower. well it seemed as if he was in there for like 2 minutes so i said dang that was quick. he said ya just wanted to leave you with some time. you know just trying to be Christlike.  i said you know i knew you would learn something from me haha. i said i have been tellin ya this whole time that you are bound to learn something from me hahaha it was pretty funny! friday night i believe it was. i woke up at like 2:30 having to go to the bathroom real bad so i went in the bathroom and there was a roach in there. so i was holding it in waiting for this huge roach to leave or move out of the way. well i took care of business then i tried to kill it. lol my aim must be off at that time in the morning cuz i couldnt hit it to save my life. it was flying. YES THEY CAN FLY. lol and i was trying to be quiet so i didnt wake Poulsen up. lol it was hilarious i never got him though came close several times. lol then i couldnt go back to sleep. i kept thinking it was gonna fly in and land on my bed. then it started pouring rain and it was like a drum on the tin roof and then it ended up raining all saturday. i got soaked from head to foot while Poulsen was nice and dry under his rain jacket lol i said come on take it off companionship bonding time man lo.l but he wouldnt. lol anyhow everything is going great so no complaints! well have a wonderful week i love you all!!!! Love Stetson

PS tell rob i never got his hunting stories..... or was there none dont get much huntin done sleepin in the truck lol well my time is up now darn it but tell him to tell chad what i said!!! lol anyhow i have to go i love you!!! bye

"Just a normal missionary week"

Well the week...........i dont really know what happenend this week lol. Just a normal missionary week i guess! we had some pretty cool experiences getting a baptism date. we pretty much left it to her. we said you pray about it and see how you feel. well we went there on saturday. we can only see her on saturday and sunday nights. but we asked her about it and she said October 30 was the day she wanted to be baptized so that was awesome!!! We have another one with that same date. so as of right now we will have 2 baptisms by the end of the month!  We have been trying to find new people. some times its pretty stressful. i ask my self several times daily is there anyone who wants  to find the truth??? its kinda hectic but we keep pushing along and we have found a couple this week that seem to be pretty interested. so we will see. This sunday was fast sunday there was tons of great testimonies givin. i sat there the longest time debating on whether or not to get up. then i remembered how  i felt the last fast sunday when i didnt get up so i went up at 15 past 1 and i was the very last one up and im so glad that i got up! i must of got dads cryin genes cuz i was about to that point. but i atleast held mine in! lol shoot this is short but i dont remember anything else.... thats horrible. anyways The weather here has just been really rainy and then hot, rainy then hot its either one or the other. we got soaked the other day. we walked from one appointment to the next and it came down withing a couple minutes. i was soaked clear through. thats the worst! well sorry this aint much. but everything is going good!!! Transfers are next week wednesday so im gonna be gettin someone new i think anyhow have a good week!!!

by the way i made 2 carmel apples the other day and have made a couple of the chilli cheese wraps. they hit the spot thats for sure. that chilli was so good. cant get anything like that out here. 

Love Stetson

"you can always put your money on the Prophet" :)

The week......

Well lets see what i remember from the week.. Well on Tuesday i got my birthday package that was awesome they took the apples though lol so i have to buy some apples to have my caramel and candied apples but thats no biggy. then lets see here hmmmm we are teaching a really cool family Christine and her 2 kids Abby 9 years old and Jevoni 13 years old we also teach christines 2 sisters umm lets call them Pet and Kody thats not their real names but thats what everyone calls them anyhow they are awesome i love going over there. they absolutely love the message and everything we teach. they all have Baptism dates for the 23 of October! Then this weekend was awesome because it was conference and you do everything you can to get the investigators to come to that cuz you can always put your money on the Prophet :) well its true. right after the morning session Blossum turned to us and said we need to talk about my baptism im ready. i was like YES haha. Sandra also came and she loved it we were planning to have her baptism next weekend but we haven't got to see her much so we are gonna have to push it back. ummm hmmm lets see what else happened oh i went on a trade off down to downtown kingston with elder stubbs on wednesday  it was crazy they live in a 6 man house lol its pretty busy in the mornings trying to get ready but it was fun! then i dont really remember anything else cripes thats bad!! but i know we have 6 people with baptism dates and today was super hot playing basketball in Portmore but it was way fun got a nice sun burn and a blister on my toe but everything is going good here in Jamaica!!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL stetson