" i was just hit with the Spirit...my eyes were full BUT i didnt cry.. :)"

Yo Step.... Yo Mi Nah Step 

Well another week is gone!!! and also another transfer.... 1 left! 

Holy smokes where does the time go? I cant believe its already transfers this week! Well Elder Stuart and I are going to be together for my last one here in Old Harbour. which im excited i have come to love this area.. I think its one that just takes sometime to grow on ya. but things are going really good. 

This week we really focused on working with the members of the church trying to find some people through them.. Got my fingers crossed that some will pull through for us. We are scrappin the bottom of the drum for investigators. We have got 4 main ones. Christina who is doing really good she is getting more and more comfortable when she comes to church this week was a really good week for her she really enjoyed church. Then we have Sister Francis, she is doing good we have been focusing on her a lot and not really getting the results from her and thats tough but hoping for the best. Then we have Ann-marie and Abigail doing really good but haven't come to church and i think once they just make that step all will be well! 

Yesterday we met a less-active member who has been less active for a while. She is awesome though been through the temple and all. But anyhow had just an awesome lesson with her she was in tears and then i shared a personal story with her and as i was telling her it and i was just hit with the Spirit i was almost in tears my eyes were full BUT i didnt cry.. :) Spirit was just so strong and i think it was just what she needed to hear. When i finished she said thats exactly how i feel. It was just amazing! 

But anyhow all is going really good i can't say it enough im so thankful for this opportunity that i have to be here in Jamaica! 

Thanks for all the support!!

I love you all! Love Stetson

P.S. the weather has been pretty good nothing much happening...just hot and rainy... typical day in jamaica  

"good thing we had wood to build a boat to get into town"

i took these pics this morning... thats why we were late to email.. 

Thought we were going to be trapped in our house all day today but good thing we had wood to build a boat to get into town.. All kinds of rain this morning. It poured rain all the way to church yesterday as well was wet all of church and then right when im almost dry we leave and get about a hundred yards from the church and it dumps on us! All of our appointments fell through so we we left soaking wet wandering around for a while until we could find someone to teach. 

Anyhow this week has been pretty slow. I woke up Tuesday morning feeling horrible and about half way through the day it hit elder Stuart as well. Just miserable. But it went away for the most part and then Sunday it came back to me so most of the week i have been sick. 

There was a lot of good things that happened this week though. We had a zone meeting where we really focused on the recent converts and how we can help them to progress and become Active members of the church. Learned a lot from that. 

Then on Friday we were having our super planning for the week and we were reviewing a lady that has a Baptism date and were discussing how we felt that she wouldnt be ready by that day. Well we thought on it and i remembered that when we extended the date we said July 7th but she thought that was to far away and said she could be ready by the 23rd of june so we moved it to that. Well after talking about it and so forth we just felt that that was the day July 7th is when she needed the date for. She could be more prepared by that day... Well then we had to tell her and i was nervous because she is so excited for her date to come.. Well we just start by telling her how when we first extended the date we wanted to shoot for July 7th and that is what we really feel that God wants. I truly believe that that was the day that when we prayed that the Lord wanted. So it was just a cool experience and once we put it that way she said well if that was the first date then that is the right one. So i learned to always stick to what we receive the first time. 

But other than being sick it has been a pretty good week overall. 

"little view of paradise" 

One night we were walking home and we live about a mile from town so we are on the road and i turn around and see this lady walking really fast behind us. I turn to Elder Stuart and say is that the crazy lady?? I look back and sure enough it is! She just blows past us and then goes up to this gate so we speed up almost to a jog but she comes up with a Mango in her hand and is trying to give it to Elder Stuart.. Finally he takes it and then she does a creepy face and then turns around and walks off.. it was pretty intense.. And every time we see her on the road she comes up and is just creepy. But anyhow that was the random story of the week..

Anyways i love you all!!

Love Stetson   

"Fork.. Flip... Fork.. Flip... never knew that part of the chicken could fly."

How on earth  is it Monday again???

Man the time is just flying by. Seems like this week went super fast. This week i went on a trade-off with the other Elder Montgomery in Maypen. It was pretty good we rode our bikes a Loooonnnng way going down was a breeze but coming back to maypen we had the wind blowing in our face and it was miserable pedal 10 feet forward and the wind would blow you back 9 feet it was rough i dont know how we did it. But it was really good because we got fed a rally good dinner.... Curried Chicken foot and chicken neck just to top off the day! Ha i just know that dog that was there sure wasn't complaining... Fork.. Flip... Fork.. Flip... never knew that part of the chicken could fly. But it was a good day. 

(The church in old harbour)  

Things here in Old harbour are going good.We are having a lot of success with a few of our investigators. Christina is doing awesome she has been at church the past 3 Sundays and we have been having really good lessons with her. She just really wants to learn and when your teaching someone like that it just makes teaching way better! But she is doing great. We are also teaching Sister Follett she is defiantly making progress but i don't know if its fast enough to make her baptism date but i hope so. 

(this lttle boy stayed like this the whole lesson so i had to take a pic of him afterwards)

It has been really hot here lately Summa time is here you know well not quite but pretty close. Sometimes i look back and just say how on earth did we survive today with all that walking. But all is going great i have a great trainee and the area is doing good as well so things are great!!

  (some pics of Elder Ostberg on the right me and elder taylor on the left)

Anyhow i love you all and thank you all for everything that you do for me!!

Love Stetson  

"Cant believe time is winding down...where has the time gone??"

 Elder Stuart and I

Well this week has been awesome!! We have been walking every where and its been a lot of that indeed but we have been finding more people that way! We have been busy and things are a lot better from the last transfer.

 We have several investigators that are coming along great. 5 investigators were at church this week and it was just an awesome feeling because we have been working our tails off and it paid off. An investigator named Christina is awesome.. she had been taught before but was always busy with school so it was hard to see her but now its summer break we have been seeing her more and she is doing awesome. Just one of those people you teach that you just cant wait for the next time you see them. She has been reading and praying and has come to church the last 2 Sundays. She is making huge progress!! In the middle of the lesson it will just go quiet and you look at her and she has her eyes closed and you can just tell she is in deep thinking and then she just opens her eyes and is all yep ok! We ask her to pray about what we have taught and she says already did! Its been awesome teaching her!! Sister Follett is coming along good as well we have been working with her for the past couple weeks she came to church on Sunday so that was awesome. But things are going really good here loving every moment of it! 

 Jeromy and Atanya they are 2 of the awesomest members here in old harbour

Cant believe time is winding down.. I look at the calendar and im just like no way.. where has the time gone?? Pretty crazy. Elder Randle calls me this morning with the flight plans and i was ticked... He leaves on a different flight than us. he leaves the same day just at 630 and i leave at 830...  i was devastated so we are seein what we can do to see if we cant get on the same flight out of Jamaica!  But anyhow enough about that business... But im lovin it!! Its been getting really hot! True its almost summa time ha its also hurricane season so probably going to be getting lots of rain soon. 

But anyhow everything is going good!! 

I love you all

Love Stetson

some random pics and some of our house