" 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 

"...things are going good just workin our tails off"

Im on the left, then Elder Conder, Elder Paxman, Elder Ngubane, Elder Snelson and Elder Engebrect

The weeek...

Well this week has been really good! Been really busy walking up and down. Yes were walking now! we were waiting on Elder Stuart to get a bike and then the first day we got it we took it out and we ended up having to push it back through town so we just have been walking and it has been pretty good we have found a lot more people to teach by walking. But everything is going good. Im trying to think of what to email home about and i cant think of anything..  I think im running out of things to write home about.. But all i know is that everything is going good! Its good to have a companion that i can relate to and we can talk about stuff that we both like to do so that makes like good! It has been super hot lately! Got a haircut last monday and i told the barber what i wanted and he started off good then just went over the top with like a 2 guard just trimmed me down close my head has got blisters on it from the sun! so that was the downer about the week.

 But like i said things are going good just workin our tails off.

We have got a few people that we are working with that are doing good we have just been strugglin with people coming to church.. I dont understand really.. If someone came to you and said the FULLNESS of the Gospel has been restored would that not trigger something that says hey i need to go and see this for myself??? I dunno i think it would but thats just me. So we have been strugglin in that part but we have made some progress we had 2 Investigators at church Sunday that really enjoyed it so ya things are coming alive a little! But anyhow things are good!!

I love you all!!

love Stetson 

MON - GO SEASON

"Called to be a trainer...He is a model missionary"

"i couldn't be more lucky...im lovin it!!"

Well he can Ride he can Rope...i couldn't be more lucky! 

Well i got my new companion! Elder Stuart from Woodruff Utah. Really cool guy. He comes from a ranch so thats all i could ever ask for. But ya everything is good besides the fact that he is like 6'3 towers over me but everything is good! i was super nervous on Tuesday night and Elder Randle texted me and said rancher and hunter or tong-an? haha well i ended up with the rancher so im happy! It has been a learning experience already i keep trying to put myself in his shoes and say ok how was it for me but i have no clue i cant remember that far back but he is picking up on teaching and still strugglin with the language. but hey i still do sometimes. But i am super excited for the next 2 transfers it is going to be fun!

We have had some cool experiences already... we were teaching Lorretta and a girl comes over and sits down and Lorretta was all listen to these guys they will teach you some good stuff she was super excited to learn more and just totally prepared so that was cool! but i cant really think of anything else that has happened thats bad but just know all is well and im lovin it!! 

Well i love you all

Love stetson

"...Sweat drippin off of me Sittin... on my 5 gallon bucket"

El Montgomery and El Barker SKYPING on Mother's Day :)

Well here i am again Sweat drippin off of me Sittin... on my 5 gallon bucket again! shoot its hot in here! 

Welcome to Jamaica ha!

Well This week has been pretty good. just working our tails off trying to find some people to teach. And thats about all for the week. I went on a trade off with elder Mccready in Spanish town on Friday and Saturday that was a lot of fun. We also got transfer calls on Saturday... Elder Barker is going to Portmore and i will be training so i have no clue who it will be but i will meet him on Wednesday. Im pretty nervous to train really but it will be a good experience so im looking forward to it. It was also really good to be able to talk with the Family on mothers day crazy how big Brehts kids are gettin...crazy. Oh thank goodness a FAN they just brought out a fan woohooo haha she must of seen me drippin sweat ha. but i dont really know what else to say besides things are going good. We had a fireside after church which was directed to getting the branch more involved in missionary work. it was good we had a round robin type thing where we all went around and asked each person questions trying to help everyone get to know each other better. then we had quotes from all the prophets about missionary work and how the members and the missionaries should work together But it turned out pretty good. we lost some members during it due to the fact that it looked like it was going to rain so they high tailed it outta there. but any how everything is going good! 

Thanks for everything!! love you all!

Stetson 

"Were just in a hole and we have to dig ourselves out."

This Old Highway is getting longer.... 

Seems there ain't no end in site.... 

To sleep would be best..

 But we just cant afford to rest...

We gotta Teach the Gospel again tonight.... 

Well boy howdy! Things are going ok... we have had a rough past couple of weeks. Just cant seem to have anything go right for us. And its defiantly no fun. But all i know is that we just have to keep working hard and it will start happenin! But explaining that  to a new guy can be kinda hard. But i know thats what we have to do! Our district was having real tough time of finding people and getting them to church and so forth.. So i was sitting there planning on what to teach for district meeting and i was looking in some past notes and stuff and i saw Commitment Pattern in big letters and i was like DUH DUH DUH! thats what we need and so thats what i taught and i felt that it was good for the 2 new Missionaries and a good Reminder for the other Elder Montgomery and I... Yes there is two of us. I felt that the rest of the week was a lot better after that and we just kept applying it over and over and it was really looking good for having people at church and so forth. We did have one show up which was really cool but i have no idea what happened to the other 4 or 5. So its been kinda tough with that just happening over and over. The people that we are teaching have tons of potential but they just aren't acting... i just keep hearing from members that this is a hard missionary area.. But i dunno i just know we have to keep at it and it will be good. Were just in a hole and we have to dig ourselves out.
 But i was able to go on a trade off with Elder Montgomery ha that was fun... Whats your name Elder Montgomery.. oh well whats your name? Elder Montgomery... Weird look on face... wait are you brothers? ha it was fun and we had some good teaching appointment over there in May-pen so that was really good! But it has been raining like crazy True the rainy season haha about everyday it rains and not just a sprinkle i mean RAIN. But all is good crazy that is almost transfers again this went way fast and mothers day is Sunday so my last call home super stoked about that!! 

Anyhow i love you all!!!

Love STETSON 

"i just gotta keep on keepin' on!"

Well another week gone! 

Things are going alright here in Old Harbour. We had a Zone conference this week so that was cool getting together with all the missionaries. Elder Randle being the Assistant now he teaches at those i wish i woulda had some hillbilly teeth so i could pull all sorts of faces at him. The meeting was really good we talked about Growth and Real growth.. and the differences between them. We want real growth and so that was the focus of the meeting on how we can get some real growth going here in Jamaica we have had to much growth and not enough real growth.. So we just need people that are going to live the gospel in other words. It made me remember when i was serving with Trenten Dale formerly Elder Dale but he said you know from now on i only want to baptize those that are going to stay around not just hang around for a month of so but that are truly converted and in it for the long haul. And that has stuck with me ever since he said that. And while we were together we had 2 that are defiantly in it for the long haul. And ever since then i have felt good about all the ones i have helped to come into the church. But man the ones we are working with here in Old Harbour are tough. dang it has been some of the toughest weeks of my mission. And this past week was one of the toughest it just seems like nothing can go right. Our teaching pool has shrunk and we are trying to build it up but its just not seeming to work. must be one of those testing times! Just have to push through it and the good things will come out of it! Actually i was sittin there Saturday night right before bed looking at some scriptures and just trying to find something that i was looking for but i looked in the bible at some but i just wasn't finding anything and then Boom right in my lap!  Alma 17:11

And the Lord said unto them also: Go forth among the Lamanites, thy brethren, and establish my word; yet ye shall be patient in long-suffering and afflictions, 

that ye may show forth good examples unto them in me, and I will make an instrument of 

thee in my hands unto the salvation of many souls.

AMEN was all i could say to that haha

 I got to thinking ya know thats exactly what i have to do. I just have to be patient through it all! And then i always think of Elder Hollands Mormon Message "Good things to come" Where he says in it you keep going, You keep walking... i dont really remember all that he says but you can look it up and watch it! And also that quote kept coming back to me about how on a smooth trail you may get there faster but a rough path teaches you more... So i know there is something i gotta learn from this. So anyhow though it was a tough week i know that i just gotta keep on keepin' on! Well its crazy to think that my time is drawing to an end soon but im just gonna keep on keepin' on! Well i love you all have a wonderful week! 

Love Stetson