The picture was taken at the mission home.
In front is Sister Israelsen. From left to right, Elder Randle, Elder Ostberg, President Hendricks
and Elder Montgomery.
Dear Brother and Sister Montgomery,
We are happy to let you know your son arrived safely in Kingston, Jamaica. He is in good spirits and arrived anxious to become involved in the great work being done here. When he arrived we met him at the airport and brought him to the mission home where he spent his first two nights. We helped him with banking and immigration matters and then provided training and orientation.
He was interviewed and met his trainer, Elder Peterson. They then went to their area where they began the work he came here to do. Your son will be serving in Linstead. As parents we can appreciate your concern for him and his welfare and felt you would like to know he is safe and doing fine.
We want to thank you for raising such a fine son and for your support for him while he is here. Your support for the next few weeks while he may experience some homesickness will be very important. The work is really beginning to blossom here in Jamaica and the people are warm and friendly. We are confident he will have a special experience. We can assure you we will do everything we can to help him grow and develop and are confident his testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ will increase. Through his mission experiences he will draw closer to our Savior. We are so grateful to have him here.
We will appreciate your continued support. Please feel free to contact us if we can be of assistance.
Gratefully,
President and Sister Hendricks
hey hey hey everything is good here its crazy hot and always rains everyday ive been here it has rained. i dont need new shirts i sweat off pounds everyday i think. we get fed almost everynight by some different members except for fri and sat we cook us a fancy dinner when we have to make it ourselves we take 2 pieces of bread spread something we call peanut butter on one slice then some strawberry jam on the other slice and thats what we eat like every meal haha except breakfast we make egg sandwiches which im already sick of. i could use some sweddish fish and some of the watermelons and mike and ikes and twixs and kit kats oh and barbs carmels maybe some tortillas to i dont think they have them here make a list of everything you send and put it in the package so i know if customs stole anything.i think i can buy shoes here when these ones get worn out deoderant i can buy here toothpaste and soap to so no worries well thats if they put money in my bank yet. im gonna tak 20 u.s and get it transferred to jamaican money. dad i havent seen any horses i here there isnt very many only some by ohco rhios or something like that and they mainly race them. thats funny that kid saw me at the mtc walking around in my cowboy boots haha. you better keep using spit. your supposed to finish him up for me so when i get back i have a good horse. me and my compainon are doing good we get along good we are going to set a baptism date with a kid tonight for sept 11 he is so excited he said he got answers to his prayers and he came to church yesterday. all his friends are members so that helps we gave him a book of mormon last night so hopefully he keeps doing good. i gave a little girl a blessing yesterday i was so scared she was sick and she was crying the whole time i was blessing her and we took our hands off and she quit crying before we left she was up running around way cool experience well i got to go now im gonna try to send some pictures today if i have time well love you all stetson
