"it was awesome the spirit was so strong"

hey im online

HEY HEY good morning!!! wow what a crazy week!!!! we got a phone call from Jack on monday or tuesday and he said lets get the baptism on the road lol so we had a baptism saturday night Brother ashby jacks good friend baptized him it was a really good baptism service brother palmer gave a talk and it was awesome the spirit was so strong!!! we still have De-Ann scheduled for baptism this coming saturday she is awesome! her friends have been giving her a hard time but she fights her battles well so thats good she is gonna be an awesome member!!! we have been trying to find new people to teach so thats what we have been doing most of this week!!! Hugh Hornett is leaving to south africa he is a member probably the funniest guy on the island he is hilarious!!! we had a farewell party last night for him at the Palmers house ate cake and cookies and all kinds of goodies! the Palmers are awesome! hmmmm what else i forgot my camera cord today so i cant send any pictures darn it... President hendricks is coming to the island to interview de-ann on wednesday so we get to spend the day with him that will be exciting!!! i dont know if he is gonna bring my guitar. that would be nice but i havent asked him! it has been way hot here 92 was the high of this week crazy huh the nights still cool off to about low 70's though so thats nice. everything is way expensive here i bought a milkshake the other day that costed me 5.75 US sheesh crazy. but its really nice here it just sucks for trying to teach people during the day because everyone is at work so we have to always find stuff to do during the day. its not like jamaica where you can walk down a street and talk to a billion people but its going good! i need to learn spanish though we are teaching a couple people that cant speak that good of english so thats tough! by the way i got the pretzel package!!!!! they forwarded it from kingston to me it was awesome!!!!!! thanks for the letters and the goodies!!!! no they werent all crumbs they were actually still in pretty good shape! there was big hunks  too! hmmmm i cant think what else but i will send this and if i think of anything else i'll email it!!!

LOVE STETSON

hey my eyes have been bothering me i dont know if i should get my eyes checked or what a member let me put her glasses on and everything seemed so clear but i dunno what to do..... and there is no eye doc in the ward darn it. but just like when we are siting teaching a lesson or something it seems like i cant see that good and i feel like im in a tunnel or something i dunno how to explain it i ran out of money on my mission card this week. i had ordered food at wendys and so elder dale had to buy my food it was embarrassing. but any how i only got a few more minutes but i was thinking if maybe grandma would make me some banana oatmeal cookies and you could send them down with bob that would be awesome i dont really know what else i need hmmmmmm

WELL MY TIME IS UP DARN IT I GOTTA GO I LOVE YOU ALL TAKE CARE LOVE STETSON

PS TELL TIM HELLO HAVENT TALKED TO HIM IN AWHILE!!!! AND I NEED TYLER MONTGOMERYS ADDRESS SO I CAN WRITE HIM A LETTER.

"this week flew by!!!"

hey hey!!!wow another week gone crazy huh! this week flew by!!! it seems just like yesterday i was in here at this internet place!! im enjoying cayman its really nice and the people are nice. i had to give a talk in church sunday it went good. i had it all written down on paper then i was sitting there and just had the feeling of leaving it on my chair when i went up. so thats what i did! just took my book of mormon. its nice being able to talk about rodeo or roping and people actually understand what your talking about here so that was nice!!! we have a baptism on march 5 th it will be in the ocean so thats cool. dee-an is her name. she is awesome. she is going to be an awesome member! I need zach to come and teach me some of that spanish! we have a couple investigators that speak very little english so knowing spanish would help out a lot!

Yes dad i got the magazine with all your little foot notes in it. haha crazy ol man! how are the horses? have you sold anymore or are you still increasing the herd haha. have ya been using spit or is he just a lawn ornament? better keep him tuned up for me. being dumped on him once was enough. put skinny on him and make him rope at the brandings! i dont know what else i need you to send me. ummm i cant really think of anything i need. things are more expensive here. money is not in US its in CI but most places take US i think. ummmm this week was good we had some crazy moments with some people we had one lady freak out on us cuz we called her mom by her first name that was ridiculous we just wanted to give her mom the sacrament but she wouldnt let us it was ridiculous she was rude slammed the door in our face crazy!!!! last monday we went to see dolphins and then we went and sat on the beach! then that night at family home evening i had to teach the lesson. i was nervous but it went good! then at church a guy from utah came up to us and said he wanted to go teaching with us! we didnt have any set appointments we still had to call and confirm them. we took his number and said we would call him. well 30 mins later he texts us and said that the spirit was pressing on him that he needed to go with us to see a less active. but we didnt have any. and we didnt really feel comfortable taking him just because of how he was acting with us. so we didnt take him. we didnt even see anyone so we couldnt really take him. we went to 2 different churches last night the first one the preacher was way prideful and it was honestly scary!!! the people looked at us like we were some weird people they wouldnt even wave at us.... the next one we went to was just getting over they were nice the preacher came to us and shook our hand we met most the people there we said thanks for being so nice and he was like thats what the church of Jesus Christ is known for right so that was strange. Thursday Hugh took us to dinner at a way nice steak house it was so good way expensive. so good having a good steak! then on friday we went to a business meeting with a millionaire he used to own a pro football team in canada he wants to get ensigns in work places so we went and discussed that with other members at lunch it was way good!

 but ya thats about all i think im gonna send some pictures

I love you all!!!

LOVE STETSON

hello from Cayman!!!!!!!!!

 wow its so nice here its like serving in the states i guess! (dont know what thats like but if i had to guess) the people are way nice. my flight was way good. i flew by myself. i got here at about 8 tuesday night. its awesome here you can pretty much see the beach wherever you go. wednesday we went and ate lunch on the water front where all the tourists come in off the cruises its weird seeing white people thats for sure! im having to adjust again. i was just getting used to Jamaica and now im in little america lol. having a car is way nice!! i drove for my first time on Thursday. crazy driving on the other side of the road. but im getting used to it! we went running on the beach the other morning and we went this morning also. that was a killer haha i about died! but we have some awesome investigators one with a baptism date march 5th so thats cool. but ya Cayman is cool just trying to readjust i guess you could say!!! Elder Dale is awesome!!!! an awesome missionary and a super chill guy!!! he hit his year mark in January. we have lots in common so thats a plus!!! it seems that we have alot of similar things that have happened to us in our lives and some stories he tells to investigators its like he is telling my story so that is cool!! but he is a hard worker and an awesome guy i couldnt ask for anything better!!! he served in Kingston and was there for quite a while and has been here almost 5 months. but the week has went awesome. oh and he plays the freakin guitar like its going out of style man he can play way good he wrote his own song and everything its awesome so hopefully he can teach me a thing or 2!!! but my guitar is in jamaica.... elder gardner didnt know if i could bring it with me on the plane so i had to leave it. i think he just wanted to use it. he is learning how to play so that kinda worries me a little but maybe they will bring it when they come for zone conference! and ya they fly out here for zone conference just the assistants and the mission president though

any how i didnt have many opportunities to get pictures so hopefully next week i have some to send home! but ya i dont know what else oh our apartmant is nice its like going to a nicer hotel you know what i mean? not super nice but classy lol and hot water woohooo thats awesome! but ya everything is good here! hope everything is good there i love you all! love stetson

hey can you get bob and bonnie templemans email for me?

my mailin adress is

91 OUTPOST STREET GT

PO BOX 11918 APO

GRAND CAYMAN KY1-1010

THE WORD IS OUT!!!

Here’s the rest of  January 17th email "that no one was suppose to know" until now...lol.

so thursday we went to kingston for a zone conference. well i got taken out of the zone conference with the office elders they said you have to come with us. so i went to some place who knows what it was. then i had to go to the police station and wait in line forever. 2 hours actually. then they took my finger prints and i was like why am i here? what did i do? well come to find out

im being transferred to

the freakin' CAYMAN ISLANDS!!!!! woo hooooo!

i cant believe it.  i was shocked when they told me. hahaha it was so crazy they wouldnt tell me when though it could be this transfer or the next. so febuary 9th i might be on a plane lol crazy huh!!!! when we got back to the zone conference elder brough was like cayman. thats awesome. i was supposed to keep it quiet and i dont know how he found out. dont put that on my blog ok. no one is supposed to know im going. i heard from elder gardner that it was his favorite area he is one of the assistants he said its just like bein in the states the members are rich they feed you and they give you gift certificates to the steak houses he loved it!!! i know its crazy its a big change plus i get a car hahaha. i hope randle gets transferred there too. me and randle would white wash it.... that would be cool.. hey look for elder ware in phoenix thats where he is.
you know my mtc companion.

i did a little Jamaican style plowing this week with Chin (Tara's Brother)
then i got a big ol blister!

Its Transfer week!!!!!!!!!!!!!

elder Gardner one of the assistants called us yesterday before church and told us about transfers. i leave for cayman tomorrow at 4 haha crazy huh!!!!
elder wilson is getting transfered to he is going to Kingston! so yesterday was a day of going around and saying goodbye! im glad they told us we were leaving before church! so that was we got to say good bye to people at church! it was pretty sad i got up and bore my testimony and told them that it was my last sunday here in linstead i think i seen some tears or maybe just alot of sad faces i dunno! but after that we went and hung out at Tara's she made us dinner then we just said goodbyes and all that it was sad they are awesome!!! Tara said she is gonna make my wedding cake :) after that we went to Sister Robinsons for more dinner. ugh shoot me. lol and we were there till it was time to come in. when we got home we packed and started cleaning up and elder randle called i got to talk to him and peterson that was cool. im not gonna see peterson on the mission again he will be gone before i get back. then we played battleship to see who the champion was and he was kickin my butt he had 3 of my ships found then i made a glorious come back and beat him by one shot ah yaaaaa :) seems like we were just workin the kinks out and we were starting to have really good lessons and things were going good!!! then we get transfered but thats how it goes i guess! we had a pretty good week we met a lady named Joy! she is so cool we met her last sunday and we went and seen her everyday of the week she is AWESOME. she thought we lived and died that was it well we taught her the plan of salvation and she was shocked it was awesome she told us yesterday she hasn't felt this good in a long time she said i actually have a purpose in this life it was awesome but its gonna be hard to say bye!
then at church we talked to brother Grant afterwards and we just pretty much said bye but i said you know i thought i would be the one to baptize you but i guess not! then i bore my testimony to him and wow it was so awesome he made the comment about something. he said "WHEN" I get baptized! Not "IF WHEN"!!

that means he is gonna do it so it was cool just to here him say that. but he is an awesome guy! other than that the week was mainly just walking around trying to find some new people to teach so Joy was the highlight of the week!!! any how i just gotta go to the house and pack. then the assistants are picking us up at 1 tomorrow then im off to cayman!!! wooohhhooooo!!!
well i love you all LOVE STETSON

Cayman Islands  Grand Cayman Island Owen Roberts Intl.Airport



"this week was pretty....... well slowwwwwwww!"

 me with a chicken foot in my mouth! no i didnt eat it. i fed it to the cat! lol

hey hey!!! this week was pretty....... well slowwwwwwww! but looking back it went fast! nothing to much happened! this week was weird because of the memorial on monday then p day was on tuesday and wednesday was district meeting then thursday was a full day then friday was super planning so that was like a half day then saturday and then sunday was half a day and now waa la its monday again!!! woot woot!! i dont really know what happened this week it seems like we didnt do anything. hmmmm it was boring that was for sure.

we have some investigators that are pretty lazy it seems like. they dont want to come to church! not everyone has cars like back home so they either have to walk or taxi and they always make the excuse of "its too far and the sun is too hot and i dont have any money to taxi! hello we walk out here everyday to see you we know what its like!!! its just frustrating! the 2 best ones brother grant and john are still just sitting in one spot they wont commit to a baptism date i dont know what to do with them!!! anyhow other than that not much really happened! we have been just mainly finding new people to teach and thats what we have been doing this week.hmmmm what else.... i cant think oh i need some schick razor replacement blades its the hydro 5 razor. it sounds like tegans deal went good! and sounds like she is playing good! ya and elder randle is a funny kid thats for sure he wrote in my journal that i let other missionaries i serve with write in and his is hilarious haha he is a cool kid! but ya thats all i can think of right now! but ill keep thinking. love ya

monday was elder walkers memorial so that took up most of the day!

tuesday we had our normal p day we stayed home and cleaned and did our laundry then at 6 we went to dinner and sister robinsons. wednesday we had district meeting in spanish town it was good it was elder wilsons birthday so he made a cake and then we watched the missionary driving safety video its pretty funny! we then came back to linstead went and seenpeople in deeside. then came back into linstead and seen some more. that was pretty much the day. thursday we went to commodore to see our investigators there but they were gone so we just went and talked to people and then headed to deeside. there we seen brother grant, vivine and michelle. then we came back to linstead and went and found some new people to teach we met mavel and natoya natoya seems pretty cool she has a huge house then we went to dinner at sister davis's house and thats where the chicken foot picture came from. we were out there till about 8:30.

 so we came in after that.

the gold looking one is my plate of rice and peas and chicken that sister davis gave me.

 the white and blue one is wilsons huge plate that she gave him. haha crazy!

friday we had our super planning so we planned then took a nap lol after that we went to commodore and seen stacy. then we met a new lady Nadine she is cool she has met with missionaries before but wants to learn more. then we went to dinner at the other stacys and then we went and saw wesly and that was it for the night! saturday we went on splits with some members we went and seen some less active people that was fun to get away for a little bit! we did that tell about 2 then we went to deeside and sister richards made dinner for us then we went and seen vivine had a good lesson with her. she likes to talk alot.

sunday we went to church we had 6 investigators there and 7 less actives back to church that was good since it was raining. usually hardly any one comes out when it rains but church was good. but after church was over we had 2 people ask for blessings. then sunday night we went to sister robinsons for dinner and we watched Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration with them and john it was really good for john since one of his concerns is Joseph Smith! then we came home so that was our week!!! Everything here is going good. im ready to leave Linstead.  im gonna miss it. but its like my time here is up. i havent got the transfer call yet that will probably be next monday i imagine.

love ya stetson

 pan of macaroni that didn’t get washed for 4 days.

it has mold growing on it. it was nasty!



Rehearsing "Called to Serve" for Elder Walkers Memorial Service.

"its all good"

this week was crazy thats for sure ever since monday it has been nuts. but everything is ok. the week went kinda slow just because of the incident i think but its all good. wednesday we went to spanish town for district meeting and that was good the assistants came and talk to us and told us not to worry and dont be affraid. but ya other than that i cant really think of anything exciting that happened its just been slow. i think linstead is just getting old maybe all of our investigators pretty much fell off the deep end. brother grant and john are our 2 strongest ones and i have been teaching them ever since i have been in linstead so they know everything but they wont accept a baptism date or anything. its frustrating. they say that they know that the book of mormon is true. just like elder lee said missionary work sucks until you find those good people that are awesome and ready to hear the message and ready to change. the hard thing is just finding them people! lol i have been getting over this cold or whatever i have but today it seems like its coming back my throat is sore. today we had a memorial for elder walker. it was good we went to spanish town and they spoke to us and it was good. all the missionaries sang called to serve it was really good we sang it to a different tune i guess or something it was really cool. then Elder Coleman from the 70 and area presidency was there and he talked to us and it was funny he made us laugh. ummmm lets see what else i cant really think of anything else ill send this and think some more. 

 love you all Stetson

(looks like cabbage, tomatoes and carrots....yum!)

HEy i was thinking you need to put good pictures on that website of dads... like that video of me and kyle at the burley rodeo or the one of me and sara at the burley rodeo and then you bought that one picture that has like 3 pictures of me at the filer rodeo. i dont know if you know what im talking about. but thats a good picture of me roping on lippy at the filer rodeo. then for cinch there is some pictures of me calf roping on him in filer and he is holdin the rope tight. its on my myspace page in my pictures. just get good ones on there lol. and this dont have to be any time soon but i was thinking a flag football set would be fun and also send a good football leather one. but ya anyways thats it. still no packages yet darn it. i thought i would get them today but i just got Laurens today but that was it. well my time is almost up! i love you all. have a good week we will talk to you next week i love you!! stetson

"THE TRINITY"

The "TRINITY"

Elder Peterson the "Father", Elder Montgomery the "Son" and Elder Randle the "Holy Ghost".



Tragedy in JaMAiCa

"I dont know if you can see this very good but this picture was taken just before the shooting took place the bullet went between elder ostberg and nelson and then hit the jamaican
elder walker"

This is a 15 passenger van which has 4 bench seats behind the front seats.  Elder Ostberg was seated on the far back bench by the rear window; he was covered with glass and some of the glass went into his right eye; the bullet passed by him on his right side.  He commented that he heard the bullet pass by his head.  Elders Knowlton and Nelson were sitting on the next seat forward and the bullet passed between them.  Elder Walker (the only Jamaican Elder in the van) was seated on the third seat forward (the middle of the five rows in the van) and was struck in the left temple by the bullet. 
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Hell-on-a-church-bus_8303688