"still had no mail in the post office all week and still no sign of a package...but thats a good makin for a song lol"

         

just some views from our house.... NOT! p day at the ritz carlton hotel :)

Well another week is gone!!! CRAZY how fast this last week went. Seemed like everything was in fast forward! Well first off i didn't write down much about what happened this week but i will try to remember some of the things. This week was a good one. For the totals we have 3 people with baptism dates- Kerry-an July 9th Yolanda- July 9th and Naketa- July 30th and a couple others that are right there with them so hopefully this week we can get some more people ready! Church... we had 3 investigators at church Jana, Angie and Arilio Church was good the sacrament meeting went really good the last speaker kinda went a little crazy... lets just say you would never hear some one talk about that kind of stuff back home... pretty much called his wife out for not being at church anyhow ummmmm... Right as soon as he went on talking about it i leaned back and looked at Randle who was sitting with our other investigator and he looked at me and we both had the same thought..... CRAP... my thoughts were excatly that i was thinking our investigators are gonna freak i was so embarrassed! but we made it through it! Or was it just the start?.....Gospel principles lesson was on... the... Law..of...Chastity.... remember this is 2 of thems first time at church.. well the lesson went good actually Jana was talking and was really into it so it was good bro. palmer does a good job at teaching the class and he knew it was going to be awkward he told a story about how he was on a bike ride one time and they were on these cliffs and how it was like a 30 foot drop and he had to stop cuz he is deathly afraid of heights so he sat there and the leader came and asked him well wynn where are you eyes? where are you looking? he said in this funny voice... im looking at the freakin cliff man im gonna fall down this thing.. the guy then told him no look on the safe side..... something then he tied that into his lesson but it was really good! all 3 of them said that they were going to come back next week so thats good! In priesthood President Ashby was talking about how easy it is to start talking about religion to people and how because of people thinking about running for President and how The Book of Mormon Musical came out... he said i have no idea who would want to watch a musical about the life of a missionary he was all no offense guys but your life is pretty boring it was funny. then later on we had dinner at the Ashby's and that was pretty much Sunday. This week we had dinner with the Chad and Meghan Carter They had told us that we were going to Grand ol house for dinner at 6:30 so we went there like 10 minutes early the lady asked if we had reservations i said well its probably under chad carter so she looked and nothing was on the list Randle had snuck away to the bathroom so i just told her that we would wait until they got there. Then a guy came up and was asking the same thing... they were like freaking out so i got up and went to the bathroom when we came out we sat on the chairs and thats when Chad called and said that they weren't doing the pasta night or something but he told us to go to Eats Cafe and we would eat there... so on our way out i grab 3 mints out of the bowl and Randle grabs one well they were the best mints so Randle is like go back in and grab some more i was like no way unless you go with me... so we go in and i block the way for him and we load up on them hahaha it was hilarious! Then on Friday night we had an appointment with Chad Powell and his family they live way out towards like east end so we get out there and we were starving we were hoping that they would have dinner but we had never said anything and neither had they but we get there and sure enough TACOS! there little boy Chado is crazy he was on like a computer chair and he jumps off well the chair spun but luckily he landed on his feet and he holds up is hand like to give his dad a high five and was that was awesome man. then his dad just looked at him and left him hangin chado just kept his hand up looking around like come on man give me a high five! well i dont really remember anything else that happened! Things are going good here thats for sure still had no mail in the post office all week and still no sign of a package...but thats a good makin for a song lol anyhow i love you all!!! Love Stetson

Elder Peterson's Homecoming

What a Great Day! 

Tegan, Laytn, Elder Chase Peterson, Leanne, Bailee and Lauren

in behalf of Elder Montgomery..."HAPPY FATHERS DAY!"

After several attempts of calling every phone number we own...Wynn Palmer, the Cayman Islands Mission Leader, was finally able to talk to Laytn in behalf of Elder Montgomery and wish him a Happy Fathers Day.  Elder Montgomery and Randle were visiting the Palmers like they do most every Sunday and because of mission rules Elder Montgomery was not able to talk to him, but of course we could hear him and Elder Randle in the background...."We Love You!...don't let Spit (his horse) go to pot...haha. Pres. Palmer said he has really enjoyed having Elder Montgomery serve in his area. He assured him that he has been working hard and is doing great. Despite the fact that Elder Montgomery "ropes" him all the time...lol...He said "I have nothing but good things to say about him...He's Awesome...You did good. We love having him in the branch."

ya that was way nice of WYNN Palmer to do that! we always go over there on sunday nights at like 8 or 8:30 and we just talk about our week. well we were just sitting there and he says so your get to call your dads? we said no he said well whats the number i'll call for you? we must of had weird looks on our faces cuz he said what... its not you doing the actual calling so we tried and tried i called every number i knew and finally Breht answered then we eventually got a hold of you guys so that was way cool of him!! he was like i know how it is and you probably miss your dads and all that! any how...i still havent got your package unless its there today we havent checked the mail as of yet! so hopefully its here.

.99 cheese, .65 pot pies and 1.19 aunt jermima waffles sounds like a good week already!!! lol that was the buys of the week here! we usually check the grocery store around lunch time to see what they have marked down like the stuff that has to be sold before the next day or so! so we got 8 bags of shredded cheese and a bunch of pot pies and a freezer full of waffles!! things are just so dang expensive here that we have to look for the deals sometimes. we think well what are we gonna do with 8 bags of cheese??? but we just cant pass it up so we get it!

2 baptism dates!!!! Kerry-an and Yolanda both have dates for the 9th of july if yolanda is still here she will be baptized here but she is planning on moving to England this week i think so thats a bummer. but the missionaries over there will get lucky! then Kerry-an is awesome she has been investigating for a while now and finally Clive moved back to Jamaica so now she can be baptized and thats awesome so we are stoked about that!!!!

We have to feed him???? haha we took Frank Rivers teaching with us he reminds me of Snuffy he is just a big kid he is 15 but could be about 23 but he is the nicest kid ever! Well his mom cooks us lunch every saturday so after we ate Frank came teaching with us he was with us all dang day! from 2 to 9ish well at 7 we left an appointment and he said are we done yet? we said nope one more in west bay he said ummmm.... guys... my... stomach... is... mad.... im hungry. i looked at Randle and then said We have to feed him??? it was hilarious so we stopped at burger king on the way and got him 2 cheese burgers and were on the road!

Lunch with the Rhones! Sunday morning we were talking on the way to church and we said we need to have a lunch today who could we have cook us lunch.... i said well maybe the rhones but usually she tells us before hand.. so we got to church had our meetings and then church started. the rhones came in a bit late but i was standing by the branch presidents office its right outside of the chapel. we were waiting on investigators. well anyhow sis rhone grabs my pen out of my pocket and walks to our dinner calendar and puts her name down for lunch WOOHOO!!!! well she out did her self thats for sure it was such a good lunch... almost like thanksgiving. Ham Mashed potatoes and corn on the cob and of course rice and peas and some roast but it was so good i loaded up on the ham its been a while since i've had a good ham like that!!!

Jack Henry gave his first talk on sunday! he is the one that got baptized not to long after i got here. He is the branch executive secretary and during our PEC meeting he was so nervous and after that he was pacing around up and down the hall. his wife went first and right when she said amen his face was like ohhhh crap its my turn i was in the back row and all i could do was smile at him he glanced over a couple times but still just seemed so nervous finally he loosened up but over all his talk was amazing!

Well i made a list of things that happened this last week and that was it! i got out of the shower and there was another one added to the list and Randle had written it on there and it says...

Elder Randle is AWESOME!!!! well that is true!!!! so i had better put that one here too!

We had a good week especially on finding! we found a neighbor hood that was pretty much lined with apartments. so we started on them and the street is only about 3/4 mile long but it took 2 or 3 days to knock on all the doors but we have got 16 new investigators this week! we have already seen most of them a second time so thats way cool it seems like alot of them are going to be really good! we were bummed that we only had 4 at church we were hoping for a big number but hopefully next week we can get some more to come out! but everything is going good here. we are tearing it up so hopefully good things come of it!!!! its cloudy today but has been pretty nice lately and yes its hurricane season so lots of rain but nothing to big yet its been raining alot in the middle of the night if it does so thats nice. we don't have anything planned for today  we just go with the flow. anyways i love you all thanks for everything and have a good week!!!!!

 LOVE STETSON

RETURN WITH HONOR!...Well done Elders!

WELCOME HOME ELDERS

In this photo from left:  Elder Ashton, Elder Peterson (Elder Montgomerys Trainer),  

Elder Wilson (Elder Montgomerys Companion) Elder Fangalua and Elder Emery.

"do you know how to drive?"..."yes we do!"

Another week is over can ya believe it? well today is Elder Petersons last p-day thats pretty nuts he goes home wednesday or thursday. we sure are gonna miss him! crazy to think that just roughly 10 months ago i met him and now he is going home. i guess thats how fast the time flies! We havent been by the ball field much this week. we have been swamped seeing people and all that. this week was a good one thats for sure. we have been out finding new people and that was really good! last week was tough on that end of the work but this week we redeemed ourselves! we have found some good people that really seem to have promise! Thomas being one of them really cool guy! earlier this week tuesday morning actually we were looking through are area book and we found a teaching record for Darsia. well we called and she called back a little while later. she said we could go and see here so i was asking where she lived and she said Prospect! ok.... what part? on prospect drive! ok.... which house she said do you know how to drive? i said yes we do! ok then 2nd house on the right brownish house! so we went over there got on prospect drive and found the 2nd house on the left called her and said ok we are outside she said no your not... she said you have to come all the way down prospect drive.... i said well you said 2nd house on the right..she said yes but i thought you knew how to drive.... i said we are driving right now..... then she said not how to drive...... HOLLY DRIVE lol it was hilarious i dont know whats harder trying to understand someone with a hair lip trying to order Curly fries (larry the cable guy) or trying to under stand a Jamaican :) but we found her so thats good! Wednesday i had to teach district meeting you know me wait till the last minute to prepare so i was doing that tuesday night! but they all said that it was good and they said we could tell you really took time in preparing it not just a last minute thing!! hahaha but it was good! Yesterday after church we went to the Rhones for lunch it was really good they had 2 different things of meat on the table Randle kept poking at one of the plates trying to figure out what it was Sis Rhone starts busting up laughing she said your meat is on the other plate unless you like cow foot hahaha after that we were heading back to town and nature called so we stopped off at the ritz carlton to use the bathroom. talk about a nice bathroom sheesh!!! we then were walking back to the car and there was a shooping cart by the side walk so randle jumped in it and i pushed him across the road it was like the seinfield where george is trying to get the frog game across the road it was hilarious!!! sundays always bring excitment! anyhow i dont really have much more to say that about does it for the weekly report i gotta keep writting stuff down so remember more but i love you all!!!

LOve Stetson

"we have been eating like kings"

sounds as if tegans party was the place to be last night lol! we are having trouble getting on a computer at the library there is a ton of people so we might have to go to the church or something. About the arrow...... i remember losing one. i did lose an arrow back there tho broad head and all! ya see i was trying to see how my arrows would fly at 60 yards so i shot from the front of the yard and well i missed i looked and looked for an arrow but had no luck so that was my bad...sorry garret (cousin Garret found his arrow when he cut his foot on it while playing volleyball (barefoot) out in the yard)

 well about the baptism....... i dont know what happened with martha we saw her this week on wednesday and she was cool and acted like nothing had happened and we just talked to her for a while we just decided to push it off for a while. she has got a new boyfriend that lives in east end and when we go by there she is always in east end.. so who knows a big bummer thats for sure! lets see how was the week?.... it was good i always forget what happened when come in here but lets see.

Elder Randle and Montgomery with the Ockeys

 (The senior couple from the Bahamas. He is a  counselor in the mission presidency.)

 i know that the Ockeys came to town this was their last trip here they go home in june sometime. but they were here from friday evening so we have been eating like kings thats for sure copper falls then claypso grill then back to copper falls sunday night... copper falls has prime rib only on sunday night and monday and i had been dying to try it so i had to go there the last night they were here and its pres ockeys favorite steak house so he was fine going there 2 times in one trip. well lets just say that this prime rib was nothing compared to the one that me and dad and carl and kat had up in salmon at The Ranch. dad probably remembers that when we were putting in carls system that was good prime rib this was nothing.... maybe when i strike it rich i will have to take the ockeys there lol this sunday was a woozy. hardly any members showed up. good thing there was tons of tourists we only had 2 investigators at church so that was a bummer.... we had dinner at Charolette horns house one night and she had 3 friends that go to school with her and they were hilarious Chris and spencer and yemi they are so funny we were all on the subject of Bear Grills and they were making fun of this other show that does the same thing thats called surviver man. well they were like ya surviver man complains he says all they give me is one match and a piece of jerky..... then spencer says bear grills would say.... THEY GAVE YOU A MATCH? oh my it was hilarious everyone was busting up laughing couldnt stop my eyes were watering hahaha it was fun! we went and were playing catch last monday at the baseball fields and we saw the lady up by the cook shack and noticed she had tons of boxes outside so we went up and asked if we could take them to the garbage for her she said yes. so after that we told her if she ever needed help doing anything to call us so she did later that week we went and helped her move a bunch of shirts and baseball pants down stairs into the storage room. so now we can play on the fields without getting run off! then that same monday night we were supposes to teach the family home evening lesson and we had no clue what to teach it on or what we were going to do... well at about 5 i remembered those talks and things brandy sent to me. well i used the one that she did at autums baptism. me and randle did it together it was awesome did the phone calls and all. everyone was like thats so cool! i wrote her a letter telling her thanks for the talks i just gotta send it. anyhow i dont remember what else happened it was a good week though. anyhow if anything else comes to mind ill let you know
i love ya stetson

"uuuuuuuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhh..."

well good morning! sounds like things are hectic around the house lol! well we are going to get the baseball mits today. the lady has seen us looking at them the last 2 times we have went in there and we asked her if there was another store that would have them and she said not the quality of these ones! so we went and looked and she was right they were junk. so the next time we went in there she said that she would take 20% off so that was nice. hopefully this time we go in its 30 or 40% that would be nice! on to Martha...... well she was supposed to be interviewed on friday night well we saw her that morning and she said i will get off work early so we can have time get ready! and we still had to teach her a thing or two well..... that night we went to her house and she was no where to be found so we waited then i said she probably is just gonna meet us at the church so we went there and nothing it was getting down to the wire and we went to her work place nothing well we went back to her house and her car was there so we knocked and her sister wendy answered the door and said that martha was tired and she was asleep uuuuuuuuuggggggggggghhhhhhhhh... did she forget she had an interview????? well she never came out so we decided to push it off for a week called her and called her and nothing she wouldnt answer our calls so we have 2 phones we hardly use the one so we called her last night and she answered we just asked when we could go and see her she said wednesday so we will find out what is going on then i guess... someone must of told her something or something had to of happened because she was solid thats for sure. any how we have found some new people though that are really cool. Tasha she brought her family to church she is looking for the true church she said. so thats awesome. then also a couple other people so things are going good! anyways lets see here hmmm i dont know what else to say anyhow well i love ya all! Stetson.......everything is going good we are about to get booted off people are waiting in line so i gotta go!!! love ya thanks for everything!!!

"monty and rands baked goods for fast and instant relief!!!"

well lets see here this week was a good one! Well lets see here what made it so good..... well just being with randle is a good one haha but over all we have 3 people with baptism dates Martha Yolanda And Kerry-an marthas is this saturday so that is way cool! yes we have a baptism font in the church but we let them decide on where they want it to be! saturday we had some time to spare so we went across the street from the church and knock some doors at this really nice apartment complex well the people were nice but not interested we knock on # 7 the doors had glass on them so you could see threw them. the guy looks threw and i wave at him he throws his head back like rolled his eyes and sighed.... he opens the door and says we are good christians we attend church and we ARE TAKING A NAP!!!! hahaha if randle and i were bettin men we would say that he was batting for the other team if you catch my drift!!! it was hilarious! knocking doors has turned into a fun thing to do. we make it fun. and the people get a kick out of it! we have had some other crazy lessons with some people one being a gothic girl with her crazy step mom words cant even explain that one! we went and seen sister small this week. i must be gettin old i found my self doozing off while sitting there. next thing i know im out! must of got that from the bartlett side of the family! for our dinner time we have been going and watching baseball games.  its alot of fun we usually just catch the first little bit then our time is up but its still tons of fun! thats why we are wanting baseball mits so that we can play catch and maybe round up a bat so we can hit some balls on p-days! how much do you think it would cost to send some baseball mits out? last night at the palmers we learned how to make crepes they were pretty dang good for me and randles first time they were good!!! Last week we made a cake and shared it wiith some members they all came back and said that was the best cake ever so i guess we have a career in cooking cake maybe we could start a little side business called monty and rands baked goods for fast and instant relief. oh the fun we have. its been the best time of my mission so far....well that time with peterson was one of the best too. but everything is good. things are going really good! any how i love you all!!! and yes i tried monkey bread and it turned out ok. we had some bisquits at the house that were buttermilk bisquits with butter in them so they turned out good but just not the best! ok i better go talk to you soon!!!! and ill get some pics sent to you to love ya LOVE STETSON

"me and randle have been tearing it up!!"

Hello good morning felize navidad :) we are at the church. the library is closed. its like discovery day or something. the day columbus came here. wow what a week it was it flew by i must say. i guess thats what happens when you are having fun!!! me and randle have been tearing it up!! we have had some of the best lessons of our missions these last couple days!!! when we leave the investigators house we are just like man we hit the nail right on the head! things are going awesome!!! we have 2 people with baptism dates that we extended this week martha and yolanda martha has come a long ways in just a couple meetings yolanda still has a lot to do but she is working on it and she has quit smoking. well thats what she says anyhow! but the week has been way good we have met lots of new people that seem to have a lot of promise!!! but its just like i have always said. it doesnt matter where you are its who your with!! im so lucky to be out here with randle. he is probably the best missionary in the mission! but all is good here. we are gonna do something today.  i dunno what though. its a holiday so most things are shut down. i know this is short but i just dont know what else there is to write about. i had a brain fart darn it! oh ya i got everything. the cookies were molded though darn it. anyhow i love ya all!!!! Stetson

"im really loving my mission right now"

good morning!!! well its 12 right now we are emailing a little later than usual today. we have been shopping and running a few errands this morning. we came to the library to email. its free here. so thats good and plus that will save us some money. we spent 30 dollars on grocerys this morning that was pretty good for the both of us. we decided that we are just going to split the food. so we buy it together and we can eat any of it! i think we might go to a car museum or go shoot some hoops or something not really sure yet!!! this week has been awesome so far since randle has got here things have been going good like i said yesterday me and randle teach really good together. things just seem to flow a lot better! we are just such a good team i guess you could say. i can always rely on him if i get stuck to be there for me to back me up! and it seems like we are always on the same page. there has been lots of times already that i will be thinking of a scripture and i will see him looking for one and it always is the one or relates to the one that i was going to share!!! so i think there is alot of good things to come!!! 

 but it was so good to see every one yesterday and get to talk to everyone!!! everything is fine here. im really loving my mission right now. its going so good. me and randle have fun together. so there is really no dull moments! any how i love you all i hope all is well with everyone!! :) well randle is ready to go!!!

 i love you all have a good week!!! LOVE STETSON