Week 1 In Jamaica

Hey Guys!

  So this last week has been crazy!! Okay so the day before i left the MTC was crazy busy with packing and saying good byes to all my district members then i didn't sleep that night because i didn't get finished packing until like 1 and i had to report to the travel center at 3 so i didn't sleep at all! So i get on the bus with Elders Udy, Call, and Morris to go to salt lake airport. We called home and told them about our plans then boarded a plane to Dallas. We get to Dallas and we meet this family who are also Mormon! We flew with them all the way to Florida! they were going to the Cayman islands! They bought us lunch and we got to facetime our parents a little bit but not for very long. 

   So we are in Florida and we say good bye to the family and i fell asleep on the plane rides so i don't remember them very much haha just take offs and landings. Its crazy! So I get off the plane in Jamaica and its like getting hit in the face with a heater! Holy Hot! We meet the Mission president and his wife as they take us to the mission home and we started driving on the wrong side of the road!! (for them it is on the left side not the right) People are walking on the roads like they own the place, cars are swerving to avoid the people and other cars! Motorcyclists are crazy! they zip in and out where ever they can fit! 

   So we get to the Mission home and they make us meatball sandwiches then we hit the hay because we are exhausted! We get up, shower, eat, then we have like an hour before all the elders show up so we can meet our companions! They show up and everyone is excited to see each other! We say our goodbyes then head off for Junction! 

   On our way to Junction it is crazy just like i explained before! We stop at a KFC!! Yaaaaaassss!!! They tell me to get the ginger beer i think its called. and it is like cream soda with A TON of ginger in it! Like it didn't taste anything like cream soda! 

    We finish eating and drive like 2 hours to get to out house in Junction! It is so crazy here! The culture is so mixed! Old beat up cars, Mercedes Benz, dirt bikes, bullet bikes! Its crazy! and it smells like weed EVERYWHERE!! 

    So we start going around getting to know the area and we have done that all week long. We met the Roach family and man were they excited to see us!! Like stoked! They were so willing to except a Book of Mormon and come to church this last Sunday but because they 2 year old son got sick so they couldn't make it. But i am way excited for that family! 

    It is so hot here! we have to ride our bikes up who knows how many hills! If i don't come home just shredded in my legs I'm gonna be mad! haha just kidding. But the dirt is red here and it is annoying how easily it gets on my pants! 

    Anyways i got to go! My P-Days are on Mondays so everybody knows! Sorry this email isn't that long but next weeks will be better and more in detail!

 I miss every one! Love you All!!

-Elder Wilding

p.s....He was having a hard time uploading pictures.  They may come later!