Week 5 in Jamaica

Okay so this week was a lot smoother than last week was! But to start off i want to say that i have finally read through the Book of Mormon! That is my first time reading the whole thing and man was it cool to feel the Spirit when i finished reading it! It testified of truth and i challenge EVERYONE to read through the whole thing, ponder the message it contains, then ask Heavenly Father if it is true. And i can PROMISE you that He WILL tell you that it is true! I know he can do that for everyone who reads it and asks with a sincere heart and a real desire to know the truth. Anyways! This week we lost an investigator's baptismal date... We have not been able to see him because he is always working. Also his desire to meet with us has started to slacken.. But we cant force any one to meet with us so its all up to him. The other two missionaries here in Junction will be having two baptisms this week though on Christmas Eve! Elder Dawson and Elder Callister. This branch here is going to grow here in the next few months and i can not wait for that day when we will get our own building! We will be baptizing them at Treasure Beach! I can not wait for them! Alright so the Mission Christmas party is this Wednesday so I will be getting my packages then! But I'm not going to open them all that day, I'm going to save them for Christmas morning haha yay for Christmas in the Mission Field!! Hopefully all of them arrive by the time that rolls around! Omar cut my hair... The first time I have had anyone cut my hair and it HURT! He used this little comb thing with razor blades in it and it like ripped our hair out! It is patchy in the back but oh well! It's just hair, it will grow back! The people here are weird when it comes to Christmas. There are a few people who put up a few lights but a lot of people here don't do that and i don't know why. But also a lot of people here don't celebrate Christmas because of either their religion or they don't believe that Christ was Born on that day. Which shouldn't matter but oh well. People are weird haha! My Comp and I were called Rasta's this week and it was so cool! This Rasta man riding his bike past us looked at us and was like, "Aaa Rastaaa" as we rode by us haha! We were like, "what in the world..." but we were called Rasta's!! And we are WHITE!! Anyways haha, well almost all of my shirts are stained because of the red dirt here... When it rains it makes it muddy, duh, and then the bikes flip the red mud onto our shirts and they do not come out!! So i have red stains on all of my shirts haha... Um for Christmas trees they use what ever they want haha! Spiritual thought for the day: God does not put trials in our lives that we can not overcome. All we have to do is ask for His help.

Love you all and Merry Christmas from Jamaica!!! 

Yours Truly,

Elder Wilding

 This is Elder Christensen...they didn't get a picture of

me getting my hair cut.  Omar is our barber...haha