Week 28

So Monday We had car stuff interviews with a man in the Dominican Republic. That was pretty fun! Went to a warehouse that, if you don't get the packages fast enough, will auction them off! So that as pretty crazy!and i honestly can not remember anything for that day soooo.

Tuesday! so this was our really long road trip day! We had to take the Mobay sisters car back to them. so we split drove all the way to Mobay to drop off their car for them, then drove all the way to Port Antonio to pick up a washing machine that was supposed to be fixed multiple times by the company that we bought it from. but they didn't feel that it was important to do that so we went to pick it up and drop it off at a members house for him to fix in Spanish town! So that day was full of driving! We did drive along almost the entire North Coast though be jealous! haha! We left Kingston at like 10 in the morning and didn't get home until 9 that night! but that was probably the prettiest drive i have ever been on!

Wednesday was full of office work and trying to get car registrations all figured out for the Porti (Port Antonio) elders car. A lot of back and forth between the office and the tax office for that. 

Thursday we took care of some bills, went to do some visa work for missionaries who will be coming to Jamaica next transfer and had a lesson with Tamara! Tamara is awesome! The Lord has prepared her to meet with us for a while! She saw missionaries walking around when she was younger but was never given the chance to speak with them! So we met with her and had an awesome restoration lesson! She is so humble and willing to keep commitments! We love meeting with her because she is very willing to learn too! Shes awesome! 

Friday we had to take some sisters to the dentist, went to take care of some more bills, took the sisters back to Old Harbour, went back to the bill place for power or JPS, did some office work for a little bit then went to Friday night activity! 

Alright now for the crazy news! So after all that rain that we got last week there has been missionaries getting sick. Three missionaries who wear contacts got eye infections, two of them were sent home because they were so bad and the other one was caught early enough to get rid of it. One missionary has rashes and infections on his arms and legs, one sister has some sort of rash time thing with infections in it and it is all coming from the rain mixing with the dirt and getting into our showers. Sister Pearson has been cracking down on cleanliness because of all that so hopefully missionaries here start to watch what they do with the water! Dont worry i am okay but pray or the other missionaries too! 

Quote for the week, 

"What we do NOW is FOREVER."

Have a safe and blessed week! 

Elda Wilding

 

 

 ​This was all from our drive on the North Coast except for the car and the truck one. This is what happens when members park in the way of the pull through so we can get out of the office parking lot! We park in front of their drivers side door so they cant get in haha!

 

Week 27

Can I just say that i have never seen this much rain in my life! I will talk about that later!

Monday we went to May Pen to pick up Elder Epps to move him to Kingston to be Elder Browns comp because Elder Stolp went home on that day. So we drove him around to do that and also on our way back to Kingston we had to pick up Elder Call to take him to the doctors office to get his toe looked at. He has an ingrown toe nail... Grosss... Took him back then had lunch at Jenny's cook shop which is really good! Then went back to the office to do paperwork! I love paperwork!!!! Not!

Tuesday Rained SOOOO HARD!!! The roads were flooding, the rivers were out of control, and massive puddles everywhere!! I have pictures that will be sent so don't worry! Anyways, after boating over to Junction to pick up Elder Morris to take him to Spanish Town, we went to PICA to do some more visa things for other missionaries. Then i was shown more things to do on the computer for our office work, went to Mikey's to drop off a car to get fixed, then went to get letters. We also went to see a less active member and blew his mind with the Joseph Smith Translations haha. He didn't know that Joseph did that to the Bible! 

Wednesday was still raining.... Took care of some car registrations, had our interviews with the President, and with a car insurance guy. Sat at DHL for like, 4 hours!! Hurry up and wait! after that we went finding because by the time we got out of DHL it was like 7.

Thursday we took Spanish Towns car to go get it checked and then did more office work. We had a lesson with a man named Germaine! we found him when i first got to kingston and now we are teaching him! It was an awesome lesson too! 

Friday it rained more.... Not near as bad as it did on Tuesday though! anyways, we had to make another trip to junction to take Elder Hatch to Elder Witter. We took some sweet pictures there too! But that ended up being an all day thing soo yeah haha.

I honestly home and pray that everyone that is reading these posts is doing what i have adviced to do... Reading the Book of Mormon is soooo important to us today! The Book can answer ANY QUESTION you throw at it!! I know this and this is my testimony!! It has answered so many of my personal questions and i know it can do the same for you all! Please read it! Study it! Pray about it! Love you all! Have a safe week!

Elda Wilding

 

Week 26

This first full week in the office has been crazy!

So on Monday we went to go do stuff at the immigration office for the new missionaries so that they can get 2 year work permits. We don't want them to be deported! But while we were in the middle of doing all that we got like 3 phone calls from the APs, the other office elders and other missionaries all asking us to go do something as soon as we could! So we literally could not do the things that we had planned for that day! We had to run things all over Kingston, we had to buy things for other missionaries, etc.. We had to get the Spanish Town Elders a ride to the doctors office for a check up on somethings that i am going to leave out for privacy. But they ended up sitting at the doctors office for like 4 hours hah! I felt so bad for them because that was on their P-Day!

Tuesday was the exact same thing! Had our own things planned but couldn't do them because we had phone calls about doing other things! We had to go get a visa waiter from May Pen to go get his visa and things done and that was my first full day Driving too! Yes Mon! i am now a driver in Jamaica! Anyways, We took him in to Kingston to do his stuff for him to go to the Dominican Republic. Took him back home, went back to Kingston and did paperwork in the office for a little bit. Then had to do more things for the office Elders.

It is so hard to remember all the things we have done this last week because we do SOOO much!!

Wednesday we went to pick up packages for other missionaries, went to pay for dental stuff for other missionaries, went to buy things for other missionaries houses, and paper work in the office most of that day. Picked up some visa things as well. Again, i can not remember all the things we do because we do so much!

Thursday we had to bring missionaries back in to do the rest of their visa things all the way from Mandeville. I honestly feel like it was a waste of their time to come in but the visa people said that needed the elder to come in person so what ever haha. 

Friday was way cool! We split drove which is Elder Ludlow in one car and me in another driving to a place! We split drove all the way to Mandeville then to Mobay! That was a LOOOOOONG drive! We left Kingston at about 2 and got to Mobay at like 8:30! We dropped their truck off at their house last night then we stayed the night there.

This Morning we left their house and got back to Kingston at like 9, went shopping, showered, and now we are here! 

Listened to this talk on our way home today and it made me think. Do we really know Christ? Just think about that and if you don't know Christ, I challenge you to get to know Him. He will show the things He wants you to know about Him to you. He loves us All! I feel His love each and every day! 

I hope you are all doing well! Love you All!

Elda Wilding

Week 25

Alright guys so now my P-Days are Saturday's! 

Okay so Monday was P-Day for my last transfer haha but anyways we played fútball with the other elders that morning. We played three on three which was really fun! Elder Elliott beat three of us by himself... He's a stud though. After we played we went and hung out at the other elders house and just chilled. Shopping and then sold my bicycle! Yep no more bicycles for missionaries anymore! It's okay though because I am now in a truck! Booya! Anyways! After we got back home our neighbor showed me how to cook curry chicken! Mmmm I'm a dang good cook! 

Tuesday was a slower day! I spent most of the morning packing my stuff to move to Kingston. After lunch we went up to Sligoville to see Allen and Murdel for my last time! Saying good bye was rough but I will be at their baptisms when ever they get there. After some finding up there we came down to the other elders house and we had one really nice dinner! Pasta with jerked chicken, garlic seasoning, veggies and man was it good! We all ate together and talked about hunting too! But I said good byes to them and Elder Harris left for home. It was a really good day over all!

Wednesday i was picked up by the zone leaders and taken to Kingston. I met Elder Ludlow at the mission home as well as the new greenies! After saying hello to every one, Elder Ludlow and I took off to start doing office work! We drove people around the island to drop them off in their new areas! We did soooo much driving around! We went from Linstead to Mandeville then back to Linstead! Then back to Kingston to do paper work that we call our Homework from the APs and the other office elders! Driving makes for long days that's for sure!

Thursday we bought new things for the Elders in Port Antonio because the moved to a new house. So after buying those things and doing some paper work in the office, Elder Ludlow and I drove all the way to Port Antonio to drop off things that the elders needed over there! That drive is Looooong and beautiful! we ended up getting home at like 10 that night! But man is office work long and sometimes boring besides all the sight seeing while driving haha! Office Elders get soooo many phone calls!

Friday we played basketball with all the elders in Kingston! Man am i rusty! But it was great to finally get out and play with all the other elders! Later that day we spent most of the morning in the office doing paper work that is due by the end of the week so in other words it was due today. Car inspections were put into the computer, new drivers were put in, etc.. We later spent a lot of time buying more things for missionaries. A lot of time... But after we were done we came back to the office to finish the paperwork then went home with a stove that is to be delivered to Porti soon. We had to haul it up our stairs to the house! Loong stairs too.

Today we played basketball again but later today i will be getting my driving privileges!! Look out JA i will be driving soon!!

I now know why it is important to be on a timely schedule! But i hope every one else knows that! Keep reading the Book of Mormon! I know that you all pray about it and ask Heavenly Father questions about things in your lives He will help you find the answers! Some of them may not be the answer you are looking for but He knows best.

I love you All! have a great week!!

Elda Wilding

                                                         This is Allen and Murdel

My 3rd Area

Week 24

6 Months Completed and I am now down one tie!

 Tuesday was district meeting and lunch with all the Elders like usual. We tried to go up and see Nioka but we weren't able to make it up there so we just had to go finding in our area. Didn't have too much success there but what do ya do. 

 Wednesday morning we went to chop yard for Keisha. She lives in the same yard as we do but she owns a small garden across the river so we had to ride to get there. All the rain that we had made the weeds grow tall! I have pictures of what we did and how much more we have left to do! But yeah we did that for her then on our way back to the house we stopped at the grocery store to buy some drinks for lunch. Right as we were about to walk into the store this older man called to us from his car. We walked over to him and he asked us if we were carrying machetes in our backpacks (Yes we were and the handles were sticking out the tops of our bags) so we told him yes and he kinda looked at us like, "What in the world are two white guys doing carrying machetes in the backpacks walking into a store?" We told him that we were choppin yad for a lady. He was surprised that we knew how to chop yad! So we said our goodbyes and we walked right into the store with our machetes! As we were about to hop on our bikes and leave this lady came out and was kind of eyeballing our machetes right next to us. We asked how she was doing and she was hesitant to reply. We told her the same thing we told the guy in the car. She was also surprised that we knew how to chop yad! She commended us for working hard in the sun all day and for choppin yad. Later that day we went up to Allen and Murdel! The rest of his family wasn't there but we reviewed all the lessons with them and then told them that that might be the last time we see them! So I asked them if we could take a picture which I will send home today but I also need to get a printed one for them! So Elder Harris and I will be doing that today. Oh and Elder Harris told a little Pikni(kid) that he was a red man not a white man. So Elder Harris has two nicknames. Elder Pinkie and Red Man. Later that night we went up to see the Harrison's! Man I love that family! They are awesome members and are always looking for ways to help missionaries and the ward! We haven't been able to go teaching with them but they are very excited to help us in any way possible! We had dinner with them and talked about ward stuff with them and ways we can help get them more excited about callings. I'm excited for Brother Harrison to bring the ideas up to the bishop. Brother Harrison is the 2 counselor in the bishopric too. And Wednesday marked the completion of 6 Months! 

 Thursday we spent most of the morning cleaning the house and doing laundry. After we had lunch we called all the potentials in the area book and set up some appointments for next week. After doing that we went contacting and didn't have much success but oh well. That night we burnt our ties with Elder Call at our house! I have pictures that I will send of us all! We were gonna burn them on Wednesday night but we were at Brother Harrison's house so we didn't get home till 9. Alright so when Elder Call and Elliott showed up we went outside we soaked our ties in Pyro Bug Spray so they would burn. We lit all of them as Elder Elliott took pictures! It was so funny! Elder Call was spraying his tie with the Pyro while it was on fire and it shot flames! He held it a little too long and the flame started climbing the stream to the can!! It was a hilarious and scary moment! But don't worry! Nothing bad happened; we are all okay! After we burnt the ties we went in and had rice that Elder Harris had cooked for us. Rice with sweet and tangy BBQ sauce is pretty good! It was an awesome night with the Elders from the MTC district! 

 Friday morning we had weekly planning like usual and then the zone leaders came to inspect our house. After they inspected our house we finished planning then went to see Georgie! He wasn't home but another less active member named Lin was there so we talked to here for about a half hour. After we left there we went contacting in Georgie's neighborhood area. Couldn't see a potential investigator like we wanted to but we went to see a member who can not physically make it to church because of a blind eye and really bad knees and ankles! We shared a spiritual thought on how merciful our Lord is to all of us. Truly was a heart felt meeting. After we left we went contacting again before we went to Friday night activities. It was pretty boring this week. 

 Saturday was way cool! We had a Mission Conference! The entire mission except for the off island missionaries met in Kingston to hear from Elder Martinez from the Area 70 and from Brother Owens who is the Genereal Young Men's President! Man was it a spiritual meeting! Wish I could type it all out for you but I'm not that skilled and it would take too long! Sorry not sorry. After they talked to us we had lunch then all the zone leaders, sister training leaders, and APs talked to us on their topics. Then we had transfer calls right there in front of everyone! They announced EVERYONES transfer calls!! I am going to the Office with Elder Ludlow! I will be driving around the island helping other missionaries with broken stuff in their houses and things for the President and a lot more! I am excited to be there with Elder Ludlow who is also a fellow Idahoan! #idahome

  Sunday was my last Sacrament Meeting in Spanish Town and I was asked to get up and speak. I spoke about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Gift of the Holy Ghost, and Enduring to the End. "Life is like a spiral staircase" as Brother Owens told us missionaries. Always doing those things I just listed but always moving up. Towards God. Then for the last hour of church our bishop had a really nice lesson for the 5th Sunday! He talked about clay and the potters hands. Natural man is the clay and his hands were the Lord. As he formed the clay into a beautiful pot, he demonstrated lives struggles, changes, and hardships. But the Lord's hands were firm in changing the life of the natural man into something beautiful. After church I said my good byes to the members! After some contacting we met up with the other Elders to go up to the Moodie's for dinner! The Moodie's never disappoint and I love meeting with them! They make such good food and are always very spiritual when it comes time for the spiritual thought. I love the Spanish Town 1st Ward and I will miss them all very much! Kingston here I come!

  I hope you all can learn something as I have from all our leaders in the Church as well as in our own wards! Follow their examples and take heed to their counsel. The Lord will shape you all into beautiful masterpieces! Love and Respect from Spain Town, Jamaica!

Elda Wilding