Week 32

It has been a week since I have last chatted patious(Jamaican slang) with people and I am going through withdrawals.. I miss Jamaica but man do I love it here in Nassau! So many cool places and cool people!

Monday Elder Greenwade and I went down to Bay Street which is where all the tourists go so you have all your shops and everything. We stopped by some shops and looked around to see what we wanted then went to a lunch appointment with a really cool member! She is 36 and is single but served a mission in Sainta Rosa, Cali. She is way cool! I wish you could meet the people that I do because emails and blog posts don't do these people justice on how cool and unique they really are! That evening we stopped by a less active members house and shared member missionary stuff with them and I tell you what, her kids were rowdy! But it was good anyways. Had an appointment fall through so we just went contacting.

Tuesday we had some appointments fall through because we couldn't find a male to go with us because when we are teaching women we have to have a 3rd male there. So we had to call and move a lot of appointments around because of not being able to get members with us. Spent a lot of time contacting because of it but oh well!

Wednesday morning we had district meeting with all the other island missionaries. The Spirit can work wonders even though we aren't with those other missionaries! After district meeting we had some more struggles with male members. But we were able to see Yorick again! Yorick is Awesome! We talked about the power of prayer and the Holy Ghost. He has been reading the Book of Mormon and is kind of hesitant to pray about it. Before we left the appointment he said that he wants to be ready because he wants his prayers to make it off the ground. I told him that Heavenly Father hears EVERY prayer no matter how big or how small. Which is very true! God has literally all the time in the world to listen to our prayers. And, because he loves us, he will always listen and answer our prayers!

Thursday morning we had a short lesson with a lady named Devonee. The lesson was mainly to see if she was truly interested in the message we had to share but we left early do to her lack of attention. We told her to read and pray about the Restoration pamphlet that we gave her and to also call us when she had done so. So if she calls back we will go back and change how we teach to fit her needs. After her we went to pick up Sister Dennis who is a senior missionary whose calling is to help teach people how to Teach in the Savior's Way. She is Jamaican and she is over the Caribbean Area. She will be spending the weekend here in Nassau so she needed a car to drive around to do her work. The Office in Kingston was very pleased to offer her our car that we drive around... So we are without a car and we have to cover the whole island with no car. But, because Elder Greenwade and I are geniuses, we were able to get some members to drive us around! The Lady I mentioned earlier that we went to lunch with drove us around with another church brother named Brother Watson. He is Haitian! She also speaks Haitian. But we went and saw a recent convert with them and they know the RC very well! So that was an awesome lesson on Member Missionary work! We also went to see another RC named Oneice. Lessons with her are always spiritual! We talked about Lehi's Dision of the Tree of Life and how that every one goes through the mist of darkness. Hold to the Iron Rod and it will lead you straight to the Tree of Life. We had some lessons fall through while with the members so we got to know them pretty well while driving around lookin for less active members' homes. Brother Watson and Sister Charlene are hilarious! Both of them have very strong testimonies as well!

Friday morning we had weekly planning at the church then had lunch. We also didn't have a car at all that day so we had to ride around with with the other elders. We did meet a really cool family that lives right next to the church! They are looking for a church to attend but didn't know which one to look into so we set up an appointment for them after church! Friday night we went to the Seawells who are American but live here in Nassau. The food they gave us was so good! Steak tacos!🙌🏼😩 Soo good!

Saturday was crazy... we had almost all of our lessons fall through because we couldn't get males their appointments. We spent a lot of time contacting. That night we had a lesson with Sandra. She is awesome. She came to church two weeks in a row now and has loved every visit so far, she has been fellowshipped by awesome members and she has two boys and a girl that she brings with her. We took over sister Charlene because those two are like best friends now haha but it was good to see Sandra showing interest in this Church.

Sunday is so cool! We get to see tourists every week! A lot of them are from Utah too!✌🏼 But these tourists stayed for all of Church and wished us luck for the rest of the day! After church we went to the Bazard's house to have Haitian food! Soooo goooooddd!!!! After we ate we went to that family who live right next to the church. The father's name is Jackson. I forgot his wife's name... but we taught them the Restoration and they just accepted the Book of Mormon reading challenge like champs! They are very humble people and I can truly see them in White Clothes already. They are just amazing. We went contacting for a bit then went to Brother Piere's house to start his own missionary work. He shared with us his history and how he started in Nassau with literally nothing but the clothes on his back. He is now a tour guide and he is not in debt to anyone! He is awesome! Such a people's guy and just very Christ like!

Something I have learned from my personal studies this last week is that the smallest temptation, the smallest mistake, can lead to huge downfalls. Don't let those little things slip by because they will always lead to more mistakes.

I know this to be true. I know that the repentance process truly does relieve burdens that we feel mentally and spiritually. I know that my sins can be washed away and I know that every one else can have the same thing. Please guard yourselves. Please forsake the things that go against our Father's commandments. He will strengthen you.

I love you all! Email me people. I get bored staring at an empty inbox🙄

-Through the winds and the waves, I hope you're thinkin' of me-🇯🇲

Elda Wilding🤙🏼