Week 44

  I hope that I never walk this much, in dress shoes, again. My feet are so sore from walking on rocky roads, dirt roads, and roads in general! Get me back to a car!😭

  Monday was a Zone P-Day so we went to see some members in the morning then went to Mandeville for the Zone P-Day. Elder Christensen and Elder Call were there, the Freeport Elders were there and the Turks Sisters were there. Almost the entire Bahamas Zone was there except for the Elders in Cayman. It was a blast! We played lots of basketball, football, board games, but mainly Knockout or Lightning. It was fun to see all the Elders and Sisters that I haven't seen in a long time!

  Tuesday was full of walking and hardly seeing anyone... We walked a lot which caused my feet to be in pain but that's okay because we spent some time at the church. Elder Craig didn't get the chance to email his family on Monday so he emailed on Tuesday. We walked the Freeport Elders to our house so they could see if they wanted to move in with us as well. We spent most of the evening cleaning the house so they could move in with us. We also ordered Dominoes Pizza🙌🏼

  Wednesday morning the Freeport Elders moved in with us. The Gotfredson's moved them in. We all ate lunch at the house then we went on trade offs with each other. We went in groups of three so we could see women without having to worry about having a male there. I went with Elders Jensen and Pankratz. Elders Craig, Gilson, and Shaffer went together too. It was a pretty good day I guess. A lot of walking like usual but we had two lessons so not too bad. That night we went to Juiceys to get patties then bought ice cream because we could. Not the smartest idea but oh well. It sure tasted good though. At the house that night we all started walking the Other Side of Heaven. Never seen it before but I thought it was a pretty good movie.

  Thursday was district meeting with the May Pen district... it is weird to be having a district meeting other than the Bahamas district meeting! But oh well. We went to get lunch with the district then went back to the house to prep for the rest of the day. As we were doing so it started to rain. For the rest of the evening.... We stayed inside due to rain but, we still had fun with the other Elders! We had our own little draft for the NFL and we debated who would win out of our teams! It was fun!

   Friday we spent the morning weekly planning. This planning session was weird as well because we planned for May Pen and for Nassau because we weren't sure if we would be leaving or not. That afternoon we talked about what we were gonna do with the six of us that were there. We decided to split into Trios so that we could see women in the branch. Elder Jensen, Elder Shaffer and I went out and Elder Craig, Elder Pankratz, and Elder Gibson went out to see the people that Elder Craig and I started to work with. Then we went to Friday night activities and watched movies with the Branch!

   Saturday Elder Jensen wasn't feeling good so Elder Craig took Elder Pankratz and Elder Gilson took Elder Shaffer out to see members and investigators while I stayed with Elder Jensen. Elder Jensen and I became Bros!😂 It was a weird day but oh well! It was fun getting to know him.

   Sunday we got to church early because the Sisters wanted to practice a song for Sacrament Meeting. Jevon Hudson from Junction was there again! Jevon's papers are in SLC now being Processed for his mission! I can't wait to hear where he goes! After church Elder Craig and I taught Mission Prep. It was weird but fun. When we got home we started packing that way we were already to leave this coming Wednesday! We spent the rest of the evening packing.

    How is everyone doing on all the challenges that I have extended?! I hope that everyone is putting the Church first in all that they do! What about Book of Mormon reading? I have now read the Book of Mormon 3 times and am now starting to read Doctrine and Covenants. I'm in section 30 now and I have already heard the voice of the Lord more in it than the Book of Mormon! I love the scriptures and every time I read them, I get a boost of faith, hope, charity, and love for everyone! I promise you all that if you read them as well, you will feel the Spirit more abundantly in your lives! I know this to be the work of the Lord! Without a doubt in my heart! I am truly grateful to be out here serving our Father and Savior! I love you all!

Elder Wilding🌴🇧🇸