Leaving for Grenada!!

Hi everyone, It was a good week. 

I have been saying my good-byes to the people here in Georgetown because I am leaving this Wednesday for Grenada!!! 

I will be a District Leader in St. George's, Belmont, Grenada!

My new Comp. is Elder McIntyre! he has been out for about 4 months now.

I am very nervous to be a district leader, but I will try my best.

This week I went on a trade-off with Elder Tye and we worked in his area. I got to meet a lot of super cool people there too. That's why I love trade- offs.

We also had some really good lessons with our investigators despite the rush of "Carnival" here in Georgetown.

It is crazy the parties people throw here.

When I think of my mission, I always have D&C 1:1 come to mind.

It goes to show that no matter where we are, we are all god's children. 

I love you all,

Have a great week!

Service in the Mountains

Elder Cox & Elder Tye both had a birthday this week. We celebrated with them eating cake and hamburgers.

This week we had to push back Earland's baptismal date. His mom wanted us to wait... which is hard because I may leave the island next week. 

We also spent one evening this week playing soccer with many locals at Black Point. It was a lot of fun and yes, I was the only white guy on the field... ahaha.

We did some service for an investigator named: "Keiven" He is supper cool. The four elders in Georgetown went into the mountains to his land where we cut bush and helped clean up part of his land. He had a lot of my favorite exotic fruit nearby and we got to snack on what ever was there. We all worked up a real good sweat.

The pics. are Arzu & I  at the service, Earland and his friend we contacted, and Me getting coconuts for the week.

Carnival- mission update May 29, 2017

Yes, Carnival began here in Georgetown this week. We were happy to see the rain come down during the party ;) No we do not proselyte near carnival. HAHA.

This week was good.

We got Mateo's brother on date for baptism (Earland). He is turning into a good friend of mine. He is always fun to teach. His mom (Anneta) and Mateo all showed up to church. It was awesome!

We also had a Recent convert bless the sacrament for the first time yesterday (Kieth)

He did such a great job. He is my good friend here in St. Vincent. 

Elder Cox had a b-day on Saturday and we celebrated with burgers and German chocolate cake (Super good).

Anneta also got me some cool, super rare coins for my collection. She is awesome.

We are getting bars on our bedroom windows soon, but not soon enough.

Also, E. arzu and I favor eating sardines for a treat... haha. Is that weird? HAHA.

Here is a pic. of another iguana I found by our house. Really pretty.

Well, another week in the mission.

Hope you all have great week!

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May 21st- Zone Conference

This week, had a trade-off with my old comp. (Elder Cox) That was fun.

We also had Zone conference over a large skype call. They are not too exciting, but it is nice to missionaries in the mission.

elder Arzu and I found some time to pick fresh Mangos in the jungle. We use them for smoothies... YUM!

We also found an iguana behind our house. It was big and we tried to catch it to eat, but it got away... But soon.... we will catch it.

We have been working alot with our recent convert (Earland). He came to church and is progressing this week. Hope to see him be baptized this week.

On Saturday, we passed by a Annette. She lives right on the beach. She was trying to build a bench from scrap wood. Oh yeah, We stepped in and built a bench that will last a lifetime. It was cool. We all had a lot of fun sitting on it. HAHA!

Anyway, Hope you all have great week. Thanks for the love and support1

Love you all,

Happy Mother's Day - May 15, 2017

It was a short week. 

Really nothing happened.

We did get our new bikes. I got a picture of them too. They are pretty sweet.

We visited some members very far away in our area and they have a pretty cool view over the new airport. 

Yes, I got to Skype home yesterday. It was good to see my family again. 

I sure do love and miss them.

Happy See them.

sorry this is short, but that is about it for my week. Hope you all have a great week!

Then There Were Two - May 8th, 2017

This week Elder Tye moved North but is still serving in Georgetown. So E. Arzu and I are together in the same apartment. This will be my 4th transfer in Georgetown.

E. Nixon left for Barbados this week to return to black rock. It is sad to know that I will not see him for another 16 months at least, but we are sure to see each other then.

This week we visited Super star and drank slushies with him after wards.

Also, Happy Star wars day! and Cinco de Mayo! 

We celebrated Cinco de Mayo with burritos... YEAH! 

We also got brand new bikes! Sadly they need to be assembled. Too bad I dont have my tools! But, Cant wait to use them! They are soooo nice!

Also, we had more large spiders we caught in our house again... I just need a flame thrower now.

Here is a pic. of a toad that lives on our lawn and a plum rose.

Plum roses are really good!

Well, I get to skype my family on Sunday! I am so excited!

Hope you all have a great week!

Mateo's Baptism/Transfer Calls

Hello friends and Family,

I had a pretty awesome week. This week,  the Georgetown elder traveled to the top of the island to Sandy Bay. It was another van ride to get there, but it involves driving through raging rivers, and across weak bridges. We visited a very strong couple up there in Sandy Bay. We visited the "Youngs". They have served a mission on some of the other Caribbean islands. We ate lunch with them and got to know them better.

Later in the week, we prepared for our baptism. There is no font here and this side of the island has too strong waves for an ocean baptism. So, we ad to find a river spot. after searching fora few days, we found a possible spot that needed some help. We constructed a dam to make the water rise about a foot and we cut the bush on the river side so people could stand and see. Bro. Browne helped us out for that. 

On Saturday, we had the baptism and Mathew (His real name is Mateo Zoland Williams) was baptized by Bro. Browne while E. Arzu and I witnessed. There was a lot of great fellow shipping that went on with the members. During the baptism, many powerful testimonies wore born by members and nonmembers including Mateo's mom whole is an investigator. Later that day, we had a fire at the Brownes with Mateo and his friends. We roasted hotdogs, and marshmallows. No one in St. Vincent has ever roasted them before, but everyone loved it! It was a day to remember.

On Sunday, Mateo was confirmed by President Booth and 6 members received the priesthood including Mateo!!! Also, and Elder Gamiette (Area seventy) was presiding there too! AND I gave a talk on the "Gifts" of the Holy Spirit.

Yes, it was a very busy week indeed. I am so happy for Mateo (Mathew) and for his decision to be baptized. We are now currently working with the rest of his family.

Transfer Calls!

Elder Tye is moving to North Georgetown with my old comp (Elder Cox) Elder Arzu and I are staying together in South Georgetown. Now that It is Just E. Arzu and I, the mission bought brand new bikes for us. I am so excited for that! We got to pick them out. I'll probably have pics next week

Well, that is just a small piece out of my week.

I love and miss you all back home.

Have a great week!