So IDK if any of you have ever heard of Colin Powell. So I
guess he is/was really high up in the US government, he worked under Bush and
Clinton for a long time as Secretary of State and some other positions. Well he
is a Jamaican and is actually from an area called Top Hill, right in Junction.
We went and walked around that for a while on Monday. There are several members
in the branch that are related to him as well. After that on Monday we went to
the Sports Park in Treasure Beach and played some tennis there. That was fun.
Topped off Monday with an FHE at Sis G.’s house.
Wednesday was my last district meeting. Went to Santa Cruz for that. On the way home
there was a shop that was selling carvings. I stopped and asked the guy how
much for them and he said they start at $50 US. Well I asked him what the
Jamaican price was, not the tourist price and he said $3,000. Then I asked him
what his name was and he pointed to a sign that said 'Wheel and Deal'. I
thought, “Man this guy is cocky, I'll show him wheel and deal.” Needless to say I walked out with a carving
and paid less than $10 US. There we go, Mr. Wheel and Deal just got Wheeled and
Dealed.
Thursday was quite the crazy day. There were 4 auditors from
the Area that came and they said that they were going to do financial training
for the branch leadership. They planned on spending 2 hours at all the
branches, and for a lot of the branches they spent less than 2 hours. Well,
they ended up staying for over 6 hours! There were so many things that were out
of order, and I can't explain it over email but there were 5 professional
accountants that were just baffled for 6 hours. They organized everything good
though and straightened out most of what needed to be straightened out.
Friday the 13th wasn't a bad day either surprisingly.
On Saturday Elder Sullivan was my valentine! <3 He loves
me lol... (He just called me gay cuz he read that part, Jamaicans are pretty
homophobic.:) I asked Elder Stewart to be my valentine as well and he accepted
so I had 2 valentines. Oh yeah.
Sunday Sunday Sunday. Church was great. I once again
conducted Sacrament meeting, taught gospel principles class, and taught Elder’s
quorum. Teachers that were supposed to show up didn't, so that left me. We had
a new investigator come to church yesterday, Bro W. The lesson in Elder’s
quorum was on Pray Always from Ezra Taft Benson and we shared a story about how
Pres Benson started all his meetings with prayer, even while he was serving in
the US government. We went and saw Bro W. last night and the first thing he
said before we could even get situated into our chairs he said, "We need
to follow Pres Benson and say a prayer now." We were like wow, someone was
paying attention. He is super cool though, really educated which is nice. He
got a doctorate degree in England and moved back, and he found out that he
knows like 6 members of the branch so that was a bonus as well.
Today we went to Mandeville for a zone Pday. It was pretty
great! Played some volleyball and other things. Going back to Mandeville on Wednesday for my
last zone meeting. Sad day :(
Someone needs to make it SNOW back home! I am tired of
hearing that there isn't any snow. Your weather sounds a lot like my weather!
That is not a good thing for this time of the year! Hopefully that can change
that fast! Love you all! See ya soon.
Blessed.
Elder Colton Harris
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