Alright well it has been another week! This week was good. Last
week after emailing we went to the Bob Marely museum. That was pretty cool. We
got some good pictures there! It was pretty fun. We have had a pretty good week
teaching wise as well. We have been able to start teaching a lot of new people
so that is good. We are working with a guy named O. He is really cool. He is
educated as well, so that makes it even better! He should be getting baptized
within a month or so. he has been to church twice and fits in really well. So
something that is pretty cool that is going on here, I don't think that I have
mentioned this in letters home yet, maybe I did, but the mission (basically the
stake part, not the missionaries) has organized a huge temple trip for next
month! Last I heard was that there is almost 200 members from all over Jamaica
going to the temple for their first time. They are chartering a plane and they
are going to the Dominican Republic temple. Members here are really excited for
it! They are also using it as a youth trip for them to go and do baptisms for
the dead. Because of this trip, the number of endowed members in Jamaica will
almost double!! It is going to be such a big boost for Jamaica! There are also
going to be a lot of families sealed together as well. Pres Brown is allowing
some Elders and Sisters that are serving their missions right now from Jamaica
to go with their families on this trip in order to be sealed to them. It is a
cool thing to watch happen! It reminds me of the saints in Navoo trying to get
the temple completed before they had to cross the plains because they knew how
much strength it would give them! Well this seems like the final push before the
stake is created here. Sometime, most likely within 6 weeks after they get back
from this trip, is when the stake is supposed to be established! Somehow this
trip is costing the members almost nothing to go on it! It costs the youth US $50
and the adults about the same if they can afford it, so it is a huge blessing to
a lot of people here. Everyone is really excited for it, and it is cool to be
apart of.
Boulevard is doing well tho. We did quite a bit of service this week.
District meeting was good. The assistants came to it as well and with them there
we had like 14 missionaries, with the size of my district it could have been a
zone meeting! I went on a trade off to Downtown Kingston's area, that was fun!
Man that area is super! I loved it! Most Jamaicans are too
scared to even go down there but I thought it was pretty fun. There is never a
dull moment when you are out on the streets in Downtown!
We also have been making a lot of fruit smoothies lately! We have a cherry,
banana, mango, and grapefruit tree at our house. At the sisters house they have
a Jamaican apple tree that we steal from, we also have been getting a lot of
star fruit, coconuts, limes for homemade limeade, and other stuff that I can't
even pronounce. All of it is free to us too so we have been pounding the fruit
lately, and have came up with some good mixes for smoothies as well!
Well I think that is about it, have a good week! Love you guys!
Love Elder Colton Harris
Pics are of Bob Marley Museum
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