Hey Fam!
Our P-Day got
switched to Tuesday this week because yesterday was 'Easter Monday' in Jamaica
so stores and things were closed down.
Conference
was great! We got a 32 inch TV at our church the day before conference which we
hooked up wirelessly to our computer monitor and streamed conference from
YouTube.
I thought
about Grandma Briggs a lot yesterday for some reason, guess I know why now.
She's in my prayers… We let Cody know that his
grandma in Pocatello, Idaho is struggling with some health challenges.
On Wednesday,
President Brown came to Yallahs for some interviews. He said he wanted to come
teaching with us but his interviews went too long so he wasn't able to come
with us. The AP trade off was way
good. Elder Whitlock said I was a great teacher, and also we went contacting in
the richest part of Yallahs, South Haven (for obvious reasons) and he is a
wizard with talking to people about the church. Like people who say not
interested at first I would usually be like "k see ya" but he would
just keep the conversation going and figure out some way to bring up the gospel
again. I learned a lot from Elder Whitlock, although he almost lost the key to
my bike lock when he was trying to lock missionaries' feet to chairs haha.
He is getting transferred tomorrow though so he won’t be AP anymore. Yep, one
transfer in already for me. On Saturday I hit two months?!?!?! Time is flying
for me, almost too fast!
Transfers are
tomorrow (April 8th) and no one in the Yallahs house is going anywhere – I’m still being trained, six more weeks before
I’m no longer a trainee. So May 20, Elder Fowkes will probably leave because
he’s been here since October.
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| Easter Bun & cheese |
So for Easter, the tradition here is Easter bun and
cheese. They are basically spice buns with raisin and other fruits in it. It
tasted pretty much like fruit cake...with cheese. So not something I would die
to have in the future. I'll be totally honest, we were given a huge spice bun
and cheese, and I stuffed it in my bag like a wimp, and when we left I tossed
it as far as I could. Not my proudest moment but I repented.
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| Tamarind is super bitter |
Our friend Paul has a cashew tree in his yard and they
are finally ready to be picked and roasted. Crazy how that process happens. But
home roasted cashews are fantastic! Elder Fowkes and I ate so many on Friday hahaha!
We also got some tamarind to take home from Paul's place. Not sure how to
describe what it is except for it is way bitter and really sour.
I got a card
from the Zundel family at zone conference a couple weeks ago that I forgot to
tell you about. They are awesome. Tell them thanks from me will ya? Also Dave
Luman sent me a nice email this week. Mail took about a month to get here haha
so tell mom if she wants a package to get to me, plan at least a month in
advance if not longer. Was that a hint,
maybe??
That's it for
this week. Not too much happened other than teaching and learning some new
things as I continue. Tonight is reach out night where we go visit a few less
active members and share a spiritual thought. Talk to ya next week!
Love and miss you guys!
Love,
Elder Graham
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| Elder Kuehn's machete |
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| One more sweet pic that I took just now right outside our house |
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| The Spanish Town & Kingston Zones |
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