Week #55 - Election Pancakes and French Stroganoff

Hey Family!

This week was great.

I went on a trade off with Elder Riding on Wednesday. We got to teach seminary that evening (1 Samuel 4-8) which was sweet. There's like six or seven kids who come, and they all take notes and stuff. It's pretty cool.

Pancakes, whipped cream and root beer...
Breakfast of Champions

Thursday was General Elections. We did our weekly planning today and just chilled. Read some scriptures, updated area book, I started a second journal because I finished the first one. We made a bunch of awesome meals though. Breakfast was thin pancakes with whipped cream. Lunch was beef stroganoff - yeah I know it's spelled wrong... darn French (sorry, had to leave that sentiment in even though I corrected his spelling and will make the tiny correction that stroganoff came from the darn Russians). Dinner was curry chicken. Good day, but staying inside all day is awful.

On Saturday, Elder Lambert came to Sav with me for the day and we found a BUNCH of people to teach. Hopefully we get to see those people throughout this next week.

Sadly, Craig  and CJ didn't get baptized on Sunday; we didn't teach them everything quite yet because we couldn't see them as much as we wanted to so we will try again for March 13th and go from there! Pray for that family - they are great! After church, we were actually at Craig's house and we got a call from the zone leaders telling us that there was a miscount in the votes for the general election which actually switched the winning party. Apparently that was causing a whole heap of chaos so they told us to go home for the rest of the evening. Kind of frustrating but that's how the cookie crumbles sometimes. 

Anyway, this week should be pretty regular. Transfer calls will be on Saturday so I will keep you posted on that next time.

Love,

Elder Graham

Thanks to Elder Davis' mom who shared these
pics of the Election Day Homestay Party!

Junk food and scriptures...
Are we sure they were only stuck inside for a day??

Here is the dog that roams around our property.
Her four puppies fight each other and make a bunch of noise outside.

Week #54 - Wop Bop a Loo Bop a Wop Bam Boom!

Hey Family!

This week went by scary fast.

We got to teach seminary Thursday night. There were four kids in the class and it was sweet! We went over 1 Samuel 1-2 all about Hannah's adversities and how she overcame them and all that good stuff.  Shout out to Brother McNeil, Cody’s seminary teacher extraordinaire…

Friday we went to zone conference in Mo Bay. That was fun - I always like going to Mo Bay. They have a dang good frozen yogurt place called Tutti Frutti and it's all futuristic and weird and reminds me of downtown Portland a little bit.

President and Sister Brown came to church and spoke in Sacrament meeting. Craig and CJ were there and Craig loved that talk. Plus President Brown came and talked with Craig after which was awesome! Oh by the way, Craig and CJ should be getting baptized this Sunday coming. His wife is being taught by missionaries in Brooklyn too so it's all great.

Elder Riding had a fever and chills and aches and stuff so after Sacrament meeting I went back to the house with him and rested up. Sitting inside was boring and Elder Riding was a bit flustered with his sickness. He kept turning the fan on him and then within like 10 seconds he would turn it away, and then back on and then away. But the fever finally broke later in the day so hopefully he gets better. He is doing a bit better today so that's good.

This week will be crazy. We have been told not to go out on Thursday due to it being Election Day so I will update you on how that all goes!

I appreciate all the prayers that come my way. Just know that they are answered!

Love,

Elder Graham

Week #53 - Just Another Day in Paradise

Hey Family!

Photo cred to Elder Davis' mom who posted this gem on our
Jamaica Kingston Mission FB Group of Cody enjoying
jerk chicken with Brother Henry in Negril.

This week was pretty interesting. I went on a couple trade-offs to some different areas.  I spent the day on Tuesday with Elder Davis in Negril. He is from Vegas but originally from Driggs, Idaho. Funny kid!

Negril freaks me out. SOOOOOOO many white tourists. I've never been so uncomfortable in my life. That might sound weird and a little racist… sue me.

On Thursday Elder Sandmaier and I took a trip to Montego Bay and spent the day there with the zone leaders, Elder Lambert and Hall. Thursday was one of those memorable "it-rained-so-much-and-we-were-so-wet-that-it-no-longer-mattered" days. We spent the whole lunch hour sitting in front of fans. Since it was a trade-off, I didn't have any extra clothes I could change into so I had to roll around Mo Bay damp all day. Like I said, memorable. The day was really good though. We talked to a ton of people and taught a few of their investigators.

We are starting to find a few cool new people, but they all work full time so it is pretty hard to see them all consistently. Pray for us!

Anyway, that's about it for this week. Today should just be a relaxer/cleaning day.

Love,

Elder Graham

View from the Negril House

Just another day in Paradise!