February 2011

2-7-11
Well, Shakera got confirmed, and there is actually another person that is actually looking pretty good for baptism. Her name is Kiesha. We actually introduced Shakera to her at a teaching appointment, and then Kiesha came to church with Shakera yesterday. She is coming to a Family Home Evening at Shakera's tonight. I'm pretty excited.
So far, there hasn't been very many other people that are keeping too many commitments.
Well, transfers is this week. And, I'm training. His name is Elder Barstow. I think he is from Arizona, but he could be from california. I can't remember. But, that is my transfer. Staying in Kingstown for at least one more.
Actually, while we were walking down the street last night, we heard the national anthem for the super bowl. It was being played in a bar. I heard that the packers won. That's too bad. I was excited for the Steelers to be in it again.
That's really too bad about Josh Gibbs. He was the Teachers quorum adviser at one point. I can't exactly remember how old I was at the time. I will keep him in my prayers.
So, is there any big news with mission calls or anything? I haven't heard from anybody in a long time.
Hey, I'm sending you a couple of pictures. The first one is after Shakera's baptism. The second is back in Trinidad, Sister John that we baptized in San Juan. And then the last one is at dark view falls.
Hey, maybe you could send me a couple pictures as well.

2-14-11
This past week has been pretty good. It was alright until Sunday, then no one came to church that was supposed to. But, we are working hard, and I think the work is about to move in a big way. We have been finding a lot, and we thought we found somebody that was for sure getting baptized, but there were things that she wasn't taking care of, and the spirit left her because she wasn't trying to be worthy of it, and she found a reason to get offended by the Book of Mormon. But, there is a lot of good things going on right now.
My companions name is Elder Barstow. He is from Utah. Around the Salt Lake area. He's pretty sweet. It's pretty different being around a missionary that doesn't have any previous influences from other missionaries. It's pretty fun. He's great, though.
That's great to hear about everybody. And that's too bad that everyone was sick. But, they pulled out the win, so that is good. I'm excited for them. Did they not play everyone in the conference twice like we used to?
It's too bad about the Jazz. What is their record like? I hope that the new coach can do something good. They need to get another good coach. Maybe it'll chagne up there playing style, and they will be able to find a new way to play. We'll see, I guess.
That's great to hear about Lexi. Sounds like she will be plenty big when I get back. It's pretty crazy.
This morning, we went and walked the path of Mordor. All the way to Mt. Doom.
So, it's been raining a lot a lot for the past little while. I get so wet. Sometimes, we have to walk without a Book of Mormon cause it's coming down so hard.
Well, I think that I should tell you that we didn't really hike to Mt. Doom. It's a volcano called Mt. Suffriere (something like that). It was pretty sweet. It's about 3800 feet. So that was quite the elevation change. Walk from sea level to 3800 feet. It was a pretty good hike. It was a pretty sweet hike. When we got to the top, it was raining so hard and the wind was blowing the rain up the mountain. It was sweet. It was really foggy, and so we couldn't see very much. But, at one point, the fog cleared enough for us to see down to the bottom of the chasm. There was no magma, but it was pretty deep. And the rim of it was sweet. The last time it erupted was in 79, so it is still fully active.

2-21-11
But things here are going great. Tomorrow, there is a leadership training in St. Lucia that I am going to. It is for all Zone Leaders, District Leaders and Trainers. So, that means I get to go. I think Iam the only trainer in the mission that isn't a district leader as well. Kind of crazy. But I still get t go, and I'm excited.
THings in the area are kind of slow lately. We found a bunch of sweet people this past week, but none were able to come to church. So we have to work hard on keeping them excited about the church.
There is one thing of report. An eternal investigator that has been coming to church for years finally had a breakthrough on sunday. We went out, and were discussing faith, repentance, and baptism. Well, she accepted a date to be baptized on March 19. So, that was sweet to see.
Everything else is going good. A lot less rain this past week. Pretty hot, but it was good. Just trying t have a good time, and love the work.
Wel, love you all, and keep me updated.

2-28-11
That's too bad that we didn't beat shoshone, but good we are going to state. That is pretty sweet. Tell chase to pick it up. If I can beat him at basketball when I get home, then he needs to get better. Tell him that.
Thanks for completely telling me without telling me about Dustin's announcement. I won't tell him that you told me though. But I knew it was coming soon.
We actually had a pretty good week this last week. We had three investigators at church. That sets the record since I have been here. We also had a less active that is really progressing. She lives at the same place as an investigator that came. Their names are Melanie (less active) and Ariel (investigator). They are both awesome. Read from the book of mormon and everything. So we have high hopes for them. Tonight, we are going to solidify a baptismal date for Ariel. Have kind of a FHE. It's going to be fun.
Member work has also been picking up. We have been working hard on getting members to find instead of us doing it all. Kind of difficult here, but the work is improving. The biggest problem is that most of the sweet members live in the other elders area here, so it's tough to get member work done when you can't visit all of them. But, we've indicated five families that we are going to focus on.
Leadership training was great. It seemed like work just got better after we got back. Learned a lot of heavy stuff there. It was like a 7 hour meeting. It seems like meetings like that are nothing anymore. Sit there and just get all of that constant flow of sweetness. It's awesome.
Well, that is about all for me. Keep me updated on everything. Love you.