Lots of Good Things Happening Here - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone,

This week was pretty good. We went on three trade offs this week. Elder Poe snorted orange juice. haha. He drank it, and it came out of his nose. haha It was really funny. I am glad to stay in Linstead, lots of good things happening here. We got stuff for pizza. We are going to make it today. So, that will be fun. We are also taking over part of the other elders area. So, that is cool. Still finding new investigators. 

People wear pretty much the same thing here as there. The girls are more immodest, but pretty much the same. No mail this week. 

There are big houses and small houses. Some of them are made from like sheets of tin or zync. Others are built out of cinder blocks. There are also a lot of unfinished houses, because people only build when they have money to build. You can just go in the bush and build a house wherever you want, and you dont have to buy the land. I'll probably miss the food the most. There are a lot of family yards. So, there will be one big yard and lots of little houses and a ton of people. 

I love you all,

Elder Davis

Dogs everywhere :)

Painting he found in jamaica

Freeway View :)

Linstead Ward - Brother Muchet took the picture

I just want to do all the good I can, in the next 6 months! - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone!

This week was pretty fun. One of the days this week we went on the road, and then we saw this little kid that had a bloody foot. He had cut it on something and was trying to walk to his house with his friends. He couldn't walk good, so we took turns carrying him home. Today we went to Spain Town and played football and watched a movie called the best two years. So, that was fun. There is a funny Rastaman that lives in our area. He always calls us his bonafide generals. haha We think he is Master Chief because his name is John. (nerds will know why). So it has been fun. Linstead is awesome. I think I will stay I might get a new comp, but we are not sure. Yes, I still use the transformer bag. We are working on getting new investigators. My comp is good. I just want to do all the good I can in the next 6 months. 

10 things I have learned about living with someone new: 

1 Be humble

2 Sometimes I just have to get over myself if someone is weird

3 Laughter is good 

4 Don't let someone change who you are; unless it is for the better

I cant think of anything else, but humility is big!!

I love you all,

Elder Davis

John (master Chief)

Burned his pants for his 18 month mark!

Dogs are everywhere!

So, Ya That Happened - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone,

This week was good. We helped an old lady paint. After we left, she fell off a barrel that she was standing on. She called us and was in the hospital, but i think she is ok. So, ya that happened. I got a new set of scriptures. We have been playing Pokemon with the card that you sent. So that is fun. No investigators for us came this week. We are just trying to find new ones.

The 4 biggest churches here are Apostalic churches, Seventh Day Adventist, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Rastas. Rastas don't even know what they believe. They just smoke tons of weed. In a couple of the big towns there are movie theatres, but mostly just bootleg movies sold on the side of the road. 

They listen to music called dance hall. They remix American music and add air horn and car sirens in the songs.
Church is pretty much the same just not as many people, and there are always arguments in Elder's quorum. There are churches called Pokomania churches, and they do stuff like the lady does in Pirates of the Caribbean. They call it black magic. obia. 

No mail this week. I am good. Don't send too many more packages. I've only got 6 months left. Hopefully i will get mail this week.

That was this week.

Love you all, 

Elder Davis

Wow!!

A woman in our ward made me a scripture case. 

The other side :)

Jabadog - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone!

This week was good. Just a lot of work. We did find some cool people. We found the worlds fattest dog. I call him Jabadog. I'll send a picture. I got some new scriptures, but no mail. People here are different in the way they think. It is kind of like a giant small town. They think Jamaica is the center of the world. But they are still good people. They wear the same thing as Americans. Crazy people will wear like 10 layers of clothes. (idk why) They eat a lot of chickin and dumpling and rice. Nobody has a car for themselves. They just take taxis everywhere. The taxis are just big Rasta men that drive around. 

This week was good,

Elder Davis

They told us we had to have shoulder bags and not backpacks. So, I bought this one. :)

A member made us a cake. It says "thug life".

Jabadog

Baptism from last week 

God Works In Mysterious Ways - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello Everyone!

This week was great! We have been finding a lot. Two of the investigators in my old area got baptized. One of them wanted me to baptize her. So that was cool. In the new area, we are just finding new investigators. On Thursday at like 7 o'clock our appointments fell through. KFC is far away, but we wanted to go to KFC so we did. We ordered, then there was one of the workers there that had prayed for help. She was a member. She asked us for a blessing. So that was cool. God works in mysterious ways. Then there was a shop next to KFC. Elder Joe found the new Pokemon game and bought it. haha He sent it to his brother. The ward is good. There are young men and women, but they don't have mutual. Instead they try to do something called Friday night activity, but no one comes out. We live with the bishop. So we will go eat and hang with the other elders then go home and clean the house. Kingston probably has the most hotels. I think I will be in this area for a while. That is how this week went.

Love you all, 

Elder Davis

Kimone's baptism

Full Shoes - Crocs

Our View

Kids and Kids

Viewer Discretion is Advised - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello Everyone, 

This week was great! There was a baptism in my area, but i didn't know the person. The first day we got a bunch of free food and drinks. Then on day two we witnessed the miracle of life haha. We saw a goat giving birth. We video taped it. viewer discretion is advised, haha. My comp is pretty cool. He is from Salt Lake City,Utah, but he's chill. 

The water here is clean, i think. Idk if i'm just use to it or what, but it seems clean. There are trash men. They just drive down the road and grab all the trash. I do not want to live here, I would much rather live in the U.S. Our area is pretty big. It goes from Linstead to Ocho Rios. I sleep pretty good. There are some roosters that wake me up. I might kill them, haha. Teaching is good. We are finding lots of cool people. That is how this week went.

Love you all, 

Elder Davis

I caught a goat!

We met this kid and he had the weirdest shaped head. 

Finally, grape soda. :)

Proof that Fasting Works - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone!

I heard the patriots won. I legit fasted for it yesterday haha. So, that is just proof that fasting works. Transfers were good, but weird. I am leaving and going to the other side of Linstead with Elder Johanson. I am excited. I am still in the same ward, and I am happy I am staying here.We have a bunch of baptisms in the Bogwalk area. So now its time to line up some baptisms in Uerton. The ward is great. There are a lot of awesome members. I found black leather converse, so i bought them. They have been working. On Sundays, we have coordination at 8 in the morning. Then it is church. we don't really do a whole lot, just participate in class. 

5 things I've learned while on my mission:

1 faith is a principle of power 

2 the church is true 

3 the stories and teachings in the scriptures 

4 how to talk to people 

5 how to cook jamaican food.

I love you all,

Elder Davis

My new companion is the one in the weird stance in the picture. Tell Elly to look up the self reliance program that the church does. It helps people run and grow their own businesses.

Peace...

I think the children in Jamaica like him :)

My Zone

Making Pizza in Jamaica