It's Mango Season - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone!

This week was good. We found a cool old a lady to teach. We had a lot of ackee this week. Ackee and bacon, ackee and saltfish, breadfruit, curried chicken, and fry chicken this week. It has been hot here, probably not as hot as back home but still warm. It's mango season. So I have been eating a lot of mangos. 

There is definitely a reason for the mission rules. Blessings come when you follow them. 

Fun things to do in jamaica...

1 for non-members there are all sorts of parties. 

2 go to the beach. 

3 go to the river and swim 

4 eat food. 

5 play soccer 

6 chill 

7 sit and reason and talk bad about the government. haha People just like to chill and eat. No one here likes Trump. They charge white people more for things than Jamaicans.

Love you guys

Elder Davis

Elder Davis and the kids at school

Elder Porter and Elder Davis

Elder Riding and Elder Davis

New Planner

What the?

Top Ten Things Not to Say in Jamaica - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello Everyone! 

This week was good. It has rained the past few days. It's sunny now. I gave a talk in sacrament meeting this week. about helping the poor and needy. So that was fun. It seems exciting in America, graduation and everything. People here are starting to end school also. We have walked a ton this week, idk how many miles. But it was a long way. We found this cool new investigator. His mom is a seventh day adventist, and she tried to bible bash me me. But it didn't work hehe. But he is cool. Linstead is great! It's not too hot. 

Top Ten ways I have changed: 

1 I now have a sure testimony of the book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. 

2 My christlike attributes have been something I have worked on. 

3 I can talk to people pretty well. 

4 I think I am more mature. 

5 I know how to do laundry. 

6 I cook better 

7 I can iron a shirt.... idk what else. 

Top 10 things not to say in Jamaica: 

1 Donald Trump is a good guy 

2 Jesus is white 

3 Don't say anything about anyone or anything gay. 

4 Bash Obama... they love him. 

5 Weed is bad for you. people say it's the healing of the nations 

6 Don't ever make the pssst noise because they think it means you want to break the law of chastity. idk? haha idk know what else. 

Top 10 popular names in Jamaica: 

1 Keisha 

2 Dwyane 

3 Kevin 

4 Aundre 

5 Jermaine 

6 Jerome 

7 Shawna Kay 

8 Davis is a common last name. 

9 David 

10 Bible names, Book of Mormon and New Testament names 

I love you all,

Elder Davis

He might need a rain coat :)

My ties!

Missionaries Collect Ties

New Shoes - 

It has been raining a lot this week!

At Church in Linstead

Brodey, Elder Shafer, Elder Knight, Brother Muschette at church

Stitching Up A Dog - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone! 

This week was good. We helped stitch up a dog's face this week. Someone chopped it in the face with a machete. So that was exciting. Stake conference was good. There is just one stake here, and it is pretty small. I saw Patrick and a bunch of other people I knew. Last monday we had a zone pday. That was fun. We played volleyball and soccer and a little basketball. Tabitha is doing good. Her dog is the one that got chopped. No mail this week. I have shoes. It was fun, I got kicked in the shin. I was going to score a goal. My comp was a spaz and just kicked as hard as he could and hit my shin instead of the ball.  But pain is an emotion! haha  I am staying in Linstead, probably for the rest of my mission.

I love you all

Elder Davis

Stitching up a Dog

Stitching up a Dog's face

Patrick and Elder Davis

Zone Conference with Old Friends :)

Nice sign :)

Julie from Spanish Town

Raising My X-Wing Out of the Swamp - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone, 

This week was good. Zone conference was good. We talked a lot about hope. I talked to President he said he was going to see what he could do to keep me in Linstead. Linstead is great. I would be happy anywhere. I never got the letters with stickers. We are working on finding new investigators. We are still teaching Tabatha. So, we have been walking around a lot talking to people. I sleep just fine here. The ward is great it is the biggest on the island and the best running. The bishop is awesome also. Sounds like it is exciting back home. Later today we are going to Spain Town to play soccer with the the rest of the zone. Elder Johansen and Elder Stevens are going home the same day as me. 

I love you all,

Elder Davis

New Wood Carving

Raising my X-Wing out of the swamp!

Using the Force

Goats!!!

Prince of Egypt! We watched this all of the time growing up

Elder Davis, Brother Muschette, Elder Shafer

Having Fun at a member's house

A kneeling prayer brings the spirit - LInstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone! 

This week was good Brother Wisdom got confirmed. This week was kind of boring just the same old. We have zone conference tomorrow. So that will be fun. At the beginning of my mission I lost weight. I think i am losing weight. IDK if I have grown. Usually a barber cuts my hair. Most of the barbers here don't know how to cut white people hair, but there are a few that do a good job. My teeth are good. If we walk a lot they start to hurt. They have tons of different bag juice flavors. I am going to try to send some. I have a package that I want to send this Monday or next. Most of the stores are just wholesales that Chinese people own or little drug stores. 

A kneeling prayer brings the spirit the strongest. We have filters for our water, and I have a 2 liter that I fill up and keep in the fridge. I made some pumpkin chicken soup the other day. It was good. They call the police the JDF. They just drive around in jeeps looking for cars with guns. They are basically the swat team. 

We are going to play some card games today. We just learn how to be a missionary at zone conference. It is kind of like a training. I'll see President tomorrow. I did get my flight plans. It's exciting, but it is better to just keep working.

I love you everyone,

Bye,

Elder Davis

Brother Fletcher - one of my favorite people

Our trap to catch the chickens so the mongooses don't get them 

The chickens we caught for the bishop

New hat

A lot of Miracles This Week! (a must read) - Linstead, Jamaica

Hello everyone,


This week was good. A lot of miracles this week. On Tuesday we got a call from a long time part member family. The member wife said that her husband wants to be baptized. So, we did the interview and everything. He was ready. So on Saturday we started to fill the font and make the programs. We got the font halfway and the programs made. On sunday morning when we got to church, the font had drained so there was like a foot of water in it. It was not enough to baptize him. We started to fill it again and then the power went out. So, there was no water. So at the beginning of sacrament, Bishop said the baptism would be pushed to next week. The guy his name is Brother Wisdom. He was determined to be baptized. He started to call water trucks...no answers. Then him and a member went to try to find a water truck... no luck! Then they went to a factory... no luck there either. Then the police station... nothing there either. Then the fire station... the fire truck was broken. So they headed back. Then it starts to rain... a lot. It was raining so hard. So we got buckets and put them outside and caught as much water as we could. We managed to catch enough to fill the font. He was baptized!! It was really cool. It flooded a lot this week. One of the rivers rose like 20 feet. I think everyone is alright. 


No president interviews yet. The people are pretty funny and the goats. We laugh about the angry people and goats. The Mission Pres is really awesome. He has built a lot of faith and hope and is very optimistic. My favorite scripture is Ether 12: 4. There is a cheesy remix to a hymn that everyone calls the brainwash song, because it says baptize me over and over again. haha  Capture the flag is my favorite pday activity. Ya, I get her letters all the time. 


Love you all, Elder Davis

River Flooding

Flooding in Linstead

It is beautiful here

spider

my new wood carving i bought

Elder Muschette Getting water for the baptism

GEtting water for the baptism

collecting rain for the baptism

Brother Wisdom and his wife at his baptism

Flooding in Linstead