Ocho Rios

Sunday, as we walked into the branch,  we were surprised to see President Brown and his family and the Murdocks.  I decided to visit the primary and I spent most of the time in there convincing the two youngest Brown children that they needed to stay.  It must be hard for them to visit different primarys.  It also doesn't help that the room doesn't have air or windows,  and the fan is inadequate.  I used to think it was hot in the chapel but as I walked down the stairs I could definitely feel the difference.  I really like the primary president.  She has two new counselor but I don't know if she is using them yet.  One of her counselors just sat near the back and didn't say anything the whole time.  It was so hot and I really don't think she was enjoying herself.  We sang the songs acapella style as the branch only has one keyboard.  The children learned an Article of Faith and played a guessing game at the end.  We have ages 3-11 all combined together.  You want to train  but it is hard because you don't want to offend anyone either.

We visited with everyone after the block and then headed home.  The Murdocks were going to see President Lester's new home so I called them and invited them for dinner since they had to come back this way before heading to Kingston.  I will really miss them.

Monday was p-day.  We did some laundry and I made cookies for our FHE appointment in Highgate.  Brian ran some errands in town for President Brown.  President Lester called and asked us to pick him up at  his new home so that he could make a trip to the hospital to pick up a prescription for Sister Rose.  When we got there, she told us that her niece had already picked it up so we drove President Lester and his son back to the branch.  The sisters came over around 4:00 and we drove out to Highgate.  We picked up Sister Bennett and drove to Sister Raymond's only to find that she wasn't home.  We waited for awhile, ate cookies and showed Sister Bennett a video clip.  She told us about her conversion six years ago and showed us some pictures.  She is 77 years old.  She handed me a large fruit that she called a pear.  On the way home             I asked the sisters what it was and they told me that it was an avacado.  I had never seen one that big.  It was very light in color.  When we got home I made some guacamole and it almost filled the cereal bowl.

Tuesday we decided to see if we could find some members in Steer Town.  We tried to call a sister but she didn't answer.  We found that she was listed on the GPS so we drove to the area and then asked a few people.  We finally found her. I think she was embarrassed to have us there but we did have a nice visit with her.  We are suppose to call first so we will need to do better in the future. We went into town to check on a few items and then went back to the apartment for lunch.  We had a meeting scheduled with President Lester at his new home.  It is out of the biking area for the elders so we picked them up so they could attend the meeting.  The sisters have a truck so they met us out there.  President Lester was late.  We probably waited for over an hour and he finally came.  He had some big boxes in the taxi and a few sacks.  When his son, Peter, opened the boxes, they were full of chickens.  Most of the chickens were dead.  I think he saved 3 of the 15 or more.  It was pretty sad.  I think it just was too hot for them and they were already dehydrated because they hadn't had enough water.  He had too many stuffed in each box.  The ones that made it had plenty of room in the box.  We did end up having our meeting and then we drove President Lester back to Ocho so he could attend another meeting.  The sisters came over to use our computer as they needed some information for zone conference the next day.  It was another late night for dinner.

Swimming pool where we had the baptism.

This fruit called guinep is in season now and they are very popular.  You bite them open with  your teeth and suck the 1/4 inch of sweet fruit that is around a large seed. 

This is the avacado that Sister Bennett gave to me.  I put it next to the computer mouse  so that you could get an idea of how big it was.