Hardy's in Jamaica: Dunn's River with Sister Wege and Jean Harper

Wednesday morning we had district meeting at our condo. After the missionaries left, Sister Wege and Jean Harper came up for a visit. Jean was a companion to Sister Wege when they both served in the Washington DC Mission. We visited until 3:00 and then they headed to their hotel while Brian and I headed to the branch. I waited for Mark to come to seminary but he never showed up. Brian went with Sister Wege and Jean to visit Rohan and Tracy's school. When they got back to the branch, we all went out to dinner with Shawn. We decided to go to Scotchies for Jerk chicken. Sister Wege wanted to talk to Shawn about the Path program. I found out from Jean that she and my cousin Steve Morgan are very good friends.

Thursday we picked up Jean and Sister Wege and headed to Dunn's River. Brian and I wanted to check it out to see if it would be a good place to take our children when they came. We were not disappointed. It was very crowded but we did not hike up the falls as we did not have our swimming suits. I am sure Brian will hike up the falls when family come. After we dropped Jean and Sister Wege off at their hotel, we went home for lunch and then stopped to see the Llewellans as Abigail had just gotten out of the hospital. We then headed to the branch for seminary and institute. I ended up teaching Raheem and Jahleem but Mark did not show up.

Friday morning we picked up Tracy and took her to St. Ann's so that she could check out the cost of getting passports. We want our members to start getting their passports now so that they can go to the temple in July. After we got home, Brian went to the bank while I studied my YW's lesson. When he got home, we went to the store to pick up some ingredients for Sister Alexander as she wanted to make lasagna for her restaurant grand opening. The sisters called and wanted to go to Brown's Town with us so we waited for them to get to our condo and then headed out. We stopped to see Cheryl and Monica and then picked up Sister Alexander and headed to her cook shop. We treated the sisters to dinner at the cook shop before heading back to Ocho. We all had fried chicken and rice and peas. Later on in the evening, Elder Jones called to tell us that Elder Cox had been bitten by a 40 legger. That is what they call the centipedes around here. They can get pretty big (5 - 9 inches long). The one that bit Elder Cox was small and he said that it didn't hurt or break skin. He was pretty lucky! You can check it out on google. Just type in " Jamaican 40 legger."

Saturday morning we headed over to the elder's apartment to help them move to their new apartment. After we took the first load over, I decided to stay at their old apartment and mop the floors and do a little cleaning. I thought it would save them some time. Elder Cox and Elder Jones seem very pleased with their new apartment. However, they told us this morning at church that they don't have very good water pressure. I will not miss driving down James Avenue to pick them up. It is a very congested street and sometimes it is hard to navigate our way through it. The new apartment is just down the road from Tracy and Rohan. It will be a longer walk to church for them but it will be closer to most of their contacts. After we finished with the move, we went back to our condo and started watching the Roots Conference. It was very inspiring.

We had a pretty good turnout at the branch. We had one family from Canada and another from Blackfoot, Idaho. We are always happy when we get visitors as it boosts our numbers. After the meeting we visited with the Llewellans. Jasmine is visiting from the Isle of Man. She is such a delightful lady. She is going to speak in church next week. She and her niece Jody are the only ones who have gone to the temple in that family. Jody is Marge's daughter and she is serving a mission here in Jamaica. Her mission ends this month. After our visit, we headed back home for the evening. We do not like to venture out on the roads at night.