Spanish Town - 5

Me in the Zinc Maze of Central Village

Elder Patrick and I will be having our second baptism of the transfer this upcoming weekend. Brother Andrew "Afat" Green will be baptized this Saturday morning and confirmed the next day in sacrament meeting. Afat was the first street contact that we had since I came to Spanish Town. Soon after I got here we locked our bicycles and were walking in Greendale. I felt like I should talk to this guy and now 5 1/2 weeks later he's being baptized. Afat is an amazing man. One of the most humble people I know. We've been seeing him most every night and he walks the 2+ miles to Friday Night Activity, baptisms, other church activities, and church every Sunday. Afat has been prepared for YEARS to live this gospel. Ever since he was a young boy he recognized the negative affect of multiple baby fathers and baby mothers. He hates the taste of alcoholic drinks. And he's never smoked ganja. He's really one of a kind. Really excited for him. We hope to have him called as the gospel principles teacher in a few weeks.

We started teaching another man this past week, Bro. Richards. Our first lesson with him started off rough. He was SET on the fact that the Sabbath is on Saturday. He wouldn't even hear us out. We finished the lesson focusing solely on prophets and The Book of Mormon. If he gains a testimony of The Book of Mormon, he will have a testimony of modern prophets. If he has that testimony, he can know that the Sabbath is on Sunday. We had another lesson with him yesterday and his entire demeanor changed. He is excited and eager to read this mysterious book. We had to get going to another appointment and he was getting antsy to ask all of his questions. Bro. Richards is a great guy. As long as he READS, PONDERS, and PRAYS about the BoM he WILL receive his answer.

Funny prayer quote of the week:

Some high rasta man asked if he could pray for us. Here's the best quote.....

        "....Remember the peoples overseas, in Mars, in Jupiters. Dey are your children. Bless dem, O Lord...."

Funny street contact for the week:

I approached some old timer yesterday, and couldn't understand my English.... only Patwa

  "How's your Sabbath been?"

  "Eh?"

  "How's your Sunday been?" (very slow)

  "Me nah unnahstan"

  "How's your day been?" (VERY slow and clear)

  "Eh?"

  "Ting (Marijuana) good?"

  "Ahhhh! Ya mon! Ting good! Da bread a life ya know?!"

Elder Ritchie