This past week was Elder Jones' last full week in Jamaica. He leaves a couple weeks early to get back before the semester starts. He leaves this upcoming Saturday. Our week started off great, but ended a bit rough as we were quarantined because Elder Jones' caught a virus that has been spreading around the mission. Luckily, I was able to do a few exchanges with the other MoBay elders. They were happy to do that seeing that one of them would be in the air conditioned truck.
Last Sunday (8 days ago) we taught a 'branch mission fireside' with our legendary branch mission leader and some branch missionaries. It was held for an hour after church and most everybody stayed. I love the Montego Bay branch. It's so different than any other branch in Jamaica and the world. In the other wards I've been in it's not as lively. You almost have to pull their teeth to get someone to comment. But the MoBay branch is ALIVE. Everyone is almost fighting to share experiences and comments. I love it. The fireside went well, and we gave the members a copy of the Book of Mormon (or "The Book of the Normons" or the "Normon Bible" as Jamaicans call it). We committed them to set it somewhere in the house where they'd see it, pray about it over the week, fast about it in the upcoming fast Sunday, and to identify who they want to share the gospel with. At church yesterday we had 2 members in our area bring a friend to church. One is a lady in her 30s that came with ~3-4 'pickne' (kids). She enjoyed church. The other was a young man, probably in his early 20s who is dating one of the young women in the branch. We have appointments scheduled with them for this week.
Audrei is doing well. She's still just waiting for JPS to get the light up. It 'soon come' though. We're praying that she'll be baptized this Sunday!
Likkle more and nuff love
Elder Ritchie
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