February 15, 2010

So... um I have forgotten to tell you some things for the last few weeks.

My mission will no longer exist as of July. When President Martineau dies so will his mission. The two puerto rico missions will become one. We will no longer have these islands of Aruba Bonaire and Curacao. They will belong to the santo domingo east mission. we will have three companionships on this island instead of 5 and i have to go close apartments for that. I will no longer be zone leader starting wednesday. He is putting the two zones together and leaving the two zone leaders in Aruba. so i might be district leader might not. So if i am here when they change missions. President will be leaving a companionship on each island to train the new elders from santo domingo. If i do that i will switch missions. I would no longer be part of the Puerto rico mission but i would be part of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East mission. Which looks like i might do that. Nothing for sure but if i go through the island rounds i will be here in the time of that change.

This week has been Karnaval. Lots of Poorly Dressed women. Lots of alcohol. and lots of white people. Here in a predominately Black island (being and island in the Carribean) which is very strange. We have to be home early till tuesday. Then it is all over. Everyone says that this week many young women will get pregnant. in october and around that time there will be many babies born. It is quite sad. We go to talk with people and no one is to be found. Houses are all empty and the parade line has been in construction for three weeks now. They all build little shacks like little houses that they all sit in. Its like portland parades but lasts for weeks and they start preparing putting seats out weeks before it starts instead of the morning or night before. it is crazy!

So because of that we have not had a whole lot of success this week. We taught alot but not a whole lot great investigators. just so so. But yeah That is business here on the island.