We won't know until next week where Eric is being transferred.
Hi everyone!
I am getting transferred! That is so crazy. I have been in miami since april/may and it is now the end of november. That is so crazy! I have been the district leader in this area for 5 transfers. I am happy that I was able to do a lot of good in this area. Elder Terry and I had an amazing week! We had 5 people come to church. Elder Terry is really happy about it. Carine and Dupont the recent converts are both doing amazingly. They are some of my favorite people ever. I will miss them a lot.
For thanksgiving on Thursday Carlo invited us as well as Elder Patino and Elder Furner over. He got coupons from his job that allowed him to get free food for thanksgiving. He got a turkey, potatoes, and an apple pie. He made it and it was good. He made it Haitian style, but it was still pretty good. He also made some rice and beans on the side that were kind of spicy. It was a good experience. By the way, I don't remember if I told you this but Carlo was back on Sundays for work. We told him that he should be baptized during the week, but he said no because he didn't want to miss church at all, even though it was just for a month because of the holiday season. They said they would give him work off on Sunday after January 1st. We told him that he should get baptized during the week, but he refused. He would wait until January 15th to do it. We told him that it was not good to put it off, but he still didn't listen. But then Elder Furner promised him that if he had faith God could help him get work off. A few days later Carlo called and said that his boss gave him Sunday off for now on. He came to church this last Sunday, and he will be baptized on the 4th of December! We are so excited that this man is finally getting baptized.
The Millward family, who is one of the young couples who is in the medical field and is studying to become a doctor, invited all four of the missionaries, the Hawkins family (a recent convert family), as well as Carine Sejour (our newest recent convert). It was a great event and everyone enjoyed it a lot. It was amazing to have american food for Thanksgiving. Because as much as I love Haitian food, It just didn't feel like home. But when we went to the millwards and it was pure american food, it was amazing. The Millwards live in an apartment in Aventura which is close to the beach. It is a beautiful city. We talked to Carine for a while. She told us about how everything is like in Haiti. She told us that it is a lot more slow placed country. All of the jobs work from 8-4 and then everything closes down for the day. She said that she had a lot more time to enjoy life. She told us that she was well off and had servants and care takers for a large orchard filled with fruits of every kind. She missed Haiti a lot. I feel bad for all of these good Haitian people who lost everything and came over here and struggle. A lot of them have a cultural shock when they come here. They have to struggle to get by every day. I admire the Hatian people a lot.
We are teaching some amazing people right now: Elande is a seventh-day advantist that I met when I was first in the area when Elder Furner was my companion. It was not a good lesson and I debated with her. Elder Furner told me that that was bad, and I felt bad about the whole experience. Last Monday we passed by her house again and found her and her sister and we are now teaching them.
James, the Hatian man whose house we blessed a few minutes after he first moved in, is doing amazing. His daughter in Haiti is sick, but he sent money to help her and he is doing a lot better. He loves the restored gospel and the Book of Mormon. He is going to come to church on Sunday.
We felt inspired to talk a woman at the gas station named Cassandra. She said that she is looking for a church to attend and raise her son in. She wants to know why there are so many religions. She has a really sincere desire to come to church and partake of the blessings of the gospel.
I know that the church is true and that God is good all the time. There are so many people in this world, and the people are what make the mission and life worth going through. I know that Jesus Christ is the Savior and he is guiding and upholding this work. He is the light that lights up all things and he has carried me through so many difficulties and he has brought me to so many opportunities.
I love you all! Pray for me and the investigators in this area.
Carlo Joseph
Georges Verrier
Rosemonde
Robert
Cassandra
Leroni
Nancy
Ricardo
Euchine
Tido
Ernst Sejour
Love, Elder Seamons
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