"HELLO WORLD"

Let me just say, I LOVE JAMES!!!

"THIS WEEK in Montego BAY. It has been a great week here I love this work so much I am so thankful to everyone that has helped me get to this point in my life so far, which is everyone of you! I am so glad that I have known each one of you and I am glad to hear from you each week and know that you are doing well. This week I was thinking about my cousin Daxton, and his wonderful example in my life. For those of you that don't know Daxton he is an awesome guy and you better meet him soon, or you are missing something great in life. Daxton has always had an amazing ability to do anything he puts his mind to it! I have been trying to apply this to my life as a missionary and improving myself (there is a lot to be done!) so moral of the story go meet Daxton and as they say in jamaica "BIG UP HIM" or give him a compliment.

 Well hmmm I don't really know where to start? What would be the coolest to tell you about, I guess I will go with what I love. The people, Marlin one of our investigators is going to get married to his baby mother. Marlin, Ricardo and Mark Came to church this week! it was so cool to get to see them come. Well I am going to feed some humming birds so I got to go.

I hope you Enjoy these pictures! LOVE ELDER CONDER

PS I love seeing pics so feel free to send some"

Letters, Packages, and "INSYNC" :)

"Hello Everyone,

Great to here from you all this week. It was a great week here in Jamaica. Yes I am still in Jamaica. some times I forget where I am and how different it is here, but then you look up at the Green land scape and then at a rasta smoking ganga and you are quickly reminded that yes you are in Jamaica. I love it here so much and yes to my mothers question I do have a washing machine. One of the only missionaries with on here. Also we are the only one that I know of with at microwave. SO Elder Randle and I Have been enjoying some wonderful popcorn. Side note the music in the back ground while I am writting this letter is INSYNC so ya Pretty ..... there is how ever a rasta from new york that is claming to be a rapper.  SO ya this is deffinitly a micoscopical glimsps into jamaica.

Lets get off that subject know and talk about something way cooler, the investigators that we are working with (fill free to write back if you have any stories and such that might help them.) Right know we have a great familly of boys that we are working with. there names are Marlin, Racardo, Mark and every once in awhile Some more. We have taught them the restoration for the past to times and then we watched the restoration DVD with them. They all enjoyed it. Racardo AND Marlin prayed and they both know that it is the true church, but marlin is really attached to his old church (the song in the back ground just changed to the titanic sound track my heart will go on) then we shared the scripture from D&C about what greater witness can you have then from god.

five min sign just came up!! AAHH I LOVE YOU ALL VERY MUCH. thanks for the emails and letters! AND PACKAGES (Maybe, PLease haha)


LOVE

ELDER CONDER"

SO . . . sending packages to Jamaica is pretty darn pricey! If you ever want to send James something let me (Elora) know. Taylor is working for Fedex and so he can ship things for 1/2 the price! Pretty exciting, I know... Oh the magnificent benefits of a part-time, graveyard shift job!!

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!!!

Still Alive and Kicking!!

"Well here I am still alive and kicking. Montego Bay is crazy.Why? Because I feel like I am back in America compared to where I was before. Well I guess I should correct that statement, I feel like I am in America when I am In KFC and Pizza Hut. Ha Ha because well, despite seeing the occasional white person this is definitely still Jam Rock. I really enjoy it here. There are tons of great investigators that we are working with!The branch here is so amazing. They actually have a pretty nice building here, and the members are even nicer. I love them!

We went to the funeral of Elder Walker on Saturday. We took a bus ride there with the members of Montego Bay and had a wonderful opportunity to bond with them. Elder Randle and I pretended to be there tour guides for the ride and we all had a wonderful time. Just to let you know funerals here are like giant parties, but Elder walkers was really toned down. They normally are where everyone goes to get drunk. One Guy came to us after and said this is the nicest funeral I have been to. He was talking about how reverent it was. We had another VERY unexpected thing that we got to do at the funeral, that was to help bury the body. It was very interesting I will try to get a picture of it sent home so you can see what its like because it is nothing like doing it in America. It was very nice though despite getting our nicest Shoes filled with cement, I Felt great happiness and a great honor as I helped mix the cement.

I love all of you Very much. I am sorry we haven't heard much as missionaries about Elder Walkers sister. Just keep her in your prayers
 
Love,
 Elder Conder"

Jamaican T-Shirt Night!

 

James sent a box of random Jamaican shirts home for all of his friends. So on Wednesday night all of his friends came over to pick out a shirt. It was so much fun!! We LOVE all his friends and the great support they have been to him! Thank you all!

Oh yeah. . . and we spent the night in James room, with all his stuff! Thanks for the shirts Elder Conder!

James First Transfer! Montego Bay!!

 "Hello Everyone, 


     I am Very glad I have wonderful opportunity this week, I am also sad, and have felt great love from heavenly father, this thing that I get to do, is provide a summary of the High Gate Area. Why Do I get to do this? This question also answers why I am sad to do this. I am Being transferred to Montego Bay. I am very sad to do this, but I have great hope because I have felt heavenly fathers love for me and the members of the branch here. 

    This area is my first. I have put my heart and all I have into this area and have felt the love of heavenly father. When I got here to Jamaica I was taken off the airplane put in a car driven on the opposite side of a dirty dark road to the mission presidents house where I instantly felt the spirit that resides there. I was served dinner and met a few missionaries. Then it was off to bed. We woke up At 6:30 Took our last hot showers and were sent to our areas. The ride to my area was much like  my imagination being in the cargo area of a plane in severe turbulence. When I got there Great Joy filled my heart as a breath in the fresh air of the mountains of Jamaica, I felt I was home as still do. This place is my home and holds a special spot in my heart. I wont ever forget these members here. 

When I got here there were rumors going around that this was a terrible area, but I can say with all energy of my heart that this is now one of the best areas. I am not saying that it was us (the missionaries) that made this area something better than it was before. It was obedience to the lords commandments and faithful members. I am so proud of them. They have stayed the way in the face of great trial. From the start they would sit with about 16 members in the congregation, but the members didn't let this discourage them the stuck it out and now this week there were 39 members in the congregation. The Branch Has had a lot of people coming back and I am sure that this trend will not stop. I have hope for this branch and I know that Elder Kartchner is strong enough to take on this responsibility while training a new missionary.  He now has to fill the role that I leave he is the first counselor in the branch, and one of the best missionaries I have ever met. 

  Elder Kartchner is one of the greatest missionaries ever! Think about it the lord saw fight to stick him with Elder James Craig Conder ha ha. I am positive that it would be hard to be my companion. ha ha  He is amazing and I am so great full that I can leave this area in his hands. I have had the opportunity to know many noble and great ones and Elder Kartchner is one of them 

I am Attaching a bunch of pictures of the mission so far I hope you like them."

HONOR

James spent his time writing to his Dad this week so his weekly letter is short. Hmmmm let us ponder this........  

Weekly letter............

"HONOR thy FATHER and THY MOTHER  and thank god that you have a family no matter what! IF YOU have a father and a mother living even near to each other this is a great blessing! I PROMISE that Chastity is and Eternal MARRiage are VERY important !!!!!!!!          


               Love Elder James Conder"