First week on the Island

Well, we have been here exactly 6 days. Sometimes it feels like it has been 6 months.....it will be a bit of an adjustment to change over to island life, but each day gets a little easier and we get a bit more familiar with how to get places and what we are supposed to be doing.  One of the biggest adjustments has been driving.  They drive on the opposite side of the road than we do, but the steering wheel is still on the left, so it is just weird.  Elder Garrison has been doing all the driving and has just once headed down the road on the wrong side.....I screamed him over!  Sheesh!  The other adjustment has been trying to understand the "English".  So many of the people here speak French Creole....so when they change over to English, it sometimes still sounds like a foreign language to us.  It is especially hard on the phone to understand what is being said. We have met some wonderful people though and are grateful for all the help that so many have given us.  Especially the Elders that serve here with us.
Our Branch President drove us on his boat to dinner on the island that he livers on!
This is Denis.  He is from Haiti and lives on St. John.  We ferried over to meet him and give him a lesson and he made us a full out dinner.  Sweet, sweet man.

This is a picture of us at Magen's Bay.  It is the prettiest beach on the  island.
Elder Robinson from Arizona transferred in on Thursday.  Elder Murillo was moved back to Puerto Rico.  We will miss him, but excited to work with him and Elder Howe.  First Week on the Island
The greeting committee!
We taught a lesson with Elder Murillo and Elder Howe to Delphine.  She lives on the other side of the  island.  

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  1. Just a bed of rosesJanuary 27, 2019 at 12:04 PM

    wait till you get served a full fish dinner with the fish's eyeballs bulging out of its head! I remember in Puerto Rico the roads being narrow and no one drives on one side of the road. So fun to hear your first week... Enjoy all the bright colors of paint and the beautiful smiles!

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  2. Thomas SpackmanJanuary 27, 2019 at 9:20 PM

    Great to hear from you. We posted pictures this morning--much better internet on Monday than Sunday thus we will most likely send our blog out Monday morning. Keep in touch. Spackman

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