September 11, 2017
In Junction, Jamaica temporarily - will return to Nassau, Bahama's as soon as Hurricane Irma has passed and they are able to get back to Nassau.
The information below was copied form Elder Austin Wilding's Blog:
9/4/2017 Monday
we spend most of the morning doing visa stuff for other missionaries to
come out to the the Bahamas, went to Del Sol for like an hour, hung out
with Brother Pierre right before his tour, meet some members on a
cruise ship, then went to the church to email. Later that evening we
went to buy jugs of water to prepare for the hurricane and while we were
there, there were tons of people waiting for the jugs to show up. A
truck pulls up with cases of bottled water so we started to help them
unload the truck and stack it in the storage container so the truck
could go get the big jugs faster. Once the jugs showed up, people went
crazy. They lost all the little bit of patience that they had left in
them. It was a mad house so again, we stepped in to help get it all
organized and started to pack the jugs of water to people's cars as they
paid for them. It helped the crowd calm down and it took a load of
stress off the workers. We got 3 jugs of water free for helping them. It
was nice to help them all out. They loved it.
9/5/2017 Tuesday
was crazy! So first thing in the morning we had district meeting. We
then took the water jugs to the Seawell's house to store them. While we
are there, sister Seawell tells us they they were being evacuated out of
Nassau for Hurricane Irma. So we call the Assistants to tell them
what's going on and they made the decision to pull us out of Nassau. So
the rest of the day we spent packing up all of our clothes and all of
the Books of Mormon into the lower bathroom to keep them save and every
other valuable thing. We took a lot of stuff to the Seawell's house to
leave it there in their house to stay in Nassau and also helped them
prep their house. They fed us pizza then we said our goodbyes as we
headed to the apartment for our last night in Nassau for now.
9/6/2017 Wednesday
at 3 in the morning we woke up to get ready for our flight at 7. We
left the house around 4 to the Seawell's house to drop off our car and
Sister Seawell took us to the airport. We got to the airport and sat in
line for about an hour, maybe less, then ran to catch our flight. Our
flight didn't end up leaving until 7:45...
Anyways, we land in Miami and we are looking for our next gate to our
next flight. We make a left turn and I look behind me as we turn the
corner and I saw a big Bell. Guess what that means... TACO BELL!!!🙌🏼
Elder Call and I freaked out, bought Taco Bell, took selfies, then
happily strolled away from our beloved Taco Bell. #Missionaccomplished
After those events of pure joy, we scrambled to find a place to get our
tickets. We ended up waiting in another line for another hour to book a
return flight to Miami from Jamaica that we will never need. Jamaica has
to have evidence that we aren't staying in the country for very long...
I don't know why that is but oh well. So we book it to our next flight
and barely make it through the entry way before they locked up! We get
on the plane and we sit down next to a Jamaican and chat Patious the
whole ride! After we landed in Jamaica we went out to meet Sister Jones
and her companion who I forgot the name to. They took us to the Montego
Bay elders house where we were to stay the night. While we were there we
cleaned their house, took a shower, took a 2 hour power nap, then
talked with the other elders before we went to bed.
At the airport in Nassau - 7 a.m. flight headed back to Jamaica until Hurricane Irma passes.
Left to Right -
Elder Eric Call,
Elder Dylan Christensen,
Elder Austin Wilding
Elder Call and Elder Wilding were way excited to eat at Taco Bell in the Miami Airport!
9/7/2017 Thursday
wasn't eventful whatsoever until we got a phone call from the
Assistants telling us where we were to go while we waited to return to
Nassau. Elder Christensen and Call went to Junction! I am with Elder
Craig in May Pen. So that night the Brown's picked us up, took us to
Junction, then to May Pen.
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