July 23, 2008

Things are going great. I guess things are the same all around the world. Lots of people come when they are making a change. This Sunday was a little dissapointing compared to last Sunday ( attendence wise). Most of the members were there. You see what happened was that we made a list of everybody that we had committed throughout the week to come to church on Sunday. We had about ten. Half dropped out saturday night when we called them. And none came to church. But, those are just the people we committed.
There is a lady named Island(pronounce the "s") and she comes with 2 of her kids and 2 kids of her sister. We went and taught her yesterday. Its going to be a long process with her if she wants to get baptized. She is living with Patrick, her boyfriend, who married a girl in Haiti. Now, those two have no contact. He says that he would want to divorce the other girl and marry Island. Sounds great uh? Well, now Island isnt sure whether she wants to marry Patrick. So, obviously something has to change there.
In response to some of your questions. We have no car, they dont have insurance for persons under the age of 25. There is an empty apartment here waiting the arrival of a new couple. We have army rations as a hurricane supply. I have cereal, Plenty of Tuna, I've got beans, they dont have spaghettios. Cookies are expensive and very limited options. I dont think anybody on this island has ever even heard of jerky.

Love, Elder Osterloh

Ps Im learning French now
je m'appelle Elder Osterloh
je sui de l'amerique
bonjour...