Surprise!!! Here it is, Saturday night already and the McKenzies are here with us for a couple of days. We checked out Medical facilities in May Pen and renewed a lease for the Elders apartment and inspected the Sisters apartment. What a great bunch of missionaries we have here. They are truly focused on helping the people of Jamaica come unto Jesus Christ. This afternoon we went to the Old Harbour fish market and bought 3 nice lobsters for $20 US, $1500 Jamaican. Tomorrow we are attending church here at the Old Harbour Branch, Monday we are rounding up junk at the missionaries apartments so they can clean out and organize. Tuesday Elder McKenzie and I are attending a "Religion and Crime Prevention" that is being sponsored by the Seventh Day Adventists.
Hopefully we will be able to make a short presentation. Well the part you are most excited about has arrived. PICTURES......

Marijuana is illegal in Jamaica-but it is everywhere?? Here is a small bakery on the coast near Negril that has a great variety of baked good that contain Ganja.

This is Ackee Fruit. It grows on a tree and it the main ingredient in the national food, Ackee and Salt Fish.
As it ripens, it pops open and exposes its black seeds. The seeds and unripened fruit are quite poisonous.  

Ackee Fruit and Salt Fish  that's cooked and safe to eat

Sister McKenzie picking Ackee Fruit

Brother Muswah near his pig farm. What a great member of the church.

Domino's pizza delivery guy. He made 3 trips to deliver the full order for Zone Conference.

Street vendor with a rolling barbecue

Check out the sign.
"Jahrell's - Flicking Licking - Jerk Chicken & Festival - Yah so Nice"

Sister McKenzie loves Lobster

3 for the price of 3

Old Harbour fish market

What's your small price

Pretty colorful fish and fresh off the boat

Putting up the canopy at Negril

Assembling Sacrament trays at Negril

Room used for Seminary inside Brother & Sister McKnight's home.

                                               Sister Freeman (Jamaica) left and Sister Terpend (South Africa) right.                                                          These fine Sisters have chosen to serve those that they are teaching by making personalized Christmas cards for all of their FRIENDS here in Old Harbour. 

                       These fine fellows were so attentive to the missionary message I was bringing to them.                                                                     What is the message, you may ask.                                                                        "Which one of you wants to be a part of our Missionary Christmas Party?"
                 We are considering roasting a pig in the ground, wrapped in banana leaves, for our dinner.

                    One of the Sisters' Apartments has, as they call it, ..A STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN.
             Really, the stairway just ends at the ceiling. There isn't even a second floor in this home.

                                                        Cutest urinal I have ever seen.

Negril Jamaica is now a better place. Sunday we held a Sacrament meeting at a members home. The members in Negril are part of a Branch in Savanna-La-Mar which is about a 45 min drive away. It's difficult for the members to travel that far, so President Parker is taking the Church to the members. Sacrament will be held in Negril 3 weeks out of the month and on the 4th Sunday they will travel to Sav-La-Mar (as the locals call it). I have to say it was a Spiritual feast to hear the testimonies of the members and even some of those that are meeting with the missionaries. 30+ in attendance. 12 were missionaries.

View from "The Waters Edge" hotel, looking at Montego Bay.

Another view from "The Waters Edge" hotel.

This is a street vendors cart.

Sunset from a restaurant called "The Push Cart"

Elder and Sister McKenzie at morning study.

Saturday Dinner at "The Push Cart"
Barneys, Mckenzies and Parkers

Easy to guess this and the next

Sister Missionaries with sign

Two Street Urchins 

The Sisters always draw a crowd of little ones. They are amazed at the mission bus.

The two sets of missionaries in Negril.
Sister Mitton, Sister Allen, Elder Day Elder Windous

Starting to gather for Fast & Testimony Meeting

The lane into the members home where we held church.
The bus is in the background.