Guyana is Great!

So much to say! but i think i will start with the most absolutely important event

I TOUCHED A MONKEY! it was great! his name is montout. but its really wonderful to be in Guyana! 

 

right now we have a branch here.There  are no stakes in Guyana so there  are no wards.  But I guess This branch we are serving in used to be crazy big. as in like 150-200 attendance. this past week we were there and we had 57 people. mostly woman and children.. oh and  we were also we informed that the branch president was getting released. so Elder Christensen Got to conduct and he was the one to release him. so we filled in as  branch presidents that day and actually called for a sustaining vote to have the sr couple here to be the branch president, Elder Avondet. So it was crazy! we got to do all the tithing on sunday gone. it took  so long because the MLS is messed up on the computer so we had to input it by hand. Anyways it was a great first sunday! 

 

Elder Christensen actually came from the french side. this is his first english speaking area. he is from wyoming. he has 3 months left in his mission. So we are working hard right now on the 

re activation of the Melchizedek priesthood there are like  15 of them but only 3 active. so we are working hard on it! 

 

oh btw if the country would allow as many missionaries as we wanted here, Guyana would be its own mission! 

They dont let sisters here because of the danger mainly, But also because the country only lets 20 foreign  missionaries into the counrty. so there isnt too  much space for elders! i actually cover 2 branches that are about an hour apart! crazy!  

 

 We  helped someone kill some tings the other day. They were pulling up boards from an old goat shack thing and there were literally millions of cockroaches and at least 10 huge rats and about 6 huge centipedes! it was crazy! lots of fun!  

 Fun fact is  that  somtimes here i feel like i am in india! there is so many Hindu and muslim people and they all believe in reincarnation... so its interesting! 

 i havent had to deal with trying to teach hindu before!

 

But hey here it  smells like silage somtimes! its wonderful!   haha

 

 Getting here I spent so long in the airport it was so boring!! i woke up at 4 that morning. Got to the airport at 5  plane left at 6:30 landed in barbados at 7:30 then i had to wait by myself till 12 haha i felt so apostate! no sight and sound for so long ahah...

But all was well i made it to Guyana with no trouble! 

 

Oh and here in guyana we have bikes, but they are terrible... haha i think they are going to break every time i ride it oh and there are a billion mosquitoes :) 

 

And we have a House the church bought and made into a church building! but the next branch over canje has a beautiful chapel. 

Right now me and Elder Christianson are walking around with 30 thousand dollars :0 guyanese  But its not  that much when you convert it to canadian money. 

we had a Couple investigators  come to church actually. we had 4 come this sunday. i gave an impromptu talk on missionary work. so it was fun!

Guyana is great! its not really dangerous here. the danger is in georgetown. so berbice is alright.. So its going really wonderful here already! 

In one day here we got fed 4 times And ate our own lunch before ! so The members are Great! 

 

There is also a really great young man named Mark who is going on a mission.. and when i say young man he is 21 but he is awesome! he has been so helpful! 

To tell you the truth here, we havent really contacted houses or on the street too much, we have been just going to the members houses and teaching their refferals!

Guyana is GReat!

I Love it!

 And  i love you!

I gotta go!

Love Elder Pierson