Elder McKade Kerr Mission

Hello! How are you all? I hope you're all great. This week was good. We had a cool experience at church this week. We have a friend that we are teaching named Abnel, and he really wanted to come to church but had no ride. We called a couple members, but no one answered or was able to go. So we had to call him and tell him that we couldn't find anyone to give him a ride. We got to church about 45 minutes before it started, and pretty much the only other person there was the branch president. We never asked him if he could give Abnel a ride, mostly because I never know what he has to do before and after church, so I don't want to bother him by asking him to give rides to our friends. But Elder Plowman insisted that we ask him, so we went over to him and told him that we had a friend who wanted a ride to church, and before we could get any further the branch president was like "Ok, let's go get him", and he got up and walked outside. So we followed him and he...

Hello Everyone! Sorry that I didn't write anything last week. My brother got on the computer at the same time as me, which almost never happens, so I was talking to him instead. And I don't have much time this week because I need to set stuff up for college, so I think I'll just put some random highlights from the past two weeks. I saw a turtle. We set two baptismal dates this week. I saw a frog. We helped a less active come to church for the first time in months. I saw a cat. We were eating dinner at a restaurant, and a few drunk or crazy people came in at different times and were asking us for money. With that and a lady next to us who loved to talk, we didn't get one quiet second during all of dinner. But the lady who was talking a lot also is one of the people we put on date. Lots of miracles with that. I saw a dog. I cut my hair two weeks ago, but we didn't have the 1 inch guard for the razor, so I cut the top to 3/4 of an ...

Hello everyone! I was determined to write a good, long email today, but then we played basketball this morning and I jammed one of my fingers pretty good, and it hurts to type. So you all lucked out, I guess I'll just have to send pictures instead. Love you all, and have a great week! (And don't worry mom, it doesn't hurt that bad, it's just uncomfortable to type with)  Love, Elder Kerr Pics: It was Elder Plowman's birthday this week, and the Noel family gave us a super nice dinner and some birthday cake! And I can't remember if I already sent the yoga picture.

 Hello! I think I'll write a shorter email this week. I'm kind of tired of writing long emails, haha. But one cool thing that happened this week was zone conference! It was great to see President and Sister Fisher again. Also, I learned so much stuff. It's crazy how simple missionary work is, but how I never stop learning about how to be a better missionary. I wish I knew everything I know now at the beginning of my mission. Oh well, I guess it'd be smarter to not worry about what I didn't do in the past, and just do better for the rest of my mission. I'm sorry everyone, I'm really drawing a big blank on what happened this week. It was mothers day, so I got to skype home. It's kind of weird how the less you're able to do something the more important it becomes to you. For the first two Christmases and the first mothers day of my mission, those were the only times I could skype home, so it was super exciting and a big deal. But now th...

Hello! This week we had some sweet miracles. Mostly with our friends Steeve and Linsay. They live in the apartment right next to us, and they are super cool. They have the cutest baby too. He is 7 months and 3 days old today. The first lesson we had with them Steeve told us how old their baby was to the day. Yeah, like I said, they're elect. Or just really weird. But anyway, we've had lots of super great lessons with them since we met them, and they have decided that they want to get baptized! We set the date for June 22, so unless something weird happens with transfers (which it probably will), I should be here for it. They also came to church this week and they really liked it. We were also blessed because it was a super good fast and testimony meeting, and we had a super good sunday school lesson too. And throughout my whole mission I've heard how great the members are in Martinique, and holy cow it's true. Almost every single member at church...

Bonjour! Oh wow, look at that. It's only been four days and I already remember how to say hello in French. Hopefully by the end of my mission I'll remember how to teach the restoration. That's alright even if I don't though, a good hello and a smile goes a long way. But anyway, yep, I'm speaking French again. I'm sure most of you didn't even realize that I wasn't speaking French for the past two transfers, but that's ok. I don't really know where I am or what's going on most of the time either.  It was really sad to leave Barbados. We had lots of really cool people we were teaching, and I've gotten to really know them and love them a lot. I'll be back on Barbados for a day before I go home though, so hopefully I'll be able to see them then. And not much work has been done in my new area for the past transfer because the missionary that I replaced hurt his ankle super bad and had to stay inside for a few weeks. So w...

Hello! Holy cow, I have so much I'd like to say about this week. But unfortunately, lots of very Christ-like people decided to email me this week, and I don't have much time because I want to respond to all of them too. So we'll see how this goes. Wish me luck.  First off, transfers! I've been in Barbados for a whole two transfers already, so naturally, it's time to get transferred again. I'm really sad to be leaving, I've loved Barbados. The people here are so nice, and we have such an amazing area with so many awesome people we have been teaching. Also, I've been so blessed to be here and be able to work closely with President Fisher too. He's really taught me a lot about how to be a better missionary and how to be a better person. It's been a huge blessing. I also had the chance to serve around lots of missionaries I wouldn't have met normally because they got called English speaking. I've met lots of people who w...