It's been a big week for sicknesses in the West Indies Mission (WIM). We've had our first, and hopefully last, bout of Malaria. One of the missionaries in Guyana has been a very sick guy with 105.3* fever. We are recovering from Dengue fever in the mission and dealing with ingrown toenails (very common), bad fingernail infection and a broken ankle. All this keeps Elder Smith hoppin'.
He was up in a palm tree one day, when the Elders came by. He jumped right out of the tree and said "hey, what are you guys doing?" They told him that they were missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They shared a message with him, he knew that what they said was true. It's as easy as that!
Kent went on a couple of hikes to waterfalls, this week.....one with young missionaries and a couple of ward members from Sangre Grand.....and another hike with his spouse (me) and some other "senior" missionaries.
Went to Maracus Falls
Elder Ray looking at the waterfall saying "WOW"
This is Daniel the machete (or "cutless", as they call them in Trinidad) carrier. He was a dancing, singing, preaching wonder. We really liked him. 480-6484, if we need an entertaining guide for another hike over the mountaintop.
We went with Elders Grange and Evans to visit Bro. Lewis. He is one of the first ones baptised here, but has become inactive. He lives very far from where the church is. The people who taught and baptised him were the Andersons. The Andersons taught people in the area of Toco to build boats, navigate the water and to fish successfully. There are still folks in Toco who build boats according to the way that Elder Anderson taught. We are going to go and visit that community again next week. Bro. Lewis will show us around. The shack that Elder and Sister Anderson built is still standing.
Elder Grange taught a lesson to a neighbor woman of Bro. Lewis' while visiting Toco the other night. They were sitting under her lime tree. As he discussed the Book of Mormon with her, he grabbed one of the limes and said "how do you know if this is a good fruit?" She replied, "you have to taste it". Then he asked "How would you know if the Book of Mormon is a good book and is true?" She replied "You'd have to read it". He gave her a book. They have an appointment to meet with her again next week.
Stephen
What a treasure for us!!! Sona cuts down trees for a living, so apparently he has more chopping blocks.
Just want to share a picture of Pres. Francique, Branch Pres. of the Arima Branch. Remarkable man with a great conversion story. Gotta love the DREDS. He's been growing his hair for 7 years, since his 1st son was born.
He was up in a palm tree one day, when the Elders came by. He jumped right out of the tree and said "hey, what are you guys doing?" They told him that they were missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They shared a message with him, he knew that what they said was true. It's as easy as that!
Kent went on a couple of hikes to waterfalls, this week.....one with young missionaries and a couple of ward members from Sangre Grand.....and another hike with his spouse (me) and some other "senior" missionaries.
Elder Richard Ray against the tree, Elder Evans, Kent, Bro. Ali and Bro. Gopaul
Elders Grange, Ray, Evans
Elder Evans
Elder Grange
Elder Smith enjoying the water
Bamboo
The Blacks
The few minutes after our District meeting on Tuesday turned into a tie-swap fest! Of course, this was all planned ahead of time, so all the Elders brought their much sought after ties to swap. There was much bartering going on. Now I know why Jed didn't come home from his mission with any of the expensive ties we sent him out with. What's a mother to do?
Elder Grange
Elders Ferrin, Grange, Blackburn, Evans, Scott Juchau, Smith, Leany, St. Rose, Olesen
Elder Olesen, Juchau, Blackburn. Decisions, decisions......hummmm
Elders Grange, Blackburn, St. Rose, Evans, Ferrin, Olesen, Juchau, Scott, Leany, Smith
Sisters Grigg and Taylor
Elder Blackburn, in my opinion, won the ugliest tie contest!!! There are hunting dogs all over it!! Kent and Elder Blackburn have many serious hunting discussions. (as you can imagine)
The Sisters stayed entertained while the Elders made fashion statements with ties!
Oh....and I must not forget the characters we met along the pathways to the waterfalls. This is banana-man!
This is Daniel the machete (or "cutless", as they call them in Trinidad) carrier. He was a dancing, singing, preaching wonder. We really liked him. 480-6484, if we need an entertaining guide for another hike over the mountaintop.
We went on several teaching assignments this week with the young Elders, to some of their contacts. We really LOVE doing this and are so happy that they invite us to come. Brent is in the wheelchair and has Cerebral Palsy. His father, Bro. Metiver, is such a wonderful caregiver. (he has become inactive in church because he has no way of getting Brent to church) We would like to help him get a special seat in his car for Brent. Bro. M is the president of the CP society of the nation. We are going to talk with the church humanitarian group and see if we can get some wheelchairs for those children with CP in Trinidad & Tobago. It would be wonderful to partner up with them.
We went with Elders Grange and Evans to visit Bro. Lewis. He is one of the first ones baptised here, but has become inactive. He lives very far from where the church is. The people who taught and baptised him were the Andersons. The Andersons taught people in the area of Toco to build boats, navigate the water and to fish successfully. There are still folks in Toco who build boats according to the way that Elder Anderson taught. We are going to go and visit that community again next week. Bro. Lewis will show us around. The shack that Elder and Sister Anderson built is still standing.
Elder Grange taught a lesson to a neighbor woman of Bro. Lewis' while visiting Toco the other night. They were sitting under her lime tree. As he discussed the Book of Mormon with her, he grabbed one of the limes and said "how do you know if this is a good fruit?" She replied, "you have to taste it". Then he asked "How would you know if the Book of Mormon is a good book and is true?" She replied "You'd have to read it". He gave her a book. They have an appointment to meet with her again next week.
We went with Elders Juchau and Blackburn to visit one of their contacts, Pamela and Sona Williams and their 3 children, Stephen, Rachelle and Sarah. They live between Sangre Grande and Matura. The Elders have been teaching them for about 2 months. They are really great people who live in very humble circumstances. Sarah was sick with a fever, but it was so nice to visit with the rest of the family.
Rachelle
Sona cut up some fruit from their tree called Pomseetay. Then he gave us the chopping block that he was using.
Then I went home and tried cooking the pomseetay the way that Pamela taught. Not our fave, but at least we tried.
And now the sun is setting on another glorious day in Trinidad!
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