Elder and Sister Smith

Sunday, August 17, 2014

ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL

All things bright and beautiful,

All creatures great and small,
(Leatherback turtle)


(Manicou)

All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.

(Pejibaye palm tree.....needle thorns)

Each little flower that opens,





Each little bird that sings, 
He made their glowing colors,
 He made their tiny wings.



The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,




The sunset and the morning
That brighten up the sky.


The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.

(Guava)

(Passion fruit)

(Mummy apple)




(Breadfruit)


(Mangos)



The tall trees in the greenwood,



The meadows where we play,


The rushes by the water
We gather every day.


All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all!


Each day that we spend on this beautiful island, we are reminded of the graciousness of the Lord in giving us His beautiful creations and bounteous harvest...and the very air that we breathe.  We are so grateful!

AND HERE'S THE REST OF OUR WONDERFUL WEEK!

As a Zone, we are doing a service project each week.  Previously, we carried trees up to the farm of Heston and Simone Cummings.  We did so again this week.  They now have 75 new cocoa trees up on the farm in the "bush".


Sisters Grigg and Smith


 Elder Leany

 Sucking on sugar cane.  Elders Dearing, Pierson, Wilson, Leany
Sisters Grigg and Smith
 Elder Witten
 Roger chopped down sugar cane for everyone

 Elder Pierson with his sugar cane
Elders Smith, Ramdhanie and Dearing
 Sisters Grigg and Smith
 Sucking a cocoa pod.  Elders Witten, Ramdhanie and Pierson

Elders Wilson, Leany, Ramdhanie, Cummings, Dearing, Witten, Pierson, Sisters Smith, Grigg, Smith & Roger

Sister Smith had the only casualty from the adventure.  That's a shocker!!!
Elder Ramdhanie ate his first bacon.  He wasn't a fan!  But he was a good sport!
Kent and Roger Courtney went with the YW as Priesthood help for a Girl's Camp hike


Diamond
Abigail
Jenell
Ashley Allen and Nicole Boren




This week was CARNIVAL in Grenada.  The missionaries were on "lockdown" for a couple of days, so we didn't see a lot....just a few stragglers here and there.
The Sisters cooked lunch for us during Carnival.  They turned their apartment into the QuaQua Restaurant............
 ................Complete with entertainment, which included singing, kazoos, musical spoons and oat shaker rhythm instruments.  They clearly had too much time on their hands!!!!......But the food was DELICIOUS! (We have some extraordinary cooks)  We ate bacon wrapped dates, Chicken Tikka Masala and cinnamon rolls for dessert!  They even had hot dogs on hand if we didn't want to eat what they had prepared.  (No way!!!!)
We had "The Boys" and Ros over for 2 nights in a row.  It was Roslyn's birthday on Monday

 Jemin
 Ricky, Ryan and Roslyn
 Kent went out with his fishing buddies........Ryan and Ricky


 They caught 3 snappers in their "fishpots"
Saturday, Roger Courtney baptised Matthew Francis.  Matthew was taught by Elders Dearing and Ramdhanie
 Matthew has only one leg.  He is excited for the resurrection so that he can be whole again.
 Elder Dearing, Matthew, Roger and Elder Ramdhanie
 Elder Dearing and Roger helping Matthew
Akim with the Sisters
 Saturday was Sister Grigg's birthday, so we all celebrated, after the baptism, with cake!!!!
 Elders Pierson and Leany
 Elders Wilson, Witten and Dearing
 Elders Ramdhanie, Dearing, Witten and Cecilia
 Kylee, Roger, Cecilia and Matthew
At the church in Grenville.  Elders Pierson and Leany



WE CELEBRATED OUR 40TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ON AUGUST 15TH.  WOW!!!!




ANOTHER GREAT WEEK IN PARADISE































































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