Monday, July 7, 2008

June Happenings

I'm Back....trying to catch up on the last few weeks...

The Primary Children loved little Marley...they couldn't keep their hands off her!


We put Josh & Karissa to work teaching the CTR class, the children loved them!


Our good friends, Steve and Renee Coombs, came for a short visit, Cam was there and introduced Renee as Aunt Renee...so she will be known among the youth as Auntie Renee!



We had such a great time showing Steve and Renee the beautiful island of St. Lucia.
We laughed as this picture was taken..."We found our new summer home!"


It will take a lot more than heavy rains to keep us from having a baptism!



Elder Procter finding refuge from the storm!


The sisters could not get enough of Baby Marley,
 she was the only one who stayed dry during the down pour!


Our children, Josh, Karissa and our newest grandbaby, Marley, came for a short visit.
Miss Justina made this little banket for Baby Marley.
Jason is such a nice young man, always very polite and kind.  He will be a great addition to our branch, and the 4th Priest.  The youth will be the ones to carry on, carry on, carry on!
Jason-Elder Cromwell-Hazel Ann
Hazel Ann cried all through Sacrament Service, the first time she attended.  We are excited to have her in the branch...good things are happening here!
We had two baptisms on the 28th, the rain was coming down in sheets, the few umbrellas we had was not enough to keep us from getting soaked!
We have 3 new Elders in St. Lucia, right to left- Elder Sookram is from Trinidad, always has a big smile on his face and is a pleasure to be around, he has been here a couple of months-Elder Beute is from the Netherlands, very out-going, has a lot of enthusiasm, is very neat and clean-Elder Cromwell is from Idaho, he is one of 11 children, a hard worker and tender hearted, great missionary!- Elder Procter is from Utah and so excited to be here, I am so grateful that he is a computer whiz...I need some help with my new computer.  We are thrilled to meet new missionaries and learn from them daily!
 
This was our "Super Saturday", the theme was A Rising Generation.  They wrote their testimonies on small pieces of paper, attached them to helium balloons and released them.  President Gamiette, who is over Seminary & Institute, flew in and taught the youth details about the Book of Mormon.  What an outstanding teacher, he involved the youth and really got them into the Book of Mormon.  He also did some training for our future Seminary teacher, Licia JnPaul.  The youth had a lot of fun playing all kinds of balloon games, it was the first time they had ever played with water balloons!

5 comments:

Tina said...

What awesome pictures!!! Loved them and love you guys!
Tina

Chantz H. Davis said...

Wow, so many neat pictures to see. We haven't seen little Marley so the pictures of her were the best! She is adorable. Bet you had a good time with Steve and Renee and loved Uncle Wayno's outfit in the picture by your new summer house! Reminds us all of the mission beach days!

Mamma Martin said...

I've been so busy with the 4th that I haven't checked your blog. How fun to see all the pictures. Marley is beautiful--know you were glad to meet her!

kinsey3 said...

i love your blog. i missed it so much while in repair. all your pics. are great. tell cam we love and miss him.

karissa sherwood said...

And just like that we were gone! Hard to believe we were really there! I loved the picture of little white Marley in the middle of all the Lucian primary kids almost as much as Aunt Renee up close and personal with the snake man! I hope he had a mint!

Magilda-my favorite fruit and veggie Lady!

Magilda-my favorite fruit and veggie Lady!
Each time we buy mangos and other things from Magilda, she always throws in a couple of extras "For My Friend" she says! She has been working at that roadside stand for 16 years!