Sunday, May 10, 2009

Another good week in/on St Lucia. We have spent a lot of time with the elders in their teaching. We enjoy this as it gives us the opportunity to see some interesting places and meet their investigators. However, after visiting with one of them this week it gave us some concern about the elders.The person's name is Marilyn, she doesn't read, lives in a small house with about five to many people and talking to her was like speaking to a poster board. Dora refused to go back the second time. In fact, when she woke the next morning the first thing she said was, "I not going back to Marilyn's and i I can't believe the elders are still trying to teach her". They did give it one more go, without Dora, before scratching her name. We enjoyed have the senior couple and the elders come to Vieux Fort for district meeting this week. After the meeting we stopped by the beach near the church to take pictures of the ocean. We have had some good rain fall for a couple of days and it was interesting to see the discoloration of the ocean caused by the muddy river water emptying into it. Saturday the big day of the week as Joseph Andy Lubin was baptised. We went with the elders the second time they taught him and a number of times since. His wife has gone to the states and left him with four children to raise-which he is taking quite seriously. When it came time for his baptism he asked if Elder Faux would do it. Once again a thrill to be asked and more than happy to honor the request. No wind the morning of, just the normal ocean swells to content with as the baptism was performed. As Andy came up out of the water he first words were, "Praise the Lord".There are three islands in the mission where using the ocean to baptize is permitted. Elder Rosales is transferring Wednesday and will lose this privilege in his new area. As we were wading back to the beach something grabbed Elder Rosales, at least according to him, and flipped him backwards right into the ocean. We might have believed him if hadn't had such a big grin of his face. We are losing both elders this next week to transfers which makes us a little sad but the bright side is with two new ones we can train them the way we want. Tell all hello. Love, Elder and Sister Dave and Dora Elder and Sister FauxMartha's Tyre Service # 8La TourneySt Jude's HighwayVieux Fort, St Lucia, West IndiesHome 758-454-7219 Cell 758-384-5487 doraanddavefaux.blogspot.com

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