As we didn’t mention much about President Gamiette, our new mission president, last week we thought we would say more this week. He is from Guadalupe, French speaking, and was the first missionary called from there. He served his mission in Florida and set all sorts of standards as what a missionary can accomplish. Prior to his call as president he was serving as the church CES director for the Caribbean Area and in March 2009, after serving a little over a year, was released as a councilor in the mission presidency. He is very youthful looking and just blends in when with a group of elders. His wife is from France and she served a mission in the Seattle, Washington area so both fluent in English. They met in college and have five children, three girls and two boys, ranging from 14 to 3 in age. French is their first language and they will now be living and the children going to school in Trinidad where English is first. With the three exposures we have had with him to this point we know he will be a motivating and inspiring president. For a preparation day activity on Monday we took Elders Sturdevant and Lang to the Dennery Falls. We had a district meeting there a couple of months ago and is so pretty thought they would enjoy seeing it. We were not disappointed since the rain over the week provided a beautiful water flow. We had the elders for breakfast and when we returned from the falls they used our computer for their weekly e-mailing in which time Sister Faux prepared pizza for lunch. After lunch we then took them to the grocery store for their weekly shopping so a full and fun day with them. Branch president Nicholas announced in church a couple of weeks ago a “branch movie night” and that we were in charge of it. We held it Friday evening and had a good turnout but a poor movie selection as a number of the audience ended up visiting on the balcony. Where it was a drama, and a true story, our audience would have enjoyed an action filled adventure movie. Sister Nicholas saved the evening however, with a most tasty after-the-movie-meal she provided. Saturday we were with the elders as they visited with Elsa. They invited Elsa’s mother, Cornealia, to listen in and when she found out who we were she became very vocal. It seems a neighbor had told her the previous elders had taught about Allah when they were there. She didn’t believe in him and she didn’t want anything about him taught in her home. When that issue was finally settled the discussion went quite well until the Prophet Joseph Smith entered… She told us she is going to ask her Pentecostal minister about Joseph Smith and see what he thinks. We can’t wait to hear his reaction. To soothe roiling waters Sister Faux managed to have a nice one on one visit with Cornealia before leaving.
Sister Faux: Tuesday we had District Meeting with the elders and the couple in Castries and had a good meeting and then went to lunch. That is always fun as we do not go out to eat here, only on very rare occasions. I love to eat out so that is too bad for me. Our Castries elders are both being transferred, Elder Endeman is going home and Elder Moala is going to St Vincent. Our Elders are both staying here this transfer. Church today was nice but when it started there were only 30 people. More came after it started but at times when it is time to start there are very few there. Quite a few bore their testimonies and that is always nice. We have started to use a room downstairs and that has made a difference in the noise level, much better. Friday morning I had a haircut-I am sure that is interesting to everyone, but after the cut no one was there to pick me up as Elder Faux had cone with the elders. So I walked to the main street of town and strolled down the busy street. You must realize that I am the only white person in the town. I did however see three people that I knew as I heard people calling “Sister Faux”…Two people from our branch and then a lady that works in the grocery store where we shop. Not much new has happened this week—except I told you a couple of weeks ago about how they cut the trees, shrubs, weeds and junk and leave things lying where they land. Now just a couple of weeks and you can hardly see the rubble as the trees and undergrowth have grown so fast it is almost completely covered all the trimmings. Sorry there is nothing more exciting to write about but we are still just happy to be here and see what these young elders can do. We enjoy them. Love, Dora and Dave (elder and sister)