Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday April 25, 2010
We compliment Elder Warhurst, our district leader, on the great lesson he presented at district meeting last Tuesday. He asked all of us to give our thoughts on why people get ‘baptized’, ‘why they come to church’, and ‘their favorite thing about church’. Previous to our meeting he had interviewed a number of his branch members, of all ages, and asked them the same questions. He recorded their answers on his camera (this technology…) then lets us view it on the church TV screen. It was interesting, but not surprising, to note that ‘a friend/s’ led the list in all three categories-even our list. Once baptized the next highest reasons were ‘a calling’ and ‘wanting to learn more of the gospel’. Then from the church balcony he dropped balloons for some of us to try and catch. Some were filled with just air, some with water, and some with air balloons tied to ones with water. The ones with air just floated here and yonder (persons without a testimony or interest in the gospel), the ones with water firm in their direction (persons with a testimony and active), the ones with an air balloon tied to a water balloon (strong members attempting to be a good influence on those floating around). We were impressed with his preparation and the message it portrayed. On Thursday we were excited to have one of our sons, Bardell (Bard) arrive to visit with us for the next week. It is fun to have family come and show them St Lucia and the beauty that abounds here. It is good for us as well since at times we wonder if being here this long if we are not noticing the beauty as much as we should. It is also fun to take family members to places the tourist never see that make you appreciate home more than ever. We had a great time riding the zip lines on Saturday. There are eleven platforms in the course and the scenery is spectacular.
Good morning, today is a nice bright SUNNY day in Vieux Fort, West Indies. Another very hot day as we begin another week. As you can tell we are having a wonderful visit from our son Bardell, we call him Bard. He carries my father’s name, and so I think it is just great. It is so nice to have some of our family come as we realize what good people they are. We feel very blessed as we come to see how great our family has turned out. We wish they could all come to visit us. Bard lives in Lewiston, Idaho and works for Farm Service Agency. He has been there for several years and enjoys the area. It is his happy birthday today. As you can see by some of the pictures we have been enjoying our time. Some of you will not think that we are serving a mission but we really are.
As you can see our new elders are here and seem to be doing very good. It is hard to find some people to teach but they always keep trying. They had encouraged an old member to come to church yesterday. That was the first time she has been to church since we arrived. She used to be in the RS presidency so we hope she continues to come out.
My observations for the week are as follows. Cutlass: All men have one and pack them around. They are used for all kinds of cutting- trees, bushes & weeds. Gardner’s use them to trim edge of grass and weed in the bushes. Elder Faux has one ready to take home and Ceci and Hunter (grandchildren) each bought one when they were here.
We went to the waterfall by Dennery Saturday, I should call it a very small drizzle since the drought. It was so eye catching a few months ago.
You can tell Elder Faux and Bard went to the zip line and had a great time. My back shouts ‘no thank you’ as I think about it. While they were gone a man brought a snake, Boa, to show all the customers. It kept striking his pant leg and his boots. Everyone was taking pictures as they draped it around their neck. I had no camera, but it was interesting. It was fat but only about two feet or a little longer.
All the natives speak Patwa or Creole, I thought it was English and French but was told it is French and Creole. Many of the elders pick it up quickly. I just don’t get it.
Rum is the drink of the island and is very popular. We hear much about how great it is, but we just take their word for it.
Well I must go as we are off for a fun day today. Just one thought in closing. Do you know the phone number for the Garden of Eden? (answer- Adam 8 1 2). Love from Sister Faux
We compliment Elder Warhurst, our district leader, on the great lesson he presented at district meeting last Tuesday. He asked all of us to give our thoughts on why people get ‘baptized’, ‘why they come to church’, and ‘their favorite thing about church’. Previous to our meeting he had interviewed a number of his branch members, of all ages, and asked them the same questions. He recorded their answers on his camera (this technology…) then lets us view it on the church TV screen. It was interesting, but not surprising, to note that ‘a friend/s’ led the list in all three categories-even our list. Once baptized the next highest reasons were ‘a calling’ and ‘wanting to learn more of the gospel’. Then from the church balcony he dropped balloons for some of us to try and catch. Some were filled with just air, some with water, and some with air balloons tied to ones with water. The ones with air just floated here and yonder (persons without a testimony or interest in the gospel), the ones with water firm in their direction (persons with a testimony and active), the ones with an air balloon tied to a water balloon (strong members attempting to be a good influence on those floating around). We were impressed with his preparation and the message it portrayed. On Thursday we were excited to have one of our sons, Bardell (Bard) arrive to visit with us for the next week. It is fun to have family come and show them St Lucia and the beauty that abounds here. It is good for us as well since at times we wonder if being here this long if we are not noticing the beauty as much as we should. It is also fun to take family members to places the tourist never see that make you appreciate home more than ever. We had a great time riding the zip lines on Saturday. There are eleven platforms in the course and the scenery is spectacular.
Good morning, today is a nice bright SUNNY day in Vieux Fort, West Indies. Another very hot day as we begin another week. As you can tell we are having a wonderful visit from our son Bardell, we call him Bard. He carries my father’s name, and so I think it is just great. It is so nice to have some of our family come as we realize what good people they are. We feel very blessed as we come to see how great our family has turned out. We wish they could all come to visit us. Bard lives in Lewiston, Idaho and works for Farm Service Agency. He has been there for several years and enjoys the area. It is his happy birthday today. As you can see by some of the pictures we have been enjoying our time. Some of you will not think that we are serving a mission but we really are.
As you can see our new elders are here and seem to be doing very good. It is hard to find some people to teach but they always keep trying. They had encouraged an old member to come to church yesterday. That was the first time she has been to church since we arrived. She used to be in the RS presidency so we hope she continues to come out.
My observations for the week are as follows. Cutlass: All men have one and pack them around. They are used for all kinds of cutting- trees, bushes & weeds. Gardner’s use them to trim edge of grass and weed in the bushes. Elder Faux has one ready to take home and Ceci and Hunter (grandchildren) each bought one when they were here.
We went to the waterfall by Dennery Saturday, I should call it a very small drizzle since the drought. It was so eye catching a few months ago.
You can tell Elder Faux and Bard went to the zip line and had a great time. My back shouts ‘no thank you’ as I think about it. While they were gone a man brought a snake, Boa, to show all the customers. It kept striking his pant leg and his boots. Everyone was taking pictures as they draped it around their neck. I had no camera, but it was interesting. It was fat but only about two feet or a little longer.
All the natives speak Patwa or Creole, I thought it was English and French but was told it is French and Creole. Many of the elders pick it up quickly. I just don’t get it.
Rum is the drink of the island and is very popular. We hear much about how great it is, but we just take their word for it.
Well I must go as we are off for a fun day today. Just one thought in closing. Do you know the phone number for the Garden of Eden? (answer- Adam 8 1 2). Love from Sister Faux
Sunday, April 18, 2010
18 April 2010
As Wednesday was transfer day again, already, we said our goodbyes to Elders Harris and Lundberg and welcomed Elders Brenkmann and Bowles. Since Elder Harris needed to be at the airport at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning we drove to Castries Tuesday and stayed the night with Elder and Sister Treseder. Two essentials that can make transfers most interesting is 1) when transferring from one island to another you are entering another country. Therefore it is essential to have your passport and proper documentation, and 2) you are dealing with “Liat -The Caribbean Airline”, it’s most dependable attribute is that of being ‘changeable’. And part of this can be attributed to all the stops it makes at the various islands in route. A couple of times we have gone to the airport to be there for incoming elders only to find them waiting for us. We find out they have arrived fifteen minutes ahead of their scheduled departure time. “The aircraft is full so let’s go”. Wednesday we were at the airport waiting for Elder Bowles 10:30 a.m. arrival. About 10:20 we notice his flight has been cancelled. We check at the desk and are told the next flight will be 2:30 p.m. but they cannot tell us for sure he will be on it. So we are at the airport waiting for the 2:30 flight. When 2:30 arrives and no airplane we notice its arrival has been moved to 3:00 p.m. When this time arrives it is then posted as ‘delayed’. Finally at 3:45 p.m. Elder Bowles arrives and with Elder Brenkmann we depart for Vieux Fort. About 4:30 p.m. we receive a call from the assistants wondering where Elder Harris is. We tell them he was dropped off at the airport at 6:00 a.m. and that we saw him pass through the departure door. With a two hour flight he should have arrived long ago. Also missing is Elder Gilly. One-half hour later the assistant call to inform us Elder Harris has been in Barbados and is now in route but still no word on Elder Gilly. The next day we are told the mission office started making telephone calls and located him at the Trinidad immigration office. We haven’t been told what the matter was but something must not have been in order as he went through immigration and as a result was detained all day in a room, by himself, not even permitted to make a telephone call for assistance. So goes transfer day at times. A little update on our Literacy Class. One sister, Jane, who is in her early thirties, is not completely familiar with the alphabet and tends to confuse the letters ‘h’ and ‘n’ , ‘f’ and ‘t’, and not sure about u, v, w, and x. She is learning to recognize some phrases such as, “I am a child of God” which is exciting for her. Needless to say being involved with this class has been an eye opener. We take so many things for granted.
Sister Faux: One thing Elder Faux forgot to tell you was that Elder Lundberg was going to Suriname early Thursday morning, actually going to Trinidad to get a visa so he could get into Suriname. Anyway he was late to the airport and missed his plane. So many problems this transfer and they were still calling and changing people around late Tuesday night. Poor Sister Ellison, she is the person who takes care of all that kind of problems. I don’t want her job. It is always a worry for me as we send these young men around to all these islands every six weeks. I realize they are sometimes a little wise and sometimes it just makes me nervous. They don’t seem to be bothered by the travel- just us older couples.
Yesterday we took a nice day off and went to Castries to enjoy the day with Elder and Sister Treseder and Elder and Sister Whitehead, the Humanitarian couple. The night before Sister Whitehead’s eye was bothering her and she thought she has a detached retina. They finally decided that it was okay but then yesterday it was bothering her again. She has already has four detached retina’s and so was worried about it. When we left them in the afternoon, and while at the Treseder’s enjoying some ice cream, Elder Whitehead called and said the retina was detached and they were going home- we thought back to Guyana. I just called and they flew from St Lucia to Trinidad and then flew home to Utah at 9 pm last night and she had eye surgery this morning. They had three more weeks on their mission but I am told they will not be coming back. We are so glad they went when they did and pray that everything is okay with them.
Our rain has been wonderful and really brightened up the island. Now the days when it does not rain it is very HOT. Can’t think of anything that is new or very exciting, so will close for tonight. Love, Sister and Elder Faux
As Wednesday was transfer day again, already, we said our goodbyes to Elders Harris and Lundberg and welcomed Elders Brenkmann and Bowles. Since Elder Harris needed to be at the airport at 6:00 a.m. Wednesday morning we drove to Castries Tuesday and stayed the night with Elder and Sister Treseder. Two essentials that can make transfers most interesting is 1) when transferring from one island to another you are entering another country. Therefore it is essential to have your passport and proper documentation, and 2) you are dealing with “Liat -The Caribbean Airline”, it’s most dependable attribute is that of being ‘changeable’. And part of this can be attributed to all the stops it makes at the various islands in route. A couple of times we have gone to the airport to be there for incoming elders only to find them waiting for us. We find out they have arrived fifteen minutes ahead of their scheduled departure time. “The aircraft is full so let’s go”. Wednesday we were at the airport waiting for Elder Bowles 10:30 a.m. arrival. About 10:20 we notice his flight has been cancelled. We check at the desk and are told the next flight will be 2:30 p.m. but they cannot tell us for sure he will be on it. So we are at the airport waiting for the 2:30 flight. When 2:30 arrives and no airplane we notice its arrival has been moved to 3:00 p.m. When this time arrives it is then posted as ‘delayed’. Finally at 3:45 p.m. Elder Bowles arrives and with Elder Brenkmann we depart for Vieux Fort. About 4:30 p.m. we receive a call from the assistants wondering where Elder Harris is. We tell them he was dropped off at the airport at 6:00 a.m. and that we saw him pass through the departure door. With a two hour flight he should have arrived long ago. Also missing is Elder Gilly. One-half hour later the assistant call to inform us Elder Harris has been in Barbados and is now in route but still no word on Elder Gilly. The next day we are told the mission office started making telephone calls and located him at the Trinidad immigration office. We haven’t been told what the matter was but something must not have been in order as he went through immigration and as a result was detained all day in a room, by himself, not even permitted to make a telephone call for assistance. So goes transfer day at times. A little update on our Literacy Class. One sister, Jane, who is in her early thirties, is not completely familiar with the alphabet and tends to confuse the letters ‘h’ and ‘n’ , ‘f’ and ‘t’, and not sure about u, v, w, and x. She is learning to recognize some phrases such as, “I am a child of God” which is exciting for her. Needless to say being involved with this class has been an eye opener. We take so many things for granted.
Sister Faux: One thing Elder Faux forgot to tell you was that Elder Lundberg was going to Suriname early Thursday morning, actually going to Trinidad to get a visa so he could get into Suriname. Anyway he was late to the airport and missed his plane. So many problems this transfer and they were still calling and changing people around late Tuesday night. Poor Sister Ellison, she is the person who takes care of all that kind of problems. I don’t want her job. It is always a worry for me as we send these young men around to all these islands every six weeks. I realize they are sometimes a little wise and sometimes it just makes me nervous. They don’t seem to be bothered by the travel- just us older couples.
Yesterday we took a nice day off and went to Castries to enjoy the day with Elder and Sister Treseder and Elder and Sister Whitehead, the Humanitarian couple. The night before Sister Whitehead’s eye was bothering her and she thought she has a detached retina. They finally decided that it was okay but then yesterday it was bothering her again. She has already has four detached retina’s and so was worried about it. When we left them in the afternoon, and while at the Treseder’s enjoying some ice cream, Elder Whitehead called and said the retina was detached and they were going home- we thought back to Guyana. I just called and they flew from St Lucia to Trinidad and then flew home to Utah at 9 pm last night and she had eye surgery this morning. They had three more weeks on their mission but I am told they will not be coming back. We are so glad they went when they did and pray that everything is okay with them.
Our rain has been wonderful and really brightened up the island. Now the days when it does not rain it is very HOT. Can’t think of anything that is new or very exciting, so will close for tonight. Love, Sister and Elder Faux
Monday, April 12, 2010
11 April 2010
It is interesting some of the things you are asked to do and you jump right into it regardless of any previous experience or training. You just acquire a manual, start reading, and praying, that you will be up to the assignment. One of the assignments that come to mind first of all is that of conducting a Literacy Class for three adults who have very limited or no reading skills at all. The introduction in the Teacher Manuel in part states: “Readings in this course and its methods were taken from the scriptures and adapted so that anyone who is called to teach may do so-regardless of previous teaching experience. If you can speak English this course will help you teach people who cannot read or write.” So that is encouraging. The course is titled “Ye Shall Have My Words” and taken from Mormon 9:30. We will keep you posted on how well we do in helping these folks gain some reading skills. We were in Castries on Saturday. Sister Treseder had arranged a training meeting for the relief society, young women, and primary presidencies of the Castries Branch and asked Sister Faux to assist her-which she was happy to do. We enjoy being with Elder and Sister Treseder. Prior to them Elder and Sister Collins were in Castries and we had fun times with these good people as well. One of the blessings of our mission has been the opportunity to meet other senior couples- Rasmussen’s from Twin Falls, Idaho, Wheeler’s from Blackfoot, Idaho, Steven’s from Park City, Utah to name to name a few- and feel of their spirit and desire to be of good service.
Sister Faux: Good Monday morning to you. This week is one of our sad weeks as we say goodbye to two of our young elders. Elder Harris is being transferred to Trinidad, and Elder Lundberg to Suriname, Dutch speaking. We have known two other elders (Ash and Muse) that served there as well as Elder Pence, whose mother takes care of our blog. I know they all spoke Dutch, but our elders here tried to explain how at times they speak Dutch mixed with English, I just don’t understand. Elder Lundberg has been here several months so will miss him in addition to taking care of his sewing projects and hearing his stories. Elder Harris will be going home in August about a month early for school. He is a nice young man and we have loved his visits and stories as well. He mended his own pants here at our apartment and did a pretty fair job. He took sewing in High School so he knows a little, I think the only reason he took sewing in school was because his girl friend was a student in the class. Still a girl friend and we hope she is waiting, she could find no one any better. Elder Harris’s sister put a comment on our blog, thank you. Elders Larsen and Barker will be staying here till the end of their mission- the third week in May. We enjoy these young men also; will talk more about them later.
This week has been a week of much needed rain. There have been so many fires because of the drought all through the hills and sides of the road. We went to Castries on Thursday a few days after the rain started and trees all along the way that looked dead a short time ago all had pretty white or pink blossoms on, it was just like a miracle. Saturday we went up again and the dead grass was a beautiful green. Just like the Garden of Eden, or so I think it must have been. The grass, or rather cut weeds, in front or our apartment is quite pretty also. Yesterday when church service started we had 12 people there and 6 of us were missionaries. People here just don’t get outside when it is raining. A few more came later in the meeting so we ended up with about 26. When it rains it cools the temperature down a bit and feels just great.
Last Tuesday was Elder Faux’s 79th birthday. He still is handsome and healthy and we are happy to be able to serve a mission. We spent most of the day with the elders as we went to Ladera, a resort up near Soufriere. We were able to check one room out and it is fun to see. Each room has only three walls, I think I talked about it before, and looks out over the ocean and the Pitons. I am sorry it is out of the missionary budget. We came back and had Pizza so that was a treat. The elders tried to bake a cake but one egg they dropped in the mix was rotten, so great to live in a third world country. So we had no cake. We did have a nice day and I am thankful to have had him as my partner for 58 years.
Yesterday we had a farewell dinner and I had no idea how great a tuna casserole is??? Anyway they seem to enjoy whatever I cook. I am going home thinking I am a wonderful cook so it is good for my self esteem. Well the church is still true and these young missionaries make it even better.
Oh, by the way we received our go home tickets -July 23! How about that! Love, Sister and Elder Faux
It is interesting some of the things you are asked to do and you jump right into it regardless of any previous experience or training. You just acquire a manual, start reading, and praying, that you will be up to the assignment. One of the assignments that come to mind first of all is that of conducting a Literacy Class for three adults who have very limited or no reading skills at all. The introduction in the Teacher Manuel in part states: “Readings in this course and its methods were taken from the scriptures and adapted so that anyone who is called to teach may do so-regardless of previous teaching experience. If you can speak English this course will help you teach people who cannot read or write.” So that is encouraging. The course is titled “Ye Shall Have My Words” and taken from Mormon 9:30. We will keep you posted on how well we do in helping these folks gain some reading skills. We were in Castries on Saturday. Sister Treseder had arranged a training meeting for the relief society, young women, and primary presidencies of the Castries Branch and asked Sister Faux to assist her-which she was happy to do. We enjoy being with Elder and Sister Treseder. Prior to them Elder and Sister Collins were in Castries and we had fun times with these good people as well. One of the blessings of our mission has been the opportunity to meet other senior couples- Rasmussen’s from Twin Falls, Idaho, Wheeler’s from Blackfoot, Idaho, Steven’s from Park City, Utah to name to name a few- and feel of their spirit and desire to be of good service.
Sister Faux: Good Monday morning to you. This week is one of our sad weeks as we say goodbye to two of our young elders. Elder Harris is being transferred to Trinidad, and Elder Lundberg to Suriname, Dutch speaking. We have known two other elders (Ash and Muse) that served there as well as Elder Pence, whose mother takes care of our blog. I know they all spoke Dutch, but our elders here tried to explain how at times they speak Dutch mixed with English, I just don’t understand. Elder Lundberg has been here several months so will miss him in addition to taking care of his sewing projects and hearing his stories. Elder Harris will be going home in August about a month early for school. He is a nice young man and we have loved his visits and stories as well. He mended his own pants here at our apartment and did a pretty fair job. He took sewing in High School so he knows a little, I think the only reason he took sewing in school was because his girl friend was a student in the class. Still a girl friend and we hope she is waiting, she could find no one any better. Elder Harris’s sister put a comment on our blog, thank you. Elders Larsen and Barker will be staying here till the end of their mission- the third week in May. We enjoy these young men also; will talk more about them later.
This week has been a week of much needed rain. There have been so many fires because of the drought all through the hills and sides of the road. We went to Castries on Thursday a few days after the rain started and trees all along the way that looked dead a short time ago all had pretty white or pink blossoms on, it was just like a miracle. Saturday we went up again and the dead grass was a beautiful green. Just like the Garden of Eden, or so I think it must have been. The grass, or rather cut weeds, in front or our apartment is quite pretty also. Yesterday when church service started we had 12 people there and 6 of us were missionaries. People here just don’t get outside when it is raining. A few more came later in the meeting so we ended up with about 26. When it rains it cools the temperature down a bit and feels just great.
Last Tuesday was Elder Faux’s 79th birthday. He still is handsome and healthy and we are happy to be able to serve a mission. We spent most of the day with the elders as we went to Ladera, a resort up near Soufriere. We were able to check one room out and it is fun to see. Each room has only three walls, I think I talked about it before, and looks out over the ocean and the Pitons. I am sorry it is out of the missionary budget. We came back and had Pizza so that was a treat. The elders tried to bake a cake but one egg they dropped in the mix was rotten, so great to live in a third world country. So we had no cake. We did have a nice day and I am thankful to have had him as my partner for 58 years.
Yesterday we had a farewell dinner and I had no idea how great a tuna casserole is??? Anyway they seem to enjoy whatever I cook. I am going home thinking I am a wonderful cook so it is good for my self esteem. Well the church is still true and these young missionaries make it even better.
Oh, by the way we received our go home tickets -July 23! How about that! Love, Sister and Elder Faux
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
5 April 2010 Monday
We had another good zone conference on Monday with just a little change in the agenda. Previously we have had one session, with a break, and then the luncheon at the end of the conference. Today we had a session, then our lunch, then another session. One of the problems of doing it this way, as Elder Faux sees it-and as voiced by Sister Treseder as well, is the challenge of staying awake in the session that follows with a stomach full of food to digest. However we were told President Gamiette planned it this way as he is trying to impress upon the elders the health benefits of eating three key meals per day at regular intervals. With the zone conference being on Monday we provided Subway Sandwiches supplement with potato salad and strawberry short cake- for dessert- which Sister Treseder and Sister Faux prepared. At 8:15 Saturday morning we departed for Riviere Doree for the baptism of Samuel Sinaise. It is about a fifteen minute drive north and the same beach mentioned in our blog a couple of weeks ago for the branch youth activity. Because of a brother drowning in the ocean a couple of years ago Samuel avoids the ocean. Thus Riviere Doree as it has a small quite river that flows into the ocean. But today, for whatever reason, the river looked so grimy and uninviting that President Nicholas wouldn’t even consider it so Samuel ended up being baptized in the ocean after all. Returning from the baptism we prepared the church for Sunday then with the elders when to our apartment to watch the Saturday sessions of General Conference. Sister Faux prepared a pot of chili for an in-between-sessions lunch and then treated the elders to German chocolate cake after the priesthood session. Since the last General Conference an internet line has been installed at the church, but as of yet, no computer. With the line installed we had hopes of connecting a laptop computer to the branch TV so the members could view General Conference for the first time. But we searched in vain for the cord we needed. Sunday morning a branch member mentioned that he had a friend with a projector, and all the connecting cords, which we could borrow. Since it was a forty minute round drive we decided to wait until after church to pick it up and then watch just the last session. Members, and investigators were invited to the viewing and all looked good. The internet line connected to our laptop, the router connected, and the projector set up-already to go. The off/on switch on the wall is turned on and…. we hear a resounding ‘POP’… and the router melts. The transformer we had connected couldn’t carry the load. Thankfully it was the router and not our laptop. By the time we got things back in order at the church, and then to our apartment, and the computer up and running the intermediated hymn was just concluding. Sister Faux also prepared dinner for the elders’ on Sunday-bake potato with sour cream and shredded cheese, a mixed vegetable dish, fruit salad, barbecued chicken, plus the rest of the German chocolate cake for dessert. So it was a busy weekend.
Sister Faux: Today I am feeling like it is was a busy week not just the weekend. I don’t know why we worry so much about the Zone Conference lunch because everything we fix the elders eat it like it really is good and makes us think we can cook. So no matter what- it always makes us happy. We came back alone from zone conference because the elders had a fun day planned for the next day. So it was very peaceful and quiet when we arrived home. Tuesday we started our reading class where we had two members. It worked out well and hopefully we will have success there. If you can think how hard it would be to have four young children, all boys and not even know the alphabet. It seems to me that life would be complicated with that problem. We also started another temple class this past week with two members. One member took the class before and just received her temple recommend but wants to take the class again. She is Jeanette, a very good sister, and the newer member, Celina also a great member. Jeanette is Primary president and Celina is in the Relief Society presidency. It is very much a pleasure to be friends with these two members. Our elders are still working hard and try to please everyone---sometimes that is a hard assignment. We love these you men and enjoy them very much. Elder Harris is from Sandy, Utah and is our District Leader, a very good kind young man. His companion is Elder Lundberg from Logan, Utah. He has a million stories to tell and causes many a laugh each day. Elder Larson is also from Logan and will go home in about 53 days and that makes him happy. Elder Barker is also going home soon and is a dedicated elder. Can’t think of much more for this week---except tomorrow is Elder Faux’s 79th HAPPY BIRTHDAY. So Happy Birthday Elder Faux!!!
We had another good zone conference on Monday with just a little change in the agenda. Previously we have had one session, with a break, and then the luncheon at the end of the conference. Today we had a session, then our lunch, then another session. One of the problems of doing it this way, as Elder Faux sees it-and as voiced by Sister Treseder as well, is the challenge of staying awake in the session that follows with a stomach full of food to digest. However we were told President Gamiette planned it this way as he is trying to impress upon the elders the health benefits of eating three key meals per day at regular intervals. With the zone conference being on Monday we provided Subway Sandwiches supplement with potato salad and strawberry short cake- for dessert- which Sister Treseder and Sister Faux prepared. At 8:15 Saturday morning we departed for Riviere Doree for the baptism of Samuel Sinaise. It is about a fifteen minute drive north and the same beach mentioned in our blog a couple of weeks ago for the branch youth activity. Because of a brother drowning in the ocean a couple of years ago Samuel avoids the ocean. Thus Riviere Doree as it has a small quite river that flows into the ocean. But today, for whatever reason, the river looked so grimy and uninviting that President Nicholas wouldn’t even consider it so Samuel ended up being baptized in the ocean after all. Returning from the baptism we prepared the church for Sunday then with the elders when to our apartment to watch the Saturday sessions of General Conference. Sister Faux prepared a pot of chili for an in-between-sessions lunch and then treated the elders to German chocolate cake after the priesthood session. Since the last General Conference an internet line has been installed at the church, but as of yet, no computer. With the line installed we had hopes of connecting a laptop computer to the branch TV so the members could view General Conference for the first time. But we searched in vain for the cord we needed. Sunday morning a branch member mentioned that he had a friend with a projector, and all the connecting cords, which we could borrow. Since it was a forty minute round drive we decided to wait until after church to pick it up and then watch just the last session. Members, and investigators were invited to the viewing and all looked good. The internet line connected to our laptop, the router connected, and the projector set up-already to go. The off/on switch on the wall is turned on and…. we hear a resounding ‘POP’… and the router melts. The transformer we had connected couldn’t carry the load. Thankfully it was the router and not our laptop. By the time we got things back in order at the church, and then to our apartment, and the computer up and running the intermediated hymn was just concluding. Sister Faux also prepared dinner for the elders’ on Sunday-bake potato with sour cream and shredded cheese, a mixed vegetable dish, fruit salad, barbecued chicken, plus the rest of the German chocolate cake for dessert. So it was a busy weekend.
Sister Faux: Today I am feeling like it is was a busy week not just the weekend. I don’t know why we worry so much about the Zone Conference lunch because everything we fix the elders eat it like it really is good and makes us think we can cook. So no matter what- it always makes us happy. We came back alone from zone conference because the elders had a fun day planned for the next day. So it was very peaceful and quiet when we arrived home. Tuesday we started our reading class where we had two members. It worked out well and hopefully we will have success there. If you can think how hard it would be to have four young children, all boys and not even know the alphabet. It seems to me that life would be complicated with that problem. We also started another temple class this past week with two members. One member took the class before and just received her temple recommend but wants to take the class again. She is Jeanette, a very good sister, and the newer member, Celina also a great member. Jeanette is Primary president and Celina is in the Relief Society presidency. It is very much a pleasure to be friends with these two members. Our elders are still working hard and try to please everyone---sometimes that is a hard assignment. We love these you men and enjoy them very much. Elder Harris is from Sandy, Utah and is our District Leader, a very good kind young man. His companion is Elder Lundberg from Logan, Utah. He has a million stories to tell and causes many a laugh each day. Elder Larson is also from Logan and will go home in about 53 days and that makes him happy. Elder Barker is also going home soon and is a dedicated elder. Can’t think of much more for this week---except tomorrow is Elder Faux’s 79th HAPPY BIRTHDAY. So Happy Birthday Elder Faux!!!
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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