31 January 2010
The big event for the week was the baptism of Lucy Eugenio after church today. This is the first baptism in the branch since November so a long awaited event. It started to rain around 6:00 a.m. this morning continuing off and on until about noon. Rain generally means Low Church attendance since being in the rain, as the allegory goes, is the best way to catch cold. No one wants a cold so they stay home rather than attend church. But it was exciting to see Lucy arrive early, looking so nice and so excited. We ended up having a good turnout and many of the members stayed to be part of the baptism service. By the time we arrived at the beach the weather had cleared other than being a little windy. But this didn’t hamper the baptism. In fact it appeared the elders enjoyed the waves a little more than they should have; especially when some of the breakers washed completely over them. And it was great to see so many branch members at the beach to witness Lucy’s baptism. We returned to the church for the conclusion of the service after which we enjoyed a delicious munch and mingle lunch served by Sister Nicholas. Tuesday was our district meeting. Until December the island was one district. We took turns at the meeting venue-one week in Vieux Fort the next in Castries. But now each city is a district so that weekly get together is no more. So we hold our own and we compliment Elder Welch, the district leader, on his well prepared lesson, which included ‘role playing’, which Elder Faux is not a big fan off. And as usual at the close of our meeting food immediately came to mind. Not Scoby’s today but Domino’s Pizza. On Thursday Elders Welch and Lundberg each noted their one year on-a-mission date. It is a little unusual to have a companionship share this date so we decided to do a little celebrating. We did so by driving to Castries to grocery shop at Mega J’s (St Lucia’s Costco) and then go to lunch at Spinnakers, which is becoming our favorite restaurant in Castries. We were pleased that Elder and Sister Treseder, the couple serving in Castries, were able to join with us as well. While eating our lunch it became evident a couple at a nearby table was celebrating an event. When a birthday cake was delivered to their table Elder Faux, with a little coaxing, gentle persuasion, and cajoling got the elders to join with him and Elder Treseder to sing Happy Birthday to them. It was an amusing surprise for them, and they seemed pleased with our effort. In fact when they departed they gave us some of their birthday cake to enjoy.
Sister Faux ... Another week has gone by and if you remember last week I talked about wearing the non matching earrings to church that started the week. A couple of days later I wore my blouse wrong side out. The next day we went to help a friend and her daughter, that I had not seen her for a while, met me at the door. She seemed happy to see me and then said, “Sister Faux—Sister Faux -you are getting fat!” So that started the week, but I think it improved after that. What next?
A few things I noticed this week; When we went to Mega J’s it was fun to watch Elder Lundberg as they shopped because he has been serving in Guyana and there stores sound very small and inconvenient. He kept saying, “Look I can buy this, even if I don’t need it”. So many good things he had not seen for almost a year. At the store I had 14 things on my list and could not find anything I had planned to buy such as, chicken, hamburger, sour cream, jello—yet Elder Lundberg was so happy.
There had been many fires on the way to Castries that have burned many miles of beautiful forests. Sad news, my hairdresser is going to work on another island for six months. She said that she could not recommend anyone in Vieux Fort to cut my hair—woe is me. I was surprised when we arrived here to see the many horses on this end of the island. We see a few that are ridden occasionally but many just wander around. We see one staked now and again but I have never seen any water left for them. I feel sorry for them. We have been waiting for a Seminary teacher to be assigned, but no one is available so we thought we would begin to have class last week and we (Dave) would teach. Surprise- no one came…Our weather has been a little cooler the last week and at times we do not have our two fans running. The thermometer still says 80º except one cool day it was 79º. We have included a couple of our walking pictures but the broken road does not look as bad as it is. The water on the road has been there almost all of the time; we know it is really dry when there is no water at all. When it rains at home there are always worms on the road and sidewalk, but there have never been any worms anywhere here, I think that is interesting. We had Relief Society a week ago in the evening. Our project was to teach the sisters how to make pizza and it was fun. Kids arrive at the church before the mothers get there. Sister Nicholas baked two pizzas and had to cut them in 20 pieces, because we had so many kids and elders. It was my turn to speak in church today I talked about President Thomas Monson, as many do not know very much about him. People really pay attention when we give a talk. It is a nice experience. We had about 35 at church today so it was a pretty good turnout. Have a good week. The church really is true. Love, Sister and Elder Faux-- Elder and Sister FauxGablewoods Mall South, P.O. Box 923Vieux Fort, St Lucia, West IndiesHome 758-454-7219 Cell 758-384-5487 doraanddavefaux.blogspot.com