We are watching another glorious sunset; the sun going down out our front door and a full moon out our back door with beautiful golds, reds and white. We know that you are experiencing the golds and reds also in the fall colors. We have had such a good week hearing from you and are so grateful for your news. We live in such a marvelous time; to be able to see and talk to family live is a miracle and makes what we are doing so much easier. We loved seeing the grandkids who were set up for Skype on Halloween. We love you all so much!!!
Our week has been a lot different than the last few. We have been so busy getting people ready for baptism and etc. and this week has been a slow down. We went with the Elders to La Soufriere on Monday morning. La Soufriere is the volcano that formed this island and is about 4000 feet. We arrived at the trails head at 7:10 a.m. and all 8 Elders headed up. We decided that we would take a nap, study and then take and hour walk ourselves and be back about the same time as the Elders. We have heard from everyone that it takes about 3 hours to get to the top. Well, were studying away and I heard voices and they were back. They had made it in two hours flat; a record I would think. They were wringing wet and out of breath but they had the pictures to prove that they had been there. They said the wind was blowing really hard and it was cold so they didn't linger. I will get some of the pictures for the blog. These Elders are really in shape as they tramp these mountains every day. They still experienced some muscle soreness for the next couple of days.
The next day was Independence day here and we spent most of the day with the Toubierre's. We went to the inner part of the island which is the breadbasket where a lot of the food is grown. Elder Wheeler loved it! We drove an unbelievable road to Montreal Gardens which is 7 acres right out of the Garden of Eden. It was a most pleasant day. That evening the Kingstown Elders came to our apartment to use the computer and send some reports to the mission office. It was Elder Stebbing's last night here; I was feeling bad about not having any goodies for them to eat and said that it would take me about an hour to make some cookies and they said, "Oh, we will wait!" So, it turned into a fun night of sharing experiences and sending Elder Stebbing off for home.
We are doing a lot of new member lessons now and we had our first with the Toubierre's. We talked about the temple and temple marriage; it was great to see their enthusiasm for preparing for those ordinances!
I already talked about being able to talk to family on Halloween!!! We have had a wonderful Sunday!!! We set a new record for people attending Sacrament meeting and they all stayed for the rest of the block. It was fast and testimony meeting and there were no breaks in between the testimonies and they were strong, powerful witness of the Savior and how the gospel has changed their lives for the better. Wonderful!!! We spent the rest of the day with members and we will end the day ready for the "napas and the pillas".
We hope that you all have a good week; we pray for you every day!!! We love the gospel plan and teachings and we have a strong testimony of atonement of the Savior which makes forgiveness and mercy possible. For another week---we love ya!!!
Mom and Dad
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