January 9,2011

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We just received an e-mail from Salt Lake City about more snow. We have seen some great pictures of a white world. We hope that you all are keeping warm and staying well and that you are enjoying your wonderful white world. There is a lot to say about for a change of seasons.

We have had another great week. On Monday, President Gamiette was sitting in a chair between Elder Wheeler's and Sister Wheeler's desks with Sister Ellison standing by, when he dropped the news of who would be coming to the office to take our places. It was a bit of a dramatic moment for Sister Ellison and President Gamiette handled it very well. Elder and Sister Luster who are serving in Tobago will becoming to do finance and travel and Elder and Sister Sappington who are in the MTC will be coming to do finance and immigration/secretary. The Lusters were called and arrived here in Trinidad on Thursday. The Sappingtons will arrive on January 21. We have much to do to make a smooth transition. Immigration is still in an evolving mode and we hope that it becomes evident what the bottom line will be before they arrive. We also had Zone Conference for Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday. We decided to make chicken enchiladas as many of the Elders have asked for them when they come to the Mission office. We don't have much time to cook and so we decided it would be easier to do a big batch of them for Zone Conference instead of having several of them at a time come to our apartment for them. They were received with enthusiasm which made all the work well worth it. We were also surprised at how fast the homemade refried beans went. GONE!!! The Conference was very good, we are always impressed with the leadership qualities of these young Elders. President Gamiette is a wonderful motivator and teacher and Sister Gamiette gave a great segment on STRESS!!! There was a lot of discussion and it was very helpful. There is always time for testimonies at the end and President Gamiette asked us to bare our testimonies. Senior missionaries role is always to be a shadow, so we normally listen to the young missionaries and love it. We were grateful to have this opportunity to bare our testimonies. President Gamiette also bore his testimony that there is never again a time when you can serve the same kind of proselyting mission as when you are a young missionary. We have spent time today looking through our mission pictures and preparing our Last Will and Testament. We have been abundantly blessed to have been able to serve this mission. We again send the message that senior missionaries are needed!! All missionaries are needed but there is a special role that is filled by senior missionaries. Don't wait if you are thinking about it because we never know what the future will bring.

As they say here in the Caribbean, "May you have a blessed week!"

Much love,