It was a wondeful week here in the beautiful land of
Barbados!
On Monday night we taught Lyn with Brother Phagu and his wife.
Just kind of working out some little things about her testimony before her
baptism, making sure that she really understood things, but it was really great
to see the impact of the members in Lyn's life and how big of an effect
they had on her getting to church and other activities! It really strengthened
my testimony of member missionary work!
On Tuesday Barbados had a national holiday called heoes day
and so the entire district came together and had a sort of olympics. Where we
spent a good chunk of the day just competing in sports and having a great time!
There was cricket and soccer and a little rugby. It was super fun! Later that
night we had a sweet lesson with Deidre about the gospel of Jesus Christ and
got her really excited all over again to get baptized and about setting a date
for the 31st of May!
On Wednesday Elder Moli and I attended a general womens
meeting for district meeting. Because the Zone Leaders went to Trinidad a long
with the Sister Training Leader so her companion was with some of the sisters
in our district, so at district meeting was Elder Moli, Me, the senior couple
and 7 sisters. It was good though... They all got a good laugh out of singing
"As Sisters in Zion" haha. After the womens meeting we went and did
some service for a sister in the branch named sister Edwards who is from Guyana
and needed some help fixing up the little shack that she sells things out of.
So we helped her throw some galvonized steel on it and nailed some stuff
together. Elder Moli worked some construction at home so he knew what he was
doing. I definitely learned some stuff though! Later that night we talked to
Lyn a little more about baptism and taught Juanne the Plan of Salvation which
really answered some questions she had which was cool!
On Thursday I had another appointment in the morning with
the pediotrist and then waited for 3 hours at the airport for the zone Leaders
to get back from Trinidad. But we went and helped Deidre in her garden and then
taught her later that night a little more about the gospel.
Friday was a bummer. WE had too much fall through and just
resorted to contacting old contacts and trying to talk to anybody which didn't
turn out well. But we did go home teaching a member named Brother Mayers which
was pretty interesting, nothing out of the ordinary.
Saturday morning we met up with the Zone Leaders so that
they could interview Lyn for baptism so after we showed them to her house one
of them interviewed her which took a while but she passed! She was so excited!
Then we headed home to start our fast and then had every appointment fall
through on us, but we had to spend a few trips back and forth to the church to
set things up for the baptism. We taught a woman named Marisa which went really
well and then went back to the church to fill the font and hunt down some
baptismal clothes that would fit her! haha but by the time the font got filled
it was almost 9 o'clock at night so we busted it home.
Sunday morning was pretty stressful, for me at least, we got
an investigator, Deidre to come to church but she was in need of a ride home
and the only members that lived out that way told us that all of their vehicles
were full, so I was pretty stressed about that and that we had a baptism that
we were trying to get ready. So I was just a mess. BUT Deidre got home and the
baptism went off without a hitch! Seeing Lyn get baptized has been one of the
biggest testimony builders of member missionary work I have had yet on my
mission! It was so cool to see how little we were used for other than teaching
a little bit. It was great to see!
But it was a fantastic week! The pictures of my toes are
gruesome I know, but they are so much better than they were! People keep asking
me how they are doing and the only thing I can say back is "I can kick you
and now it would hurt you more than it would hurt me"
I love you all and hope you have a great week and happy
Mother's Day!!
Much love,
Elder Dorrance
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