Our Mission Transfer

On August 17th our mission president, President Gamiette, came into our office. He looked very concerned. He spoke of his worries about Guyana, the country in South America that is part of our mission. One of our assignments is to help with the Seminary and Institute in that country. We had planned a trip there for Aug. 23rd. He was very glad we were going there. He asked us if we would consider living there and making it our home base rather than Trinidad. He said there is a much greater need for us in Guyana than in Trinidad. We were very surprised because we love where we are and never expected to be transferred. Well, to make a long story short - we are going to Guyana to live! We have learned from every missionary who has served there that it was their very favorite place to serve.


So we went to Guyana for a week Aug. 23 - 28 to check it out and to find a place to live. It was very interesting to say the least. It is truly a third world country! Some the things that are very different than what we are used to are: animals in the road such as; cows, horses, goats, chickens, sheep and pigs. They roam freely. We have to dodge them along with people walking and riding bikes; not the mention the narrow roads with crazy drivers.

When we went to see the chapel in Canje where we will be living, it was quite a sight to see a donkey in front of the church house.

At the church house in Rose Hall we found a cow inside the locked gate of the church. How did he get there? We named him the Holy Cow!

This is our new home in Canje area of Guyana. The name of the town is Palmyra. (So I did get one of my wishes of going on a mission to Palmyra. It just happens to be in another country than I expected.)

This is one of the nicer homes in the area although we have no hot water, no air conditioning, no Internet and no dryer. But we have found that the wonderful people make up for any inconveniences.
Yes we will be sleeping under a mosquito net. This is Faleshia who was helping us figure out how to use the net.

A picture of the church house for the Crabwood Creek Branch. Elder Young on the left is a Senior missionary we will be working with along with his wife. The gentleman in the center is the branch president, President Solomon. Of course Elder Harris is the enthusiastic one next to the sign. We grew to love the members in Guyana in the short time we were there. We look forward to serving them. It is going to be a great experience.