We have been in Tortola now for a couple weeks and have
found the island has some very steep and narrow roads with beautiful views of
the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea. You can imagine that there is little flat
ground here and what there is, is occupied by buildings. The main city, Road
Town, has some very nice buildings – the government buildings all look good.
Driving here, like all of the little islands in the Puerto
Rico San Juan Mission, is on the left side of the road – like in England. However,
unlike St Kitts where our car – a Toyota, Rav 4 had right hand steering, our
car here – a Suzuki, Grand Vitara has left hand steering (like the USA). This has
led to some interesting moments for MB who sits closest to center of the road –
she has to tell me to ‘move over’ and it is usually said with some urgency!
This past week, on Saturday, we celebrated our 46th
wedding anniversary – we had a special dinner on the waterfront. On Sunday,
after our Tortola Meetings, we boarded the ferry to travel to the island of
Virgin Gorda. Pictured in the photo with us are the young Elders and the new
Tortola Branch President, Pres. Lyerly and his wife Toni. They live on Virgin
Gorda. We held a second sacrament meeting for the members living there.
We are continuing our member and leader support roles here
on Tortola and have found and talked to some members who have not been to
church for quite a while. They are very friendly toward us and have invited us
back for more discussion.
The branch is having a send-off party this weekend for the recently
released branch president who is returning to Hawaii – he has been in a
leadership role for about 14 years here so he will be sorely missed! We are grateful to have been able to work with
him for these two weeks before he departs for his home there. He has helped
prepare missionaries to serve from this small branch – he has four in the field
now with two more going out by September and another waiting for his call. Seven
full time missionaries from a branch of about 110 – WOW! What great work.
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