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| Good-by Song |
Good-bye to Tortola – we bid a fond farewell to you from the
bottom of our hearts. We have spent five months on this beautiful island
helping the members and the branch leadership. They helped us in return with
their love and strong testimonies of the gospel. There are so many choice
families here and we will miss them so much! They are just about ready to send
their 7th missionary out, that is just a fabulous record for a small
island branch.
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| Good-by Poem |
The night before we left we were called over to the chapel
for a mysterious meeting. SURPRISE! They
threw a very sweet going away party for us. It was so fun to see everyone for
the last time. There was lots to eat and a little program of appreciation. They
had the Primary children sing to us and all our piano students played a piece.
The Seminary students had all made cards and two of them read a poem they had
written for us. Needless to say that our hearts were really touched with their
love and kindness.
We have been transferred to Puerto Rico – assigned to the
office but will see very little of it. The elders and sisters of our mission
live in about sixty (60) apartments throughout the island and the first thing we
have been asked to do is visit and inspect each one, each month. Yes, a big
task – the island is 110 miles long by 40 miles wide - but we like to drive, see
new places, and love meeting all the wonderful missionaries!
We live in the town of Caguas, PR, which is south of San
Juan (depending on traffic) 20 minutes to an hour. Fortunately, we do not have
to drive to San Juan very often and if we do, we leave early to try to miss
some of the rush hour traffic to make sure we arrive on time.
The second thing we are to do is check and report the status
of the Companion Language Study for the missionaries who are learning English as
a second language. Page 128 in Preach My Gospel states that every missionary
(wherever they are serving in the world) should learn English. This formal
program helps the Latin missionaries learn English with the help of their English
speaking companion during their daily study time. We are encouraging all of
them to take advantage of this time – it will make a big difference in their
lives when they return home.
We look forward to being with each missionary on Puerto Rico
on a regular basis and are thankful for this new challenge.
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