Well and Happy

Everyday a new experience We are well and happy. I am tired tonight. We left for meetings at 5 PM and got home at 9:30. Much of that time is driving, driving, driving. There are so many here who would like to come to meetings but do not have rides. The branch clerk lives about 8 miles from the church....about 5 miles from us. He can’t come if he does not have a ride. There are illegal taxis that will drive people around for $3.00. They are broken down jalopies, with no insurance, no rules. They are called Jitneys.

The mission president called twice today to find out some information about the missionaries. He expects them to ride their bikes around but their bikes are broken. The bikes are really junk. They were brand new bikes but the first days the elders rode them they literally began to fall apart. They have had some new parts on order but everything takes forever here. So we have been driving them around. We paid $60 for the first tank of gas, $58 for the second tank,and the car needs to be filled up again tomorrow. And we have not been here a week yet. So the elders are going to have to take the chalpies too as we get busier and need to be other places.

One thing we are trying to do is meet with the new members to give them the lessons they still need. We used to call them the new member lessons, but now it is the review of the “Preach My Gospel” lessons along with a fifth lesson they have not had yet. There are 22 people we need to give lessons. The only problem is that most of them only speak Creole. We met with some English speakers tonight to see of we could use them to help translate. Those that speak English are the leaders of the branch. Some of them work....which is the best....but some do not. Those that do not work, we use all the time to translate. We really need people here who speak Creole

This is a picture of Helince and Lemorin. They both joined the church in Haiti and have very strong testimonies. They are both leaders in the branch. They both speak English and help us translate.

This is Charles. He was the first one baptized after we came. First one we got to teach before he was baptized. Great kid. 19 years old.



View from the big house. We live in the cottage.