WE DID IT! 2008 IN 2008 + 4 MORE

Truly we have seen miracles in the West Indies in the year 2008. Last year at this time the elders with under the direction of President Robison set a goal to baptize 2008 souls in the year 2008. That was a giant step for the West Indies because in 2007 the mission reported a little over 1,000 baptisms and the year before that, 2006, just over 400. We have seen a few of those miracles since our arrival in the West Indies in October and are grateful for those blessings. We know that angels have directed the paths of the missionaries to the places where they would find souls who had been prepared and were ready to hear the gospel taught to them.

That is not all we have seen in the line of miracles. We thank Heavenly Father every night that we go to bed that we were protected upon the streets and highways of Trinidad. Driving habits here are irresponsible and unsafe. Laws are not enforced, therefore they are not obeyed. We were especially grateful for the miraclulous survival of Elder Leishman and two young elders, Elders Hickenlooper and Endemann, when they were involved in a head-on collision on Saturday, Dec. 27th. Elder Leishman stopped his vehicles just as a drunk driver coming towards them rolled his truck twice and then slid right into the car Elder Leishman was driving. Elder Leishman said it is a miracle that the truck didn't finish his last roll and fall right on their windsheild. The elders all hurried out of their vehicle and rushed to the aid of the three young adults in the truck. The driver was severely injured with a head and arm wound. Elder Leishman's quick thinking and immediate first aid to stop the bleeding from his wounds surely saved the young man's life. The elders went the next day to visit him in the hospital where he is recovering after having 29 stitches in his head to sew his scalp back on.