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Goodbye Trinidad, Goodbye West Indies
14 years ago
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Posted by Truman and Carol's Mission Blog at 9:04 AM
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Happenings...12 years ago
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Former New Zealand Missionaries
Elder Michael Farrer, from Springville, Utah, and Elder Truman Leishman served on missions in New Zealand at the same time in the mid-1960s. They were Zone Leaders of different mission zones at the same time. They have had a good time reliving those "good ole' days". Elder Farrer is a counselor to Pres. Robison, our Mission President. Elder and Sister Farrer will be going home in November after serving 23 months in the West Indies Mission.
Gopaul Family
Brother Gopaul is the Branch President of the Chaguanas branch. We spent an afternoon on Transfer Day, Oct. 15th, driving Elders LeBaron and Richards around in Chaguanas so they could introduce us to people in our new branch and so they could say good-bye since they were leaving for home after completing their missions. Elder Endeman, far right, is one of our elders staying in Chaguanas.
Couva Elders
Elder Mundy , Sister Leishman, and Elder Guy, England at Temple by the Sea
East Elders/Chaguanas
Elder Hickenlooper, Alaska, and Elder Endman, California
West Elders/Chaguanas
Elder Risenmay, Portland, and Elder White, Vernal
Sunday Dinner with our new family
Our first Sunday dinner with the East and West Elders. We had tuna sandwiches after church before visiting more west Chaguanas members.
Burger anyone?
This is your typical burger place and since there is a Burger King in town, I'm pretty sure I won't be stopping here any time soon.
1st Baptismal Service
Pictured is Brother Mohan, his two daughters and a neice. On our 2nd night in Trinidad we attended the baptism of Sister Mohan who was baptized by her husband. We never did get Sister Mohan isolated from the crowd to take a picture.
BIG AVOCADO
Our first meal in Trinidad was at the home of mission office couple Brother and Sister Coleman. Sister Coleman presented us with an avocado that was the biggest one I have ever seen. And it was good!
Chaguanas, Trinidad
We will be serving in the city of Chaguanas. It is located south east of Port of Spain.
First night and first fireside in Trinidad
We are standing with President and Sister Robison in their home which is the Mission Home
General Conference Oct. 2008
We attended two sessions of conference before going into the MTC. In the picture with us are our son, David, and his wife, Marilla, and their two boys, David Jr. (5) and Joey (3).
A Visit to the MTC
Our daughter, Julie, and our daughter-in-law, Marilla, brought their children to the MTC at lunchtime on Friday to visit their grandparents, the missionaries. Pictured are (L - R) Jai Barfuss, David Jr. Leishman, Zane and Abby Barfuss, Joey Leishman, Madison Barfuss
Abby and grandparents
This is Abby Barfuss on her baptism day, Sept. 6th 2008
Navy Nelson and grandparents
This is Navy on her baptism day, Sept. 6th, 2008.
West Indies
Our new home for 23 months starting Oct. 11th, 2008 Look for Trinidad down at the bottom of the string of islands. It is just north of Guyana and Venuzuela.
MTC group
Pictured are the Sr. couples that we trained with in the MTC during the week of Oct. 6th - Oct. 10th.
4 comments:
Amazing! You are so kind and generous to share these moments with us. Landon's step-brother left for the MTC this morning to serve in the Illinois, Peoria Mission. It was a thrill to come home from the airport to find this slideshow waiting for us. What a boost it gave us. Thank-you, Blaine and Karen Vance
Beautiful - I felt it all ... I cried thru the ending. Thank you for such wonderful service. You are so loved and it is great to see the pictures and feel the love.
Isabelle & Stanford packer
We loved the slide show. It is so fun to share these moments together. We feel like we are living your mission with you. We tell many people about your wonderful experiences. Be safe. We have a new granddaughter. Eric and Kimberly had their baby girl four weeks early. She weighs 5 lbs 6oz. 19" long. The mission field is a great place to be. Love you guys.
The pictures are amazing! The love you have for the people of Lindon is spilling through your eyes out the smiles on your faces.
What humble sweet people. Must have been such an honor to know (and baptize) them.
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