ANOTHER FIRST FOR LINDEN, GUYANA

GIRL'S CAMP

On Tuesday, August 11th, we took 10 girls and their leader to Summerville Camp where we met the rest of the girls from various branches in the Georgetown District.
Check out those smiling faces.

Sister Juliet Culpepper in pink on the far right volunteered to be our girls' leader for the 4 days and nights they would be at camp.
Of the 10 girls in the picture, 5 of them are her family members.
One is her daughter, one is her granddaughter, and three are her neices.
Sister Juliet was baptized in May but as yet, no one in her family has been baptized.
None of her 5 girls have been baptized as yet but I think that will change soon.
All the girls had such an amazing spiritual experience and her 5 girls were especially touched. Each of the girls who went, including the 5 who aren't members, bore their testimony in church the following Sunday.

Doesn't this look like a refreshing way to spend a summer afternoon?

This is our group of girls catching up on camp gossip under the shade of a big tree.

Experience the Light

Our deepest fears concern the unknown.
Some of us walk in darkness not knowing the power of light.
There are those of us who fail to search, to stretch or reach for their destiny when it is within their grasp.
Those not willing to find the height to which they can rise will fall short of their greatest aspirations.
Light overcomes fear,
experience overcomes doubt,
knowledge overcomes the unknown.

by Elder Truman Leishman

Have you ever see a more picturesque spot for a baptism?
The water is actually called 'blackwater'. It's not dirty water, it's water that has been darkened by minerals and from the dyes in the leaves and bark of trees in the rainforest where the water starts. It's like a mirror the way it reflects the blue and white from the sky and clouds.

This is a closer picture of the man who is in the first picture. Elder Leishman just baptized him last Sunday, Aug. 1, 2009. His name is Lee Almond Darrel.

On the weekend of the July 17th & 18th, we had a big SPLASH! There were 16 new members of the church added to the Linden church group (soon to become a branch).
In the picture above is a family of seven. This baptism was held on July 17th.

This picture is of the baptism held on Sunday, July 18th.
Six people were baptized members of the church. So the grand total for the weekend was 16. Now comes the job of keeping them active and working in the church.

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MIB or MISSIONARIES?
They're handsome enough and smart enough to be MIB but they are, of course, hard-working missionaries - 24/7.
Missionaries in the West Indies are not required to wear a suit coat. They were wearing theirs to attend a funeral of a member of our church group.
L to R: Elder Tupou, Elder Babbel, Elder Harris, Elder Packer.