Letter from Mission President - Week 2

Dear Parents of Elder King,

We are so pleased to welcome your son to the Barbados Bridgetown Mission! He arrived safely in Barbados on 10 August 2015. On Tuesday, he and the other new missionaries from the MTC were taken to the mission home where they were given training and interviewed by President Herrington. He also received instruction from Sister Herrington and the Assistant's to the President. We spent the remainder of the evening with him in the mission home for a welcome dinner and a spirit-filled devotional. We were especially grateful that our Area President, Elder J Devin Cornish was in attendance for this.

We have loved getting to know your son and we love him already. He is a bright and thoughtful young man and is clearly excited to go to work teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Each new missionary has now travelled to their assigned area. Elder King has been assigned to labor in the St. Lucia Zone in Vieux-Fort. There is a growing population of members there and the missionaries enjoy much success working closely with them. His new companion is Elder Odhiambo, an experienced and faithful missionary who will guide your son through a 12 week training program.

Elder King's faithful studies in the Book of Mormon, Preach My Gospel and the 12 week training program will prepare him to be an inspired teacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Please encourage your son as he begins this challenging but extremely rewarding work. His gospel study and diligent obedience will help him teach effectively by the Spirit and to grow in his own testimony and conversion, which will be a foundation for his mission and also for the rest of his life.

Your son is encouraged to email his immediate family and his mission president every week on Monday, our preparation day.

We look forward to getting to know him and working with him in the great work of salvation in the Barbados Bridgetown Mission. Thank you for sharing him with us!

Sincerely,

President and Sister Herrington