Letter Home - Week 22

A note about this letter:  I asked Gordon to give us more detail on the people he's worked with in Vieux Fort.  I'm compiling a list of his contacts and baptisms with information about each.

 

Hey Family,

 

It was great to see and actually talk with you guys! I loved it so much. I spent time writing about the different people that I taught this week. Shantel's mother's name is Shaunta. Shaunta is a member and is dating a member named Dannus. Earl is a carpenter. Rodrique works at a warehouse and is dating Mamma Sherba's daughter named Veena and they have a daughter named Skii(sky). Ambrose is a mechanic but did not work with Earl. They are friends at church but live in different areas. Ambrose lives in the main part of Vieux Fort while Earl lives up in the hills of Vigier. Sherline and Shequan kept being taught by the missionaries. She is a really strong Catholic though and so it was hard for her to get away from the ties she had there. I will need to follow up to see if she is still being taught. Christian stopped working with Ambrose and started work elsewhere. He stopped coming to church and the impression I felt from him was that he didn't really want us meeting with him and for quite a time lost contact with him. It was really sad to see. Max didn't want to give up drinking and smoking. He too was kinda running away from us and lost contact with him. Lenelle(Patrick's father) is cousin's with the McFarlane boys. I think the relation is on Pauline's side. Patrick does security at a local school and other things as well. Both Patrick and Lenelle are progressing towards baptism but the hard part is finding transportation to church. James Daniel became really hard to find home and teach. He never came to church and wasn't reading in the book of Mormon. He has health problems and one day we heard he was in the hospital so we went to visit him. He didn't look to good. He couldn't really communicate but the impression we got from him was that he didn't want us there so we left. That was the last I saw him. The strange thing was that we were told that he wanted us there by another person. Patrice comes to church a lot and she loves it. She has a daughter around 10 years of age. Patrice has a hard time understanding but has a good heart. Hopefully she will continue in her faithfulness and one day when the understanding comes become a baptized member of the church. Nash is an older guy about 63 I think. He lives with his brother named Stephen that he takes care of. Stephen has been in and out of the hospital for his blood pressure. Nash is a good guy but struggles with applying his faith in God. He came to church once but not since and because of his eyesight has a hard time reading the book of Mormon.  Urania is Megan's mother. Her grandma is named Sis. Baptist and she is a faithful member with a strong testimony. Megan I think will get baptized soon but the mother is struggling with her faith. She is letting other things keep her from going forward. It is really sad to see when people give up and quit pursuing answers from Heavenly Father. One thing I've learned about when we seem to hit a road block or when the road we are traveling gets rocky is that if we SEEK(a verb which mean action is required) help from the Lord. Just like Joseph Smith we need to turn to God in prayer and scripture/gospel study to FIND answers to our problems. Matt 7:7-8 It requires patience and faith but to those who are really seeking and really desire it answers do come. If we read Moroni's promise in the back of the book of Mormon(Moroni 10:3-5) it tells us that in order to gain answers and receive revelation from God we need to do something first. We have to pay the price to receive the reward. It won't just be given to us but the promise is there. If we do our part answers do come. I love you guys so much and I hope you all have a fabulous New Years!

 

Love,

Elder King