Caribbean Area Conference

But all is going so very well here in Guyana. Sunday Gone was a really interesting Sunday. We actually didn't have a fast Sunday last week because we had a Caribbean Area Conference. Elder Holland And Elder Packer Spoke to the whole Caribbean area It was funny cause they spoke in Spanish for a little bit haha.    it was interesting because in Berbice where we are there is only one chapel out of six that has a satellite dish. so we all Got to meet at that one building for church! it was wonderful! there was plenty people!  

 

DL" and his sister this past week prayed and received an answer that the 7th is they day they are supposed to be baptized. now they didn't make it to church. we are still not sure why. So depending on the answer we might have to move it to the 14th so that they can come the sunday before their baptism . But they are doing wonderful! "DL" actually has received a spiritual witness of the divinity of this work, but when we taught tithing last week he thought it was wrong. but we taught and used a lot of scriptures. and when we went the week coming he said he prayed about it and he knows that the law of tithing is a true commandment! so he is quite a boss! we Are really Excited for him! 

 

And as for reactivating some of the less actives IT is going good. There is a man whose house we went to last night who always seemed like a good guy everything in his house screams Mormon, he had even the 4th article of faith taped to his front door. but when we went by him yesterday he told us he want to come by him for two weeks almost as often as we can to help get him back on his feet and then he will help us reclaim others! and he was really sincere about it, i think he is going to come back! his whole family is really strong members of the church. Things are looking up for us in this area! 

 

We also have been teaching a lot of referrals from members. There are actually a lot of  really  strong members in the church right now! super cool! there is one missionary out from the branch and one almost Gone. but we are working on getting more young men excited for missions and taking them teaching! same with the young woman. It's going to be wonderful!

I really like how people talked about trials. i heard a cool quote in Grenada that said "you cannot climb a smooth mountain" in life we want to get higher always! and trials are like the bumps.

But this week has been really enjoyable. Every Friday we actually go to the branch by Suriname the area is called Skeldon . The loss of missionaries really hurt the areas here. There used to be 3 area's and 3 companionship but they had to leave.   and now we cover the three areas. But there in the two branches in Skeldon used to be an attendance of about 70-80 each and now they collapsed into one branch of about 11 people every sunday! 

I cannot wait till 4 months later when the government changes and they let missionaries into the country again!  

But i love it here!We did actually go Bush waking today cutlass and all walking into the amazon! it was cool!

But i love you much!

 

 Take care!

Love Elder Pierson