I had the opportunity to confirm Pheumia!

We had a busy day yesterday so I only had time to e-mail President, that's why I didn't e-mail until today.

Sorry about the surprise last week. I didn't expect to get transferred either, usually we have a few days notice. I am all settled in here in Port of Spain. We have a really small apartment but it's okay. It's pretty much right in the middle of the city so it's about 20 minutes from my old apartment. We do a lot of walking but there is a pretty good bus system.

We work mostly in an area called Diego Martin and are pretty much starting over finding investigators right now. David and Pheumia's oldest daughter is 9 and we are trying to get her baptized next week (she is in the pink dress in the first picture). They also have a family friend that's been to church a couple of times that we are working with.

We are part of the Port of Spain ward which is nice. It runs almost like a ward from back home. We have about 10 returned missionaries and about half of the people in the ward have stake callings. It runs smoother than my last ward.

Elder Williams is from Bakersfield, California. (That's where that little basketball team comes from that the Aggies have pounded the last 2 seasons in a row). The missionary with plantar fasciitis is doing alright. He has been going to physical therapy and he should be back on his feet in a couple of days.

The wedding went well last week as did the baptisms. These are pictures of David and Pheumia's (pronounce Fay-me-a) wedding and baptisms:

This is Bishop Hooker, David, Pheumia, and their children at the wedding on Tuesday. (Kyle is in the gray, he's the one who told us the story of Ammon).

Me, Elder Williams (my companion), David, Pheumia, and Sister & Elder Palmer on Saturday. I had the opportunity to confirm Pheumia during sacrament meeting on Sunday.

This picture is from Jermaine's baptism, it was on Saturday too. Luckily I was able to go because it was in my old area.

Me, Elder Romney, Anthony, Jermaine, Bishop Alleyne (below), Milton, Elder Cotton (plantar fasciitis man), Rita, Elder Barton. All of us played a part in Jermaine's baptism whether by fellowshipping or by doing the baptism interview (Elder Barton).

The scripture of the week is Alma 29:1-3.

It was such a sweet story!

I got a letter from ya'll today telling me that everyone is liking the blog because of all the information about investigators that I've been including lately. That is one of the benefits of the office. I'm sorry to say that the e-mails will be back to a worse state because I don't have that luxury anymore.

Basically what I'm saying is that I am not going to get fat here in Trinidad any more! I was part of a 3-way emergency transfer on Saturday morning, so now I am serving in Port of Spain. One of the elders in Guyana got plantar fasciitis and they didn't want him down there (too much walking), so they brought him to work in the office, sent one of the Port of Spain elders to Guyana, and they moved me here. It's been a weird week to say the least.

My companion is named Elder Williams. I actually met him when I first came to the mission. He was in the Canje zone with me but was clear out in Crabwood Creek which is right next to Suriname.

So I will have e-mails on Mondays again since I am back to a normal schedule. It's only on Tuesday this week because our zone conference was yesterday. Here are a few pictures from zone conference:

Elder Williams (new companion), Jonathan, and Sister Robison

Elder Williams and Jonathan

Trinidad North Zone

Elders Larson, Williams, Duncan, and Westover

It was President Robison's last and it was really good. Luckily I will get to hear him speak 2 more times before he goes home though because he is doing a couple of firesides for our ward.

You can use the same mailing address. The office elders are in our district so they will bring mail to us every Friday at district meetings.

Well, Jermaine is going to be baptized this Saturday. She is going to be interviewed tomorrow night. In this area we are going to have 2 baptisms this weekend. Their names are David and Famia. They are getting married in about an hour and a half so we're pretty excited. They have 3 kids and one of them is so smart! His name is Kyle and he's 6 years old. He told us the story of Ammon on Sunday when we went to visit them. This is pretty much what he said: (Remember that he is a Trinidadian and he is a little kid). "Ammon worked for a king and watched the sheep. Some bad guys came and said that they were going to take the sheep away. Ammon said that he can't let them do that. The bad men tried to take the sheep and Ammon took a rope, tied it like so (he imitated tieing a rope) like so-like this, put a rock in it and bust he head! (People don't use pronouns here, they say he and she for everything instead of also using him and her). The bad men kept trying to take the sheep so Ammon used he sword and chop off the bad men's arms. Then Ammon made the bad men cry and they ran away." It was such a sweet story! We are going to try and get it on camera tonight so we can send it to you.

Well, that's the news. The scripture of the week is Joseph Smith-Matthew 1:33-40. It's kind of long but I was reading it the other day and it just really stood out to me.