10th Week

An email that I received from my Mission President nothing confidential I think so I think you'll like it.

Either way, here is my family letter,

Hello Family!

We still remain! My companion and I see this as a blessing and we've been working really hard to make it so but as I said, we remain. We don't know when we will be reassigned or if we will be. As far as we currently know we stay at the grace and mercy of the travel department in Salt Lake City and they'll in conjunction with the Missionary Executive Committee will decide our fate. Oh well! We keep working as I said and we want to use this as a jumping off point for our mission to jump straight into success. So we continue to work hard and do our best. A few highlights of the last week.

Thursday:
My name tag got stolen at gym time. Apperently there is a Spanish speaking Elder Nielson. He accidently grabbed my tag instead of his own and walked away with it. That is the conclusion of the story but it was hilerous with how it played out. We got back to the tag pick up and my companion looked at me and said "hey isn't that your tag right there?" I looked over and almost grabbed it before I read how the church's name was spelled and it was definitly not Dutch, it was Spanish. So we conlcuded what must have happened and then we walked away. Well as we got to breakfast I realized I didn't have my card to get in so we had to go back to the apartment. As we were walking out I noticed the name Elder Nielson on a name tag and stopped the Elder. Sure enough he had my tag and was just taking it to the information desk. It was quite funny for us. I was walking around for awhile saying, "They stole my name tag." Much like my father did when they stole his ball.

Tuesday:
They reopened the Gym on Tuesday for the devotionals because the bleachers have been reinstalled. We got pretty good seats and for some reason they didn't announce who the speaker was. During the second prelude hymn in walks Elder Holland of the Twelve and the chatter just began. We all stood up and watched him walk in and sure enough he spoke to us for a hour and a half. It was fantastic and probably the best devotional we've had while we've been here.

Other then that it is work as usual and we continue to work that is for sure. Things are great and we love being here. I hope you are all doing well as well!

Elder Nielson



Dear Elders and Sisters,



Baptisms this week 3

Baptism August 18

Hard date next week 9

Magic number: 55

Sacrament meeting attendance 2471

Melchisedeck Preisthood 399



I gave my letter the title Elder Wilkinson, because I have learned alot from him this past week. Elder Wilkinson has given a new dimension to the words "DEDICATION TO THE WORK".He is a new Elder he arrived 6 weeks ago he served in Trinidad and worked with great dedication to reach his goals with his companion. When suddenly he had to be taken to the Hospital for some serious health problem,

As We visited him, he had a hard time breathing and speaking required great efforts. Elder Wilkinson only concerns were the contacts he had made and that he could not call back, he talked to me of an investigator, Lennox, that they were teaching that was making great progress, and how crucial it was for him to come to church. he wanted me to make sure that Lennox was at church so that he can be baptized.

As he was trying to write the names on a piece of paper his hand was shaking. After 5 days Elder Wilkinson is still in Intensive Care Unit, When I asked him Elder Do you want to talk to your mom, he looked at me and said " No, President?!! It is not Christmas". his only desires are to his mission.We are honoured to have such a great young man with us. Today as I went to the branch he was serving in, I looked for Lennox, he was there, Elder Wilkinson was right, Lennox is great, I asked him if he would come and visit Elder Wilkinson, he came, the joy that this young Elder had as he saw his investigator walk in the room, said so much about his love for the work, the Savior and the people he was teaching.

Trully he has forgotten himself to have an eye Single to the Glory of God.Then I thought about all of us that are serving now and I realized that you all are just like Elder Wilkinson dedicated to the LORD and Desirous to establish his church to love the peolple and forget about yourself,

but sometime some of us get trapped with sins that destroy our focus and our faith and our hope and our charity.

The scriptures say " Charity Seeketh not her own,... beareth all things, hopeth all things and endureth all things".

How Can Sin and Desobedience destroy our Faith, Hope, and Charity???



If one sin or be desobiedient can he hope to have a place at the right hand of God? NO

If he can not why would he Love the God that will not accept him at the last day and how could the spirit manifest to him the love of God, unless he repents and come with a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

So can he devellop Charity or receive Charity from the Spirit as a gift from God for the true disciples of his sons? NO (see Moroni 7:48)unless he repents he cannot and Shall be rejected at the Last day.

But then if he has no Hope nor Charity can he have faith in Christ????

Faith is not beleiving only (see James 2:19,20) but he that say he has faith and sin is a lier for faith in christ push to action and good works, because of Hope and then come Charity as a result of obedience and submission to God and the Promise of eternal life given to all that serve faithfully.



Yes SIN destroy what is the most beautifull in us and instead of focusing on the work we get concern about ourselves and our interest, we act in improper manner and the eye single to the Glory of God is far gone.

SIN Is a poison that would kill anyone that mess with it, but the Lord has payed for the cure, It is called REPENTANCE, OBEDIENCE, and one must confess and forsaske the sin to be forgiven.(see D&C 58:43)

Two are going home this week, and I rejoice for them; for even thou they leave the mission they are on the way to repentance and better of for eternal life. How many of us need to refocus and put on the altar all that the Lord really requires of us.We all dream of establishing the Church and see great and marvellous miracles. but how many want to give it all

D&C 121:34,35 says "...Many are called, but few are chosen. and why are they not chosen?

because their hearts are set so much upon the things of the world......"



Yes, we are all like Elder Wilkinson with great righteous desires but some can not make those desires lead their lives because they are to worry still about themselves.

2 years is so short what will we say at the end, yes, I have given every things and more, or will we say it knowing that we could have done better.



I have felt so desapointed with myself when I comtemplate that one year as already pass by and that we have not make any significant progress toward our goals of establishing the Church in the West Indies.

The Lord says in D&C 105:5 " ...Zion can not be built up unless it is by the principles of the law of the celestial kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive it unto myself."one of the law of the celestial kingdom is the law of consecration. giving every thing that we are to the Lord.

even bed ridden be so concern about investigators and contacts, willing to keep all rules with exactness and carring for those that were brought by others.



I do not ask you to work when you are sick, but to reconcider where you stand in your consecration to the Lord, to be able to establish Zion where ever the Lord calls you.



We will not reach our Goals for this year and we would have to go to the Lord seeking for forgivness, but if we have to fail can we fail with Glory ?!!!.



PLEASE remember Elder Wilkinson in your prayers that he may recover, be better and leave the hospital able to serve as he dreams of, remember also his example and let him be in his dificulties a source of inspiration to come to the Lord be united all to The Savior, in that unity that is pleasing unto God, an EYE SINGLE TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
We Love you and are honoured to serve with you, and want over all to establish ZION in our hearts and in the Mission, the Districts, the Branches, the Homes



President and Sister Gamiette