Bullocks of Lake Oswego: Aren't we lucky?

We arrived in Pt. Fortin, Trinidad, 2 weeks ago.

We knew noone and we were totally confused by the tangle of one-way streets. Elders Lang and Cotton quickly came to our rescue.

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They began to take us around with them as they did their visiting and teaching. Here are some of the great people with whom we are teaching.

First comes, Nigel Frank. We call him Frankie. Notice the little squeeze I'm getting as we pose for this photo!

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He's so excited about the Book of Mormon I had to stop in the middle of our discussion and take his photo with it.

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We strongly suggested to him he needed to ask the two young girls that were living with him to move out of his house before he was baptized. When he told them they had to leave, they refused to go and physically fought with him. Eventually, he had to lock them out of his house to get rid of them.

All that night, they tried to break into his house. They even threatened to burn it down if he didn't let them stay. The girls are gone now but here's a pile of their things they left behind on his veranda.

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Here's where Frankie lives.

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The elders wanted me to be sure and get a photo of what is painted on his house (Jah First). It has some special meaning to a rasta man(a man who wears his hair in dredlocks like Frankie does) but I can't remember what it is!

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Frankie is very anxious to be baptized. He is making lots of changes in his life and we're excited for his baptism to happen very soon! He wants to be baptized in the ocean, which is very close by.

Here's Frankie's neighbor's place just down the block.

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Here's another house we tried to tract at, but noone was home.

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Yesterday, the elders led us up to the top of a hill. They had a contact who lived up there they wanted to visit. We parked the car and as we walked down to the house we noticed a young girl washing clothes on the step. It didn't take us long to learn from her that our contact wasn't home.

As we turned to leave, I wondered how I could get a photo of this picturesque scene without the girl seeing me. We were just about out of sight when she walked inside and I was able to quickly snap this photo.

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Before we climbed back into our car, the elders insisted on yelling "Inside!" to the house across the way. The man poked his head out from the back of his house and said he "might" come to church in response to their invitation, but refused to give them his phone number when they tried to schedule an appointment to come back.

Do you suppose he's interested? Not on your life!

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Let me introduce you to a special lady, Kathy Ann, pronounced Kattie Ann. We have been meeting with her every day for about two weeks. She reads the Book of Mormon every day and is about on page 100.

I'll invite you to walk with me along the fence back to her house. On the right behind the fence are two big pit bulls that bark at us as we walk towards her house.

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Here's the house which we pass on our left.

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At last we are at Kathy Ann's house. We'll climb the steps, remove our shoes and pass through the curtain that hangs at the door.

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The last couple of times we've taught her, her "man" has been there for us to teach. They have lived together for 8 years. Yesterday, when we met with them, they said they had some exciting news for us. With a little coaxing, they finally told us they were hoping to get married and baptized next week. Yes! It was exciting news!

Here they are pictured with two of their three daughters just after they shared their good news with us. They are looking pretty pleased in this photo, don't you think?

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The little girl's name is Blessed. What a great name for a darling little girl. Why didn't I think of that when I was naming my little girls? Check out her fancy hairdo both front and back!