tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73908988573150792752024-03-14T09:02:36.897-04:00Bullocks of Lake OswegoRobin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-82308609383035628762010-03-10T04:34:00.021-04:002010-03-10T06:35:24.523-04:00Goodbye Trinidad, Goodbye West IndiesOne of our last preparation days, we invited our whole zone to our apartment for a goodbye luncheon for us.<br /><br />Don't we make a fabulous group?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PyjSrlu9UHXPQmmggrMcBQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6tT5h77I/AAAAAAAAHCc/7DWmWoKi_b4/s800/IMG_0509.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010<br /><br /></a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Before lunch some of the elders played a little basketball and I gave a few more haircuts.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QPwam5fiqu5Ajbbavw_PpA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6wpndlfI/AAAAAAAAHDA/IBTYgD7yF6k/s800/IMG_0137.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />They were all looking like handsome dogs when I was finished with them!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oXvcuoUTfr35HlpA6pO3ig?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6xleI55I/AAAAAAAAHDQ/88e5uBqfC98/s800/DSC04923.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Meanwhile, Elders Baxter and Gaddy lounged around and gabbed and relaxed. .<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rm9kMSOtB5sK_ZYkruD4FA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6woxGXmI/AAAAAAAAHDE/WbCkLHsqd4M/s800/IMG_0138.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And then came lunch!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Anz9eXREoq9UqpKD4fSYgw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6ySlzxzI/AAAAAAAAHDY/G0bo3ufTq10/s800/DSC04925.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />More lunch!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NK_tGXf7-Y2S7d71ETwNTg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6yBOaEUI/AAAAAAAAHDU/99SDuMjdHN0/s800/DSC04924.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Gaddy's plate...He was ready to dive into his food and I had to hold him back to get a picture.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oxeF6-B87WmK2uSXvDHluw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6zIKjNvI/AAAAAAAAHDc/llQlWml9XhQ/s800/DSC04926.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Beeson and Jones<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Y6uTat5MVGyGl55-aiLNEA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6zcKzU9I/AAAAAAAAHDg/1SjIzmdp3KI/s800/DSC04927.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Lang looking a little strange...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/A7ZwEFN-5weUpzMlcLaVTg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6zhwbDtI/AAAAAAAAHDk/eBMxT50wNJw/s800/DSC04928.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Peterson<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7btGSl8E1RLg_BtR70LUQg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6zz0fO-I/AAAAAAAAHDo/7QyWIj86cyM/s800/DSC04929.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Morris (is that you?) and Elder Clark<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3tkH1T0VzlP9wm3FP6XCAw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c60Wp_soI/AAAAAAAAHDs/zGW_mB5ZheI/s800/DSC04930.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Winzenreid and Neilson<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4urrHlMv-kltFF0Rn1z-0w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c60V-b0NI/AAAAAAAAHDw/LvG8N5bfhcI/s800/DSC04931.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Carter and Jarvis<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dpS2v0pfLQ0lP_DZ7SxA1A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c60zCU1QI/AAAAAAAAHD0/fBjPd5156jM/s800/DSC04932.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Cornwall<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b-obeUjgBWvxNCmcIAdJiw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c61YJ7bBI/AAAAAAAAHD8/-mDn_9bW-ho/s800/DSC04934.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And Elder Bullock...Hey, where'd all the chicken wrapped in ham go?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/x_Qw3kVwkq0wmbc87w7muA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c61OYpK9I/AAAAAAAAHD4/Z9J4Yk0nkOE/s800/DSC04933.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We had dessert, too, but somehow I've forgotten what delectable thing we had to eat.<br /><br />After dinner we lined up the cameras for one last group shot...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/x-exUCvmIj_mZu2AY9AJow?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6xQt8T-I/AAAAAAAAHDM/IdV4NLkffiA/s800/IMG_0140.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />While I tried to figure out how to move the furniture and set up the shot.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GqIOzTKDcLYedxX8Nvno9g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6xI6lmQI/AAAAAAAAHDI/RurB9jXdlho/s800/IMG_0139.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Our last preparation day with the elders was very special for us. We've loved the elders so much and now we miss not being there to look out for them. <br /><br />At the end of our luncheon, we began to close down our apartment. Here's what it looked like after half of our furniture was given away.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fzwmYLKRyeH9HA18JgkpZA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c68JvskJI/AAAAAAAAHFc/MTu3NhUeP0Y/s800/DSC05018.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />A few days later I found our zone leader, Elder Nielson, asleep on the job.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ouMrSp8kfJjwTlY7m_ZmmQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c62VcDVZI/AAAAAAAAHEI/VgWbttlHN4I/s800/DSC04936.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table> <br /><br />Goodbye to the branch...<br /><br />A couple of days before we left Point Fortin, the branch held a surprise going away party for us. It was held in a meeting format where whoever wanted to go to the pulpit and say something nice about us could take a turn. It was a special night for us and we felt very loved and appreciated. <br /><br />After we were all fed dinner, we posed for these group photos.<br /><br />Notice someone is in my spot...our branch president, Pres. Mohammed.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/H1Nf_kg1JTkLadCh_YjETA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c63bY66TI/AAAAAAAAHEY/DOKzBXl5h_Q/s800/DSC04994.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I had to show each of these shots because Elder Lang, who is on the far left, put on a real show in each one.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QzcPdlfhIZSSXyBZ61PXgw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6366Be8I/AAAAAAAAHEc/H0KtfQoUlHI/s800/DSC04995.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UVvRXn52ni15qzmA74Uj-w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c64NFB2LI/AAAAAAAAHEk/onjB2l8QEbM/s800/DSC04996.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Pfu7KbGdHM0--rGNMAcLcA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c64vKdovI/AAAAAAAAHEo/JScXnl-oPaM/s800/DSC04997.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The morning we left, the two elders we served with every day, Elders Baxter and Lang, fixed us waffles and hash browns in their apartment. What a treat it was for two old missionaries on their way home to be fussed over by our two good missionary buddies.<br /><br />I can't believe you are in a serious pose, Elder Lang! There's got to be a first for everything.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rL7ZMTQHW42UrD8Thf0khQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c68Sypm9I/AAAAAAAAHFg/cIFI-FkN_bM/s800/DSC05019.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />But, not in this one!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UoN6ExyIEYcRBlPn4DObuw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c68vPs8jI/AAAAAAAAHFk/s5FaU6DlD2U/s800/DSC05020.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Nor in this one!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qSkuFCu_Q_FcJZ5LC4ZvhA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c69JsrFWI/AAAAAAAAHFo/h16V7ftN9L4/s800/DSC05021.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I've gotten pretty good at setting my camera and running to jump in the picture before the shutter snaps!<br /><br />We really miss all those days we served with these missionaries in Point Fortin, Trinidad...and the 20 months we served in Guyana, South America.<br /><br />I guess we'll have to serve another mission in a couple of more years! It's the best.Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-13427475126606825242010-03-10T01:12:00.033-04:002010-03-10T06:43:07.874-04:00Memories from TrinidadWe immediately fell in love with the "doubles". Small stands selling these homemade little treats are all over the island of Trinidad. Anyone that wants to sell them just picks a spot on the street, puts up a small homemade sign and starts selling them.<br /><br />This one is half eaten, unfortunately. I'd like to eat a couple of them right now!<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HrnNAflqEJmhQYvsyrm88g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDdsYkVfI/AAAAAAAAGAM/2C1z6z2EgJ0/s800/DSC04390.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We ate lots of them (me especially) and ate them just any time of the day...even for breakfast. I'd always order two and ask for a little pepper sauce. They were filled with garbanzo beans prepared in a sauce and were very messy to eat. <br /><br />The tiny napkin they supplied with the doubles was never enough to clean up all my messy fingers at the end of eating them.<br /><br />Besides eating lots of doubles the last 3 1/2 months we were in the West Indies, we served as missionaries on the island of Trinidad. We were transferred there from Guyana after most of us missionaries were expelled from there at the end of September 2009.<br /><br />We quickly discovered that the Trinis spoke really fast and drove even faster. We loved them, as we did the Guyanese.<br /><br />Here's a little look around the little town we lived in, Point Fortin, which is far away from the big city life of Port of Spain, the capitol of Trinidad.<br /><br />Here's three photos of the main streets in town.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/F8HpEuN58x7ufAElwc8fRA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dS20EhA2I/AAAAAAAAHI4/kq1GVlhLrbQ/s800/DSC04698.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YOc7mCgDuRw_qkzr0TX1qw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dTR9-s2fI/AAAAAAAAHJg/Olgd3OyfjSM/s800/DSC04697.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />This was the main street and notice our "turtle man" camped out on his usual perch watching the world go by.<br /><br />It was raining when I snapped this photo and he is protecting himself from the rain with something like a piece of a plastic tablecloth? Is that what it looks like to you?<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SewxVNAhC9S4VmhFgh2PLA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dU1pu3-pI/AAAAAAAAHJ8/FKPXB7Uj9LI/s800/DSC04678.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />One of the nicer homes in town. Everyone seemed to have power to their homes.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/osnRL6HhMCeoRQrnyeEuiA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dTI4v4-rI/AAAAAAAAHJE/m6v5tFtbZqo/s800/DSC04700.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />This one is a little more typical of the houses in the village we lived in.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aoV21SNQouJ4aBLo55AOkA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dVLBBnRLI/AAAAAAAAHKY/Dwg3WQ3qr04/s800/DSC04677.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table> <br /><br />I loved how picturesque the chickens, bushes and clothes on the line were together. I made Burt stop the car to snap this photo. He doesn't agree to do that very often!<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ReY3yCXTTHwEllaNWQ3EzQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpphRx1y9I/AAAAAAAAGdM/Q7E6he4qwiI/s800/DSC04676.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The beach was 5 minutes from our apartment and that's where we held our baptismal services.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qXl0B-S3Z6NaenMW_36AlA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMPYSQ0pI/AAAAAAAAHHQ/-D4257LpSQY/s800/DSC01633.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here are pictures of two of the three baptisms held in our branch while we served in Trinidad.<br /><br />Anthony, before his baptism...<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kX6jXCAoSfvhuSEn2L0QEQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMQZAIXaI/AAAAAAAAHHc/PYT3sDKNlrE/s800/DSC01641.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7Y7ZMZShaBZMtEn94r121w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMQtn8dfI/AAAAAAAAHHg/b_yGVwSahw8/s800/DSC01642.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/d59_Eu-ZXK_q3qn0VScLBQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMRGrPO8I/AAAAAAAAHHk/hb_F0RhbLw4/s800/DSC01644.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ytlF9QZsqVF6leNy1se29Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMP0vlDiI/AAAAAAAAHHU/Djc7hVhd14c/s800/DSC01638.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uf37t4sVAzlq5P_1A0C0qQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMQLV5KGI/AAAAAAAAHHY/UQ4-2vrSPDo/s800/DSC01639.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fMGgre8Mq_6Ty1Q9-4xTbg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMRYesc2I/AAAAAAAAHHo/tbtnk4WRN48/s800/DSC01645.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Kevin's baptism...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dp6RhRuHYhH6aZnh1j2w7A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMPLyDCuI/AAAAAAAAHHI/6LhKr4U1ugk/s800/DSC01617.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The girls liked him...especially the Branch President's daughter, Sherry, who was wearing the bright blue shirt.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3Clw3DUgetbSwB92hRiLHw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dMOslxijI/AAAAAAAAHHE/AR2lsj6ULuc/s800/DSC01615.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /> <br />We noticed that lots of the Trini men let their hair grow...even more than the men in Guyana, I think. I saw one man with his hair almost to his knees.<br /><br />While in trinidad we helped with lots of the cooking for the special conferences held in the mission home.<br /><br />Here are all the zone leaders whose tummies we tantalized and filled at the zone leader's council! The President and his wife are in the picture, also. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QJhOezBkSW-JzVMxO2rWBw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppv41bBnI/AAAAAAAAGeQ/0aWJZQuzKhQ/s800/DSC04685.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Bullock, Elder Scott and I were all sung to for our birthdays at the zone leaders council after dinner. So, here we are with our big birthday smiles!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Req1iuyKZiAx7X9X9VtxMg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bTbyRNH9I/AAAAAAAAG5E/KvIzI4ex3D8/s800/DSC04688.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Every Sunday we invited members from our small branch of 30 persons for lunch after church. These are some of the young people who have just eaten some of my homemade pizza.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Enm8bYgMHFRLOXPjUQuCfg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6vLZ63dI/AAAAAAAAHCs/7L2O7M5J1Ps/s800/DSC04917.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I kind of got into the picture thing and made them do all kinds of posing as if they were cheerleaders doing pyramids. They thought I was a wee bit crazy but they loved it...especially the one boy, Kevin, who had just been baptized a month before.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XgoALniN6KGMsNzPhM_ZPA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6vd5WmXI/AAAAAAAAHCw/eXSwqfaCe4A/s800/DSC04920.JPG" width=400 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9_ozADc0HbSrB8l387dp8g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6wdFCB1I/AAAAAAAAHC8/ALR1ptJPr8E/s800/DSC04922.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We went on many of the teaching appointments with the elders that lived in our village. We loved teaching with them. They were the smart ones that knew the lessons and where all the important scriptures were and we just had lots of life's experiences to share.<br /><br />Here's pictures of us teaching with the elders...<br /><br />This lady never was baptized. When we would come to teach her, she would keep muttering over and over to herself that there couldn't possibly be baptisms for the dead. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PmGe4kCHMj64yNMQxWsmGA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6ovcvbLI/AAAAAAAAHB8/EE8lChlxwio/s800/IMG_0136.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />A Christmas FHE with a family ...<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CznUyzqzUQ_R-1cYCWhXsQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6s46AYnI/AAAAAAAAHCU/5TU1_xrlyNs/s800/DSC04909.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And a little fishing game as part of the lesson. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/s-JxdddCQLVFfUWy6E5VaA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6tFbLnzI/AAAAAAAAHCY/WVVVYCO0n5M/s800/DSC04913.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />We loved teaching the Austin family. It looks like someone is trying to catch butterflies...with her mouth! <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/I8bZ9NQ4h9VixElPqugLgg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c65n4MyOI/AAAAAAAAHE8/ZsJZjW5PND8/s800/DSC05009.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The two daughters, Maureen and Mellissa, were baptized last year and we're still anxiously awaiting the baptism of their good parents. Three year old Andre was in bed and missed out on the photo opportunity.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4U168ocbutlWmCnq49uzPQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c663boTHI/AAAAAAAAHFM/oY_Br2T2Tu8/s800/DSC05013.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here is Elder Bullock, with Elder Lang on his left and Elder Baxter on his right as we were about to leave the Austin's home the last time we met with them.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Yx2-wTSdQin9ChBcqoK5jw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c67DCtbEI/AAAAAAAAHFQ/HrnlWPhb2U8/s800/DSC05014.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The Austins told us their neighbor next door had died last year just 3 days after being bit by a snake. The snake was bit him right near the Austin's house and had gotten away. You can bet that every time we went to their house I was checking the ground for snakes.<br /><br />This is Kathie Ann and her two daughters, Kris Ann and Blessed. The elders met with Kathie Ann, along with us, the whole time we were in Trinidad. By the time we left she had read 1/2 way through the Book of Mormon. We were thrilled to hear that she was baptized last week.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gg5GDL0mfH1bkX66DlA87A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c64ysqCzI/AAAAAAAAHEw/8C_jkhIDpU8/s800/DSC05005.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here we are on our way to meet with Kathie Ann at her house. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kRn-yop_BlZj8hjKdADQ5w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDBxemjDI/AAAAAAAAF_w/YppdUX-aLgI/s800/DSC04378.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Once again, here is Nigel Frank, who was baptized not long after we arrived in Trinidad. His name should be Angel Frank because he is such a good good man. We love him so much! When we went to leave Trinidad, he thanked us for teaching him and went on to say that nobody had ever taught him anything before.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1Yu2Pv8_ehNDG5R5VKl4Ow?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDVb2rMAI/AAAAAAAAGAA/mZNY8ffsawg/s800/DSC04383.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Cotton shaved Frank's head and face 2 days after he was baptized and now he looks like a real gentleman!<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WbuMYwrm7TFDuz9JJXEa3w?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5dkcAV2fVI/AAAAAAAAHK0/bm_iReC2mg0/s800/DSC04612.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><br />Every few weeks we visited the mission office. Here's a blurry photo of some of those who worked there every day...(but not us, of course!)<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KF99smKZCe0QGeF04kzzCQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6pvtDHpI/AAAAAAAAHCI/vDBOWNv9N4E/s800/DSC04905.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Who's the goofy couple?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9A3h9W_yTsWnE-ZJHKkBvQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6sK5mLsI/AAAAAAAAHCM/X8JSFJRgvvY/s800/DSC04906.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />"Wow, our mission is almost finished and we'll be going home!"<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/S7u3ApgOKOnwNDzswu5rbA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6sr0rB4I/AAAAAAAAHCQ/DO3HUE3kqvw/s800/DSC04907.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Usually, when we took the 1 1/2-2 hour trip north to the mission office, we'd visit with our special friends, Elder and Sister Palmer. Sister Palmer was my cooking buddy and we cooked lots of big meals together for the various mission conferences.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-S7ordRcOB5jRz1SyXMBww?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5c6-K1HjJI/AAAAAAAAHF0/BA1o0fXc5k0/s800/DSC05024.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Jan2010?feat=embedwebsite">Jan2010</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-48171052926243372372010-03-09T20:03:00.034-04:002010-03-10T01:28:07.790-04:00A Real Christmas FeastWe've been home from our mission since January 19th so it is about time I finished telling about the last days of our mission. I can't skip any of it because every day was a treasure for us.<br /><br />I'll start by finishing off Christmas Day. After spending the a.m. with our zone of elders at the orphanage, the missionaries from all over Trinidad gathered for a Christmas feast at the mission home. That means there were about 60-70 there, including Pres. Gamiette's 5 children. Yes, that was a real feast.<br /><br />Here's a few photos from the afternoon...<br /><br />Off came the shoes as the elders arrived at the mission home...following the custom of the West Indies. I'm wondering where the rest of the shoes are. Hmmm....<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_PoyjOw_6g3ZygDHLBG76g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BE3oNyCI/AAAAAAAAGu8/Yite9bK1IeM/s800/DSC04867.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />In the backyard, I began to give haircuts to the elders and ended up giving about 6 as we waited to be fed. Can you hear our stomachs growling? Elder Josiah Jones is in the hot seat waiting for me to get started. He looks like he's scowling at my 2 skirts I'm about to drape over his shoulders and lap to keep all the hair clippings off his clothes. Ha ha, he looked pretty funny draped in flowers.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aRICOQuJffj-uzWsrDTPOg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bSZDeWj_I/AAAAAAAAG3g/7uvgPqu4pnk/s800/PC240056.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Out on the grass, the many of the elders tried to beat Pres. Gamiette at his game...table tennis. I think they all came up just a little short on points!<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MExYRgm_LLSfTKjUz-TRbA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bS1DS_PDI/AAAAAAAAG38/wSjt3Hnkepo/s800/IMG_0130.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Pres. Gamiette's youngest daughter, Amy, danced between the set tables, mesmerized by the Christmas lights on the tree as she waited for her dinner.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GnRx5ZPZitKfXMiQlG-qBg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bS0tsyRmI/AAAAAAAAG34/13oI8XPDPKA/s800/IMG_0129.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Meanwhile, Elder Bullock shared a little more of his "old timer wisdom" with the young elders.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XMue5MoIzB_HGsu6EQ_ZDg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bSZUfiNsI/AAAAAAAAG3k/97oRdKAHzT8/s800/PC240058.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />After a scrumptious dinner of ham, funeral potatoes, homemade rolls, salads and French pastry made by Sister Gamiette, we all began to gather for our after-dinner program.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bPkUd1ENVH365TSkwShJiQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BHvTWFII/AAAAAAAAGvM/kTFXXGuiMvA/s800/DSC04868.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here's a closer look at the whole group, moving across the room from left to right.<br />In the front row you'll notice the President's 3 darling daughters. He has two sons, also, that look just like him. The President is sitting on the floor, looking not much older that the young elders.<br /><br />Who is the madman seated on the piano bench? Hmm, I think it's Elder Olsen. He goes a little crazy when he gets anywhere near a piano!<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DKD7Az3Xn1ci0Ha6vjPSlg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BIfLsBII/AAAAAAAAGvU/o9vfoZrAsZQ/s800/DSC04869.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Sister McIntosh is on the front row...you'll see more photos later in this blog of Elder McIntosh.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mMcgCPOAM8HU6qaTa1NzyA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BLHlcOrI/AAAAAAAAGvg/tpFw57hPvCs/s800/DSC04872.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Kz_Uy4978gK6lbavy37oGA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BKSECQGI/AAAAAAAAGvc/D4GL-DKJw5o/s800/DSC04871.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Svzexxr9F0vwIpLUHTb69Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BJQUgXSI/AAAAAAAAGvY/EjaOVdENZZw/s800/DSC04870.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Elder Huntsman, you'd better be saving those kisses for next fall at BYU. Knowing you, you'll be wanting lots of them, then.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WI2w8b3MxaG8P7fFg5JaKg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BL27LwjI/AAAAAAAAGvk/cZknU79nwFY/s800/DSC04873.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Some group numbers by the elders.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uxjSWMq-WQnN-tLlnG9HvQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BOjhVxdI/AAAAAAAAGv4/jDj8WWs02M8/s800/DSC04884.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aE5sABzQmnBImn6LI6WZwg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BPJZaHaI/AAAAAAAAGv8/0Why_0runEU/s800/DSC04883.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And there's that mad man, Elder Olsen, again.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/v0nqrlQHy_SLnN7DpSMrHA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BN-b6NhI/AAAAAAAAGv0/2erZl9fU3SU/s800/DSC04887.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Then, a few elders were asked to show their special tricks. What is that blurry ball in the middle of the photo? It's someone doing a backflip from a standing position...<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FmLk7saQ-AinN6LySMy4lA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BMXyobwI/AAAAAAAAGvo/RbGIgUZE_Tk/s800/DSC04888.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And here he is, looking as if he hadn't just done something stupendous...Elder Ence!<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dw72-LFUl5Oo-oWyeE3OJw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BNEhYdqI/AAAAAAAAGvw/x_UDBDpB7n0/s800/DSC04889.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Then, Elder Bullock was asked to show "his stuff" with his little black wheel. You can see it on the floor. So, off came his shoes and socks.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/oUtlPtSORMrtSE5a9IuRXA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BP8rRI7I/AAAAAAAAGwA/KNX8Pg0ORxM/s800/DSC04890.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And here he gets ready to roll the wheel out in front of him from a standing position.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tRIpQGcp-ek7MW58B0WGgg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BQcGI91I/AAAAAAAAGwE/eVdkJbNxXJU/s800/DSC04891.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And there he goes, down almost to the floor and back to a standing position.<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1iP5_YMYN6qWXR--x6y6Gg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BRDBtM9I/AAAAAAAAGwI/SPyhmFOOHoI/s800/DSC04892.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Well, what do you know...he still has the touch...at 73 years young!<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ELlZCWN3f67d64uBUdfP9g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bS2dceUuI/AAAAAAAAG4I/q3msl3pz3mw/s800/IMG_0134.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />President Gamiette jumped up and said, "Let me try that!" Well, he almost made it ...until he plopped down on the floor.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uXVRKAG_XJNp3LhPLwsiMA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BRujA4SI/AAAAAAAAGwM/CYMwaLld2eg/s800/DSC04894.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Sister Mimi wasn't to be outdone. Elder Scott was cheering for her and down she plopped on the floor, also!<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ka63p2V-F6XJ8mmCZRZ_3Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BS8D_8mI/AAAAAAAAGwU/xYtMIe3dlZA/s800/DSC04899.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />More songs.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RFEou0WHj-_U2dBHdkkLzg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bTaR7CmqI/AAAAAAAAG4w/Ha9clDgHtAg/s800/DSC04879.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />More from the wild piano man.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uEyGkgFfxyfpjvYrIE8L3g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bTbo7o5kI/AAAAAAAAG5A/iiFTMN6-WvI/s800/DSC04886.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Then, Elder McIntosh began the final act...his magic show! He begged Elder Bullock to be his guinea pig. After some hocus pocus with his hands he made lots of stuff disappear and reappear.<br />He even had Elder Bullock doing the hocus pocusing.<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/noWnPr6zfd9Y8igEFfFx1w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bTZzK6OsI/AAAAAAAAG4o/NUvLMKYOC4k/s800/DSC04876.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Elder McIntosh was so clever with his tricks (and his conversation) that he was able to convince Elder Bullock to let him cut off his tie with the promise that he'd be able to restore it to one piece.<br /><br />After lots more hocus pocusing, the tie finally was whole, again.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c-vSzqMg0H19qT3X43Y9Yg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BFhqSqLI/AAAAAAAAGvA/ENbRMRzk3PE/s800/DSC04874.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And a relieved Elder Bullock took his seat.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GefLO9noMOU3FZYRzN1kyw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bTaLUaHgI/AAAAAAAAG4s/wBePL7w36tI/s800/DSC04877.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Do you still believe in Christmas magic?<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/p_dNvSmsJLGSgEQGycakzw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BGSrldBI/AAAAAAAAGvE/j6wjZgMukr4/s800/DSC04878.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />By the look on his face, I'm not so sure if Elder Nielsen does?<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9PTpJcgTmkiBwMXWuh7qtg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/S5bTayvSsWI/AAAAAAAAG44/CkfEHatYf5Y/s800/DSC04882.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 11px">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-47129544946369072152009-12-31T15:27:00.013-04:002009-12-31T17:29:25.706-04:00Christmas morning at the Orphanage<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qUAI2Z5MJg2N8zImiJsFDg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Hm129bLI/AAAAAAAAGxA/W4fBaX9U8s8/s800/DSC04820.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />It was 10:00 am when the 14 elders and 4 senior missionaries serving in the So. Trinidad Zone knocked on the door of the Hope Center Orphanage. I had made an appointment for us to visit the children with a program and presents on Christmas morning. <br /><br />The most important part of our program would be a reinactment of the nativity by the children. Afterall, what is Christmas without acting out the birth of Jesus Christ with the help of some children?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3c2YSBH4U0qGq2KBcWDBNg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A5zlst5I/AAAAAAAAGuQ/HU-EHsnT8xw/s800/DSC04850.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table> <br /><br />When we arrived. the 17 children were barely out of bed. They were still dressed in their pj's, and the woman in charge stated, "We have to bathe them all, first."<br /><br />Hmm, we weren't too excited to wait for 17 baths because we had another appointment at 1 pm at the mission home for Christmas dinner with all the missionaries serving in Trinidad. The mission home was nearly an hour from the orphanage.<br /><br />They hustled to get the children all dressed. One by one they combed all the girls' hair (most were girls)and finally we were ready for our show to begin in the large play area at the back of the orphanage. The children were seated on three benches in the shade and the show began.<br /><br />First we introduced ourselves. <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hXRcrEpFe8zyTqeBH88ZAQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0HpP_bUgI/AAAAAAAAGxI/QQI5C3FT-dA/s800/DSC04793.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />What about our variety of Christmas headgear?<br /><br />Elders Winenreid, Jarvis, Gaddy, and Beeson...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_iEQqL-TWdrSEfvOFNAyVg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BBGtUsFI/AAAAAAAAGus/nwcxXcUuLFw/s800/DSC04861.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Carter, Lang, and Cornwall...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6l-dohvhFARHv1nQF9rKVg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BCA22UtI/AAAAAAAAGuw/hjWpCQE1J6E/s800/DSC04864.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Nielsen, Bullock, Baxter and Morris...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XooiodUrb8pXHlhYXGCHNQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0HlHlfMlI/AAAAAAAAGw4/r5hlYAaEdyE/s800/DSC04862.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Morris (again?), Jones and Clark...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hXOBqd6UXvhSP3xmBZneqQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0HmH6NxtI/AAAAAAAAGw8/ANjKeCc7I7o/s800/DSC04863.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder and Sister Morton...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VrXTRj2x0SFG1R6P3-5FrA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BDNSGCzI/AAAAAAAAGu0/mF_QP0arhfs/s800/DSC04865.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And, Elder and Sister Bullock!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c7nXRThnxfR8mr9Xb1O11A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0BEDXPlMI/AAAAAAAAGu4/v6g81axLU_s/s800/DSC04866.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We sang a few songs, did a few skits (such as the Ugliest Man), and then we were ready to dress the children in costumes to act out the nativity.<br /><br />Each set of 4 elders were assigned to dress either the angels, wisemen, shepherds or Mary and Joseph. Here goes the dressing them in their costumes...<br /><br />Elder Baxter helping Mary.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cmGuJLq1kr3Yt-3VyNkj4A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Ae6zFPCI/AAAAAAAAGso/CJHQfLyZ7fQ/s800/DSC04802.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Mary... <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kvuz0dTqTSzCsZDrfmyRwQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Aa_K8IwI/AAAAAAAAGsY/W3hKZWtXEUU/s800/DSC04803.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Lang helping Joseph...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WMCAikk03Rpuwi3syzfMeg?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0VUMWbryI/AAAAAAAAGyY/yI_nllgAcbs/s800/DSC04801%20-%20Copy.JPG" width=400 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Joseph...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DFm8EXoDC-7FEuV_liYPTA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AbcyRPFI/AAAAAAAAGsc/df3yZ_fSa2o/s800/DSC04801.JPG" width=300 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The angels... (dressed in pillow cases from my apt.)<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6nhJJSXLF-4wCwndxEFbJw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AgMeNPNI/AAAAAAAAGss/iLOkMQnfhj4/s800/DSC04800.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The wisemen... (Do you like the way we used my skirts?)<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/psG1AgwxGyjFwboNEEIl-A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Ahf4bTiI/AAAAAAAAGsw/_GWFsqypWXE/s800/DSC04805.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Is that the wisemen, again?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3cNklIPNkjq1-AlVunVt0A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Ai8Kt3SI/AAAAAAAAGs0/V9MUeM1JgcU/s800/DSC04804.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The shepherds...(wearing <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6YqW3iqAcfmCvXNpiuUNnQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AkOmXDPI/AAAAAAAAGs8/19GWcJGoyL8/s800/DSC04807.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table>towels, of course!)<br /><br />Shepherds up close!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xFOF8-gZglcM_Y5Fx-gMpA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AlPq1qHI/AAAAAAAAGtA/V8zF8kiPmpY/s800/DSC04808.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And Michael who didn't want to wear a costume...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/EmqQdrojzLhPf4S3nu6mKQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AnTCc-gI/AAAAAAAAGtI/VNHbjldfMjU/s800/DSC04809.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The show begins with Joseph and Mary riding the donkey (Elder Jones).<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Dar3kPOSTokZD4k-MziP0g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AosZrJgI/AAAAAAAAGtM/6kGsJu8iVWs/s800/DSC04813.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />They've made it to the stable...Mary is still pregnant...there are a few "animals" with them in the stable.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PVqOU_3TdGEYWP8MTvz8iw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0ApxG6BwI/AAAAAAAAGtQ/j2NydSxFZOA/s800/DSC04817.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And Jesus was born! Everyone was happy, even the donkey!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vIvLV7LLK3YBPvX5YatsGA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Arc6fFYI/AAAAAAAAGtU/1ZViHj67o2M/s800/DSC04818.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />What do you think about all this, Joseph?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nz079nF0OUeuzoU3FlCvzQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Ar_vUsJI/AAAAAAAAGtY/e9cIOrUJTaE/s800/DSC04821.JPG" width=500/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The angels sang the announcement of his birth to the shepherds, who were watching their flocks from the slide.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/W-zy8jRcQepupI3eQKB0lQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AtcWgB0I/AAAAAAAAGtg/01ohLs_V1vc/s800/DSC04826.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />They took their "sheep" with them and followed the star as they looked for the baby Jesus.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ROC5ZunKqocssbd2nfBNGQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AuiYMu3I/AAAAAAAAGtk/Y827O_TE5uc/s800/DSC04833.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The "cows" in the stable helped to make a little room for the shepherds when they arrived.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bg1RMRedjYb4jRdAVDHahg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0Av2z9mOI/AAAAAAAAGto/_AXubgbKxvA/s800/DSC04834.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Isn't the baby Jesus darling?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UVL7CHnHzZ5Gq8j2Pg4Ldg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AwnM2NzI/AAAAAAAAGts/UovyVHf9gBw/s800/DSC04837.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here come the wisemen...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5kq_B-1HKBTEggpaRO1M-Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AyfsRO0I/AAAAAAAAGt0/pINKATU2dLk/s800/DSC04839.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Those wisemen had a long way to travel as they followed the star.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YwWuUYTjjyC1bZsDYjWmsQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0AzubXabI/AAAAAAAAGt4/SLf-CJ9tWj0/s800/DSC04840.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Ah! They finally made it.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Oku6aPjvhhqDwXC1bt_aGA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A05vfmbI/AAAAAAAAGt8/QYjwNvLwSck/s800/DSC04841.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />They kneel at his feet.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UpHx_Ph3m5eiC_-p1H7dGw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A2Dtr4_I/AAAAAAAAGuA/rUlKdgGn1qo/s400/DSC04844.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Then, smile for the camera.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/X3PVHPR6jmTZacEPPl9EHg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A226b_6I/AAAAAAAAGuE/XRyQ0Q2b1yU/s800/DSC04845.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Can you tell how much the children are enjoying this? Especially Joseph!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WfrGqusfHgBztyTiyB6W4Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A4P-QERI/AAAAAAAAGuI/7ShH8eOU-JE/s800/DSC04846.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I'm not sure the 3 "cows" are enjoying it as much! Hey, I didn't know cows could stand on their hind legs only.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/THSA8oaVJ0DtcHFyB1qH6A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A5JSPYwI/AAAAAAAAGuM/e4l76aDYApc/s800/DSC04848.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The show ends with a final picture of the whole cast...children and elders. I'm not sure how Mary got tucked in and behind and a little out of view. Oh, well...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b4YokfLrAH6Ynstat3i5HA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A64NXPQI/AAAAAAAAGuU/hshHGKvpvKw/s800/DSC04851.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Now for a look at the children after we gave them each 2 gifts. They ranged in age from 6 years to 17 years. Most were girls. Some of them were sisters.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YhpBNqP7aXunVNUejpblJw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A8ApwBVI/AAAAAAAAGuY/G6Zg__FYEwQ/s800/DSC04856.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Bench 1...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_Q4nZOjyLfS8Lj8Wy2LRBg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A9YJfyoI/AAAAAAAAGuc/r4ONa9jSthA/s400/DSC04858.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Bench 2...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KVkCDY3MEOSd_Hg7rnWbHw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A-8pjb8I/AAAAAAAAGug/dX4I1wOn-zA/s400/DSC04855.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Bench 3...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZTvELuxRqW3XIOfDt1qiOQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sz0A_wH5t-I/AAAAAAAAGuo/3mKM_jW3q0E/s800/DSC04859.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We had a very sweet visit at the orphanage. The children were responsive to us and we were happy to help them to have a happy Christmas memory.<br /><br />There are lots of orphanages in both Guyana and Trinidad. The one we went to was only one of three that I visited this year in my search for our Christmas Day orphanage visit.Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-49302038651912783812009-12-29T19:14:00.017-04:002009-12-31T15:27:15.895-04:00A Temple Christmas<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8cPwBqhpa4WVwIdGImDmvg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqPwqpf__I/AAAAAAAAGhI/Kqg28fVdtSs/s800/DSC04718.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />While many were hustling from store to store looking for just the right gift for their loved ones, Elder Bullock and I were in the temple with some of our beloved saints from Guyana.<br /><br />When we were expelled from Guyana last October 28, 2009 by the Guyanese government, there were some saints whom we were still trying to help get to the temple. We promised them we would meet them in the Trinidad airport December 17th and fly with them to the Dominican Republic to spend a week with them there at the temple.<br /><br />When Elder Bullock and I entered the airport, our Guyanese saints had been watching for us and the look of delight on their faces when they saw us arrive made us feel warm and wonderful. We hugged them all and the children treated us as if we were their grandparents.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nG9aU7NHPqOG9A-cOXYjqA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqPzPXeFcI/AAAAAAAAGhU/8q6AUrSJkUQ/s800/DSC04725.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The group of Guyanese saints consisted of the 6 members of the Apple family, John, Nona and their four children; Radicka, and Rowena, both single mothers of 3. <br /> <br />The airport was decorated for Christmas and they were excited to have their photos taken. <br /><br />Paloma, Matthew and Kevin Apple...<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WJew4HdrvS22Cd0rkvrh-A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP0gSriZI/AAAAAAAAGhY/lW2t0cKkI6Y/s800/DSC04728.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Radicka...<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8lxDFNYAEIPGnnF1DCfSug?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqPxF9qnGI/AAAAAAAAGhM/7JLzfvMqbmo/s800/DSC04722.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Rowena...<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3r-oj8LBFOcGpn08L6hDaQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqPyJUYC6I/AAAAAAAAGhQ/0GCNeArxgn0/s800/DSC04723.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We arrived after 1 am to the temple housing after a full day of flying...Guyana to Trinidad; Trinidad to Panama; and Panama to the Dominican Republic.<br /><br />The next morning early we guided the Guyanese adults to the temple for their first visit to a temple. <br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UlnpFwSOqHjgCxHbsAgIjQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP24jwa6I/AAAAAAAAGhg/9CGcxbnzwfE/s800/DSC04739.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />About noon the Apple family was sealed. It was a very precious moment to watch while the 6 of them knelt together around the altar. I snapped a quick picture in my mind that I hope to keep forever. Here are some pics of their family. Notice how happy they all look...knowing that they have the promise of being an eternal family if they keep the commandments of God.<br /><br />The Apple family at the temple door...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c2n2oV7qEV6Fq9qQtlmmDg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP443fH3I/AAAAAAAAGho/-AzjtdCCH4U/s800/DSC04762.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /> <br />Here they are later on the temple grounds...<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Xykqn0o5MHT2RrPKL0k2Pg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP8lUcVOI/AAAAAAAAGh0/OhiS_iUXEJE/s800/DSC04766.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Brother and Sister Apple...do they looked excited to be at the temple? Nona is so excited she is giving John a love punch to his chest!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jYwyx1bmMvrzYhDy0bRQlA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP6c_z6vI/AAAAAAAAGhw/hb5DCkw4O9w/s800/DSC04763.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here they are as we were leaving for church at a Spanish-speaking branch on Sunday. Can you tell it is raining?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2Q_48r4h5redjlsrFRAGQg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP9xdu59I/AAAAAAAAGh4/CfTADQnu_aU/s800/DSC04761.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The Apples live in Bushlot which is a very rural part of Guyana. The Bushlot Branch was one of the branches we served in while we were missionaries in Guyana. Here are a couple of pictures of the house they were living in before we left there.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/G6nSjuWTTxDMHZY7N3bBrw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szqdgpn6x2I/AAAAAAAAGkI/QPANH1xawgw/s800/007.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Notice the pile of lumber in front of the house. They were given the rights to the lumber of a house that Bro. Apple subsequently had to tear down. He took all the lumber to build his family their own home. It was a short distance away from this house and somewhat larger. Neither house has electricity or piped water.<br /><br />Elders Lebaron and McNeal took us over there. A few neighbor boys joined them in the photo.<br /> <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UQ7s3CvBLNNCnIOFdJvu9A?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqddfszpZI/AAAAAAAAGkA/GrfKAtauDdw/s800/006.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Brother Apple works in Georgetown all week and comes home to Bushlot on the weekend. They were baptized almost two years ago when we first came to Guyana. Here's a photo of their ocean baptism that we attended.<br /><br />Their quick wedding so they could be baptized...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LuKi4iWEVy0Ph0050qvdFA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqlOhBf2BI/AAAAAAAAGko/YZ4WvRGOvqs/s800/Wedding.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The whole family dressed for their wedding in clothes Nona had made...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1xCWSmE--x3b525c2OUV0g?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqlYqOjm5I/AAAAAAAAGkw/Xr1CY3NZFko/s800/PreciousFamily.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Just before their baptism... a few cousins joined in the pic...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nzGlWYCJr-Qi1dNM2aSvVA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqnSM4pr8I/AAAAAAAAGlk/30-XwyUFmd4/s800/FamilyInWhite.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Nona, John, and oldest daughter, Sasha, walking out into the deeper water...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/J8ZV21ygpItu8-um4LcVpQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqlSdJRUlI/AAAAAAAAGks/Z4pOKBG6qHc/s800/WalkingToSea.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />What a great blessing it was for us to be present at both their baptism and the sealing of their family in the temple. We love this great family.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/A3Gi-VQCHoX2_R2xZV_6hA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQFquoFpI/AAAAAAAAGig/5xLnW7mArqQ/s800/DSC04754.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Rowena... <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/48x0vbfc-IyIBsUXB8gCPw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP1usdb6I/AAAAAAAAGhc/bJhsh9RnvX0/s800/DSC04738.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Rowena lives in Georgetown, Guyana. She is the travel agent who arranged for all our airplane tickets for both our temple trips. I had only met her in Guyana once. When I ordered these last tickets through her, I received an email back from her asking if she could come with us on the temple trip. Of course, I wrote her back, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" We loved having her with us. She had a very strong testimony that was good for all of us.<br /><br />Radicka lives in New Amsterdam, Guyana, which is about 1 1/2 hours east of Georgetown, the captitol of Guyana. New Amsterdam is just one of many villages that are in a semi rural setting. We lived in New Amsterdam and she was our Relief Society President. She was baptized 10 years ago and was one of the first members baptized in this part of Guyana. When she was baptized, there were only 5 members attending the meetings. Wow! <br /><br />In the the housing facility for the temple patrons, there are two big kitchens where they are able to cook their meals. The missionary training center that is located upstairs also uses these kitchens so the patrons just have to be sure they do their cooking when the missionaries aren't eating.<br /><br />Mealtime for our group was always a fun gathering time where they cooked together as one big family. We lazy Americans didn't bring anything to cook. We planned on eating "out", but they kept fixing things for us to eat.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ey0UortuENkyOH6ZNeSsZw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQDxqfezI/AAAAAAAAGiY/UOLghwK4rTY/s800/DSC04746.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Rowena (on the left) and Radicka's ancestors are from India. The Apples are Ameridians which means they are Native Americans...or Lamanites. The ancestors of most of the people who now live in Guyana are East Indians (from India), Blacks (from Africa), and Ameridians. And of course, many of them are a mixture of these different races, such as Rowena. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/l-uZsZ9-sIx8-P_cOUjteQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQDEeh8bI/AAAAAAAAGiU/iVNLuFD_Xkc/s800/DSC04745.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Check out the cute little round Ameridian/Lamanite faces of the Apple children.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RP497-sXaia-HkiWy-i-iQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqP_1uQn9I/AAAAAAAAGiA/hoPxL3wOyMg/s800/DSC04744.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Bro. and Sis. Apple did most of the cooking. It looks like they've finished the dishes and are ready for fun!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Cf1W6TaKpNwDOOWUX1cpbQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQA-a_a5I/AAAAAAAAGiE/NjrTVddNJCY/s800/DSC04749.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />A little laundry room fun! <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1IpEc1oTYKndJ-FAIZP0KQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQHuau6AI/AAAAAAAAGio/VyQGExQ-53k/s800/DSC04767.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />On Monday we made a little walking visit to oldest part of Santo Domingo. We checked out an old fort and they loved taking photos on the....hmmm...you'll see what!<br /><br />Radicka...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_dv44RiCiZ5dBGtBYdIYCw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQJRPvEdI/AAAAAAAAGiw/SxRPXniE8_s/s800/DSC04772.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zM8nYq4gOi2qojITssVcLw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQKg5ZkUI/AAAAAAAAGi4/yL1poN6Hb6g/s800/DSC04773.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Rowena...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6tG0AMnZZJdZBdUa5Jq8rw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQM6EdXrI/AAAAAAAAGjA/Ejck7p1EAgE/s800/DSC04775.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />and Roberta...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gdjudc04GL4dAtQAJJnT2A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQL1czkuI/AAAAAAAAGi8/gldF_BQ8OXY/s800/DSC04774.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Can you believe we (I mean me) were able to make it up onto this old tank? <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UrFsPAiqaqvDH0HV43JzFw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQQWWQJGI/AAAAAAAAGjM/_kAw3YycHYY/s800/DSC04777.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Bullock, is that you?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FcFhiec_Zo5aUz9rrNsDDw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szz0N9JHamI/AAAAAAAAGro/Hh74OTbFOhs/s800/DSC04778.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Birds, birds...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Lo74VXa1dYLQzgPMzCx4WQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQPEnG29I/AAAAAAAAGjI/nzPlRapBi7w/s800/DSC04779.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And more birds!<br /><strong></strong><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1IG8Nc4a4RrWdd7CdEqtug?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQOAcQ42I/AAAAAAAAGjE/pvPOF2Y73x8/s800/DSC04784.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We visited the oldest cathedral in the West Indies. The ceiling is made to resemble palm branches. It was pretty cool!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/p3cfAVK4GOCrhjowTqO66Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQRRRcKvI/AAAAAAAAGjQ/GVija_3MrKM/s800/DSC04785.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />A little look at one of the pretty stained glass windows...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/aX88cpQSn60uPfcZTCE3mA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQU_dBruI/AAAAAAAAGjc/hBjqDnegVvo/s800/DSC04788.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's the only Santa we could find in the Dominican Republic. Too bad the security guards chased us away before our whole group could get in the picture with him. I wanted to sit on his lap!<br /><br />From the look on everyone's faces you might be able to tell that I snapped the photo as the guard was ordering us to leave!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xariKNGMOuiGofmM5PtTDQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzqQVg9dENI/AAAAAAAAGjg/mM3V2_auE60/s800/DSC04791.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-12256994898901762642009-12-29T19:02:00.005-04:002009-12-29T19:14:11.689-04:00GoodbyesGoodbye to two of our special elders... <br /><br />Elder Blake Jones (There are about 5 Elder Jones in our mission)<br /><br />Are we looking pretty tan? It's Christmas and it's always hot. We sleep with no blankets and only a bottom sheet.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/VhedF3b3itviK4UMK-UR7A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppxc_5zkI/AAAAAAAAGeY/Hpukc8RMNHE/s800/DSC04682.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Westover and Elder Jones went home 3 days before Christmas. Here's our goodbye luncheon.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2tKW35yCj-L4lILfyo0NEQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpspnyLYlI/AAAAAAAAGfw/m7_QEAJaDyI/s800/DSC04712.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?<br />feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />One more shot of the four of us... They both arrived in the mission field the same time we did. We served with them for many moons in Guyana.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Gfd5F67BVZam6zzgJb_fUg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szpp1QylPYI/AAAAAAAAGes/-vWsDnUD66c/s800/DSC04716.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-30268861024231336792009-12-29T18:41:00.011-04:002009-12-29T19:02:22.326-04:00Cowboy SantasMeet the two elders we are now serving with:<br /><br />Elder Baxter...<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ElrJDfW8jqRO0mYsWiCiFw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppybbOcxI/AAAAAAAAGeg/9-4qFbtOI_U/s800/DSC04694.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/K8-AhrzFa_owbVTBU9fhLg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppx1PDcJI/AAAAAAAAGec/jNXPn8nlbJE/s400/DSC04690.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And Elder Lang.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lwN9h-iFzv42OsHdMEMexg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpsktXzZMI/AAAAAAAAGfY/OBeqEVBCGEg/s400/DSC04690%20-%20Copy.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/pbsYtNee1lRBK4j2TmWXrg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpskMNr1FI/AAAAAAAAGfU/1R_L9CoT-Cw/s400/DSC04694%20-%20Copy%20%282%29.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Our rendition of "Rudolph" was the show stopper of the Pt. Fortin Branch Christmas program...I promise you so!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ISFioKQlCgwfNEHHmO9BfQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpslxFzJGI/AAAAAAAAGfg/EqBTTV4QwvY/s800/DSC04694%20-%20Copy.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-2866210112291652522009-12-29T18:27:00.003-04:002009-12-29T18:41:12.925-04:00Lots of Cooking!We weren't zone leaders so the only way we could get invited to the zone leader's conference was to be the cooks! <br /><br />Here we are just arriving with an ice bag full of chicken and fixings for their Friday's meals.<br /><br />We thought mmaybe things would taste better if we wore our Christmas cowboy hats.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TBMEjL4Iddsa_HEOcg1VrQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppvTM82NI/AAAAAAAAGeM/jr-z5gS_MMI/s800/DSC04683.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />All the zone leaders with President and Sister Gamiette.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QJhOezBkSW-JzVMxO2rWBw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppv41bBnI/AAAAAAAAGeQ/0aWJZQuzKhQ/s800/DSC04685.JPG" width=800/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />If the previous pic is too big for your computer, here it is smaller.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QJhOezBkSW-JzVMxO2rWBw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppv41bBnI/AAAAAAAAGeQ/0aWJZQuzKhQ/s800/DSC04685.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Three December birthdays, Elder Scott, Elder Bullock and I.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kokI1J3LYGC7G6bhhIndtw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppwoTF6XI/AAAAAAAAGeU/0vrfhmhoEsc/s800/DSC04689.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-8998499766700373452009-12-29T17:54:00.004-04:002009-12-29T18:27:19.678-04:00Shark and BakeMaracas beach in the north of Trinidad serves Shark and Bake. It's yummy and you "build" it yourself. For my birthday we spent the afternoon there with Elder and Sister Palmer. Can you tell how excited I was to eat some?<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/L--j7qPmLxhCqR6dpf7aCA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppnIkPd5I/AAAAAAAAGdk/9lxTau7DMQ8/s800/PC040021.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I was thinking, "Why are there so many choices of sauces?"<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YHZYf0bntBpETYYtCHJycg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppny6PMQI/AAAAAAAAGdo/VH4izGrve7E/s800/PC040022.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />I finally decided!<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/nZf0uTWMZ245J4OU2nyS5g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppo8PLzuI/AAAAAAAAGds/kGbQXlVKWW0/s800/PC040024.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Who has the biggest mouth?<br /><br />Elder Palmer?<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yMe6-m2eNaeECO31y35e1A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpprtpSpVI/AAAAAAAAGd4/P-tOsda2nbU/s800/PC040030.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Elder Bullock?<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IJrwMRm4530J5GvSeAIdwQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppq6_vRFI/AAAAAAAAGd0/K3Nr8XRfhI0/s800/PC040029.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Or me?<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SnCxZoWxaIPjfRGbrkLihQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szpppm_L_EI/AAAAAAAAGdw/AYdE9cHQx84/s800/PC040028.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here's Maracas beach!<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KlQIrj9_2Iiny_8iR8cE7g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppsjiTNLI/AAAAAAAAGd8/-ZxHa4moS_g/s800/PC040032.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Check out the rainbow....<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/efSDBt10WkxnIxro5_eOJw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpptESMPBI/AAAAAAAAGeE/j5YklaKJEFc/s800/PC040034.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And the California girl, who luvvvvvvvs a dip in the ocean!<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JdDaPgmNvSG3rTlYAoDHAQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppuCNW-9I/AAAAAAAAGeI/FLQj6LdKFpA/s800/PC040035.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-52178974530870132682009-12-29T17:34:00.007-04:002009-12-29T17:54:02.602-04:00Turtle ManHere is Turtle Man. That's what we call him. He lives on the streets of our village. This is the specific spot on Main Street that he seems to like best. He sits there most of the time and watches the world happen around him.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RaI5ZZuv_S3TDYfsZZEcmw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szp2NdFVmnI/AAAAAAAAGgQ/urblGIi70L4/s800/DSC04678.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />His "house" and possessions are always with him. All his belongings are compartmentalized in little bags that are hanging from him...some in front, lots on the sides, but most in back.<br /><br />Here's a closer look at him. Notice he's protecting himself from the rain with some type of umbrells covering and has the stub of a cigarette hanging from his lips.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/s7MDgISUeQHALDJt9cUsSg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppkHiPFgI/AAAAAAAAGdU/rsOnuZb5A_c/s800/DSC04679.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's a side view so you can see the pack he carries on his back. When he's ready to sleep, he just leans back a bit against the bags of his possessions on his back, which become his back rest and he closes his eyes.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rZPOyPPsYWXYOs11DKhPuw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppmTodG3I/AAAAAAAAGdg/PcILO95CnP0/s800/DSC04696.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-44519881603858471612009-12-29T16:44:00.006-04:002009-12-29T17:33:47.137-04:00How big is really big?How big is really big when you are talking about shoes?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3oNAizVYc97kGPJpiP5Glg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szpsj8MWM1I/AAAAAAAAGfQ/xrSAkCCl3G8/s800/089%20-%20Copy.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Wow! I look like I'm wearing clown shoes!<br /><br />I suggested that Elder _____ and I change shoes. I won't mention his name so that I might protect the innocent but here's his photo.<br /><br /> <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uwJAsAniZFlvxySGuDPCzQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppdADVRxI/AAAAAAAAGc8/eMU8Qbx1qDQ/s800/089.JPG" width=400/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br />It was preparation day and we decided to take a little ride to the beach with our 4 Point Fortin elders. Let me introduce them to you.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/C5jBVLzWA3DOaUp6xfioEQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppY52fFZI/AAAAAAAAGcs/JfhIABPLaQo/s800/081.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Left to right: Elders Powers, Vance, Jones and Lang.<br /><br />I think Elder Lang has been in Point too long. He is beginning to show signs of craziness!<br /><br />Here's a peek at the beach.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/d4s90Ijr__YXD-1bBT9Yuw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppZ7QJUWI/AAAAAAAAGcw/xmkaU5EZxlM/s800/086.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />What happened to the boat?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yVP8HRC1z671W4FHh7cSxA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppajINCJI/AAAAAAAAGc0/qLuq-NvuLzg/s800/079.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Jones, did someone just tell a joke?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/eVKQAN4gPU0NlO4HeHTZ6Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppb2hY4KI/AAAAAAAAGc4/qcL0_CqMH7Q/s800/083.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Jones, is this how much you love being a missionary!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/P4oAkx3ze7dllqNNcdeZTA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzppeOSPwxI/AAAAAAAAGdA/O1pmKbU6qdc/s800/092.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Vance, looks like you're having some deep, deep thoughts.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dHKxOVFbnz6fOV_Pth-VAg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppe43fWOI/AAAAAAAAGdE/OYrLJ28rs9I/s800/094.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The 4 of them disappeared from our view and later appeared with this photo on their camera. I'm glad we didn't try to follow them!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/70L5NTx_IgMmwQ7IR101uw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szppf2O_kgI/AAAAAAAAGdI/AGG4u2aom6A/s800/098.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />On the drive home, I made Elder Bullock slam on his brakes so I could take a quick pic of one of my favorite views...a colorful wash on the line along with some chickens.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ReY3yCXTTHwEllaNWQ3EzQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SzpphRx1y9I/AAAAAAAAGdM/Q7E6he4qwiI/s800/DSC04676.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I can't believe he stopped. Elder Bullock is learning all kinds of new tricks as a missionary.<br /><br />The next day Elders Powers and Vance were transferred and here is our goodbye as we dropped them off.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sSxMCkknfMOne9FbpKfybA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Szpplc_X1nI/AAAAAAAAGdc/OIGZsoe9APA/s800/DSC04680.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/122009?feat=embedwebsite">12-2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Cotton-Betteridge and Weiderhold are the other two in the pic with us.Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-24748111611105796132009-11-21T10:20:00.003-04:002009-11-21T10:55:18.784-04:00All duded up!Meet some of the members of Point Fortin branch as they arrived at what was advertised as a fireside in San Fernando, a ward building that is a one-hour ride from their home. Wow, look how fancy they all look!<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/x1oVfaCG3fTF7K3UtfqJZw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwfVldMrkPI/AAAAAAAAGU4/UVpKFvI4Sj4/s800/DSC04608.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />As you may have noticed, most are wearing new dresses for the occasion. Even Frank, our rasta man, in the back has new duds on.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the satelite broadcast of the fireside never worked and these members from Point Fortin were the only ones to show up. <br /><br />What's the saying, "All dressed up with nowhere to go?". I'm thinking that is how they were feeling.<br /><br />So, on their way back home, they soothed their disappointment with a stop at KFC for some fried chicken and fries.<br /><br />Speaking of being all dressed up, notice the drastic change in Frank, our rasta man with the dreadlocks who was baptized nearly one month ago. In the photo below he has just returned from church and he is looking like a real gentleman, wouldn't you say?<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/iin1GGon_JZXUxycCP4-8g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwfVpFgbsOI/AAAAAAAAGVA/dwXt5OBVGkk/s800/DSC04610.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />As for the next trio of elders, they were all in need of haircuts and I happen to have some hair clippers, a necessity for all couple missionaries.<br /><br />Elder Lang was the first to don my flowered skirt as a drape and trust me to trim away his locks. <br /><br />If you notice the hair on his lap, you'll realize his haircut is finished.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Abw3CQDyVBJNnrsnj8qoSw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPk5vvrS4I/AAAAAAAAGQM/27UL4OBcAxM/s800/DSC04581.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Now it's Elder Vance's turn.<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ChLOIp8D_v2pkiN4RkPc2Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlEqoDdzI/AAAAAAAAGQU/yYBhDxnRk5I/s800/DSC04583.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Elder Powers was the last. Is he looking skeptacle or is he sneering at me because he has to wear my flowered skirt? Hmm, I'll have to think about that one. <br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/wrfRNPmRKp1ZtjcmD_xXvA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlIawLw0I/AAAAAAAAGQY/DctvMzwjyNI/s800/DSC04584.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />By the third haircut I was feeling a little bored of cutting hair so decided to see how I could liven things up. "Yes," I thought, "I'll just start by cutting it in a mohawk. Why not?"<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9TUihCw7RC8KS1r4ER4fSA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlNY1f-xI/AAAAAAAAGQc/aPjUnc0e08c/s800/DSC04585.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />All is well that ends well. It looks like they're all happy and satisfied with their haircuts.<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tXXg_NE8MCYmcXjHqZ6rnw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlRTkGC1I/AAAAAAAAGQg/BYPBrX-rH6U/s800/DSC04586.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />They'd better be...they were free!Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-43767248747988534162009-11-21T10:05:00.002-04:002009-11-21T14:15:09.048-04:00Sweet Memories of GuyanaI just found these photos of Sister Hymas, Sister Leishman, and I.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZyOygKDNpDvcJ5pclPjeMw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPnGyLAb7I/AAAAAAAAGSc/eR0vIk_Ov9A/s800/Linden%20156.jpg" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I was about to take the two of them along with Elder Leishman on a little visiting stroll down the dirt roads and paths of Cow Dam in rural Guyana. <br /><br />It was Sister Leishman's first visit to our part of Guyana and she was disappointed it wasn't raining because she wanted to see what it was like to jump and wade through the mud puddles wearing tall rubber boots.<br /><br />So, we took a photo as if we were going to wear them.<br /><br />Actually, the sun was shining and the mud was all dried up. But, we had fun visiting our great members and even saw an alligator on the way.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WHyILjGxcps9Nd4ep-HKmw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPm-oWmzWI/AAAAAAAAGSA/cgOGyQv_BHk/s800/Linden%20160.jpg" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-64124700175724745172009-11-21T09:30:00.004-04:002009-11-21T14:07:27.334-04:00Working through the fix-itsWhat does a set of couple missionaries do when their TV and microwave won't work and they live in a town that seems almost pre-electronics age?<br /><br />Well, of course, you drive out to a cute little house in the country, far from anything, and yell, "Inside...I have a broken TV...can you fix it?"<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-XzR1jC9I8_nwIqtqKVLIQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPmEF88f3I/AAAAAAAAGRg/s0O-4gJSfiw/s800/DSC04607.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Well, this isn't exactly what we did...but almost! Our branch president, Pres. Mohammed, directed the way to the house of his longtime friend, Heydon, who repairs appliances. <br /><br />From Heydon, on the right, we learned that our branch president's longtime nickname was Plug. Does that mean we call him President Plug? The name has a great ring to it...don't you think?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3hm45c8EERn2BWn8vriisg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPl1ZaOrSI/AAAAAAAAGRA/aVhi4hEmIfI/s800/DSC04603.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />If you'll notice in the photo above, there are no stairs to Heydon's front door. I've wondered how he's able to jump onto his porch each time he wants to go inside his house. The elders insist there are some in the back that are covered with stuff but I don't believe them because I've never seen them.<br /><br />Here is the house of Heydon's sister, one of his only three neighbors.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/I905o2GI4t2KKPNxQ7gHow?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPl8qsj0CI/AAAAAAAAGRc/a9AmDYb6sAo/s800/DSC04605.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And here is his driveway as we turned to leave.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jtIhfS6xVy1W15k5gNPogA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlvzDdwWI/AAAAAAAAGQ8/nonepOhSOco/s800/DSC04602.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Radio Shack is everywhere!Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-87108599514817843722009-11-21T08:46:00.004-04:002009-11-21T09:22:47.496-04:00Do missionaries love dogs?Well, yes, if they are behind a big tall fence with a strong gate that is locked!<br /><br />Missionaries even preach to them a little from the Book of Mormon when there seems to be noone else that is anxious to hear their message.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9fTuzX2Gyaulis69W14pUw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlo1pXWnI/AAAAAAAAGQ4/EUqlRTOX2mo/s800/DSC04600.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Does Elder Bullock seems to be getting a favorable reaction from these two fiery pit bulls?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tNRN_bbOgYwjGUDbSRjnxQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwfWZN49BhI/AAAAAAAAGVo/xgmN5K-ulg0/s800/DSC04599.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />But, occasionally one of the uncaged variety of dogs darts out from the blue...or from the side of their loving master...and takes a little bite out of one of the elder's ankles...as you see pictured below.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rMc6lEzK_-CUBIt9gvZTHQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwfVmJrtFZI/AAAAAAAAGU8/asrfcZ5cNFA/s800/DSC04609.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />If you look closely at the photo of Elder Josiah Jones' ankle, you'll notice two half moons where the jaws of a sweet little dog clamped down with his teeth and tasted a bit of Elder Jones' blood. You'll, also, notice a few bug bites on his ankle which isn't unusual in these parts!<br /><br />Of note: Elder Jones' new missionary pants are now sporting a small rip...actually the rip is definitely counted as a badge of courage to the owner of the pants!<br /><br />On with the story...<br /><br />The dog ran off never to be identified nor quarantined which seemed to say to the mission nurse, Sister Ellison, "Elder Jones must have the anti-rabies series of shots so he doesn't run any risk of getting rabies!" I wondered if that meant he might start foaming at the mouth and growling at his contacts if he didn't get the shots. Hmmm....<br /><br />Well, to be on the safe side, we rushed him 3 hours to the north of the island to Port of Spain so he could begin the series of 7 anti-rabies shots. We heard the shots were very unpleasant, perhaps even given right in the stomach through the belly button with a three-inch-long needle. "Oh, poor Elder Jones", we all thought.<br /><br />After a 30 minute visit with the doctor, Elder Jones, emerged looking as if he had bravely withstood the injection. When we asked him to describe it, he assured us it was as we had previously heard...a three inch needle right to the belly button. I was horrified! <br /><br />Suddenly, the corners of his mouth began to twitch and to turn to a giggle. And this is what I saw...<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1geIOF-LiTFoo4H4lakZIw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwfVxFJ-gjI/AAAAAAAAGVM/yhXGPcvtFOo/s800/DSC04615.JPG" width=600/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Guess what? Here's what he learned from the doctor. There are no dogs with rabies in Trinidad. Therefore, no anti-rabies shots are necessary. Was I gullible or what?<br /><br />So, what better thing could we do than to celebrate by eating an overdue lunch at Ruby Tuesdays on our ride back to Point Fortin.<br /><br />Funny thing...to this day, Elder Jones is still telling everyone he had that big long needle shot right through his navel. <br /><br />And all the other elders are as gullible as I was!Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-71345862687775289092009-11-18T08:40:00.003-04:002009-11-18T09:51:39.234-04:00Missionary MondaysMonday is preparation day.<br /><br />It is the day the elders "are supposed to" clean their apartments, do their wash, shop for their groceries, write letters home and take a few minutes to rest and relax. By 6 pm they are supposed to be back in their white shirts and ties doing what they do best...looking for someone who will listen to their message of the restoration.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KB33m4JYbOFSilD5RFMtqw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd2VvVAvMI/AAAAAAAAGMs/tOaai2IRILs/s800/DSC04504.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Most Mondays the 14 elders in our zone come for lunch at our apartment. I cook for them because I know the rest of the week they eat mostly peanut butter sandwiches and Mac and Cheese.<br /><br />Some of the meals I've fixed for them are burritos, homemade pizzas, enchiladas, spaghetti, hamburgers, and bbq chicken sandwiches. Sound yummy? Of course! And I always make 1-2 yummy desserts.<br /><br />I assure you they all go home with their bellies full and happy.<br /><br />Sometimes before lunch they play basketball. Last week they came prepared to play but when they were ready to play, it seemed noone had brought the basketball. They didn't seem too disappointed...especially because it was pouring rain outside.<br /><br />So, after they sprawled out on my bed and laughed a while, they decided to play a little dominoes... (Elders Toupou from Australia, Rosalies from Guatemala, Beeson from the States, and Ali from Guyana)<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5fTdCNDGl27z7vF3VUTfBw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd2OEy20iI/AAAAAAAAGMk/e8CYNZmZkVo/s800/DSC04508.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />They were so anxious to eat they decided 11 am was a great time for lunch. So, they began early to stuff themselves with enchiladas and lots of ice cream and cookies...(Elder Lang)<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AwpX_CGX219tsXDu4g45fQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd2KTpN3yI/AAAAAAAAGMg/LBC2CE2C2Q4/s800/DSC04509.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Anyone else care for a chocolate chip cookie?<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/S5guw7PiXajEpwYianHVCw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPkrctRAcI/AAAAAAAAGQE/kQTAgAPCicc/s800/DSC04578.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />They exchanged photos with each other with the help of my computer... (the newest Elder Jones)<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hblsJwWtKFRMCoLc5DZ-nw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd-Egb1ccI/AAAAAAAAGN8/Rs8G5L_onDg/s800/DSC04507.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />And, glued pictures on the covers of their planners... (a different Elder Jones and Elder Winzenreid)<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KgCsMKNJ78oec93_w0u6tg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd2ResID9I/AAAAAAAAGMo/MaTnKU8jRlA/s800/DSC04506.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The faces on Elder Jones' planner cover are of our mission president, President Gamiette, along with his wife and 5 children.<br /><br />Some of these planner covers are really creative. Check out this one with a picture of the famous anaconda on it.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U-6_dZtJOb9B2FU7lIimyw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd_CzRNshI/AAAAAAAAGOs/hud6whXFlNI/s800/DSC04530.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><br />Last week they played basketball for a couple of hours in a downpour. When they arrived at my house they were all sopping wet, so they all showered at our apartment and dried their wet clothes in our dryer.<br /><br />It must be almost 6 pm because Elders Lang and Jones are back in their missionary duds and ready to get back to work. These two live close by us and we spend a lot of time going with them to their appointments. They're teaching us how to be proselyting missionaries.<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4I1oLO1ozHNkPRfcFgKSZA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd9_UZ_lvI/AAAAAAAAGN0/GR8dxZurR7E/s800/DSC04501.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />At our zone meeting later in the week I was able to photo all their works of art (their planner covers)at the end of the meeting. I liked their feet as they admired their handiwork. Can anyone find my big toe?<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c0Lsep5kPBs4hw0FAP1eig?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlWTcmAQI/AAAAAAAAGQk/pImM2vjWZyM/s800/DSC04592.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />Here's a little glimpse of the whole zone at an all-you-can-eat pizza lunch at Pizza Hut after the meeting. If you have a son in the Trinidad South Zone, look for him in the photo gorging himself on pizza?<br /><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dfQ9ucZtfsDBkAOxWp8Vpw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPlasJbE4I/AAAAAAAAGQo/e8Y_mZqoec4/s800/DSC04594.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br />This is a flyer one of the elders had with him. It was advertising something at the Catholic church. Does anyone notice anything familiar about it?<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JHrC3A6zsAS4MaSic3_6ug?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwPld8xcvWI/AAAAAAAAGQs/1dHwZCbeHi4/s800/DSC04596.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/Nov2009?feat=embedwebsite">Nov2009</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-22478564936708760682009-11-09T00:18:00.004-04:002009-11-09T00:40:41.122-04:00I Love Palm TreesWhich photo is best? I couldn't decide.<br /><br />We took a little drive to the southwestern tip of Trinidad and this is what we saw.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/SV3DGy3nu6AuY0xGGt_CVQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1v2auyVI/AAAAAAAAGMM/rc6FdSIkbms/s800/DSC04516.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We could see Venezuela faintly in the distance out across the ocean.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LrWpg7LkdxAMbUt467qDrw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1zE8nRtI/AAAAAAAAGMQ/azwSa6hwW9Q/s800/DSC04515.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />What makes a coconut tree want to lean?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-PlTMizPrTvNsIoilvCVNA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd15PSpheI/AAAAAAAAGMU/UaCJrnJ3sW0/s800/DSC04514.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Did you ever want to paint palm trees? I think about it once in a while!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JI6uhmHb5k7pHtIeLTCHsA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1_u3N17I/AAAAAAAAGMY/oMKHL3O3mIs/s800/DSC04513.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />This view looks too perfect to be real!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ntxoiMojAr3k1_93NQLlCQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd2GpGp0WI/AAAAAAAAGMc/1_-64Hot-UY/s800/DSC04512.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-86584049467184436792009-11-08T23:07:00.010-04:002009-11-18T10:01:04.865-04:00Zone ConferenceThe perfect cinnamon roll<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TNCvIGH5zLNgoQjPJXv4rQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1OgkNvpI/AAAAAAAAGLo/qEJB7rMJhQE/s800/DSC04537.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I learned the afternoon before zone conference that the sister who was in charge of the mid-morning snack for zone conference was sick. <br /><br />Well, I wasn't going to let the elders starve to death as they sat through the all-day conference, so, all that afternoon I baked. I baked a whole lot of cinnamon rolls...enough for the whole zone conference of 64 persons.<br /><br />I baked 8 loaves of pumpkin bread and chocolate banana bread.<br /><br />And, I baked 6 dozen chocolate chip cookies. Well, enough of that! <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Op-0s_q0q-Ga1sWXx9foeA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1W5ciiFI/AAAAAAAAGL0/ecbILigk-9E/s800/DSC04531.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The cinnamon rolls looked awesome and were gone in a flash! They must have tasted as good as they looked!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XWlfyK7qp3j_Mju2Isuo4A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1RXL6WRI/AAAAAAAAGLs/AEeRK0kc4-s/s800/DSC04536.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The zone conference was fabulous. We learned a lot and it was great to be together with all the missionaries we love so much.<br /><br />Here's our zone. Elder Bullock jumped in the photo just before me and jumped right in front. So, where else could I plop but right by his side. My blouse was rain soaked because I was the one taking most of the pictures...and standing in the rain to do so!<br /><br />Notice our mission president, President Gamiette, who is the one standing at the far right of the photo. He looks young enough to be one of the elders. He is about 40. The elders think he is like the energizer bunny because he can accomplish so much and never seems to run out of steam.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/W5XVUJjaWQHQKkE35hd6_w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0FtpqOWI/AAAAAAAAGKY/VSQY0UzDcVk/s800/DSC04574.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />I caught a few choice photos of President Gamiette telling how he fell in love with his wife.<br /><br />For several years he had wondered and prayed about how he'd ever the right girl to marry. When he got home from his mission, he began to really search for her in earnest. He went out with every girl from his island in the Carribean, Guadaloupe. He knew he hadn't found her yet.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lSiQaes2EJku_Q5RQBXeMQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd00sVVS4I/AAAAAAAAGLM/q3ysGMkUKHg/s800/DSC04543.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Then one day, he learned of a beautiful returned missionary who was visiting his island and her uncle introduced them. He liked her immediately. She had all the qualities he was looking for. <br /><br />He must have been describing how much he immediately loved being with her and how pretty she was as I snapped this photo.<br /> <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Fiq8M9yweIFiV4j3HxpX9A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd03oLFVgI/AAAAAAAAGLQ/KuXuUsYiDFA/s800/DSC04541.JPG"width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />He asked her to marry him one week after they met. Wow! That was fast! Six weeks later they were married.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3-Z5xgY4fwHTh0VDWNGlgQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd-L4jpL6I/AAAAAAAAGOI/3ojZp2z3b5o/s800/DSC04542.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The elders were enthralled hearing him tell of their courtship. Hopefully, we'll get to hear his wife's version one day, also!<br /><br />Lunch arrived 2 hours late. It was a small dob of potato salad, some lentils, bbq'd chicken and rice. <br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/MCHaBD1l1bfqzfxAHvuA6g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd-QWPz4WI/AAAAAAAAGOM/ZmiIp9o_L4Y/s800/DSC04549.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />See the hungry elders eat.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AJ_frv-EFS6y2Noi1wXXiQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0agn3GtI/AAAAAAAAGKw/mXDdiYs2gRc/s800/DSC04558.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/khfy8wXL46moLKhiXVq8Pw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0pIv78dI/AAAAAAAAGK8/j4aMsfHxtwg/s800/DSC04555.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/LrS5gsbALwNmwhM_d2otGg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0jRvCHbI/AAAAAAAAGK4/Aj61ptcTSeo/s800/DSC04556.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />After lunch, our zone was responsible to provide the musical number. Here we all are singing "Scripture Power" as we slapped our Book of Mormons.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vn3TGV-xxEJ39eAh-Kss8g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0SqGrz4I/AAAAAAAAGKo/Z22IFeeYNbM/s800/DSC04564.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's some of our favorite missionary friends with whom we've served...Elders Ence and Bryan.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PwfPlarnEiU2gWpSoB_jWA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0vETG3dI/AAAAAAAAGLE/Llsxc8Um6Oc/s800/DSC04551.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Cotton and Weiderhold.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/DNgzJgmhQFVrw4q6EdzTNQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0yURJosI/AAAAAAAAGLI/qzxiWIYQwQE/s800/DSC04544.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Lee and Ence.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0s8uRzmHkEnHGd9RRB60VQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1aChIGGI/AAAAAAAAGL4/M4xeLOGrwOs/s800/DSC04524.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Powers and Vance.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Bh2SzKqWk2fx706RyTfitA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1eitRktI/AAAAAAAAGL8/vXpiXkA5RBE/s800/DSC04523.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Toupou and Winzinreid (and Rosales in the back).<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/w7mfdFJxwl8pKFIzZkR-ow?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1iEd3nJI/AAAAAAAAGMA/SbITTItT0eY/s800/DSC04522.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Chambers and Rosales (our zone leaders).<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5O3uvhRZ_9D2F16OziPVWQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1lW_nogI/AAAAAAAAGME/-qJk83e4LEM/s800/DSC04519.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elders Clark and Carter<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YQLulZRxf79h9QwDcFU8aA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SwP9dSNFnaI/AAAAAAAAGTY/iPK7S8at0U0/s800/DSC04521.JPG" width=600 /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And of course, Elders Jones and Lang. I can't believe you pulled that face, Elder Lang!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-lShhxv2ns5qnIPohrvfpw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd1oei53WI/AAAAAAAAGMI/IFznYoduigM/s800/DSC04518.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And a shot of us in the kitchen!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FRmMX2VgzEcPJ5PYTkfb2A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd0sZrekyI/AAAAAAAAGLA/vKdJXIT0Hw0/s800/DSC04554.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We stopped by the mission office before we left for home. Check out the board of all the new elders and those that just left for home.<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NySLsHhcDelY3AXoGRpcAw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Svd98tedwMI/AAAAAAAAGNs/v_ELdKIqqtU/s800/DSC04500.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/1109?feat=embedwebsite">11-09</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-91304039462563017312009-10-28T20:40:00.002-04:002009-10-28T21:46:15.715-04:00A Sunrise District MeetingCheck out how the sunrise looks through the bushes.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/yOJISJXd3fFLvhaJQwkgXA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suevr7MSScI/AAAAAAAAGG4/q4llI9YPFd4/s800/DSC04455.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Last week, Elder Bullock and I were invited to attend a sunrise district meeting in San Fernando, which is about a 1 hour drive from our apartment. Elder Bullock grumbled a little when we had to set the alarm for 3:45 am in order to get there before the sunrise but he obediently jumped out of bed when we heard the ring of the alarm.<br /><br />Here's a photo of what San Fernando hill looked like when we arrived.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/W9FNQXUdh2-xDNVsmDd7dg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuevVrW_2-I/AAAAAAAAGGg/AuQCzIohzUQ/s800/DSC04436.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Now I just have to make a comment about the elders. I keep making the mistake of believing everything they tell me.<br /><br />When Elder Toupou said it was only a five minute walk to where his sunrise district meeting was to be held, on top of San Fernando hill, I, once again, naively believed him.<br /><br />He said, "We'll just walk down this path and we'll be there in no time." <br /><br />Soon the path turned into a steep road. The elders continued to walk with a brisk step while Elder Bullock and I quickly lagged behind as we huffed and puffed our way along.<br /><br />Elder Toupou was the only one turning to see if we were still following.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jdmjP0JSyVZNt_4bgu-itQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuevMcZ4mrI/AAAAAAAAGGU/jjsO16eu1xQ/s800/DSC04431.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We needed to be at the top before 5:45 in order to see the sunrise. <br /> <br />We were almost there when, luckily for us, the elders stopped to look over the cliff. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/l5j9qNgUpqak60hAWPnwKg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuevPaHqlHI/AAAAAAAAGGY/4BU1p6JCC94/s800/DSC04433.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We were just happy to finally stop huffing and puffing and climbing. <br /><br />Then, I noticed this cute little sign at the edge of the cliff. Hmmmm! "Maybe those elders shouldn't be standing so close to the edge", I thought. But, who cares what an old lady thinks, anyway! <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i5eg-9NZ65x52FVaxRpHmA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuevRAsPhlI/AAAAAAAAGGc/fdKbs-rhAuc/s800/DSC04435.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />When they continued climbing up to this ledge, I knew I wasn't following! Notice, I'm way below them as I snapped the photo.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TLMPE9N3FqO-qmX9O526tA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuevbRpTYAI/AAAAAAAAGGk/NIoBgpxfcuI/s800/DSC04438.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Luckily, they decided we had climbed high enough to see the sunrise and have our meeting, and...out came the sun! Wow!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qCeQW1c93G9C0zQ7TljMXA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuevhVUCOXI/AAAAAAAAGGs/cbzvdfzHv6c/s800/DSC04442.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We were all feverishly snapping photos from every angle. I think this was one of the four Elder Jones in the mission. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/c7TshUw0XoSvI2HQIVgYnA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suevfztd6OI/AAAAAAAAGGo/MmUT9FhdgI0/s800/DSC04439.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here he is again posed with our favorite book!<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jGd5qDDPUL0WCIA-_rrBgA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuevjroeJTI/AAAAAAAAGGw/VBwMdffqMys/s800/DSC04447.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /> <br />The meeting was held around this huge picnic table and here we are as it is finishing. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/a4mgyeTjfBxu5wZ1l-fVpA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suev1IWaH0I/AAAAAAAAGHA/r-5-Caa1ovQ/s800/DSC04458.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The lesson was well taught by Elder Toupou from Australia about heeding the words of the prophets. <br /><br />We ended the meeting by each of us sharing why we were serving our missions. I cried a few tears...as usual. Twas a tender moment for all.<br /><br />Yes, the sunrise was delightful but the district meeting was more than delicious! <br /><br />It was definitely worth all our huffing and puffing to be there!Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-83188096306991297142009-10-27T22:12:00.006-04:002009-10-29T11:31:53.585-04:00Our man, FrankTonight was haircut night…for Nigel Frank, our friend with the dreadlocks that was baptized last Saturday.<br /><br />What shall I tell you first? About his baptism? Or his haircut?<br />They were both very exciting occasions!<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/84TEEKt4keezujKbURFNiw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuewMVtrQZI/AAAAAAAAGHc/EP30uDhpfug/s800/DSC04479.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We’ve been teaching Frank for the 4 weeks we’ve been in Trinidad. We have visited him and taught him almost daily through that period of time. When I say “we”, I’m referring to the two young elders, Elder Lang and Elder Cotton, and to us two old folks, Elder Bullock and I.<br /><br />We’ve had some very eventful evenings teaching Frank who lives alone. During that period he has quit smoking cigarettes and marijuana and quit drinking alcohol and coffee. He has read the Book of Mormon almost daily. He has moved out the two young girls who had moved in with him. He has stopped “liming” with his old friends. Liming means hanging out and drinking.<br /><br />Frank has made a lot of changes in his life in four weeks time. It took him a while to conquer the cigarettes or he would have been baptized earlier. We are so proud of him.<br /><br />Saturday he was baptized in the ocean which is a five-minute drive from our apartment. <br /><br />The water was just the right temperature and they waded in to where it was waist deep. <br /><br />Elder Chambers didn't hesitate to join them in the water fully dressed when he realized he was needed to witness the baptism! <br /><br />Notice Frank tucking his dreadlocks into the back of his baptismal suit as he walked.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6Jbkb8qqv-Gkhg8YxDfwOA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuewTmk5GEI/AAAAAAAAGHk/uYaz_pxy8c0/s800/DSC04480.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Elder Lang gave him a few instructions. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/fNU5mozUjULIwzuNztaHtw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuewZ3PKMwI/AAAAAAAAGHo/N3yRSgK4uHY/s800/DSC04481.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Hooray, they did it! <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8rLKlSqObcjftjWJsLEwAQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuewcgDMuNI/AAAAAAAAGHs/FobtttsN-Yc/s800/DSC04485.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />A perfect photo of four happy men!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5TEKedgamp3X8M24BJGluQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suewha19N_I/AAAAAAAAGHw/TBTDKRvMOYM/s800/DSC04486.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /> <br />Right after the baptism, we had a testimony meeting. In his testimony, Frank described his baptism in this way. “It was different than just going under the water. My whole soul felt refreshed as I went down under the water and came back up. I was wishing I could go under the water a few more times!” <br /><br />Sunday he was confirmed and that night we visited him again. Elder Cotton asked him when he was going to cut his hair. Frank had mentioned previously that he was going to do so. Once again, he assured us he was going to cut it. <br /><br />Elder Cotton pleaded, “Oh please, Frank, cut it before I am transferred on Wednesday. We’ll bring over the clippers on Tuesday night and cut it. I’ve just got to see you cut it!”<br /><br />So, when we drove up in front of Frank’s house with the clippers tonight, we were wondering if he really wanted to cut off his long dreadlocks. Elder Bullock said, “Let’s not put any pressure on him,” and we all agreed we wouldn’t.<br /><br />When we walked in his front room and took our usual seats, we could see that Frank was scurrying around getting ready for his haircut. <br /> <br />He was ready…and so were we. We had brought the clippers and had 3 cameras ready to document the big event. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/GecUEZwtg4QWBmrm117yvQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suewk-GDgLI/AAAAAAAAGH0/mHoNiMWwg_k/s800/DSC04490.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Frank asked for a prayer before the haircut began. After the prayer, Frank indicated he was ready for the haircut to begin and Elder Cotton started cutting off all the long dreads with scissors. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JfE-tLoq3dvTdHhBCOLT9A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suewojs12rI/AAAAAAAAGH4/szNrPZDYkq8/s800/DSC04492.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />It didn't take long for Elder Cotton to snip all off. He saved the little one in front for last.<br /><br />One last quick snip and the front lock was history. Frank was looking pretty calm, wouldn't you say? <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QfIUac3ufpwsulJPvb_wuQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuewtnheERI/AAAAAAAAGH8/zYpVZW9Fe7I/s800/DSC04493.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The pile of dreadlocks... <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HkPsEUX-kzsu5nehDu4DKA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suew0psWyGI/AAAAAAAAGIA/9RWgNQJT5yo/s800/DSC04494.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Then, Elder Cotton started plowing through the hair that remained with the clippers. It was slow going because his hair was so thick and curly. Frank said, “I want it shaved with the shortest setting possible,” and so he shaved him bald.<br /><br />I just had to jump in to help clip off his beard. <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/7B4gjb1WLbjJvAPtvPVuHQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suew4MNBEjI/AAAAAAAAGIE/Q_jGcu78BO0/s800/DSC04495.JPG" width="400"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Aren't we cute? <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4L2Fv8RSH_2jMvCbgRdAUQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suew78fVipI/AAAAAAAAGII/jGRgOy2-3iU/s800/DSC04496.JPG" width="400"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The room was dimly lit so I’m not sure how well we did. We’ll see tomorrow in the daylight. We may have to have a second go around to clip whatever hairs were missed.<br /><br />Frank looked like a new man. He looked ten years younger after his hair was cut...and he was still grinning. <br /><br />Here's the finished product!<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/YseuFpk9BiUdL4AUrPNzXw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Suew__DLfxI/AAAAAAAAGIM/4eEnbu4oanQ/s800/DSC04497.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Frank is wearing a huge smile these days! He is thrilled to have been baptized and for the new direction his life has taken. <br /><br />Here he is wearing the huge hat that he used to wear over his big mop of hair with his big smile. <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6WH2p1E83ZZo4Od-YzdggA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SuexDRaV0tI/AAAAAAAAGIQ/yho6_KWHGwg/s800/DSC04498.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/102709Frank?feat=embedwebsite">10-27-09Frank</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Actually, when I think about it, Frank doesn’t just look like a new man, he is a new man!Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-82772796735801898182009-10-15T20:32:00.011-04:002009-10-27T21:30:02.806-04:00Meet Point Fortin BranchThe Pt. Fortin Branch has 30 members. Meet the young women as they kiss their Book of Mormons at the end of singing "Scripture Power"...<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ixkV5XpluW-6Brv5_yYlnw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdCzA5pRqI/AAAAAAAAF_g/RPRqgs_mzmQ/s800/DSC04371.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The primary kids reverently listening to my primary lesson...<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i4HdCfkQKnI5TvZRk7cQQA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDvWlFAzI/AAAAAAAAGAo/DH2g_eIOKj8/s800/DSC04404.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The Relief Society partying it up... Branch President Mohammed is standing behind Elder Bullock.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/WFixq3PanvgP89P84ENxIg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDfkBYNtI/AAAAAAAAGAQ/VrS4bKQ8DNw/s800/DSC04393.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />The upstairs church... <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xrCz67ot_G_wz4W2HRUhwg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdEIWveiYI/AAAAAAAAGA8/0XUG5Istqjo/s800/DSC04415.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Another perfect photo of the primary kids... The little girl in the red dress wouldn't tell me her name so I had to call her "Red Dress" all through primary.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5WBAbJmfPwpjmyU4ox0g5A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDsPv1VBI/AAAAAAAAGAk/2QDpj1dzZQk/s800/DSC04403.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And now you get to see the faces of two of our cute Young Women and two of our young women...if you understand what I mean!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PO49bnLLDNXBJSPkguugqA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdCslz_v6I/AAAAAAAAF_U/HyvNSabZhpc/s800/DSC04370.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's a better look at our branch president along with Elders Lang, Cotton, and Bullock.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite#5393813811174624866"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StqtFWeozmI/AAAAAAAAGDk/HYgHz1KGjS0/s800/DSC04425.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />And the elders, what are they doing?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZrdOoHARibRrMdI3GdcpSQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StqxKaBdYsI/AAAAAAAAGFw/c2BJ2tLCNr0/s800/DSC04424.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's Elder Bullock with Blessed and Antonio. Anyone have trouble seeing?<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5Zp_1S9EadzNP7ZgpUsSaQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDitzkmXI/AAAAAAAAGAU/kCpxNDc20o4/s800/DSC04394.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-28226852806236306202009-10-15T20:15:00.004-04:002009-10-15T22:18:24.755-04:00Our Zone MeetingLast week, Elder Bullock and I got to meet our new zone of elders. <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/zhFm5DmRlOOWtsjCjxZ_sw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdF5_Q6MzI/AAAAAAAAGB4/yF4bWhR6uuk/s800/DSC04386.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br />A great lesson was taught to us by our zone leaders, Elders Rosales and Chambers. <br /><br />The name of one of the elders I hadn't met before, looked familiar...Elder Wehl. When I learned he was from Suriname, I asked him if his dad and little brother had gone to the temple the month before. Yes, he had been there!<br /><br />I figured out that we had met his dad at the temple in the Dominican Republic when we went for our temple trip. We were in the sealing room when his dad was sealed to his deceased wife, deceased son and younger son. We knew at that time he, also, had a son on a mission. <br /><br />Elder Wehl was the son on the mission. How excited I was to show him the photos in my camera of his dad and little brother at the temple.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_5FGqH-PnsFruSE61lqU3Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDbmxSbaI/AAAAAAAAGAI/8Yzd-IQe-o4/s800/DSC04389.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />After the meeting, we ate a little chocolate cake, of which Elder Bullock got the last licks.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/O2yuVBqphxaROtJdbyrvZg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdF8haNU6I/AAAAAAAAGB8/yvmVtjbr9C4/s800/DSC04387.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's another look at our handsome group of elders. You know, we can be serious... when necessary!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ExLnUJqNoMSQ2ZVL3Andig?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDYTXq32I/AAAAAAAAGAE/2TJKjj-47b4/s800/DSC04384.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-30733014871977587782009-10-15T11:49:00.010-04:002009-10-18T02:01:33.992-04:00Aren't we lucky?We arrived in Pt. Fortin, Trinidad, 2 weeks ago. <br /><br />We knew noone and we were totally confused by the tangle of one-way streets. Elders Lang and Cotton quickly came to our rescue. <br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/TXDQt6Cua8Riomr7fFOXjg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdFwjp1zZI/AAAAAAAAGBw/8I_4GOV8Nwk/s800/DSC04375.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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.<br /><br />First comes, Nigel Frank. We call him Frankie. Notice the little squeeze I'm getting as we pose for this photo!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/XPHQ9xcVXBo9y0AHNWg1jQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDQHbMg2I/AAAAAAAAF_8/Y318XYGqUMU/s800/DSC04382.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br />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.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1Yu2Pv8_ehNDG5R5VKl4Ow?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDVb2rMAI/AAAAAAAAGAA/mZNY8ffsawg/s800/DSC04383.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br />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. <br /><br />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. <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/1g4910GNuDBfPjajCrez_g?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDxzrz7dI/AAAAAAAAGAs/Ti7G1B_gIug/s800/DSC04405.JPG" width="400"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br />Here's where Frankie lives. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jZ5jtuwxCd5jMMk8-yo_Zg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdD_7NvYYI/AAAAAAAAGA0/GvF-4AKHx3M/s800/DSC04408.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br />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!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uQ5jMeG50ew3dW6QyFee8A?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdGBphOpkI/AAAAAAAAGCA/nLAsjYZOMYM/s800/DSC04409.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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.<br /><br />Here's Frankie's neighbor's place just down the block. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/guvO6qK3z_haA3DsiwjoGQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdD6egL-kI/AAAAAAAAGAw/0CbjVBdKRxA/s800/DSC04406.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's another house we tried to tract at, but noone was home.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZPR3EfzPGwBaokdRKbGymw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDNvvsEtI/AAAAAAAAF_4/K3FlrYVqFRo/s800/DSC04380.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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.<br /> <br />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. <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/flvWM679avcK1bWmKfRtag?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdEa-tgziI/AAAAAAAAGBM/fOtJpgfFWj8/s800/DSC04420.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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.<br /><br />Do you suppose he's interested? Not on your life!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ix5UeNS5Wcy18o3K_6_btg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdEfvhhIjI/AAAAAAAAGBQ/upzgxKsS2_w/s800/DSC04423.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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. <br /><br />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.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/g82iWwW_rJlPQ7gUjaewnA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdC92pKeQI/AAAAAAAAF_s/tYXQERzUDnA/s800/DSC04376.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />Here's the house which we pass on our left. <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HOvGbZ_3fZGWIwEeBGUzeA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdF2vKsRMI/AAAAAAAAGB0/V8AobqqtOdg/s800/DSC04377.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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. <br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kRn-yop_BlZj8hjKdADQ5w?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdDBxemjDI/AAAAAAAAF_w/YppdUX-aLgI/s800/DSC04378.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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! <br /><br />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?<br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Z7pd8sLAKwkcg1uw-OqfkA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdED0h2WAI/AAAAAAAAGA4/kePOlqn0DCs/s800/DSC04410.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />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!<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JoG06SdoWZ1Qf1ee-WqDjA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdEXEPb2cI/AAAAAAAAGBI/ghdR6Yj4nxw/s800/DSC04419.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mhPZ2QRw_qkQwTPSBvrxcg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdEOgzZBjI/AAAAAAAAGBA/I7dh6bSecgA/s800/DSC04416.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bT0WWMy3e2gqg50KRzb3QQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdETYNPsPI/AAAAAAAAGBE/RI4GNhOHFNk/s800/DSC04417.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />As we turn to leave, the pit bulls, once again, bark ferociously at us and cause us to shake a little more in our boots.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite#5393814322410911458"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StqtjG-3duI/AAAAAAAAGEA/ifwKUEJqCm4/s800/DSC04428.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />It looks like the elders have made it safely by the dogs.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/NYKWuv6oSiVau5hD1PH8gA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StdTMDPRRoI/AAAAAAAAGCs/P4knjhkrKtA/s800/DSC04379%20-%20Copy.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/10909?feat=embedwebsite">10-9-09</a></td></tr></table><br /><br />We're hoping for some baptisms next week. If they happen, I'll let you know for sure!Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-70585007320267544082009-10-07T02:38:00.014-04:002009-10-10T11:26:52.298-04:00Did I really do this in Guyana?<div>When I accidentally stepped into this big muddy alligator trench, Elder Bullock called out to the elders, "Don't pull her out until we get her picture!" I think he had momentarily forgotten about the small alligators we had seen in this same trench earlier that evening. </div><div><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dD1MShLOJbcpX8IeR1v0JA?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuZwaeTsp6KxQE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ssw21Bk76uI/AAAAAAAAFv4/WrTbuapQ7js/s800/Elder%20Joey%20Williams%20524.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/2008417TrenchFall?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuZwaeTsp6KxQE&feat=embedwebsite">2008-4-17TrenchFall</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br />I got a little mud on my new skirt, but at least I didn't drop my umbrella or my flashlight! </div><div><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/93QxstZ6z-CHG-GePdj5Vg?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuZwaeTsp6KxQE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ssw24KPD5KI/AAAAAAAAFv8/ux8h6fyRWuY/s800/Elder%20Joey%20Williams%20525.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/2008417TrenchFall?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuZwaeTsp6KxQE&feat=embedwebsite">2008-4-17TrenchFall</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br />Is that mud oozing out of my boots? </div><div><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/96bHUQUuRIjCfxGETt2TuQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuZwaeTsp6KxQE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ssw260c9njI/AAAAAAAAFwA/6oT2JKYVgp8/s800/030.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/2008417TrenchFall?authkey=Gv1sRgCOuZwaeTsp6KxQE&feat=embedwebsite">2008-4-17TrenchFall</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div> </div><br /><div>This was my first try at crossing one of these boards. We were on our way to a house that is out of sight in this photo. You'll notice,Elder Bullock let me go first!<br /><br />It wasn't so bad getting there, but an hour later when we returned in the dark, things didn't go so well. Three of us fell off the board into the water. And judging from my past record with muddy trenches, do you suppose I was one of the three? I'll just let you guess the answer. </div><br /><div><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/qJwwYo4VQIJLz-h3wuJ9dw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ssw4RxiejSI/AAAAAAAAFwc/yCHikXMZj3c/s800/4BalancingAct.JPG" width="600" /></a><br />How safe does this bridge look? It didn't look very safe to me!</div><div><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/T4uXA2KuoV2Gr1bx48DoKg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmBAHWEa6I/AAAAAAAAFm0/bux3bvFSRDc/s800/031.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div>The elders, all three of them, kept beckoning me to come.<br /></div><div><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/U6HNtjGodVHdO_0xN9978Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmBKDS5ZZI/AAAAAAAAFm4/Af-ex8y_BbI/s800/032.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br />Do you suppose I wanted to fall into another muddy trench? Well, this time I made it across.</div><div><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/B6J9u3FLukbxpaY5Qqi-Ug?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmBRGhSsgI/AAAAAAAAFm8/yN_OOafeNJo/s800/033.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div><br />Alligators are common in all the larger trenches around town, ones just like the one I fell in. They aren't huge but we've seen ones a lot bigger that the one pictured below.<br /><br />One night after dark, the elders arrived in a taxi with this little feller. They had just caught it and were excited to share it with us. Notice, he is still alive but his mouth is tied shut. I can't believe I touched him and even held him. It looks like Elder Bullock was hoping for a midnight snack. </div> <br /><div><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BWnEMzHXOH53cTHBPJGdVQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ssw6O7GujjI/AAAAAAAAFx0/IM6Yc9NpPG0/s800/AlligatorBurtRobin.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br />Later, the elders caught another one and perhaps you remember I cooked it and we all ate it. When they caught the Anaconda and skinned it, I had no interest in cooking and tasting it.<br /><br />We'll miss crossing the many little bridges that are in front of every house. There are trenches and water everywhere in Guyana. <br /><br />Here's my last goodbye to Guyana and now we're on to more missionary adventures in Trinidad.<br /><table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/CzFBBahFtvHIpksf3moQlw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmDpbIJMrI/AAAAAAAAFoc/jjll_-nAmgQ/s800/DSC04286.JPG" width="400"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7390898857315079275.post-67810337259585900102009-10-07T02:22:00.024-04:002009-10-10T11:33:46.696-04:00Did I really see this in Guyana?<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/82v7oROb1s8xl8nEioLB6w?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ssw8OHvPSWI/AAAAAAAAFyU/uojnHwZJVB0/s800/DSC04306.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr>A beautiful sunset through the coconut palmtrees.<br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8ljPgGxfao0n3tPt488eIw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmCfNnUSeI/AAAAAAAAFns/MqAV4sYWiWA/s800/DSC04259.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr>A load of Les Schwab's tires.<tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/omYsq2R1YYZ49d5BCQyqWw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmBX7reJlI/AAAAAAAAFnA/hRyrYtt2sGA/s800/100_0651%5B2%5D.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br />Workers in a rice field. Are they planting it or what?<tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RQnNMdiHNkz76Y2jYEH1WQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmBdxRDasI/AAAAAAAAFnE/YnjXAMYj8bk/s800/DSC04328.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br />Is it a used rice sack? <tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/KV14kFO35V84fqawyI37WA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmBkAKQVSI/AAAAAAAAFnI/M7VYSGmtaZM/s800/DSC04334.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br />Jade's wash on the line against a fabulous backdrop.<tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RKHtcHP-xU3gN-MxExJhcA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmClDKQLpI/AAAAAAAAFnw/aZpKIppAjDg/s800/DSC04260.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br />Downtown Georgetown...<tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IG_t8y7JMaixh5O5JCReLA?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SsmC9AWBQ7I/AAAAAAAAFn8/5cqZpt4Uz-M/s800/DSC04263.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br />Guyanese women venting their frustrations as they wack everything in sight with their cutlasses. It seems that every Guyanese has one, even the little kids.<br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite">Recently Updated</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><p></p><br /><p>An unwanted guest! Did I ever mention I hate snakes?</p></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/RecentlyUpdated?feat=embedwebsite"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dLyz-C_E5gDa9WqQeqesbg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SjHaDliQTjI/AAAAAAAAEAQ/7rt0sHvFzSA/s800/IMG_2820.JPG" width="600" /></a><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JWso4_OJisTka6JOVXUZRw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/SqDJHW_viyI/AAAAAAAAFik/HTNZLvg-QCw/s800/DSC04222.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br /><p><p></p><p>And that goes double for this one!</p><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/200909Snakes?feat=embedwebsite">2009-09Snakes</a></td></tr><p></p></tbody></table><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/w0cTXhKhtuvg0-Gd6adFeQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Sp3ceEd-bmI/AAAAAAAAFDo/54spO0vXZVk/s800/Potty.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr>Well, well, what do I see here?<tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p align="center"><br /></p> A moving van.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><br /><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Hl_CHZpvpxTEQzTKRyA2lw?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss6fUxeHdHI/AAAAAAAAF3w/5G3DYo6kDbs/s800/036.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></tbody></table>Special houses...<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/FSXmKkWppsf1gkyk7an6ew?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1feIztTQI/AAAAAAAAF2g/fG-qH1xd6Cc/s800/Guyana_101%5B1%5D.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/tTs_wOij4mBEvZQ79F928Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1fkGrX7UI/AAAAAAAAF2k/LutkJKYYjqE/s800/CuteOldHouse.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/O5rbRQ7ou92ewj7As-2gJg?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1gG2T7eRI/AAAAAAAAF24/pnGTR3UdB4w/s800/HerNeighbor1.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i4YqhCluvxiboTJA8RhFTQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1gRdRGvvI/AAAAAAAAF3A/Re9J3JvB7OA/s800/048.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9qLLZusPPTsYWyzS6cXtkw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1geukGqYI/AAAAAAAAF3M/RgiXcMyk-w8/s800/006.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><br /><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lisvsSziAbwiFfBSnnFCvA?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss60yQ68JDI/AAAAAAAAF64/joGHF3l8uK0/s800/GTShanty%21.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/DropBox?authkey=Gv1sRgCMa46um_n96TvgE&feat=embedwebsite">Drop Box</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />A four-family house. Can you tell lots of people live here from the clothes hung to dry everywhere possible...even on the fence?<br /><table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><br /><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/cXzyplA0Tj_7WFI1pXKUKw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1fyNGvTUI/AAAAAAAAF2s/CJfBJpennb0/s800/015.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />A mama, thinking about starting her wash.<table style="WIDTH: auto"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/A3ejJ-H_DwwjMDBJBOkvSQ?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1d4PXU-6I/AAAAAAAAF0s/6YFL8c7oJdk/s800/DSC04216.JPG" width="600" /></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td style="FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; TEXT-ALIGN: right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The darling house of my good friend and neighbor, Natasha, who lived right across the street.<table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bxtEQ2VhBlnq_RploRTIew?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/StCocbF229I/AAAAAAAAF80/7TRFFTVF2r0/s800/HouseAcrossStreet.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></table><br />One of the many Guyanese who said to the elders, "Come on in and let's chat about what's in this book!" <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/PCGKnHpishkvlIkbAqNCiw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/__RS_tipO-34/Ss1gVucyRVI/AAAAAAAAF3I/n_4KsXCihls/s800/Elder%20Joey%20Williams%20520.JPG" width="600"/></a></td></tr><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right">From <a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/robinbu1940/20080328HouseFaves?feat=embedwebsite">2008-03-28HouseFaves</a></td></tr></table>Robin Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07713370794976707519noreply@blogger.com1