Trafalgar Falls in the RAIN forest!

Have you ever wondered if it rains in a rainforest?

We invite you to come along with us on our "P-day" adventure to Trafalgar Falls.to see lush green ferns,........

trees,..........

and funny old people,........

who were willing to "risk".....

slippery muddy steps, puddles and boulders......

to see spectacular streams and pools,........

beautiful flowers,.......

and other creations of the Lord...........

amidst cascading waterfalls........

in the rain!!! YES, it really does RAIN in the rainforest!

Melville Hall Airport

While we waited patiently, or impatiently, for our luggage to arrive after our trip to St. Kitts, Elder Maldonado, who had fallen ill with a flu-bug, took advantage of time to rest in a chair outside the airport. Elder Jackson and Ren, our taxi driver, waited more patiently than the rest! Ren simply enjoyed what he called the "cool evening Dominican breeze" and the scenery across the road and invited us to do the same.

The sound of the river helped us endure our opportunity to wait patiently. When our luggage finally arrived the following morning we could more fully appreciate the beauty we'd simply endured the evening before.

Mending his net

Our favorite fisherman now has a name: "Masterville Toussaint." We told his co-hort, Austin Harris, Friday morning when we stopped to watch the "master" mend his net that he must be the supervisor. He grinned approval. How could anyone not fall in love with fishermen!



Each stitch and knot must make a perfect square "or it will not be right at the end!" Masterville's 85-year-old fingers fairly flew from knot to knot. Amazing what can be accomplished with so little! All he needed was a small kitchen knife, which he sharpens with a "file," and his wooden bobbin.

St. Kitts Zone meets Pres & Sis Alvarado Family

AP's, Elder Tartikoff (in front of window louvers) and Elder Alisa (handsome Hawaiian who will play BYU football next year; striped tie top of circle) teach and train St. Kitts Zone elders 13 July 2010.
Sister Alvarado, 7-year-old Jorge, 11-year-old Kelly and 15-year-old Carrie Ann entertained themselves without complaint from 8:45 a.m. to well-past 7:30 p.m. while President Alvarado taught and interviewed missionaries.

Elder Tartikoff and Elder Maldonado happily wait for Sister Alvarado to serve ice cream to go with their oatmeal bar cookies.

President Alvarado talks with senior missionaries after a lunch of Subway sandwiches. Sister Case (red blouse) hosted zone conference, along with her companion, Elder Case . . . .

. . . who swabbed the deck after 'ALL was SAID and DONE!'

Dominica Cooking 101

Yup! That's a slab of "yellow fin" being skinned with an incredibly dull knife! It's now sliced, safely wrapped and in the freezer. One day soon, very soon, it will "swim in milk, then in oil" and be eaten!

On the kitchen counter is an assortment of fruits and vegetables, including coconut, green bananas, dasheen, plantain, papaya and bread-fruit fresh from the downtown "market."

Sister Cooper is peeling, coring and cutting bad spots from bread-fruit. The sink is full or slimy-limey water in which was washed dasheen and green bananas before they were boiled.

The finished products--which caused only slight indegestion and over-abundance of STARCH! FABULOUS-tasting carrots in the pan! Starchy green bananas, "swamp-grown" dasheen and boiled plantain on the plastic pretend plate at the left. Seasoned fried chicken tenders on the 'real' plate at the right.

Favorite Fisherman

The two following pictures have little to do with our week except Saturday morning's walk. This kindly old fiserhman has become a favorite. He is optimistic, cheerful, hard-working and friendly. He loves the Lord and expresses gratitude for each new day. He is 85 years old! You may think, as we did, the morning catch was unproductive..... .....but there really are FISH in the net!

Carnival Cruiser and Bath Estates

We always hope when we first glimpse a cruise ship waaaaaaaaay out on the horizon that somone we know is on board.

(This picture is out of sequence but,) . . .
We're disappointed when no one we know disembarks in Roseau.

(This picture is obviously another out-of-sequence.)
We continue to hope as we drive down the street toward the dock ...

Tuesday, 6 July 2010, we took Elder Jackson and Elder Maldonado with us to see areas where "less-actives" might live. The following three pictures were taken in Bath Estates, a lush green area in which we wouldn't mind at all to live!