St. Christopher Children's Home Service Project

President Alvarado says, "Let us begin!"  Begin we did!  We worked to remove the sod from a small area of the back yard to make a flower bed at St. Christopher Children's Home. 

  We were grateful when each additional person came to help.  LJ brought his friend and younger brother, Tevon, who happily put on Mormon Helping Hands vests, paused for a picture and then went to work.  When we were almost finished.....

 Ms. Wells said, "We appreciate all you've done, BUT, what I really would like you to do is the area on the other side of the fence."  Elder Hadlock and President Hanley didn't say what they were thinking--'YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING!

But as the morning progressed and one-by-one more helpers arrived a big part of what Ms. Wells wanted done actually happened! 

Two of the boys currently living at the home came to see what all the yellow vests were doing. 

By early afternoon there was a total of 35 Mormon Helping Hands that enjoyed a little rest and sack lunch in the shade. 

Jomilah Farrell's baptism and Mr. Toad's "Wild Ride"

Jomilah Farrell's Sunday School teacher, Brother Vazquez, baptized her on Friday, 8 July 2011.  Nijoe Farrell, Jomilah's newly adoptive father, Cami Farrell, Phyllis Farrell, her now legal mother and her two youngest daughters, Azaina and Nefisa, posed for this picture prior to the service which was held in the chapel rather than the usual font room because of so many visitors from the Puerto Rico San Juan Mission.

The Young Women, their leaders, Donville Paul and LJ Payne (non-member) sang the closing song, "Be Strong and of Good Courage" or something to that effect.

 

No matter how squished five adults are in the backseat of a Corolla, it's worth it when at the end of the wild ride are Marriott Guava BBQ Ribs!  

Dinner Guests at Our House

Yvette and St. Clair Jarvis came to dinner after July's Fast and Testimony Meeting.

Sisters in the kitchen, where almost everything happens!

Content after a long hard day and a light late supper are L-R President Hymas, Sister Alvarado, President Alvarado, Emmanuel Maldonado, Sister Hymas, empty chair (where Elder Button should be but he was at the Silver Reef condo with a fever), Sister Button, Sister Galan and President Galan. 

John Makoni and a friend he met at medical school, "J", took a ferry and a scooter ride to come to church Sunday.  They came to our house for Hawaiian Haystacks afterward.

4th of July and two days after

OK, it may not be perfect but underneath these Stars & Stipes are DELICIOUS Oatmeal Bars and the Red, White & Blue Danish wasn't bad either--especially for a first-time try.

These are some of the med students, vet students, wives and children that made themselves at home Monday evening at the Marriott condo currently occupied by Adrian and Beth Allred and their three children that have been in St. Kitts for the last three plus years and are probably the heart of social life. 

And these are members of the St. Kitts Branch that came to the church Wednesday evening to learn to make table linens.  (L-R - Janis Harris, Ernestine Jules, Yvette Jarvis, Coreen Huggins and Phyllis Farrell.) 

Branch Clean-up; Nicole Makoni

As we all remember singing in Primary, "Saturday is a special day, it's the day we get ready for Sunday".......  What you see of Sister Allred, YW president, is behind; Sister Harris, RS counselor, is supervising; Sister Vazquez, med student wife, just finished wiping ceiling fans.   

Cleo Pemberton, Primary president, was happy to be cleaning this classroom while her romantic interest was busy cleaning in the men's room!

Brother Gonzalez worked outside but came to the rescue when those of us inside cleaning the baptismal font screamed, "A CENTIPEDE!"  Brother Persaud is under the car, which is his usual place.  Damon and Brennan Allred weren't much help but they weren't any trouble either!

President Hanley was soooooooooo happy when it was all said and done but that was after Donville Paul and Shane Brauchie finished weeding,

 and Brother Allred, EQP, gave his stamp of approval.

 

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We chose this picture of Nicole Makoni because she was happier when she arrived in St. Kitts than when she left.

Small JNF General Hospital Project

Got just what we expected from the media at the little humanitarian proejct ground-breaking ceremony for a steam-boiler room addition to the laundry at Joseph N. France General Hospital in Basseterre Monday, 20 June 2011.  NOTHING . . . except this female "reporter" who showed up after the fact with no press ID, no camera, no recorder.  Not even a paper or pencil!

Slim-Jim told us to "just hang loose."

Pictures that follow happened before the "reporter" arrived.

Ground-breaking,

pictures, (hospital administraton and laundry staff) and . . . . .

Let the construction begin!

Priesthood under a mango tree & Jomilah Ferrell

Preisthood class meets Sunday mornings under this mango tree.  Watch out for the birds!   They hit some unsuspecting victim almost every week!  YUCK!

Twelve-year-old Jomilah came Thursday morning for a missionary discussion.  After the discussion we enjoyed a cool drink on the veranda and then went inside to make and bake brownies.

Too bad dishes have to be a part of baking, but,

the finished product is worth the work!

Blue containers to the left of the refrigerator hold our hurricane water supply; open door behind Jomilah is the extra bedroom that isn't a part of our lease agreement.