Good Spirit

Hi

This week has been good. 

We worked really hard to get Sister Geeta's baptism perfect and it went really well. We had pretty decent Branch Support and President Thakoor did everything very well with little to no help. This Sunday we had the confirmation and all we had to do was go over what president Thakoor had to say. It was his very first confirmation to do and so he was very nervous but once he started going, the spirit took over. The spirit was very strong in that room and people after thought we had helped him. I know that blessing he gave to his daughter was exactly what the Lord wanted him to say. After it happened he said he couldn't remember what he had said. It was really cool. 

Today we had our zone activity and we played soccer on a field next to the New Amsterdam public hospital and some Cuban doctors saw us playing so they joined us. It was pretty fun. 

Elder Sanchez is pretty good. We are having fun and working hard. We are preparing for our next baptism on on April 7th. 

OH and tell Grandma and Grandpa happy 50th anniversary. That's pretty cool.

Here is a picture of Sister Geeta's baptism and a picture of a wonderful steak meal we had after the Baptism. We found a barbecue that sells stake every Saturday for only $2000 GYD. It was fantastic. 

Elder Fisher 

18 month mark

Hey!

Things have been good here. Nothing too crazy. Just doing the usual.

Wow it sounds very eventful there at home. Sounds like its been quite the week for WCCHS. Its great to hear how provincials are going.

I am glad you liked the picture of me on Facebook I will  try to continue to get classic picture of me on our mission page. 

 We have been working with lots of people and the work is a little slower here. I didn't realize how important reading was until I came to a country were a quarter of it cant read. It makes me feel smarter though! Its been interesting but fun. Especially in Berbice where the literacy rates are much lower. Maybe that would help kids want to read more when they learn how important it is to learn to read and be strong readers.

By the way the Haake's are awesome. We are working hard and preparing them for a baptism this coming Saturday. We have also been teaching and preparing Sister Geeta Tuckoor for baptism. She is the Branch presidents daughter and she finally feels like she is ready to take this step in her life. She is really cool. Her Boyfriend is really understanding and has moved back in with his parents so that she can be baptized. We are also now teaching him as well. His name is Victor. He is progressing really well. The only problem is if he can't get a job here soon he will have to work on a farm out in the bush where there is no church. He taught us that you must overstand the plan of salvation and not just understand it. We are trying to find new people here but they aren't quite as welcoming as in Canje. Still really good and everyone seems to follow through with their commitments a lot better here. I'm not too sure what the change is since the two towns are so close. Its been fun though. 

Elder Gibson and I celebrating our 18 month mark last Wednesday at Zone conference.

Elder Fisher

Recent converts

This week has been good. I am over the sickness and the emergency bathroom runs, so things are going well. It was just a couple day thing and I haven't seen any worms or anything in my poop. Some missionaries here got it a lot worse but are better now.  I mean with all of the curry and oil we eat that never completely goes away but it comes in its bursts. 

We have been working hard and visiting lots of people. There are a lot of less active recent coverts here we are trying to work with. Lots and lots of member work but we plan on working really hard to get home teachers to all of the recent converts. The problem is there just isn't enough priesthood holders here but we look forward to tackling the issues. 

We have been studying section 19 this month in hand book two and my companion has to give a lesson on home teaching from it in zone conference on Wednesday. Every transfer our mission president gives us a new section to study in handbook 2 in every meeting we have. I'm sure your pretty familiar with it Dad. 

This week we contacted a person named Laurindo. He is 19 years old and use to live in the states. He was there for some running camps. His event is the 400m. He is a 7th day Adventist who are never too interested in the message and are very devout to there religion here. He says he doesn't attend so much anymore since his parents divorced. He lives with his uncle now and is doing a little soul searching. After our first visit with him and teaching him the first lesson on how God is our Loving Heavenly Father he said he really liked our visit and was going to try to come to church on Sunday. He didn't make it but we plan o finding out why when we go back. There are a lot f really good people here who the  Lord is preparing. 

There is no daylight savings in Guyana because the sun rises and sets at just about the same time all year around so it would be kinda pointless. 

Sounds like things are going well especially for the boys basketball team. That's pretty awesome! Sounds like they are having a pretty god year of sports in Claresholm. 

Love ya lots

Elder Fisher

Phagwah

Hi

This week been really good. 

First to answer your question MLC is Missionary Leadership conference so all of the zone leaders flew to Trinidad to discuss plans for the mission. Elder Sanchez is a zone leader so he went to that. It also was the last one in Trinidad. They have a new mission office in Curacoa and have begun moving stuff over. 

This week has been fun. We finished our trio with elder Hanni and Elder Eads. My exchange with elder Henrickson in Corriverton was pretty fun. You can see Suriname from there. Its a pretty nice place. Getting back with Elder Griffeth and Rosehall was fun too. We got a surprise attack by some recent converts a little early for Phagwah. Friday was Phagwah and before I got picked up to go to New Amsterdam we went out and got completely soaked head to toe in some very colorful water. Its been fun. In New Amsterdam everywhere Elder Sanchez and I went we got covered in colored powder. Its definitely a holiday i think we need to celebrate in Canada more. 

Me and Elder Griffith and the assailants as well as the last day of the trio.

More Phagwah pictures

That night I had the Caribbean thunder and woke up with a terrible stomach ache and head ache. The next morning was very painful. I felt week and couldn't eat anything. I wish I could have some of mom's soup. I have only eaten bananas and yogurt the last three days. Lots of the missionaries here in Berbice are getting sick. Diarrhea and vomiting. I have been able to manage I Just can't take too much at one time. I feel a lot better now then I did and I forced my self to work and we had some lessons. It was good. Still can't eat too much and still having the thunder but things are going well. 

The branch seems pretty cool and we are teaching our Branch president how to read. It should be a fun transfer! I have been able to see a lot more of Berbice since i was up in Skeldon and Rosehall for most of this week and I think the Coryntyne is a pretty nice place. I am now in New Amsterdam with my companion and we are working really well together. It should be fun. Its not too bad being here since I already know and have even taught some of these people before on exchanges.

Elder Fisher