Earth Quake

The time is flying here and we are having fun. We are making our visits and teaching lots of people. We started teaching a member named Sister Ruby who has family in Edmonton and visits every so often. She's really cool. We are hoping to have some baptisms here on September 15.

Hey don't worry this week was really crazy and 100% safe. Tuesday was the craziest as that was when we felt the big earth tremor. I was in Sister's Village teaching one of our baptismal dates on there wood stairs. We were sitting there when all of a sudden the stairs began shaking. At first we were confused until we saw the power lines shaking and all the buildings creaking and groaning and we realize it was an earth quake so we ran of the stairs and stood on solid ground. It was a very weird feeling as my feet were solidly placed on the ground but I was shaking. It felt like i was dizzy. 

I also learned I don't want to be picked up by Guyanese emergency first respondents. On our way back we passed a bad motorcycle accident before any first respondents arrived. Our hired car driver decided to stop to get a good look. A small crowed began forming at this point. It was dark and it looked like the motorcycle driver hit a homeless man walking on the road. The man who got hit, his legs were cut up very badly and were bleeding a little bit. The motorcycle driver looked much worse. His face was all bloody and blood was foaming from his mouth. Both were just laying there unconscious but moving a little and breathing. A police truck then pulled up and the police got out and yelled at the crowd to help pick them up to put them in the back of the truck. About 10 men then picked them up by the arms and legs and lifted them into the truck. The cycle driver left a good pile of blood behind his head.They then took off and we haven't heard anything since. We got in the car and drove away. 

The next morning we felt our house shake for a half a minute. It was a smaller tremor but not as many people noticed it. On a more positive note this week we were biking between appointments and we accidentally took a wrong turn. When we realized it we stopped by an older lady carrying groceries. She asked us if we could help her. It was a short walk to her house through a street full of craters. Her taxi refused to drive her through the street and she has really bad knees and can barely walk. We gladly helped her and she told us how she use to be Muslim but had a good friend in the church in Georgetown and began to go to the church there and became a christian. The missionaries were teaching here but then her husband died in a car accident and she moved and lost contact with the church. This was about 8 years ago. She was never baptized or anything but she told us how she was thinking about trying to find the church again and that she would love to go to church again. Her name is sister Lila and she is a very nice lady. We have begun teaching her and her Granddaughter. Its been a fun and interesting week!

Love Elder Fisher