Wow! what fun!  We were too close to St. Kitts to not stop and say hi to Adrian and Beth.  We got to hug that new grand baby that was already nine months old.  It was so fun to see grandkids again.  We sure do miss our family.  Adrian lives on one of the most beautiful islands we have seen.  It is like going to the country with small towns and a volcano.  We played at the beach and went snorkeling.  Brennan got to see sea turtles, star fish and all kinds of fish with his daddy and grandpa.  Then of course, Adrian and Beth just got to St. Kitts and we followed them clear to the island in the sea to GET to help them unpack.  We laughed about the fact that we have helped them with every move since they were married.  We loved being able to visit and play and then it was back to work.

French Islands

This mission experience continues to be an amazement!  We have to pinch ourselves to realize that we actually are flying all over the Caribbean and sharing family history.  We flew first to Martinique and taught a wonderful small group of members.  The french island saints love family history and so they love us to visit them.  One sister even fixed lobster for Clyde's birthday and gave me her necklace that I admired.  Such sweet saints!  They pray each day at 7 am and 7 pm to become a  stake. Martinique is a beautiful green island with rolling hills.  Next we visited Guadeloupe and helped them fix up their family history center.  They are great genealogists and do lots of research so they were thrilled when we changed a micro fiche reader that they cannot use anymore to a micro film reader which they use all the time.  Just a small act of service turned into a huge gratitude.  In the evening we had a great turn out of Priesthood leaders and members anxious to learn new family search.  It is so wonderful to go do the Lord's work where members love what you are teaching.  There was such enthusiasm!  Last we flew to St. Marteen which only has a handful of members but they welcomed us just the same.