On September 29, Elder Jean and Sister Catharina Drolet return to the arms of family and friends in British Columbia, Canada.Before leaving home to come on a mission, Elder Jean Drolet told his wife and missionary companion, “If you think it is hard to leave family and friends to go on a mission, wait and see how you feel when it will be time to leave the mission and the friends we will have made there.” Says Sister Drolet, "He was absolutely right. Of course a mission is hard. Like Sister Sheri Dew said, 'If it weren’t hard, it would be easy'." Elder and Sister Drolet have witnessed the hand of the Lord "from the day the Spirit whispered to us the time had come for us to serve a full time mission until now, and “we will yet see many more miracles well after we return home to our loved ones.”
You could never convince the Drolet’s “the day of miracles has passed” They have witnessed so many during the course of the past eighteen months. “How wonderful to know in some small way we were able to touch a few lives and helped some to come unto Christ, and a few others, to be perfected in Him. We could have never imagined the goodness of the saints in French Guyana. If anyone has benefited from our friendships with so many of them, it is us, the Drolets. It was hard, however, to see very many in need and in trouble we simply could not help. It would be so great to be ‘Bill Gates’ and be able to lift people out of misery.”
“We are so grateful for the opportunity to serve and to lift and to bless some of our Father’s children. We love then dearly. Everything else, the beauty of our surroundings, the climate, etc, is secondary. Good bye, beloved saints, friends, and co workers in the Lord’s vineyard. You will be missed tremendously.”
Love and best wishes to Elder and Sister Drolet, a wonderful bi-lingual couple who have served well in the West Indies. You will be missed - on both the French and English sides of the mission.
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