The West Indies Mission: Goodbye to Sixteen Headed Home

Friday, October 14, 2011

Goodbye to Sixteen Headed Home

They have served faithfully and well, and now the time has come to say goodbye to another group of 16 missionaries going home to family and friends in all parts of the world.

Farewell to the following sons and daughters of the West Indies Mission: (top collage, from left) Andrew James Nufer (Cedar City, Utah), Juan Enrique Rodriguez (Mairena del Aljarafe, Seville, Spain), Jake Alan McKeachnie (Highland, Utah), Jonathan Miles Call (Sandy, Utah), Oratio Odone Cornwall (Portsmore, Jamaica), Tracey Youlanda DeFreitas and Naomi Abiola Fraser (both of Georgetown, Guyana), and Talon Leis Carter (Mt. Home, Utah), (second collage, from left) Braden Scott Baker (Centerville, Utah), Josiah Allen Jones (LaVerkin, Utah), Michael Joseph Gordon (Spokane, Washington), Rusden Reed Albert Scott (Layton, Utah), Alexander Michael Thompson (Salt Lake City, Utah), Harrison Samuel Bowles (West Valley City, Utah), Richard McKay Winzenried (Logandale, Nevada), and Ryan Richard Bell (Providence, Utah).

1 comment:

Janel said...: Sis. Sappington,
My son, Elder Durfee and his companieros from the MTC are very excited to arrive on Monday night! We can't wait for their experience there in WIM.....it is sad to see missionaries leave, but the good news is newbies are on their way!
Thanks!
Janel Durfee; October 16, 2011 at 7:39 PM

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A Message to WIM Missionary Families

Sending and receiving mail – especially packages - is difficult, time-consuming and costly here in the Caribbean . . . and can take many weeks to reach the recipient!!!

Parents and others, with the best of intentions and love in their hearts, spend significant time and money to purchase, prepare and mail these packages. In some of our mission’s 12 countries, the package is then opened at the post office – after an hour or more of waiting in line. When the contents have been identified, taxes and/or duty fees are assessed which the missionaries are asked to pay out of their small amount of support funds.

After all this effort, these “care” packages are usually found to contain only a few small items and a whole lot of candy, all which can be purchased almost anywhere in the West Indies Mission.

We know you love your missionary and packages from home are a way to express that love, but most missionaries are just as excited about receiving small amounts of extra spending money on a personal Mastercard or Visa - provided and funded from time-to-time by loving parents as a way to purchase what the elder or sister may need in-country.

Of course, the most important gifts you can send your missionary are frequent handwritten letters – including photos - expressing your love and support of their efforts to “bring souls unto Christ!”

Thanks for your understanding in this matter, Parents. We love your missionary!!!