The West Indies Mission: Ten "Return with Honor"

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Ten "Return with Honor"

It is time once again to say “goodbye” to ten dedicated missionaries who have completed fulltime service to the Lord and His children here in the West Indies Mission. As you return to the arms of friends, family and a bright future, we pray – in the words of President James E. Faust – “you will always honor four sacred principles: reverence for Deity; respect and honor in family relationships; reverence for and obedience to the ordinances and covenants of the holy priesthood and respect for yourself as a child of God.”

We wish you well (from the upper left): Jordan Matthew Groff (Kaysville, Utah), Santakumar Pitamber (Georgetown, Guyana), Weslande Olysse (of the beautiful island of Martinique), Tyler Murphy White (LaVerne, California), Triston Leandro Murray and Premchand Bharat (both of Georgetown, Guyana), Clayton Jones (Beaver, Utah), Hayden George VanMeeteren (Ogden, Utah), Ted Spurgeon Bushman (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Christina Jaipaul (Georgetown, Guyana).

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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!!!