From St. Lucia, Elder and Sister Bush write, “Our two Christmas dinners were very different, but both delightful. A traditional dinner in Grenada with ham, potatoes and pie on the Tuesday before Christmas, was with Elders Hunt, Hartshorn, Rice, Nielson and Sisters Fish and Stephenson. Our second dinner on the beautiful island of St. Lucia was with Elders Jones, Bastien, Palmer and Webb. Potato soup and wassail are not on any traditional Christmas menu, but everything was good.”On Saturday in Georgetown, Guyana, the missionaries sang carols and distributed newborn kits to mothers and babies in the maternity ward of a local hospital, then gathered for turkey and ham with all the non-traditional trimmings. After dinner, the Georgetown Twelve played some "Minute to Win It" challenges. Skyped-calls home took awhile during which companions watched "Lost Land of the Jaguar," a BBC documentary about Guyana's interior.
On Saturday in Berbice, the missionaries visited an orphanage where they sang Christmas carols, played games and had the children participate in a Nativity play as Elder McLain read from the Bible. Sunday after Church, everyone sat down to Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, shared their favorite holiday traditions in their home, then watched “17 Miracles.” Phone calls home were a bit difficult since Skype was interrupted 3 times by black outs.
As always, Christmas in the West Indies Mission was filled with good service, good fun, good food, good companionships, phone calls to loved ones at home and a renewed dedication to reaching and teaching Heavenly Father’s children in the islands of the Caribbean and in three countries in South America.
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