June 4th, 2017

Dear Family and Friends,

We have been in Guyana and Suriname the past week holding Zone Conferences and leave tomorrow for Trinidad. While we were in Guyana we taught with some of our missionaries and then they introduced us to Brother Harry, who makes artifacts out of caiman and snake. We were able to hold a caiman and his pet anaconda which is only a few years old. He wanted to give Dad and I a gift because the Lord has blessed him with so much business from our missionaries. He made Dad an anaconda belt and finished a wallet for me. He would not let us pay him a dime. His Bible and Book of Mormon were sitting on his workbench and he reads from both daily, even though he has never joined the church. Brother Harry is a sweetheart and was very happy that we stopped by. The Guyanese are such a humble and Christlike people. We are better for knowing them.

Suriname was the next stop and it was a quick one. We got in at 2:30 am Friday morning and left Sunday morning. We prefer not to fly on Sunday, but it was the only flight that would get us back to Trinidad in time to head to Curacao on Tuesday! We are working hard in the service of the Lord and know that we are given extra health and strength to keep up this pace. Keep praying for Trinidad. We really hope that the few missionary permits we were able to receive, will be the start of a regular flow. We are grateful to be in your hearts and prayers.

Love,

Trini and Dad