How do you sum up three years in one last journal entry? Our last tour through the mission was tender and bittersweet as we said goodbye to missionaries, members and investigators that had become a part of our very souls. What a blessing it was to experience the cultures, languages, and testimonies of these wonderful children of God. Although it was the hardest fun we ever had, it was also immensely rewarding and testimony building.
We learned more about our Savior by serving his children in Trinidad, Tobago, Suriname, Guyana, Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. They will forever be imprinted in our hearts and we are better for having known them. They taught us the meaning of meekness, humility and willingness to consecrate all they had for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our missionaries were the best of the best and it was a joy to watch them mature and spiritually change, through exact obedience and dedication to their calling as a disciple of the Lord. The blessings of the atonement became obvious in their countenances and blessed the work in the Trinidad Port of Spain Mission.
As each missionary returned home, they were given a temple recommend holder with our mission scripture.
“Come unto Christ and be perfected in Him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness… then is His grace is sufficient for you.” Moroni 10:32
We saw His grace in action daily and will never forget our mission experience. It was a privilege to serve and we pray that we may all stay true to the covenants and promises we have made, so that He may say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of the Lord." Matthew 25:21
We are grateful for our six children and 15 grandchildren whose prayers were tangibly felt as we were away serving. We want them to know that we can do hard things and so can they, especially when called by the Lord.
"And everyone that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father or mother, or children, or lands, for my namesake, shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life." Matthew 19:29
May our family continue to stay strong in our testimonies of a loving Heavenly Father, of His son Jesus Christ, and in His atonement, so that we can be together eternally.
We love you so much,
Trini and Dad
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