St Vincent's Montreal Gardens

For our last visit to St Vincent, Elder and Sister Hatton took us to an incredibly beautiful hidden garden. What colors!

Take a look

Branch leadership changes in St Vincent and Grenada

For those of you following the progress of the church in St Vincent and Grenada, here is some news. This weekend new President Robison called new Branch Presidents for every branch. Here are the new leaders:

Kingston St. Vincent - New Branch President is Ralph Baynes. Counselors are Airic Moses and Rodney Forbes.

Calliqua, St. Vincent - New Branch President is Kish Robertson. Counselors are being called Sunday.

Grenada Branch - New Branch President is Leonard Samuel. Counselors are being called Sunday.

In two of these branches senior missionaries were serving as Branch Presidents so this is wonderful progress in establishing the church.

A perfect day in St Vincent

We have been serving our mission for almost two and a half years now and have not taken time to see many of the beauties of the West Indies. So we are trying to spend a few hours here and there with the senior couples and share their favorite sights. Today we drove with the Hattons to see a little of St Vincent and then got to finish the day with a baptism in the sea - perfect!

Driving in St Vincent is scenic but challenging


Sister Hatton told me that Elder Hatton has been in the ditch four times during their mission - just like this poor car we passed!


We passed gorgeous vistas and little hidden beaches


Our first stop was Wallilabou Bay - where Pirates of the Carribean was filmed. Do you recognize this distinctive rock from the first movie?


We stopped to see the Layou petroglyphs - aren't they amazing? I have seen petroglyphs all over the West Indies and in Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah - all of them very similar - so odd.


We passed a long wooden waterpipe stretching for miles.


Elder Hatton called this leak the 'drive by car wash'


Our final stop was Dark View Falls - gorgeous!


To get there we had to cross this bamboo bridge


Sister Hatton is a pro


We climbed through a bamboo forest


Until we caught our first glimpse of the falls


It was definitely worth the effort


I was surprised when the Hattons said there were even more falls up above. We hiked up and were rewarded by this


We returned in time to clean up for the baptism.

Elder Rosales showed Isaiah (who wants to be baptized) how a missionary prepares


The baptism was held at a beautiful little hidden cove.

To the beach we go


Led by Elder McNeal


With Elder Williamson all ready to capture the moment


Elder Hatton found a friend


Clair Primus and her daughters Camille and Akelia were baptized


This is a fun picture - those about to be baptized with some of the newest members of the church (baptized within the past few weeks)


One of the newly baptized is 19 year old David who is looking towards serving a mission


Into the water


Hurrah for Israel!



Every new member needs a friend


The newest Saints in St Vincent

Don't they look happy?

Of course the day ended with another glorious St Vincent sunset


Wouldn't you love to join this family in the sea?


The Hattons definitely know how to show visitors a great time!

Sunset in St Vincent

Isn't St Vincent gorgeous?

We are in St Vincent for the weekend - no not to relax and gaze at sunsets although they certainly are beautiful. We held a leadership training meeting tonight, will attend a baptism tomorrow, and President Robison will be doing some leadership changes on Sunday. I did have a few free minutes tonight while he conducted interviews to sit on our porch and watch the sunset with Sister Hatton (serving a couple mission here with her husband).



Here is what we saw (I was tempted to tinker in photoshop but I resisted so this is the real thing)




The best sight of the night


West Indies missionaries - Elders McNeal and Rosales