Hanging in there

Did you ever wonder what your sons look like at the close of a long day of proselyting?

They come into their apartments between 9 and 9:30 pm - sweaty, hungry, tired - ready to rip off the tie, jump into the shower and grab a bowl of cereal.

But that is not what good missionaries do at the end of the day.

They keep that tie on, kneel in prayer and then they pull out planners and area books for a 30 minute planning session. When they endure to the end in doing their duty, and work as hard as they can every minute to bless the lives of the people they are finding and teaching - miracles happen, baptisms take place, and many of their sweet brothers and sisters find themselves on the path to eternal life.

This video clip of one of our new grandsons made me think of your good sons - pressing forward and enduring to the end in their exhausting yet eternally important work

Hanging in there from diane robison on Vimeo.

Island Zone at Work

I tried to upload this video clip a few weeks ago and couldn't get the sound to work. It is now fixed.

The Island Zone did a service project before zone conference at the Red Cross building near the church in Castries, St Lucia. Someone at the Red Cross called the news and here is what was shown on local TV - twice.

Into the Water

Sister Sherwood made this beautiful slideshow about the baptisms she and Elder Sherwood saw while serving in St Lucia (to see full screen click on the lower right corner icon.

This will give you just a glimpse of the joy that comes to those who serve couple missions



Feel free to share this with anyone who is thinking about serving a couple mission.

Farewell to the Sherwoods

It is hard to see missionary couples complete their missions and return home.

We will miss the Sherwoods!

They have done a great work building the church in St Lucia spiritually and physically!

Elder Sherwood was the driving force behind getting a new building for the Castries branch and a fabulous extension that will hold the large group of Saints that gather every Sunday - and most other nights of the week too!

Here he is showing off his 'baby'


We captured them for a few minutes tonight for a quick meal. They wanted to sneak off home through Trinidad with no fuss but we just had to see them one last time. I figured some homemade lemon meringue pie might entice them to stay awhile (it did).


Elder Williamson served in St Lucia with the Sherwoods - they love him!


Apparently last week was non-stop farewell partying in St Lucia. Here are the beautiful young women all dressed up after performing St Lucian dances for the Sherwoods


I am continually amazed and impressed when I see the impact couple missionaries have on the sweet saints of the West Indies.

A beautiful testimony

I thought you would like to hear Jade's conversion story. She is a sweet and loving sister who lives in the Berbice area of Guyana with her good husband, Travis, and darling little boy, Travis Jr.