This is our first P-day.  Last Monday we went with the Relief Society President to visit some of the inactives.  It is hard here because they don’t have addresses.  The streets are sometimes named but no one goes by their address name.  We have a lot of poor people here.  They come to St Thomas because there is more opportunity to get work here.  So they come from Tortola, Santa Dominica, Dominic, and other little islands or keys.  Most of the poor are West Indians.  They talk like Jamaicans, whatever it is they talk very fast, very, very fast.  We have spent a lot of time visiting the inactives and now we are going to start visiting the actives.  We want the actives to help us find contacts so we can teach.  We gave 4 first discussions last week and are following them up this week. 

Our last contact we talked to on Saturday night; he couldn’t believe that we would have a prophet today and he wouldn’t have known about it.  He had to talk to his minister about that.  So I am sure his minister will give him a lot about the church.

We do have a small group of LDS sisters that are Spanish speaking.  They come to Sacrament meeting – not sure how much they get out of that, but then they have their own Sunday school lesson.  Sometimes they stay for Relief Society and sometimes they don’t.

It is expensive to have automobiles here.  So many walk or ride what they call safaris.  They are a flat bed pickup truck that they modify so people can get on and off.  They have about 4 rows with about 4 people sitting on a row.  That is expensive as well - $2 one way, so if a family is coming that could add up fast.

My companions says I need to say something so here it is something. I have told my Mission president that I know that we are to work here in St Thomas.  Last week our President said that he bears witness that we are to be here.  One of my worries is for me to make a mistake and not help people come unto the Savior.

 The people here are wonderful just getting along and living.  Most are always smiling and seem to be enjoying life.  I am not sure how they can live here.  Food, gas, water and much more are so expensive.   We have a lady in the branch that lives as far away from the chapel as possible, her faith is wonderful. She never misses Sacrament, I think we all can learn I know that I have by her example

Here are some more pictures of our beautiful island