September 29 - St. Vincent Day Trip?

On September 29, 2014 we headed off to St. Vincent to make arrangements for equipment to conduct training for a wheelchair project coming up in December.  This day trip turned into an overnighter.  Our late evening flight was canceled and we had to stay.  Of course we had taken no change of clothes or toiletries with us (we weren't staying over night).  Since the senior couple had returned home to the USA we stayed in the empty senior couple apartment.

 

The flag of St. Vincent.

 

National flower of St. Vincent.  Soufriere Tree.

Roman Catholic Cathedral in Kingston, St. Vincent.

Ship outside the senior couple apartment. 

 

View from the senior couple apartment.

 

Sister Moore on the beach outside the senior couple apartment.

 

Lizard on the steps to the senior couple apartment.

September 16-20 -- Dominican Republic

On September 16, 2014 we flew to the Dominican Republic for a Humanitarian Missionary Conference.  The flight was interesting as we had to go through Miami, Florida, USA.

 

Flag of the Dominican Republic.

National flower of the Dominican Republic.  Bayahibe Rose.

 



The Humanitarian Missionaries in the Caribbean Area for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Elder Julio Acosta (Area Welfare Manager)  Berthony Theodore (Haiti Welfare Specialist), Elder and Sister Hart (Caribbean Area Welfare Specialists), Elder and Sister Moore (West Indies Mission Humanitarian Specialists), Elder and Sister Whitehead (Jamaica Mission - Humanitarian Country Directors), Daniel R. de Almeida (Director of Temporal Affairs Caribbean Area).

 

Sister Moore outside the Botanical Gardens.

 

Out in the "Jungle".

Lizard on a tree branch.

 

Must have been enjoying ourselves.

On the tram for our guided tour.

Entrance to the Japanese Garden.

Elder Moore with a Japanese shrine in the background.

On the bridge.

Sister Moore with tree and shrine.  She got photo bombed.

 

Traffic!!!!!  In Santo Domingo.

 



 

September 15 - Zone Conference in Barbados

We had Zone Conference on 15 September 2014 here in Barbados.  The group for this zone conference saw three other islands come for the zone conference.
 

The missionaries from Barbados with the West Indies Mission President, President and Sister Mehr and Elder and Sister Zivic.  Elder Zivic is a general authority in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  Elder Zivic is a member of the Seventies (a calling in the LDS Church).

 

Sister and Elder Zivic.

 

Here is the group of missionaries attending the Zone Conference.  Front row Elder and Sister Smith, Sister and President Mehr, Elder and Sister Zivic, Sister and Elder Moore, Sister and Elder Gubler.    Sister Moore prepared the luncheon for the group.  We fed 68 missionaries.

Grenada - Out and About

Traveling around Grenada. 

 

This tunnel has a height limit of only 7 ft.

Elder Moore is remembering when he drove an ambulance.

Good looking couple we found at a restaurant.

The marina by the restaurant.

"Praying is the best way to meet God, but trespassing on this property is much quicker."

The gate to get in to Ricky's place.

 

Elder and Sister Moore with Ricky.  Ricky grows a mean garden, he lives in a little shack on the property.  The cane that Elder Moore is holding was made by Ricky, it is strangled candlewood.  Candlewood is a wood rich in resin that is used for torches and as a replacement for candles.  The strangled part is because it had a vine wrapped around it.  Ricky is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and his brother Ryan is now serving on a mission in Georgia, USA.

 

A sign in a shop at the airport.

 

Our flight out was delayed.  Some people had been waiting since early morning for their flight and started to get boisterous.  The airline brought in food.

 



 

Grenada - Fort George

We went to Fort George.  Originally built from 1706-1710 by the French and called Fort Royal renamed to Fort George in 1763, in honour of King George III when the British took possession of the Island.  This fort has been in use constantly since it was built and now houses the Royal Grenada Police Force.
 

Sister Moore on the road up to Fort George.

 



View of Saint George's from Fort George.

 



The wall of the fort with the cannon.

 



Elder Smith, Sister Moore, and Elder Moore

 



Elder Moore had to put his finger on it.

Sister Moore looking good with the abandoned building in the background.

Sister Moore with cannons.

A mortar.

Sister Moore at the entrance to one of the tunnels.

Sister Moore down in one of the tunnels.

OH NO!!! IT'S CLOSING IN ON ME!!!!

 



September - Grenada The Radisson