Forbes to Mississippi ... and "shout out" to Catie!

So this week has been really exciting. Sister Forbes got her mission call and she's going to (drumroll please)....the Mississippi Jackson Mission.

She'll be going to the Provo MTC September 10 and hopefully she'll go to Utah a few days before so that she could see the Salt Lake Temple (her dream temple). She was just as excited (maybe a little more) about the fact that she's speaking english as I was.

So yeah, we're really excited about all of that.

We're also excited because a girl in a family that we're teaching is planning to get baptized on Saturday. She's a fireball and super excited about it! Her mom is planning on getting baptized in June and they're just an amazing family.

Sister Forbes and I have really gained testimonies on the advice that we've been given that the secret to missionary work is really loving the people and once you love the people, everything else will fall in place. The Lord's hand is in the fabric of our lives and it's just amazing.

This morning we hiked the volcano again, La Soufrier, and it was very foggy and rainy but we still had a blast.

I don't have much time but shout out to Catie this week who is getting married, Congrats, I love you!

Much Love,

Sister Crompton

 

Photo from last week's zone conference

Our hike to La Soufiere

 

 

Barbados Zone Conference

Hello Everyone!

Well this past week was pretty amazing. We went to Barbados for Zone Conference and we had a blast. I was able to stay with Sister Hawkes in their super nice apartment and meet a lot of other new sisters that have recently joined the West Indies clan. The first thing we noticed when flying into Barbados was realizing how flat everything is. We weren't able to see a lot of Barbados, mostly just the church building and the apartment and for our workout in the morning we ran on the beach :)

I did see 2 monkeys along the fences right outside the building which was pretty interesting!

One thing I really liked that President Mehr mentioned when talking to us was that our spirits teach our body things and our bodies teach our spirits. Like our bodies are teaching our spirits to be humble when we kneel down and pray and how are spirits are teaching our bodies when we get up really early in the morning and we feel tired, our spirit is saying "get up!!" So something he told us to ask ourselves is "who is teaching who today?"

I don't have much time but I love you all and I hope that everyone is doing well

Love,

Sister Crompton

 

 

 

 

Timing is EVERYTHING

This week has been VERY busy and full of UPs and DOWNs 

(but hey, there is opposition in ALL things right?)

Last week we were able to contact someone who attended the baptism and she said she wanted to meet with us.

She's a mother of 2 girls (one 4 and one 10) and after meeting with them twice, they already want to be baptized! The 10 year old is a firecracker and is SOO excited to get baptized, she said she's been waiting to get baptized for a LONG time (and she's only ten! haha)

They came to church yesterday and it's amazing how prepared they are to receive this gospel! 

We ran into a Jehova's Witness and he tried to give us trouble, but I've come to learn that they can fight with scriptures all they want but as soon as we bear our testimony and the Spirit is there, they can't say a word. It just goes to show how the Holy Ghost can witness truth to ALL people.

We've been pretty busy this week becuase we are getting ready for Zone Conference in Barbados!
And if my 1st semester FHE family was wondering (Freddie, Derrick, Derek, Catie, Louisa, Gabbi, Rachel, Sam, you know who you are) YES that is where Katrina Hawkes is and YES I will see her, crazy right?!
We're both REALLY excited to say the least.

I've learned how important timing is EVERYTHING and everything happens for a reason and how the Lord is expecting us to learn at ALL times, especially when things are going rough.

He humbles us so we can open our eyes and learn from what's going on around us. 

Like my bishop told said back in my first week out at school 

"the more uncomfortable we are, the more willing we are to learn"- Bishop England

Much Love,

Sister Crompton

A member made a St. Vincent specialty for us last night, roasted breadfruit and salt fish!

another week

Well we started off this week with a really cool District Meeting.

My District Leader told all of us to pick a Christlike Attribute and give a 5 min talk on it.

I picked Diligence because even though it sounds cliche, the Lord definitely works by small and simple things and it's only when WE do the small and simple things daily (read scriptures, pray, all the "sunday school" answers) that we can endure to the end.

I know that this sounds super lame but it's true but it really is they key to success.

Anyways the rest of this week was VERY busy. We taught  A LOT of people. We had 2 investigators come to church and they were both Young Women age. 

Ronique and I ended up teaching the youth Sunday school class on Sunday so it all worked out. The class was VERY interesting..let's just say that i have GREAT respect for all persons who teach teenagers...

The branch had another baptism on Sunday and it was very nice.

Yesterday after church we taught a family with three young girls who were all close in age and all pretty wild (I hope that doesn't sounds familiar mom...) They are known to teef plums and mangos from the neighbors tree and give them to us :)

somehow the oldest one got a hold of my camera and we were playing around with it (see below)

I hope that everything at home and everyone else is doing well

Much Love,

Sister Crompton

Crompton and Forbes for another 6 weeks!

First off, I want to thank Grandmommy and Grandaddy for the card and also the Ericksons and everyone in the Burke ward who signed the card as well!

This week was pretty interesting because we got our transfer calls. The past 6 weeks I've been lucky enough to have a temp companion because there was a shortage of girls. Ronique is a native here in St. Vincent who is waiting on her mission call. On Friday night we got a phone call and she was asked if she wanted to do another 6 weeks with me! Yes, so we will be serving together for another 6 weeks! She'll have served 3 months before she even goes on her own mission, crazy right?!

Story time:

This week we took out a member that hasn't been out with us before.We had set up appointments for her to meet some really great investigators. The hour before we were going to pick up the member ALL of our appointments fell through. We started calling EVERYONE we were teaching and no one was able to see us. Our member lives pretty far and we didn't want her to come out all this way with no lesson. It wasn't until after we had picked her up when someone finally called us back and said we could come. She lives high up in the mountain and on our drive up, it started pouring rain. Our normal parking space that we use before the long walk up was taken so we were desperately finding somewhere else to park knowing that we already had a long walk up. We almost got stuck trying to park and none of us had an umbrella. There was a point when we were out in the rain and we just felt completely hopeless. Our investigator called us and told us that we shouldn't come because the path to get to her house was too muddy and steep to walk up. Keep in mind we had a member with us and she was waiting patiently for a lesson. After the phone call ended, the rain started to calm and a guy came out to help us. We got the car out and found out that this guy had recently researched our church and had already learned a lot and was willing to learn more. 

Moral of the story is that the Lord will always provide a way for us, even when we feel like we've done everything and the door is locked, He will come and show us a new door.

The Lord works in mysterious ways and sometimes He will humble us so we can open our eyes and see what He wants us to do.

I hope that everyone and everything else is going well with everyone

Much Love,

Sister Crompton

P.S. There's a lot of pictures I have for this week but I left my adapter at home...you'll just have to wait till next week, sorry!


***updated with pics***

Teefing plums :)

This week was pretty great! we've been able to teach a lot of great investigators and were able to even have one come to church this week!

It's hot down here like always and I'm starting to get a serious missionary tan. We try and do a lot of service because everyone is always outside washing clothes, hanging them up, etc. so we've been working a lot. We were able to do service for a neighbour who works on one of the grenadine islands, Mustique, which is an island for the rich and famous. Apparently, a few weeks ago Prince William and Kate were there. She was able to tell us a little bit about it and it's crazy how some of the islanders travel back and forth by boat or plane everyday to get to their jobs on the grenadine islands.

We also had a fun mutual that Sister Holden put on about missionary work. She had all the missionaries in the branch come and talk a little bit about what we do, it was great to talk to the youth and encourage them to serve!

Every season there is a different tropical fruit that is popular and right now, plum season is just coming about. There has been a lot of "teefing" ( teef=theif aka stealing) of plums from Sister Forbes and the little kids. The Plums here are very small and don't really taste like our plums.

I don't have much time but know that the Lord does bless us and answers even the smallest of prayers. 

Love, 

Sister Crompton

Ronique "teefing"  some plums from the neighbors tree

Fish face

the Holden's back yard...is this real life?

Delano, a young member, climbing, looking for plums

Molicia and Delroy

General Conference

Hello all!

For all those who were sitting at their computers waiting minute by minute for last weeks post, I apologize haha.

Last week everything was closed on Monday including the Library because of Easter, so all the missionaries on St. Vincent were using one computer..

Some things that I would've written last week was the fact that I was served chicken feet (yes, the actual foot!) in my Calilou soup ( a very popular meal made here on St. Vincent) and yes I did eat it, and yes I was grossed out..only a little though..it wasn't THAT bad

The work is going good. We have a few great investigators. Transportation to church is still a big issue for most of them because they live so high up in the mountains. We're still praying though

This past weekend as most of you know was General Conference.It was great, besides the fact that our internet at the church was spotty so it felt like Conference REMIXED because it kept of repeating at certain parts ha. 

All the talks were great. It's crazy to think about how it's only been 6 months since the announcement and I'm already out here. I couldn't help but think how Kallina is going to be able to master Enrique A Falabella's accent I heard at conference in just a few short months ha

Some things that really spoke to me at conference was the fact that it's really the little things we do day to day that really matter, and when we keep that in mind, I think that we'll live our lives more productively. 

I know that Heavenly Father loves us so much and when we keep that in mind as well, we can live more according to His will.

Much Love,

Sister Crompton

I mentioned a fruit called soursap down here and this is what it looks like on the outside and the inside is the white fruit below...cool right?

"I saw a pillar of light" haha

Ronique and I walking up one of the biggest/steepest roads I've walked so far