We Had A...."4th Floor, Last Door", Experience!

Hello everyone!!! Arima has done really well this week. Elder Raymond and I spent a good amount of time contacting and we've met some really cool new people. Yesterday we were out in Sangre Grande and we met a really interested Venezuelan family. It was pretty nice to be able to speak Spanish again! Thankfully there is a local service missionary here in Trinidad that is working in Sangre Grande, she is originally from Venezuela and will be able to help us teach them, since my companion is an English missionary.

Elder Raymond and I were contacting on Saturday at this apartment building in a pretty new part of town in Arima. As we were walking up the stairs we joked, "Maybe we will have a 4th floor last door experience today" considering these apartments were 4 stories high. I guess God heard what we said, because about 10 minutes before we were about to leave for the day, we knocked on a door of a single mom and her two children. She had been having a REALLY bad week, with a very difficult job, as we talked she told us that she had recently gone through some paralyzingly difficult trials, as well she was really concerned for her wayward son, and needed someone to help teach him what is right. She was captivated by the idea of the Restoration, and had been searching for something more in life for a while now. She works everyday from dawn until dusk except Saturday evenings, (Which normally we ALWAYS have appointments during that time), so it was a miracle we found her at home, RIGHT after she got home from work, which was right before we were about to leave for the day. It was a heaven sent miracle indeed. We are excited to go back and teach her family. There were about 8 other apartment buildings we could have tried contacting that day, but this was the one we needed to be at. God really is there and is guiding us if we are willing to let Him do so. This little village is FULL of families. We ran out of all the Family Proclamation pamphlets we had about halfway through the day. We also met an interesting lady named Joyce. Joyce is from Trinidad, but used to work at a hospital in New York City before she retired. She had gone to church in New York for a long time, but since moving back to Trinidad at retirement she stopped coming, because she didn't know the church was in Trinidad. We told her where the chapel is in Arima and she said she was going to come with a bunch of her friends.

On Thursday we were in Sangre Grande and were able to meet with Wendy. We taught her about the Plan of Salvation which really brought the Spirit. She has already recieved such comfort from the Plan of Salvation having learned about it from Mormon Channel over the last 3 years. She committed to be baptized on the 6th of April, in between sessions of General Conference. It's going to be really exciting.

In Arima we have a woman named Afeesha on date to be baptized the 13th. Her and her husband were coming to church this Sunday with one of their friends who drove them since they don't have their own car. But instead of taking them to the chapel he took them to HIS church instead. haha. This week we are going to have one of the members take them instead to say the least.

Zone Conference on Wednesday was wonderful. This transfer we had it at the Williams apartment, so we could Skype the senior couple in Tobago.

This coming week is looking really exciting. The work of the Lord is moving forward!

Have a great week!
Elder Porritt

President Baird

This is THE ARK OF TRINIDAD. haha. It right next to the old mission home, just don't try to steady it....