Sister Missionaries Serving in the West Indies Mission!

We did it! Sister Girdharry (on the left) and Sister Camejo (on the right) are on their way to the Missionary Training Center in the Dominican Republic . . . the first sister missionaries ever to serve in the West Indies Mission!

President Robison (who went home June 30th) was working to bring this about while he was our President, and now his efforts have come to fruition with two of the loveliest young ladies you could imagine--Sister Bibi Girdharry from New Amsterdam,

Guyana and Sister Chennell Camejo from Port of Spain, Trinidad. And what a blessing for us to be able to work them in the preparations leading up to today.

Sister Bibi flew from Georgetown, Guyana to Trinidad where Elder Myers and I picked her up at 12:30 and took her to TrinCity to have some lunch.

After lunch we killed some time walking around the mall. We laughed and had a great time as Sister Bibi spotted a beautiful dress in the window of a bridal shop. We both thought it was gorgeous and laughed when I reminded her that she won't need it for two more years. We laughed and joked about it the rest of the afternoon - "in two more years". She doesn't have a boyfriend yet, which is really good, but we had fun laughing about it.

We then headed back to the airport in time to greet her new companion, Sister Camejo, who arrived with her family and her Bishop. It was the sisters' first time to meet, although we had told each of them about the other one, and they were fast friends.

Once we got Sister Camejo checked in for the flight, she and I rejoined the group and had a good time meeting every one and laughing.

Sister Camejo's mother, however, was crying and very sad. Sister Camejo is the youngest of nine children and the last one at home. So you can see why her mom would have a hard time letting her go. Especially because she is not a member of the church. But she has promised her daughter that she will go to church every Sunday while her daughter is serving her mission.

When Mrs. Camejo sat down in the seats along the windows to wait for them to leave for the gate,

Sister Bibi went over and sat next to her, put her arm around her, and told her she would take good care of her daughter. It was so touching that Sister Bibi

could be so sensitive to the needs of someone she had just met.

Finally the time came to send

them on to their gate to catch their flight to Panama City and then on to Santa Domingo. Neither sister had flown before today, so this was all new

to them. I coached them as best I could and gave them written

instructions in case they forgot what I told them.

They were laughing and waiving as they walked through the doors to the international gates. Two absolutely delightful young ladies.

It's days like this that make working in the mission office an absolute joy!