(The
following was written by: Matthew Fisk) "At
it's high point St. Vincent had 8 missionaires and a couple serving
on the island. It was one of the few islands (the only one off
of Barbados) to actually have it's own chapel. St. Vincent has
since been abandoned and there are no more missionaries serving
on this island. I served here myself so I spoke with President
Valentine for some time about this. Apparently when he entered
there were six missionaries on the island but the church has since
instigated a program of working on the five "Hot Zones"
of a mission. Missionaries were withdrawn from the island one
set at a time and it was eventually left without missionaries.
Hopefully things will improve soon.
Update:
I spoke with the current mission president (President Mason)
and they now have two missionaries serving on this island.
I am glad to hear it because I served on this island myself
for 6 months of my mission. I hope to get more information
from President Mason soon...
Jim
Davis reports that the missionaries on this island are "tearing
it up by using member missionary work"
I
have recently gotten correspondence from Michelle Spencer (you
may remember her as Michelle James) and she was kind enough
to supply names of natives that have served missions for the
church:
Vivian
James - West Indies Mission
Clive
Charles - West Indies Mission
Gershwyn
Williams - West Indies Mission
Juan
Williams - Florida
Ossie
Fisher - Toronto
Emily
- Puerto Rico
Carrittee
Sutherland - England
Michelle
Brown -
Mark
James - Detroit Michigan
Casether
Adams - Florida
Michelle
was attending Ricks when she met her current husband and is
now living in Canada and has two little ones. The work
is worth every ounce of sweat!!"
(From:
Trevor Johnston):
"I served in the West Indies mission from August 1991 to July
1992 and came home due to a bad illness I caught, some nasty
bug. Anyhow, Victor Henry served a mission and is a native
of St. Kitts to Florida, he is currently living in Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada, along with Michelle James (maiden name) who
is also living here in Edmonton Alberta. I am in Edmonton
in case you wondered. Also, St. Vincent once had 12 elders
on the island, just before I got there in August of 1991,
when I got there we were down to 10 and then when I left in
February 1992 we were down to 6 elders plus the couple missionaries.
You have on there a high of 8 elders. Also the church video,
Lives of Service, a 15 - 20 minute video features many shots
from St. Vincent, the members there and the island. It is
great for reminiscing!"
(The
following was written by: Matthew Fisk) "At
it's high point St. Vincent had 8 missionaires and a couple serving
on the island. It was one of the few islands (the only one off
of Barbados) to actually have it's own chapel. St. Vincent has
since been abandoned and there are no more missionaries serving
on this island. I served here myself so I spoke with President
Valentine for some time about this. Apparently when he entered
there were six missionaries on the island but the church has since
instigated a program of working on the five "Hot Zones"
of a mission. Missionaries were withdrawn from the island one
set at a time and it was eventually left without missionaries.
Hopefully things will improve soon.
Michelle
was attending Ricks when she met her current husband and is
now living in Canada and has two little ones. The work
is worth every ounce of sweat!!"