We left Wednesday afternoon for Trinidad to get a new apartment opened up for the missionaries in Chaguanaus, an area just 30 minutes or so South of Port of Spain. It was pretty much furnished except for the beds and a few kitchen items. It did need to be cleaned though so I did that while Dave set up the beds and the water filter system. Hopefully the Elders will have much success in this new area. We needed to get a new phone and Dave had to work with our car guy about selling some of the fleet so that took us until Friday evening to get everything done. Sister Ray and Sister Locke had invited us over for a roti dinner on Friday night with the Ramdanie family and the missionaries. The Ramdanie family made all the fixins and it was incredibly delicious! It is always so wonderful to spend time with the Elders as well. We said our final goodbyes to many of them as we wouldn't be seeing them again until they come to Bountiful to visit us after they finish their missions.
We flew back to Tobago Saturday morning. It's weird to start checking off "last times" with things. We realized that was our last flight to and from Tobago to Trinidad.
This is our cute cook/server Sandra. We always stay at this bed and breakfast when we go to Trinidad and she always give us a delicious breakfast and a great smile! She found out our kids were coming to visit us and she made roti for us to take home and share with them when they come!
The group waiting for the steel pans to begin....this didn't get included in last weeks post.
Dancing to the music...it's hard to sit still!
Riding on the glass bottom boat
Pigeon point where we got on the boat
Watching the fish as we go
Photo op with a swing on "no man's island"
Jim and Kris had a mishap...and boy did we laugh! no one got hurt...
mastering the swing
Perry and Diane. They are newlyweds of 1 year in February
The water is warm like lake Powell on this side of the island
Still on the boat
kite boarding is a very popular sport here and looks very fun!
We took a walk around the lake in the golf course by our condo
and got to see some Cayman up close
We took a walk to the mangrove and noticed these crabs for the first time...they are all over,
I don't know how we have missed them until now.
In the mangrove
they are called "walking trees" and you can see why
boat dock by the mangrove
and more flowers
bird of paradise in lovely bloom
eating lunch at the mall
cannons at King George Fort
view from fort
walkway to the fort
Bacolet cove
Bacolet cove
Bacolet cove
Putting together Elder's beds
all done!
cleaning and putting together the kitchen
water filter system installed
Ramdanie family with their yummy roti and fixins.
There is curry potato, bodi (which is like green beans) pumpkin, stewed tomatoes, chicken and beef. It may not sound like it's so yummy but the spices they put in are amazing.
Sister Ramdanie used to have a roti shop for years but stopped because it is a lot of hard work.
Brother Ramdanie is our taxi driver.
Elders enjoying a yummy meal
from left: Elder Fronk, Elder Deppe, Elder Pingel, Elder Raymond and Elder Morgan.
We have grown to love these young men very much!
Stuffing our selves to the gills....honestly, it's hard to stop eating it's so yummy!
