Dear family,
We have been in the Carribean
for 2 weeks now and are beginning to learn our responsibilities here.
We were trained to do the perpetual education fund and the employment
center. We are also supposed to help with the young single adults.
Since we arrived, however, we have been learning the mission office
duties for the country of Guyana. The couple we are replacing there
have been on their mission for 2 years and 3 months. They are actually
native to Guyana, the first native Guyana couple to serve a senior
mission, Elder and Sister Benn. He was called to be the district
president a few months ago, so he has been doing the mission and the
district for several months.
As you can imagine, with our less than perfect computer
skills, this has been a little overwhelming to be responsible for so
many things which all require good computer skills. The up side of it
is that the Guyana area is not that large in church membership yet.
There are only 26 young people in the whole country who are doing PEF so
far, and we have many people who can help. There is an area committee
called to help carry out the responsibilities on making sure that the
young people get their loans and pay them back.
Yesterday, we received an email from Sister Rees, who
is the Carribean area music chairman. She wanted to know about the
music skills in the Guyana area. She asked us to find out what branches
need keyboards and who can play. If the other branches are anything
like ours, we are really hurting. We have one keyboard in the chapel
and no one to play it. The music director turns on some pre-recorded
hymns for prelude, and then turns it off and leads the opening,
sacrament, and closing hymns with no accompaniment for those. I feel
like that is something that we could really help with. The music
directors both did a good job of leading the music and I am sure that
there are other young people who would have the ability to learn to
play.
It seems that couple missions are all about learning what the Lord wants you to do and teaching what you are good at.
We
love you all and appreciate our wonderful family.
Love from Elder and Sister
Beutler
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