Trip to El Limon

Last week while Philip was away on a teaching trip, I accepted an invitation to travel to the northeast end of the island and visit with Freddy's family in the town of El Limon. It is a six hour bus ride, through beautiful countryside with several stops in smaller towns along the way to pick up more passengers. I arrived in El Limon at 1 PM and Freddy was there waiting for me.

We both jumped on motorconchos (motorcycles) and rode out to the house. Waiting for us there were his wife Elizabeth, their son Frelin, his mother-in-law Reyna, her husband Mon, and other members of their extended family.

Freddy's house is out in the country and there are fruit trees all around. Mon, 77 yrs. old, even climbed up a tree, with bare feet, to pick some fruit! Every time the ladies would start preparations for a meal, the animals would start to wander into the kitchen, cats, dogs, chickens all looking for a few scraps.

Besides the wonderful time spent with Freddy's family, I also had several opportunities to witness to them, to reinforce the things that Freddy is teaching them. Simple conversations about basic law and gospel and also in depth questions about what we teach and believe were part of the weekend. The Lord opened several doors for me to witness and now I pray the Holy Spirit will work in these hearts through Freddy's continued witnessing. What a wonderful Savior we have, who wants all men to be saved.