Wisdom Teeth

Saturday at noon we took Elder Clarke to Port of Spain to an oral surgeon to have three wisdom teeth extracted. He wanted pictures of himself in recovery. They covered him with a beach towel. We sat and chatted with him until he was ready to walk to the car. His oral surgeon only charged for one extraction because he had spent 11 years in Washington, DC. Through the years he noticed that each country that the LDS church was active in with missionaries, the country became better. This was his thanks for our being in Trinidad and helping his people. In the waiting room, he asked if I were the person who set up the appointment. When I said no, he then told us he had the King James version of the Bible on his cell phone. We should have given him the 1st discussion! We took our lead from Elder Bowens and just talked with the doctor about his cell phone.

We had to knock on the door for entrance into the office. They keep the door locked at all times. We assisted with the door when two other patients came out and needed to be escorted to their car with the help of the assistant and the driver because they were still woosey.

We returned to POS at 6:35 pm for our branch father's day dance. We were the first ones there with Elder Bowens and Elder Barton (out less than a week) a close second. It was supposed to start at 6:30. It was 7 before many other showed up. The investigators beat the members. They started playing music and music videos about 7:30. Elder Bowens gave a missionary lesson at the table to one of the investigators. We visited with the woman and her 2 girls as did Elder Barton. All this time, all the members did was say 'hello' to them and move on. None of the investigators showed up on Sunday. At 8:00 we decided to leave as we had had a long day with the Elders and a trip to Arima to shop then back to POS for the party.

Sunday at church two of the members asked why we hadn't stayed for the meal that was finally served at 8:30. They had never really announced there would be food. After the block we stayed for the father's day meal. Church was out at noon and the food was served about 1:30. It was a rice dish called pelau. It had rice, chicken on the bone, pidgeon peas, peppers, brown sugar, and some pumpkin. There are lots of different recipes for it. It is served in many of the food court eateries.