Amanda's Baptism

The Villafana's

Three generations of members! Namindry Dookran, Amanda Villafana and Ann-Marie Dookran

This is the Dookran, Villafana family. This is where Linda and Mamindry live down the hill from the Villafana's.

Amanda Villafana (11) received permission from her dad to be baptized. Permission has been a long time coming because dad doesn't like the white man's church the mother of his children attend. Ann-Marie (28) joined in Sangre Grande when she was 14 and a couple of years later she entered a relationship with Allen Villafana (now 56) who was much older than she. Allen attended the baptism, which was performed in Roxborough where they live.

Namimdry Dookran, Ann-Marie's mother, and her youngest daughter Linda live near the Villafana's in a place without electricity. They just recently hooked up to running water. they used to catch the rain water, which is abundant because they live near the rain forest and receive rain year round.