Pirates of the Caribbean

We visited Fort Zeeland in Paramaribo this last trip. It had everything but Johnny Depp.

Elder Larsen gets a speeding ticket

The picture was taken at zone conference last week. Amanda is going on a mission and had her last interview with President Robison. The couples in Georgetown are the Whites, the Langfords, the Larsens, the Owens', and the Tanners.

Elder Larsen told the following story at our last family home evening. I may have gotten a few of the details wrong and I apologize. It is still a very funny story

Elder and Sister Larsen had picked up elders who had flown in from Trinidad. As they were driving down the highway, they were stopped by a road block. The officer asked to see his driver’s license. He said he had to hunt for it in the trunk because he never used it. The officer wrote down his driver’s license number and his name and the license number of the car. Elder Larsen asked what he had done wrong. The officer said he was going 70 in a 35 kph zone. (35 kph is ridiculous for the main road from the airport to Georgetown.) Anyway, he was told to take the piece of paper (he had torn a piece of lined paper out of a small notebook) back to the police station by the airport and get his ticket there.

Dutifully, Elder Larsen went back down the road to the police station, went inside and said, “I’m here to get my ticket.” There were three officers there, one man and two women. They looked at each other and said, “What?”

He repeated, “I’m here to get my ticket. I was told to bring this piece of paper and I could pick up my ticket.” They asked what he had done and he explained that he was stopped for speeding. One of the officers asked what the speed limit was on that road and Elder Larsen said he didn’t know because he had never seen a speed limit sign. He just kept up with the traffic. The officers conferred and finally said that he had brought his note to the wrong police station. He had to take it farther down the road from where he got the ticket.

He got back in the car and drove to the police station that they told him to go to and went inside and said, “I’m here to pick up my ticket.” There were another three officers and they looked at each other and said, “What?”

He repeated, “I’m here to get my ticket. I was told to bring this piece of paper here and I could pick up my ticket.” Again there was a long discussion among the officers about what the speed limit was on that road. One of them went to the back, knocked on a door and another male police officer came out. He must have had more rank. Anyway, they explained who he was and why he was there. The officer looked at Elder Larsen’s name badge and said, “He’s a man of God. I’m not giving any ticket to a man of God. You can go, sir.”

Kittens

Cat had kittens several weeks ago. We had not seen them until today. They are next door. The house does not have any occupants at the moment. I heard meows while I was hanging out the wash. I had to climb on a chair, to see over the wall and stick my head through an opening in the razor wire to get these pictures.

Early Morning Seminary

This is Sister Nurse's class. The students gather in her home because her home is closer to where they live than the church building. Her house is tiny and full of furniture.

It's spring

Our creative beggar is back wearing his spring ensemble