St. Lucia

A few weeks ago we were able to travel to St. Lucia for the 41^st Caribbean Lectureship.

This lectureship was begun in Jamaica and has been passed around for the last 41 years among the islands of the Caribbean. We traveled to St. Lucia on Friday. We spent Saturday tromping (we walked approximately 4 miles!) about Rodney Bay area. We located the venue where the Lectureship was to be held and then headed to Pigeon Island.

Pigeon Island is on the North West tip of the island and served as a lookout point.

It was built in 1778 and was used until 1817 when a hurricane destroyed most of it. Part of it was rebuilt in 1824.

We had a grand time there! It was so beautiful!

You could see for miles and miles from the highest peak of the park to which we enjoyed a lovely hike! The water around St. Lucia is that lovely Turquoise color.

The ruins were fascinating and most of all God’s Creation is beautiful!

It was so refreshing to walk around and enjoy the time with family, talking, laughing, taking lots of pictures and sharing a beautiful view with all my best friends!

On Sunday through Wednesday we went to the Lectureship. The sweet Brethren of St. Lucia did a marvelous job of hosting!

They provided transport to and from the airport, from the hotel to the venue twice each day, food and water to weary travelers when we got in on Friday, a lovely lunch on Sunday just to name a few things! The lectureship was in the morning and the evening with a nice break in the afternoon. We spent those days spending time fellowshipping with friends new and old, a fun time with the family at the beach, and a bit of a rest to be able to soak up all the lessons. The lessons were so uplifting and helpful! I sure have a good deal to think about and do more study on in the next few weeks. The most encouraging part of it all was to look out over the crowd and see the 600+ Christians that were there! It was even more encouraging to know that so many islands were represented there! No, we are not all prefect, but we are all working toward the same thing. I met people there that I may never see again this side of heaven. But, because of the promise of heaven, I know that I will see many and hopefully all of them again!

Next year the lectureship will be in the Cayman Island and I hope that I can attend again. It will be wonderful to see my island Family again!

On the way to the airport, we passed thousands of Banana trees! We were told that the blue bags on them were to keep the rats out! It was really cool to see so many Banana tress!