Then they came. Seeing the Brethren was truly a humbling experience. To know they came all the way to this tiny island was so joyful and a real blessing. It is the first time I have ever been around a Prophet of the Lord. I shook his hand and it was like shaking the hand of a 25 year old strongman, even though he is 92 he has a good grip and a friendly booming voice with great tone and he said to me... "How are you?" By this time I was content enough, I had shook hands with a Prophet of the Lord and I was not going to 'wash my hands for the day'.

Pres. Faust was equally full of vigor and it was good to see him again since the London MTC (see Book One). We started our drive towards the Hilton Hotel. In the car Pres. Faust talked about the last time he was in Trinidad as a missionary returning home. You can hear more about that by [See video section] for audio. He also asked me questions about the kinds of government, the population, etc. He seemed to be quite interested in people and cultures.

One can become quite tempted to ask a billion deep doctrine questions of Brethren in authority, but I had always been thought on my mission to give the Brethren chance to say what they need to say so that we might learn. I was glad I did not ask any impromptu questions because I believe I learnt many things from an Apostle of the Lord that I could not learn had I tried to 'dictate' the 'topics'.

At the hotel Pres. Reuben Raphael, POS Branch President, was on hand to meet and greet everyone and take them to their rooms. There was a bit of delay in getting into their correct rooms due to the hotel changing rooms at the last moment, but other than that I think they were glad to be finally off the plane and able to rest.

During one period while in the hotel's elevator with Pres. Faust, his grandson and security officer... Pres. Faust gave me a friendly massage near my neck in a brotherly way, I turned to him and said, "Thanks President, its been a long time since I had a massage, I am trying to get my wife to give me one but its hopeless." Everyone politely chuckled.