Happy Factory Toys Made a Difference in St. Vincent and Trinidad!

St. Vincent--September 2008-- we found the Georgetown Orphanage and in conjunction with our Mission's Humanitarian Couple, the Tanners, Elder Collins became acquainted with their needs. We visited often; and with Elder McNeal and Elder Scott we took them some Happy Factory Toys--not just the little cars, but also a steam shovel.

Several of the children are quite handicapped and the people there loved the idea of having the "kids" play with this steam shovel to help build their coordination.


Look at how excited they were!


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At Christmas (2008) in Trinidad, we were sent 200 toys that we gave to all of the missionaries. They in turn shared these with different children homes, orphanages, and hospitals on the island.
They all reported back with gratitude in their hearts that they were able to share in the joy these toys brought into the lives of, not just the young, but also, the older people they visited!
We chose the Margaret Kistow Children's Home in Arima--12 boys and 18 girls--ranging from the age of 2 years up to 30 years.

Elders Damm, Risenmay, Cromwell and Clarke were our partners in this "awesome" experience!

We sang songs while they all assembled in their front room--they began to sing with us.
Then we presented the Christmas Story through more song and scriptures. (We had rehearsed our parts while eating the Collins' traditional "pull-a-parts" at the Elders' apartment.)

Everyone participated in the singing and if they knew the scriptures, you would hear them following along.
The Elders passed out cards with Christ and the Little Children on them--they loved that!



Elder Cromwell was a real hit when he sang and talked to them in his Donald Duck voice.

Once again Happy Factory toys made a difference!