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Bengy R.

13, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos

Photograph by Christina Smith

I live on an island. I like the fact that there are a lot of fish and conch here. I love going to the beach on hot days—it’s fun! I love eating a lot at our annual fish fry.

I speak mostly English and Haitian Creole, and I’m learning French and Spanish at school. I like playing games, watching anime, and swimming.

I like sharing the gospel by joining the missionaries in their lessons, visiting Church members with my branch leaders, and encouraging my friends to come to church. My brother and I went on visits with the branch president once, and we heard yelling.

We ran to see what was happening and found a member’s son-in-law passed out and hurt. We called an ambulance, and the branch president gave him a priesthood blessing. That taught me that even though we don’t always know when hard things will happen, we can always stay faithful.

“Even though we don’t always know when hard things will happen, we can always stay faithful.”

Turks and Caicos is made up of over 40 small islands and cays.

The surrounding ocean is like a warm bath—82–84 degrees F (28–29 degrees C) in the summer.

The first Church members on the island were baptized in 2009.