A. Men
B. Women
C. Children 1-8
D. Children 9-13
E. Teens
F. Grandparents
G. The whole family together
you can say multiple answers like B. and C.
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Ok, so my answer would be. A,B,and E. But, the answer we would like the most would be G!
The reason that it is easier to teach the young people is because most of the people on the island are young people. (most of the members here are under age 30). Alot of them are preparing to serve missions. It would be awesome to teach families together and the missionaries always try to do that...but most of the families here have part of their families or one of their parents who live in America (usually around Boston). That's why it is difficult to find whole families to teach. A long time ago, there was a famine here and so some of the parents went somewhere else to work so they could send food and money back here for their families. It is a tradition that keeps going....but, now it is a sad tradition...because it splits families apart and that makes the children sad. In America, people get $8 an hour for work and here they get about $1.25 an hour. Over half of the Cape Verdianos don't even live here!
The reason that it is easier to teach the young people is because most of the people on the island are young people. (most of the members here are under age 30). Alot of them are preparing to serve missions. It would be awesome to teach families together and the missionaries always try to do that...but most of the families here have part of their families or one of their parents who live in America (usually around Boston). That's why it is difficult to find whole families to teach. A long time ago, there was a famine here and so some of the parents went somewhere else to work so they could send food and money back here for their families. It is a tradition that keeps going....but, now it is a sad tradition...because it splits families apart and that makes the children sad. In America, people get $8 an hour for work and here they get about $1.25 an hour. Over half of the Cape Verdianos don't even live here!
This is a photo of some of the young men that are preparing to be Missionaries. We have six more young men and 5 more young women who are preparing to serve. They are changing their traditions little by little and they are going to school and they want to have marriage and families. They tell me they are going to take care of their families, and not split them up..."abandonar" (to abandon or leave) because they want their children to be happy.
Silas asked Grandpa to help him with his mission papers yesterday when we were in his branch. He is a wonderful young man, serving as the 1st counselor right now.
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1 comment:
Great question, Caitlyn! And I love the answer. How neat to see bad traditions slowly transform into good ones. I hope they can keep their families together and provide to them a the same time too. I love you, Mom!
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