BASSETERRE, St. Kitts -- During a conference broadcast Sunday, Jan. 25, President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, spoke from Jamaica to congregations "gathered as Latter-day Saints across the Caribbean."

Those gatherings included a faithful group of about 40 assembled in the meetinghouse on the beautiful tropical island of St. Kitts. The congregation met in the chapel to watch the conference proceedings on television, hearing counsel from President Eyring, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve, Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Presidency of the Seventy, Elder Daniel L. Johnson of the Seventy and president of the Caribbean Area, and Sister Silvia H. Allred, first counselor in the Relief Society General Presidency.

The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, with a population of about 40,000, is located in the Leeward islands about 250 miles southeast of Puerto Rico. Because of the British flavor of its culture, the shape of the 65-square-mile island of St. Kitts is aptly compared to that of a cricket bat. The 36-square-mile circular island of Nevis, two miles to the southeast, is the cricket ball. An economy once centered on sugar cane now relies primarily on tourism. Island resorts and a pier capable of docking the largest cruise ships in the capital of Basseterre attract visitors to its beaches, golf courses, shopping and other activities.

Full-time missionaries were sent to St. Kitts in 1984, according to the Deseret News Church Almanac, and the church has grown into the St. Kitts Branch with a smaller branch on Nevis.

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