We live in a sinful world

At the service, held at the El Socorro SDA Church, Pastor Ray Walker said we live in a sinful world and people need to improve their relationship with the Almighty. Walker said the circumstances surrounding La Rosa’s passing were indeed tragic and urged her relatives to engage in deeper introspection on their own mortality and use her passing to strengthen their faith.

“We also have another mystery when often times we see what is happening in our lives and in our society, we wonder why these things happen. People no longer have respect for one another, taking lives as though its just some water being thrown down a drain. All of this is because of sin,” Walker told mourners.

He called on couples to keep God and faith as part of their family life citing the circumstances.

“I often say no pastor or priest can keep a marriage. Only Jesus can keep a marriage. The family that prays together, stays together.” La Rosa’s mother Charmaine, in reading the eulogy, recalled her daughter’s childhood years growing up in San Juan “Anica was a humble, marvellous and outspoken young lady. She would always greet her family with a hug and a kiss. To her friends she was a sweetbread. Anica had five handsome sons.

She loved them with all her heart. I know she will continue to live in their hearts. I am happy and proud to have been your mother, I am thankful for the time spent with you,” La Rosa said.

La Rosa died almost immediate after setting fire to herself and Samuel during a heated argument at Samuel’s home in Arouca. Samuel who was warded for several days, died at hospital and was laid to rest. Following the funeral service yesterday, La Rosa was interred at the Tunapuna public cemetery.