It's Thursday and a good morning to an all american breakfast....No not bacon, eggs and potatoes, but how about pancakes and bananas drenched in syrup.....yummy. I had enough beans and rice for one day...so when I saw pancake mix...I bought it right away and price didn't matter!
I thought it was funny that the syrup said, "for export only"...I guess they were thinking of us 'homesick americans'...haha
Oh, i forgot to tell you that when we came home last night, we found this friend waiting for us on our window by our front door... It's a 'locust'
We used Erika's hand as a measuring tool. Don't worry, she was on the inside of the window...we couldn't get anyone to volunteer for an outside measurement...Anyway, it was HUGE and I know it was closely watching us with its very BIG eyes!
After breakfast, we headed to the hall for service at 8am. We setup at table with literature at the bus depot and it was very busy. We placed a couple of Bible teach books and had several great conversations with interested ones. With one lady...she thought that only 144,000 were going to be saved and she knew that there were more Jehovah witnesses than that, so what would happen to the rest? ...A great question...I was able to share Rev 14:1-3; Rev 5:9,10 and Isaiah 45:18 . After a wonderful conversation...she said, "that makes sense" and I invited her to the hall on Sunday, so we will see if she comes. Nate also invited another man who was very nice and wanted a book too. It's exciting to see such interested ones here and almost everyone has been sooo nice and willing to talk about spiritual things.
Here are some people that we met today and I took their pictures
This was one of our invites to this Sunday's meeting
( I'm almost as dark as the tica's here.... thanks to the almost 100 degree weather)
So there is a great story behind this picture! Tuesday was my breakdown day....(I cried all afternoon and wanted to go home) Just when I had seen enough poverty for the rest of my life and knew that only JEHOVAH could take care of their situation I had this stray dog approach me limping and I called it over to see what was wrong...when it turned around, I saw that it had a huge hole in its back leg(aprox 5 inches long and an inch wide) and I could see the bone...that was it for me....I got sick in the curb and didn't understand how people could just let an animal walk around town sooo injured. No one even blinked an eye at him, as if it was normal .
That's when 'Venessio' approached me and said, "It be OK, mi amiga". Apparently when I was crying in front of his house, he heard me and came out to comfort me. Later he told me he was one of Jehovah's Witnesses and shared Mark 12:30 with me (You must love Jehovah your God with your whole, heart, and with your whole soul and with your whole mind and with your whole strength) and He told me "to be strong" (I forgot to tell you that He didn't speak very much English either...just enough for me to understand the compassion he had for me)
I knew immediately that Jehovah used him to comfort me and it worked. The last two days have been very different for me. My focus has been back on the ministry and to encourage my brothers and sisters here that are working so hard in the ministry and not on myself and my problems...which are so minor compared to many people. So that's my new friend and a wonderful brother.
This is Luis and we are studying the Bible with him and his whole family(even his sister and her 6 kids) Today his eye's teared up after our study and he said..."So, I need to taste and see that Jehovah is good" He got it!!! Put Jehovah first and see how He will bless us....I love his family...wonderful people. Here is his niece dancing for us..
She was sooo cute and not shy at all. She learned God's name today, "Jehovah"
We'll, we just got done eating and Elesia and Logan are happy campers...sitting in their bean bag chair
while Erika chuggs more water and works on homework..."ughhhh", she say's
Gotta go for now....luv u all!!!!
