Tuesday was another great day in service... We were up at 6am getting ready and having breakfast. Erika and I met at the hall at 8am with the service group and Nate helped the kids work on schoolwork and prepare for the evening meeting during the day. We traveled about 45mins to the town of Dominical with Josh and Andra, a couple that is here helping out here thru April. Here we had territory to work and a couple of return visits. The drive was beautiful...
Once we got off the main highway, the roads were very ruff. Thank goodness for the 4x4 vehicle that Josh had to make it up those hills and cross the streams. There were rocks everywhere...
The roads were windy and it seems like we were traveling forever and then out of nowhere there was a house....I'm not sure how these people have water or electricity, but they do. Several times we saw wires hanging in trees and pvc pipe running along the ground. The important thing is...they have all their basic necessities of life and we found them so we could share encouraging thoughts from the Bible.
What a simple life here! We talked to some people that have moved here from the US to raise their families and they are sooo much happier now. The same thing was said over and over..that they left the US because of all the politics and the government. We had several interesting conversations and before we knew it....it was time to head back home.
After getting back, I cooked an early dinner so Nate and Elesia could head out for service and meet Luis for a Bible study before meeting. Erika, Logan and I cleaned house and got ready for meeting at 7pm.
We'll the kids and I are off to pick up some things around town and do some informal witnessing. I love placing the suffering and truth tract here. People have really been enjoying them...that's if you have a chance to give one before Elesia does. I usually end up just following up with a conversation. She is awesome at informal witnessing here! I think she got it from her dad...Haha
Oh and I forgot to tell you that Nate was invited on a local fishing trip on the river today...(maybe we will have fish tonight too...) I made him breakfast and packed him a lunch this morning while he packed Bible teach books. We were both thinking about “food”, just one was literal and the other spiritual....I can't wait to hear his experiences from placing them.
Hope all is well with everyone and our bunnies and Scamp are doing well. We know they are in good hands with the Woosley's and Rossignol's. Thanks for taking care of part of our family!!! We can't forget the big thanks to Justin for watching our house...
We send our hugs to our family and friends and can't believe we only have a week left here...talk to you all soon. We will try to update Thurs or Friday.
This was the Palm Oil factory that we passed
Once we got off the main highway, the roads were very ruff. Thank goodness for the 4x4 vehicle that Josh had to make it up those hills and cross the streams. There were rocks everywhere...
The roads were windy and it seems like we were traveling forever and then out of nowhere there was a house....I'm not sure how these people have water or electricity, but they do. Several times we saw wires hanging in trees and pvc pipe running along the ground. The important thing is...they have all their basic necessities of life and we found them so we could share encouraging thoughts from the Bible.
Here Josh and I waited in the very very hot sun!!!! We had a good time watching the moo moo's... I luv their floppy ears
Erika and Andra went to this house and had a great return visit.
About an hour later...they came out! The householder had been studying the Bible by herself and believed the same thing that they were sharing from the scriptures....she then asked them..."Is it possible that everyone else is wrong and there is only one religion that is the true religion?" They in return shared Math 7:15-20 . How encouraging to hear this since we know that Jesus didn't belong to multiply religions...He did exactly as Jehovah asked him. Some followed in His footsteps and others turned astray and only followed to their liking, like we see today...
They were happy when leaving and look forward to their next visit!
We headed to another house and Andra and I invited her to the memorial on the 30th. She is going to try and find a ride so she can make it. She really enjoyed us visiting with her...
What a simple life here! We talked to some people that have moved here from the US to raise their families and they are sooo much happier now. The same thing was said over and over..that they left the US because of all the politics and the government. We had several interesting conversations and before we knew it....it was time to head back home.
After getting back, I cooked an early dinner so Nate and Elesia could head out for service and meet Luis for a Bible study before meeting. Erika, Logan and I cleaned house and got ready for meeting at 7pm.
(I know...Erika cleans here....it's awesome)
The meeting was wonderful...Nate opened with prayer and you could feel Jehovah's Holy spirit on the congregation as everyone did a wonderful job on their parts. It's nice to get to hear new ones speak and learn about their experiences. We had a nice visit afterward with all the friends and Nate made arrangements with another brother to install the 2nd toilet at the Kingdom Hall and a security system this afternoon. How nice it is to be able to help the congregation out while we are here. We also made dinner plans for tonight(Wed). I'm making spaghetti for 13 of us and garlic bread (from a local bakery) Yummy.... There is another bakery in town that makes coffee cake and you can get a whole one for only 1,000 colones, which is just under $2.00 in American money. What a great deal and it is very good. I think I'll get a couple for after dinner. I can't resist!!!
We'll the kids and I are off to pick up some things around town and do some informal witnessing. I love placing the suffering and truth tract here. People have really been enjoying them...that's if you have a chance to give one before Elesia does. I usually end up just following up with a conversation. She is awesome at informal witnessing here! I think she got it from her dad...Haha
Oh and I forgot to tell you that Nate was invited on a local fishing trip on the river today...(maybe we will have fish tonight too...) I made him breakfast and packed him a lunch this morning while he packed Bible teach books. We were both thinking about “food”, just one was literal and the other spiritual....I can't wait to hear his experiences from placing them.
Hope all is well with everyone and our bunnies and Scamp are doing well. We know they are in good hands with the Woosley's and Rossignol's. Thanks for taking care of part of our family!!! We can't forget the big thanks to Justin for watching our house...
We send our hugs to our family and friends and can't believe we only have a week left here...talk to you all soon. We will try to update Thurs or Friday.
