Well we have moved into our new house in San Lorenzo. Here are some pictures of it:
The fig tree is on the other side of the house!
The lounge which we can use for meetings if we wish
Adobe oven on the right, gas on the left!
Our landlord, who we mentioned in the last post, hasn't missed a meeting since we first contacted him in the door to door work. He even travelled into the city to catch a meeting he couldn't attend here. He actually censured us for not studying with him regularly enough! The other day he told us it was the truth and he wanted to become a Jehovah's Witness. Since then he has been bringing a constant stream of his friends to us here at the house, for us to study with them. Some of them are turning into VERY progressive studies. I am amazed by the humility of Bolivian people. Our landlord is a paediatrician AND a dentist, and all his friends are professional people, but so willing to accept direction from the Bible!
Well last Wednesday night we had our inaugural mid-week meeting in San Lorenzo. For the last month or so on weekends we have been getting 60-75 in attendance with only 20 publishers. We thought the mid-week meeting may be different, because the people work late in the countryside, but we got over 60! These are all interested persons other than the 20 publishers, so much potential. Here is a photograph of the attendees:
Our landlord Juan Carlos Flores, is towards the middle, in front of Synta and Drew in a white shirt leaning forwards.
Well the hard work for Drew and I starts next Wednesday. We both have service meeting assignments, and I have the Bible Highlights. I guess that will be pretty much the norm from now on. It was a bit surreal the other night, we had an Elders meeting, me and my son-in-law! Anyway, Lois beat us to the draw, she had her first talk last Wednesday. She was very nervous, but did an excellent job as I knew she would. To conclude here is a link to view her talk. See you all next week.
Wow how could you ever leave after such blessings. Im sure your congregation is gonna blossom with all those humble people just waiting to be fed. Good on you guys jumping in the deep end..... heaps of people to save.
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