First meeting and service

Hello everybody at home! We miss you all! We are slowly getting adjusted to our new surroundings but I think we are still suffering from some jet lag. MacKay and I had a hard time staying awake at the meeting last night especially when we realized that the meeting was starting at 10pm our time. Oh, Dana got put to work right away. He was asked to handle the last part in the meeting interviewing two elders and since there are only two elders in the congregation it worked out well, otherwise they would've been interviewing each other - awkward!

Today we went in service. We left the house a little after 8am and walked to the Kingdom Hall, almost a 20 minute walk. I don't want to gross anyone out, but you know it's hot here when it is socially acceptable to carry a cloth to wipe the sweat from your face. So hot! It's not too bad when you can sit in front of a fan, but as soon as you start moving around, getting dressed, walking, you start dripping. Anyway back to service, we walked a few minutes from the hall to start in our territory. I worked with Cordelia, one of three regular pioneers in the hall, and Dana and MacKay worked with Lionel Longsworth, one of two elders. Almost everybody we talked to accepted magazines and we had some really nice conversations with people - potential return visits for next week. When you approach a house here you don't walk up and knock on the door, instead you enter the yard and say "Good mornin!" And wait until someone comes out - one older lady came out with no top on just her bra! Mackay's glad he wasn't at THAT door! Anyway we finished the territory a little after 10am and we were done in - between the heat, the sweat, and the blisters on my feet we were ready to head home. Flaked out for a couple of hours and now we are going to check out the BEACH!! Turns out we are only a couple of minutes from the shore.

We hope to be able to post some pictures today - been having some difficulty finding a good spot to access the internet. So if there are pictures today we found some good internet....if not, well maybe next time!