To Mom...

Ok this post is dedicated to my mother because she said I haven't been writing enough for the blog...so here it goes!

This has been a busy week. We are the host congregation for the Circuit Assembly this weekend. It is being held right here in Independence at the open sided high school auditorium. So we get to bike to the assembly! It's even been advertised on the local TV station!

The DO and his wife are originally from Vancouver, BC but have served in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala amount other places - Todd and Laurie Schleper. The sub-CO and wife are of Mexican descent but from the States and are now serving in Belize in a Low German group that witnesses to the large Mennonite community - Abel and Belinda Narro(?). They are all awesome!

We were able to attend the Pioneer Circuit Meeting today. It's amazing how we all get the same spiritual food! The same talks and demos we had in November in NS. In this circuit there are 695 publishers with 145 regular or special pioneers, that's 21% are pioneers - not counting those who auxiliary pioneer! There are 1159 bible studies in the circuit and the average meeting attendance is 945 (remember only 695 publishers) so lots of studies are attending meetings.

Earlier this week I finally took my first bus. I didn't have a ride out to Bella Vista, a town about 15 minutes away, but I had a study who had texted me the night before hoping I would come out to study with her. I couldn't let her down, so I hopped on the bus and had a great study. She is only 21 years old, but has two little girls and has lost a little baby boy in death. She wants to understand why that happened and what hope there is for him! I'm hoping she might come for part of the assembly too.

So in short, we are keeping busy, adjusting to the heat, and having fun! But we still have our moments (or longer) of homesickness and missing all our friends and family. TTFN!!