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Last night after our meeting a few of us were able to practice the upcoming songs for this Sunday. Here’s some of our hall singing ¡Adelante!
A brother and sister serving as bethelite’s in Port au Prince have a website that they have been updating. You can visit their website here for more information. Please continue praying for our brothers and sisters.
So this might make you think “Oh they went somewhere romantic” or ” Boy this sounds like the theme of my Prom.” Nope that is not what this is about at all. What is there to say about last night. This is a story we will be telling our grandchildren about and laughing. So Justin and I decide to go to the Kingdom Hall to get a few things done. So we arrive there around 8:30 and stay until 10:00. We were just throwing out the last of the trash. As Justin says ” One of us needs to open the trash can so the other can throw away the trash.” I think “Ok that sounds right.” Well when we come back to go inside we come to find out that the doors locked behind us. We have these doors at the Kingdom Hall that one side you lock behind you when you go in and the other you can push to open when you leave, but we forgot that that one locks behind you. Now we are standing outside in 20 degree weather and we can see our keys to the car, Kingdom Hall, and our phones inside. A wave of “I cant believe this just happened to us” crossed our faces. So what can we do, we have no money, no car, no keys, nothing. So we start to walk home. Remind you that it is 20 degrees, after 10 o’clock at night, I am wearing my Coach boots, jeans and a ski jacket, Justin is wearing jogging pants, sweatshirt, and running shoes (someone was prepared and someone wasn’t LOL) and home is 8 miles away. So was we are running home we think is there anyone close by with a key. The closest couple is older and probably already in bed. So we had to run 8 miles all the way home. And remember this is Tennessee there are no flat places here. So we are running up and down hills. I so have a new appreciation for cars. Finally we made it home at 11 o’clock ( I know I can’t believe we ran that fast either). Got the other car and my other Kingdom Hall key, drove back and unlocked the hall. Today Justin and I both have sore calves, but other then that we are fine. So what did this teach Justin: Never put your keys anywhere else but your pocket. And what did it teach me: Never wear your Coach boots when you go with Justin in case he leaves his keys somewhere and you have to run 8 miles to get home. LOL
Our congregation has a table setup at a flea market here. This was Steph and I’s first time doing it. We had a nice time despite the 20 degree temps this morning (The Atole did help warm me up though!). We started off a little apprehensive but ended up with some great exeriences at the end of the day. We’re going back with some of the brothers tomorrow if it isn’t raining to much.
So I have been working all day on this video of pictures and music from our trip. I hope you enjoy it. And thanks Justin for figuring out how to post it.
Update: We posted pictures of the International Convention. Click here to see them.
Justin and I finally found a spot where we could upload a couple pictures from our trip so far. We put up all of our convention pictures as well as pictures from our fishing trip today. We have been having a lot of fun as well as being spiritually up built while here. The International Convention made us realize how wonderful the brotherhood really is as well as how loving it is. We had to ship boxes home today from here of gifts from our brs and srs we received at the convention. We had the privilege of also having Br. Lett from the Governing Body be a speaker at our convention. Now we feel like our goals in life have really been enlivened in us. We are determined to make Jehovah proud and try to do the most in his service that we can. The experiences we have heard from not only the missionaries but also our brothers and sisters we met have really impressed us. We were so excited when we met other Japanese witnesses who were learning Spanish. It turned out that that was the only way in which we could communicate with them. We have enjoyed this so much and have lots more to tell, but can not at this time. Yesterday we went and saw the volcanoes and black sand beaches on The Big Island. Today we went fishing. Justin almost caught a really big fish but it broke his line. I got to reel in a Tuna that was 15 pounds. It was fun and really hard. Tomorrow is our last day here so we are renting a car and driving it around the Island. Then we fly out around 9pm. Miss home a lot and can not wait to see my baby dogs. 
Here’s a story from the local tv station - http://www.kitv.com/video/21671726/
