Well here we are at the end of the year already!! Its hard to believe me and Lacey are rounding out our second year serving here in San Cris. Things have gone really well and here are a few updates on some field service experiences our congregation has had.
If you are a regular follower of the blog you might remember a doctor we told you about. His name is Solomon and he had several questions on Gods name and other hang ups as well that have inhibited his spiritual progress. Well for a time no one was able to find him so as to call on him but recently he has been contacted by several different brothers. And after months and months of several different ones visiting him he has decided to study. He has kept up his appointments too for all of this last month. He has also expressed interest in attending the meetings so we hope to see him with us at the Kingdom Hall soon! We'll let you know how it goes.
Also we have had in our congregation several men who are studying and have been regularly attending the meetings. About a year ago at our circuit assembly our district overseer encouraged us all to focus on the head of the family, to bring more men into the truth because then more likely they will influence their families. So that is exactly what has seemed to happen, several men students attend the meetings, even one accompanied us the District Convention in Merida, riding on the bus for 16 hours!
Lacey and I both have students that were raised in the United States but have had to move back here in the recent years. They are both 12 years old and both studying in the Bible Teach book and the Young People Ask Vol II. This week we invited them both to our house for pizza, sundaes, and a movie. It was really fun and we hope this helps them feel more comfortable with us so that they will take us up on our many invitations to go to the meetings.
Today we took our bikes to go do our bible studies. I have one new bible student that today showed me the Bible Stories book in spanish that she recieved 30 years ago. She said she learned most of what the bible says from that book and she loves it dearly. You can tell too because she has taken good care of it and even now that she is married and has a child of her own she reads to him out of it. We are going to get her a book in English so she can read to her little boy as well. After we went to that study we rode to a call of Laceys in the area, who generally is hard to find at home but today we found her :) I played with her 1 year old son so that lacey and her could talk. They ended up on the discussion of hell. Not exactly a light conversation for a Sunday afternoon. But surprisingly she really accepted what lace showed her and she said it was a very new thought for her but that she was going to think about it more. We are to continue that discussion next Sunday.
Well there are some other experiences we've had but these are the most recent within the last few weeks. We are doing very well and enjoying the weather. It has been beautiful and only cold at night. Its good for us to enjoy it now for I hear that it wont continue for long, the cold season is going to hit hard, at least thats what the locals say. We have really enjoyed having our bikes too. Today was so much fun and we even rode them to the meeting, which let me tell you, was mostly uphill! But we plan on doing that every Sunday from now on as long as the weather permits. We will post photos of our bikes for you all to see and also from the convention and our dinner with Claudia.
Hope everyone is doing well!
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