Visitors & Big News!

Hi there!

I have news, everyone - big news! Today at the meeting, Martin Doubon showed up. He is the coordinator of the La Florida congregation, and he only comes to our meetings to make announcements that only elders can make. So when he was called up to the stage for an announcement, I didn't know what to expect. I was really hoping that nobody was disfellowshipped, but instead, we received the best announcement we could have hoped for: Our local ministerial servant, Domingo, has been appointed as an elder!!!

He will now be serving as our coordinator. Everyone in the hall couldn't stop smiling. It's so encouraging! Jehovah has definitely answered our prayers. It relieves so much anxiety. There's still plenty of work to do, but at least we have a stable local elder now!

Besides that, my visitors from Maine arrived this past Monday! We've been having a blast so far. This past week, we spent a few hardcore days preaching in Ojo. I helped them prepare some Spanish presentations, and they've all done awesome with it. 

Ben placing his first tract.

Travis and I enjoying the cloudy day.

Me, Nicole, and Bree riding in Renee's tuk tuk to the service group.

These next four pictures are my absolute favorites from this week:

...Nicole placing a tract with a very friendly woman...

...Ben speaking with a man while doing some early-morning witnessing...

...Travis preaching to a shop owner...

...and Bree placing a tract with a very nice girl.

They've all done very well out in service, especially since we've had to walk to the outskirts of our territory every day this week to finish covering our tract campaign territory!

This is Sinforiano, one of my Bible studies. He can read very basically, but needed reading glasses. Renee gave me an old pair of glasses to bring to him. He said that he can see perfectly with them, and now he feels much more motivated to read the literature during his free time!

Today, we went to Ojo's double meeting. Once again, the Mainers gave it their all. They all commented for each part, and their comments were great!

They all sounded like native speakers!

We've had a lot of fun so far. I'll post more pictures after we visit Matagalpa this week!

Take care,

Sam