22 American Brothers!

Brandon and I walked briskly to the hall in the crisp air of the night. With haste, we knew a gran surprise awaited. Twenty-two brothers from the United States...coming from Texas, NY, Maryland, Raleigh, NC, Detroit...came to support the congregation and field service here. Two of the brothers came to the district convention last year and decidedly formulated plans to bring a group for two weeks to help the need here. Mostly older married couples, 3 single brothers, 2 single sisters...

We entered the familiar hall into an unknown congregation. Perhaps we´ve accustomed ourselves to short stature because these Americans brothers were towering. Some even taller than Brandon. They took all the assignments, gave all the talks and will be doing so for the next two weeks. A nice break for the hard working local brothers. A small group, of the young single people and a fun couple also made arrangements to work the territory on the coast. So we decided to join them. Tomorrow morning at 830 we are taking off for Puerto Escondido with a $10 ticket on a second class bus...the kind with the chickens on the back...so this should be fun. And the gorgeous beach, the waves are calling to us!

It´s just a brief weekend trip, we´ll be back Sunday. Mostly definetly with more stories of adventure and rewarding service to Jehovah. And just in time, as I´ve been quite sick and we missed many service days. The trip will be welcomed! The hours as well! We´ll try to write while we´re gone... in the meantime... have covetous dreams of us on a paradise beach, preaching of Jehovah and tanning ourselves all at once!