Sorry for the long delay in posting! This week has been very busy. The Creole CO and his wife are here visiting our group and have been staying at the same house as Ashley and I. Barnaby and his wife, Jermaine, are from Martinique. It's really neat that they here for a visit considering we are still just a small group at the end of the road:)
On Wednesday night, at the spanish meeting, the brother gave a special talk in creole. One of the local special pioneer brothers translated it into spanish for the rest of the congregation. It was the first time the brother had ever translated a talk before. He did a really good job! It was just a few times that he would get stuck on a word in creole, not knowing what it was, and he would look to the CO. Barnaby would repeat the word in creole again.... then Barnaby would just translate it into spanish for him. It was pretty funny :)
The week in service flew by! I got a few new studies and I know Ashley did as well. In fact, one of them came to the meeting today that we had in creole! We had around 40 people at the meeting today... that's around 20 more than usual!
We have found the response in the territory truly remarkable. It is easy to get a new call at every door. You actually have to be choosy about who you will continue to study with or not. Friday afternoon the CO gave a small talk at the service meeting about this. He covered information regarding how long a person should be studying for and the type of progress they should be making. If they are not showing genuine effort after a few months of study, then it is time move on to another person that will. I had to shake my head today during the watchtower study when it mentioned living in a territory that was apathetic or opposed, that we should not give up. Here, it is just our studies that we may have to give up!!
Will post some more pics soon!
Miss you all!
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