Hi all our dear friends and family,
We must apologise another long wait between posts. We have included some more photos this time :)
So here is a little update, we have been in Cuzco for around 5 months now enjoying the construction work at the RTO for the Quechua language of Cuzco area. This has been a huge blessing.
The translation work being done here in Peru is absolutely crazy. To give an idea, there are over 40 different native languages in Peru alone, not including the different dialects, and the Society is at the fore front of this translation work. They are preaching in around 20 languages and translating literature in around 8 languages in the Peru Branch territory, these include all or in part, the "Become Jehovah's Friend" series, Watchtower&Awake, Tracts, Kingdom Ministry, brochures, books, new releases, and all the videos we see at the conventions. That is a lot of work that many, many dear brothers are working hard, either from home or translation offices, which by the way are not in Bethel type buildings, majority are working out of rented buildings, apartments or homes. In fact the Cusco RTO is only one of three RTO's (Remote Translation Offices) being built at this moment, and before these there where none. So we feel its a huge privilege to be able to help these dear brothers in a small way.
While we have been here in Cuzco we have been visited by family and friends from Australia which has been a huge encouragement to us, the short time we had with them we will never forget, thank you for coming, and hope to see you soon :)
Anyways here are some photos of what we have been up to, we promise there will be more photos coming soon, and thank you all for your loving support, as always we would love to hear for you all.
Picture 1: We have the privilege of visiting the reed islands in Puno on lake Titicaca, we had this opportunity because we missed our circuit assembly in Tarapoto because we went to the construction so the Branch arranged for us to go to Puno to have the Assembly which was a huge blessing
Picture 2: Enjoying our time on the lake :)
Picture 3: This is where the construction was at when we arrived in Cusco, it was at demolition stage for the old Kingdom Halls they had on the property, all to make room for the RTO
Picture 4: the 2 Kingdom Halls are now GONE to make way for the Residency building, as you can see in the picture the Office Building is up to the second story
Picture 5: Foundations for the Residency Building, it has been designed so that the building can be expanded to 4 stories if needed, and thats why the foundations are so deep
Picture 6: Columns made from rio and concrete starting from foundation to roof hight
Picture 7: Sarah doing some concreting
Picture 8: this little guy kicked me out of my seat hehehe
Picture 9: Sarah compacting the dirt in preparation for the concrete floor
We must apologise another long wait between posts. We have included some more photos this time :)
So here is a little update, we have been in Cuzco for around 5 months now enjoying the construction work at the RTO for the Quechua language of Cuzco area. This has been a huge blessing.
The translation work being done here in Peru is absolutely crazy. To give an idea, there are over 40 different native languages in Peru alone, not including the different dialects, and the Society is at the fore front of this translation work. They are preaching in around 20 languages and translating literature in around 8 languages in the Peru Branch territory, these include all or in part, the "Become Jehovah's Friend" series, Watchtower&Awake, Tracts, Kingdom Ministry, brochures, books, new releases, and all the videos we see at the conventions. That is a lot of work that many, many dear brothers are working hard, either from home or translation offices, which by the way are not in Bethel type buildings, majority are working out of rented buildings, apartments or homes. In fact the Cusco RTO is only one of three RTO's (Remote Translation Offices) being built at this moment, and before these there where none. So we feel its a huge privilege to be able to help these dear brothers in a small way.
While we have been here in Cuzco we have been visited by family and friends from Australia which has been a huge encouragement to us, the short time we had with them we will never forget, thank you for coming, and hope to see you soon :)
Anyways here are some photos of what we have been up to, we promise there will be more photos coming soon, and thank you all for your loving support, as always we would love to hear for you all.
Picture 1: We have the privilege of visiting the reed islands in Puno on lake Titicaca, we had this opportunity because we missed our circuit assembly in Tarapoto because we went to the construction so the Branch arranged for us to go to Puno to have the Assembly which was a huge blessing
Picture 2: Enjoying our time on the lake :)
Picture 3: This is where the construction was at when we arrived in Cusco, it was at demolition stage for the old Kingdom Halls they had on the property, all to make room for the RTO
Picture 4: the 2 Kingdom Halls are now GONE to make way for the Residency building, as you can see in the picture the Office Building is up to the second story
Picture 5: Foundations for the Residency Building, it has been designed so that the building can be expanded to 4 stories if needed, and thats why the foundations are so deep
Picture 6: Columns made from rio and concrete starting from foundation to roof hight
Picture 7: Sarah doing some concreting
Picture 8: this little guy kicked me out of my seat hehehe
Picture 9: Sarah compacting the dirt in preparation for the concrete floor
