Hello all,
Wow. So where do I begin. We have to apologise in advance if our blog posts are a bit delayed. We will try our best to keep you all posted.
So lets start where we left off....
So Thursday we went out witnessing for a few hours in the morning... the heat was not too bad. We had a great morning with a heap of interest as usual. There is this amazing pioneer couple from France here that we got the chance to work with that morning. There names are Thomas and Jocelyne and Thomas' sister Marro who only arrived 2 months ago. Thomas and Jocelyne have not been here to long either but they have been in and out serving in Peru for a few years now. They have heaps of studies and are doing great with the language. Marro, is doing amazing considering she pretty much just got here. Its been so good having them around as we are able to learn so much from them and how they having been adjusting to life here. Another amazing couple is the Segundo's who have been to the Couple School (which has changed now) and they where assigned to Banda De Shilcayo 8 months ago as special pioneers. Bro David Segundo is originally from Spain and him and his wife have been serving in Peru and Spain for quite some years. They are also such a blessing from Jehovah for us. We have really felt that our prayers have been answered by Jehovah because a year ago when we when we made the decision to serve where there is a greater need and come to Tarapoto we prayed to Jehovah asking to be in an area where there would be other missionaries from other lands so we can bounce of them and learn from them. Well we where told that we would be the only ones. So we said ok no worries Jehovah will take care of us, and HE HAS because within that year these 5 brothers and sister (Spiritual Giants) have arrived!!
Anyways so what happened after field service on Thursday. Well, first we had a massive prayer to Jehovah and we went to look for a house to rent... well we originally where going to check out a house on the rental market but the man in charge didn't come... so the brothers we where with said that there is a sister with a little house looking for some one. So we headed over there. Well... it was perfect... just big enough for us... and in a safe neighbourhood... and the sister and her husband live right next door and their aunty lives on the other side of the house... so surrounded by witnesses :D what more can you ask for... well since you asked Josh... that sister (Laura) is supporting the sign language group here with her husband.. which we wanted to help out maybe down the track... oh and Laura knows how to make clothes ... and Sarah wanted and was talking about make her own clothes but wanted some one to teach her..
But wait theres more... its only a 5min walk from the kingdom hall... they are installing a new kitchen as I type.... they are going to paint the outside and inside according to what we wanted (with our help)... Laura has worked in the field of medicine for years... Her husband Cesar went to the school for single brothers... Oh and all for half the price of that the other one was going to cost.
There is so much more to this experience but I just can't fit it all in.
Jehovah is amazing. So that settles the house issue... we are moving in next Monday :)
So what has been happening in the ministry?? Well on Friday we went out to a town about 15min away and well on the first door we did we got a man that said, "Come to my house just down the road, meet me there in 5min, I want to talk to you guys about the bible." So we went down to his house and we sat down and his daughter-in-law sat down with us and we had a mini study with them but the daughter-in-law was loving it... reading all the paragraphs and scriptures and getting the message.. was beautiful to watch... anyways after about 1hour we left to join up with the rest... down the road we got a young man working and we (Sarah and I) talked to him about the tract and he seemed super interested and invited him to come along to meeting and he said he would love to. We hope he comes along :)
Saturday (where i accidentally wore my slippers out witno) we went to a small town about 30min away and there the people where a bit more tougher to preach too but we (young brother and I) got a lovely young lady home, that after we talked about the tract wanted to know more so we showed her the brochure Good News and had a little study with her and she said she would like to have a study but she lives in Tarapoto.. so we invited her to the meeting and she said she would see if she can make it.
Saturday night we had the meeting and that was awesome but the heat was terrible... we have decided that we will sit in front of the fans next meeting hahahah
Sunday (today) well.... this was amazing... we went to help a congregation up in a town called Lames which is about 45min and today they where trying to help the people that spoke in the native tongue of Quechua (one type anyways, there are 40 different languages in Peru). It was awesome. I worked with Sarah and every door that we did (minus a little boy) we started a study and AGREED to continue with the study next week on Sunday. One man said that he lives 15min away but he will meet us there at his friends house next week :) One lady we talked to was so touched by the tract because she had lost someone in death and was deeply sad about it.. she is waiting for us to return... the other lady was very interested in what is the true religion and we explained a bit about that and she agreed and wants to know more. So we where out this morning for 4 hours but only did 4 doors hahahaha...
Anyways... it has been truly a few momentous days for us... and very hot days too... one day was 34 but had the feeling of 39... that was tough but with Jehovahs holy spirit WE MADE IT ... to the next hot day hahahaha... no but it truly is a blessing to be here and the family we have been staying with as well as the congregation have been helping us soooo much.
I finally bought some short sleeve shirts for meetings and witnessing... that has made a massive difference... next thing on the list to buy... a FAN for the room... hahahaha
We send our love to you all and wish you where all here with us.
Please keep in contact... been loving your emails and beautiful comments.. they really have encouraged as and help us keep going along in Jehovahs service.
Lots of Love,
Josh and Sarah
Wow. So where do I begin. We have to apologise in advance if our blog posts are a bit delayed. We will try our best to keep you all posted.
So lets start where we left off....
So Thursday we went out witnessing for a few hours in the morning... the heat was not too bad. We had a great morning with a heap of interest as usual. There is this amazing pioneer couple from France here that we got the chance to work with that morning. There names are Thomas and Jocelyne and Thomas' sister Marro who only arrived 2 months ago. Thomas and Jocelyne have not been here to long either but they have been in and out serving in Peru for a few years now. They have heaps of studies and are doing great with the language. Marro, is doing amazing considering she pretty much just got here. Its been so good having them around as we are able to learn so much from them and how they having been adjusting to life here. Another amazing couple is the Segundo's who have been to the Couple School (which has changed now) and they where assigned to Banda De Shilcayo 8 months ago as special pioneers. Bro David Segundo is originally from Spain and him and his wife have been serving in Peru and Spain for quite some years. They are also such a blessing from Jehovah for us. We have really felt that our prayers have been answered by Jehovah because a year ago when we when we made the decision to serve where there is a greater need and come to Tarapoto we prayed to Jehovah asking to be in an area where there would be other missionaries from other lands so we can bounce of them and learn from them. Well we where told that we would be the only ones. So we said ok no worries Jehovah will take care of us, and HE HAS because within that year these 5 brothers and sister (Spiritual Giants) have arrived!!
Anyways so what happened after field service on Thursday. Well, first we had a massive prayer to Jehovah and we went to look for a house to rent... well we originally where going to check out a house on the rental market but the man in charge didn't come... so the brothers we where with said that there is a sister with a little house looking for some one. So we headed over there. Well... it was perfect... just big enough for us... and in a safe neighbourhood... and the sister and her husband live right next door and their aunty lives on the other side of the house... so surrounded by witnesses :D what more can you ask for... well since you asked Josh... that sister (Laura) is supporting the sign language group here with her husband.. which we wanted to help out maybe down the track... oh and Laura knows how to make clothes ... and Sarah wanted and was talking about make her own clothes but wanted some one to teach her..
But wait theres more... its only a 5min walk from the kingdom hall... they are installing a new kitchen as I type.... they are going to paint the outside and inside according to what we wanted (with our help)... Laura has worked in the field of medicine for years... Her husband Cesar went to the school for single brothers... Oh and all for half the price of that the other one was going to cost.
There is so much more to this experience but I just can't fit it all in.
Jehovah is amazing. So that settles the house issue... we are moving in next Monday :)
So what has been happening in the ministry?? Well on Friday we went out to a town about 15min away and well on the first door we did we got a man that said, "Come to my house just down the road, meet me there in 5min, I want to talk to you guys about the bible." So we went down to his house and we sat down and his daughter-in-law sat down with us and we had a mini study with them but the daughter-in-law was loving it... reading all the paragraphs and scriptures and getting the message.. was beautiful to watch... anyways after about 1hour we left to join up with the rest... down the road we got a young man working and we (Sarah and I) talked to him about the tract and he seemed super interested and invited him to come along to meeting and he said he would love to. We hope he comes along :)
Saturday (where i accidentally wore my slippers out witno) we went to a small town about 30min away and there the people where a bit more tougher to preach too but we (young brother and I) got a lovely young lady home, that after we talked about the tract wanted to know more so we showed her the brochure Good News and had a little study with her and she said she would like to have a study but she lives in Tarapoto.. so we invited her to the meeting and she said she would see if she can make it.
Saturday night we had the meeting and that was awesome but the heat was terrible... we have decided that we will sit in front of the fans next meeting hahahah
Sunday (today) well.... this was amazing... we went to help a congregation up in a town called Lames which is about 45min and today they where trying to help the people that spoke in the native tongue of Quechua (one type anyways, there are 40 different languages in Peru). It was awesome. I worked with Sarah and every door that we did (minus a little boy) we started a study and AGREED to continue with the study next week on Sunday. One man said that he lives 15min away but he will meet us there at his friends house next week :) One lady we talked to was so touched by the tract because she had lost someone in death and was deeply sad about it.. she is waiting for us to return... the other lady was very interested in what is the true religion and we explained a bit about that and she agreed and wants to know more. So we where out this morning for 4 hours but only did 4 doors hahahaha...
Anyways... it has been truly a few momentous days for us... and very hot days too... one day was 34 but had the feeling of 39... that was tough but with Jehovahs holy spirit WE MADE IT ... to the next hot day hahahaha... no but it truly is a blessing to be here and the family we have been staying with as well as the congregation have been helping us soooo much.
I finally bought some short sleeve shirts for meetings and witnessing... that has made a massive difference... next thing on the list to buy... a FAN for the room... hahahaha
We send our love to you all and wish you where all here with us.
Please keep in contact... been loving your emails and beautiful comments.. they really have encouraged as and help us keep going along in Jehovahs service.
Lots of Love,
Josh and Sarah
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