First Experience

 

Service Bound

January 30th

How do you know when Jehovah is watching after you? When a fairly aggressive stranger insists that you follow him to find bananas and water.... And the group of three across the street (wearing jw.org badges) cut in and rescue you.

It was about four thirty in the afternoon when Makenzie and I decided to hunt for good and water, seeing as we were surviving off this morning's toast and had to wait for the tropical rainstorm to pass before leaving the room once more. Looking lost and defeated, a man native to the island approached us, insisting that he knew where to find the items in which we seeked if we would just follow him into the jungle. At seeing our hesitation, the man quickly grew agitated and aggressively insisted that we follow. "Excuse me", a woman from across the street interrupted, "are you girls alright?". It didn't take long for us to recognize who these people were. Long story short, we all went to a sister's house not too far from our scary little incident and talked amongst the friends over coffee and cake. It's little instances like these that make us even more positive that Jehovah is truly watching out for us.

January 31st

First Day if Service!!! Not only do we get to spend the day with the English group of pioneers out in service- but the first ever English circuit overseer is visiting and we get to enjoy the pioneer talk this afternoon! 

I had the privilege of joining Tabitha, a sister from Bend, Oregon (go figure) on her studies this morning. It was so wonderful to meet some of the locals- to see them stop what they were doing and eagerly await their study. The highlight of service this morning for me was seeing the look on Shantigua's (best shot I have at spelling the woman's name) face when the concept of the ransom of Jesus and the love that Jehovah has for us finally clicked for her. She had the biggest grin on her face, showing a beautiful white smile that spread from one sun-kissed cheek to the other. After studies and a tour and slight run down of the island, we all met for the pioneer meeting. Yet another example of how Jehovah provides exactly what we need... I prayed I would get to be a part of it somehow, though I missed it back home. Tomorrow we get to enjoy the Circuit Overseer again at meeting and then we have been invited to a picnic in the afternoon. We are all very excited!

Fish are friends... not food