Memorial 2015~ Big Corn Island

Bible Studies all came to the Memorial

Our English Creole Group

With memorial campaign wrapping up and much work to do on the local Kingdom Hall, this past week has been a busy blur to say the least. Between painting, playing tourist with a visiting guest, preaching, invitation work, and fighting off the plagues that have been spreading like wildfire here on Corn Island, Friday seemed almost impossible to reach. 

I remember sitting at home sick and taking care of the sick after a fairly traumatic week, talking to someone while having a slight panic attack. At this point, sisters had been in and out of the hospital, the elders had been gone for four days on the mainland for special training, our territory for the campaign was still unfinished, and food and water were beginning to become scarce on the island due to the drastic increase of tourists for Semana Santa. Stressful might have been an understatement. 

Were any of us surprised, though, when our 16 publishers were but a fraction of the 73 attendees of Christ's memorial Friday evening? Seeing Jehovah's hand in all that we do made this one of the most encouraging nights, to say the least. All of us in the English creole group on big corn island made it to the memorial despite all the challenges if this week. Three of my studies attended as well- which was the norm for all of us publishers. Nothing can quite compare to the way it feels to know that your efforts are not in vain and that the work we do is so much greater than just ourselves. It just goes to show that "with God all things are possible".