Off We Go to Zudañez!
We are loving Sucre but can not pass up an opportunity to go to isolated territory about 3 hours by bus from Sucre.
We had a group of nine. All of us foreigners. Trey and Shannon headed up the expedition.
We had a great time and made some new friends!
We preached along the way. The woman selling food and drinks to the passengers were surprised to be offered something in return. One woman turned around and yelled, "Watchtower!" They a young lady came running up to the bus and said, "I want the Watchtower. What do you have?" That was a clue to what was to come upon reaching our destination.
When we arrived in Zudanez it was an adventure from the start. Trey confirmed our rooming with the hotel owner before we left, however, there is only one room available when we arrive. One room for nine people just is not going to work. It turns out that the owner was not in Zudanez at the time and the employee let the rooms out not knowing that we were on our way. Lovely! It was by then after 8 and getting colder by the minute. Then the "nice" employee tells Trey to check out the other hotel up the street. It was a blessing from Jehovah that they had rooming for all of us at such short notice.
We preached along the way. The woman selling food and drinks to the passengers were surprised to be offered something in return. One woman turned around and yelled, "Watchtower!" They a young lady came running up to the bus and said, "I want the Watchtower. What do you have?" That was a clue to what was to come upon reaching our destination.
When we arrived in Zudanez it was an adventure from the start. Trey confirmed our rooming with the hotel owner before we left, however, there is only one room available when we arrive. One room for nine people just is not going to work. It turns out that the owner was not in Zudanez at the time and the employee let the rooms out not knowing that we were on our way. Lovely! It was by then after 8 and getting colder by the minute. Then the "nice" employee tells Trey to check out the other hotel up the street. It was a blessing from Jehovah that they had rooming for all of us at such short notice.
Our rooming and hotel was nicer then expected. However, there was an attack moth. Jenni will have to fill you in on that. lol!
Since Zudañez is lower in the mountain it was a little warmer which was a pleasant surprise as well.
Since people don't really like you to take their picture I don't have any good pictures of us witnessing yet. But this is what some of the countryside looks like. It was breathtaking. Everywhere you look is another amazing sight.
This is where we ate all of our meals. There are only a couple places to eat and since Trey and Shannon said that they have never gotten sick here, we decided that this would be the place. There is no menu. There only serve their soup of the day and a choice of the two lunch plates that they have prepared. The meals were humble but were hot so it warmed our tummys. And even better...No one got sick.
It was an experience to preach to the people here. No one was rushed or said that they didn't have time. Everyone that read Spanish excepted the literature that we offered.
My goal in talking with the people was show them God's name in the Bible and explain why knowing it is valuable to them. Then offer the Oct mags if they read.
There were people that we talked to that asked if we were going to have a meeting Sunday. We we told them that we couldn't stay til Sunday, they replied, "Too bad. If you would have had a meeting we would have come." Responses like that and the general interest in the Bible in this small town warmed our hearts and give us great hope for its future.
The harvest is great and the workers are very few here!!
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