So much spiritual activity!

Zone Visit!

January 22, 2012

The Zone Overseer, Guy Pierce, governing body member visited Santa Cruz, Bolivia.  Although I was not able to travel to Santa Cruz I was able to hear and see the program.  We met at the Play House in Sucre.  There was 26,000 in attendance for all of Bolivia.  

With fellow need greater, Ana, in Mesa Verde Congregation.  Some you may have seen her and her husband, Justin, before since they have family in Melbourne area.  They are an awesome couple.  Not only are they serious in the ministry, they are big rock climbers and they ride their bikes everywhere.

Circuit Overseer's Visit!
Pioneer Meeting!

We have 26 regular pioneers (including special pioneers and missionaries) helping the Sur Congregation right now.  Some are visitors that won't be here permanently.  We have 6 auxiliary pioneers as well this month.  These pioneers do not include those that are part of the Serrano group that our congregation supports.
Don't let all these pioneers make you think that there isn't any need in Sucre.  I reported 7 bible studies last month.  January is one of the hardest month for bible studies even since everyone travels in the summer.

One of my roommates is in this picture.  Kandra Painter is the sister with blonde hair and the green shirt.  She will be with me at my new apt til the middle of April.  She is from upstate NY, the town of Lake George, a few hours from Bethel.  I couldn't ask for better roommates.  I hope everything works out like they can come back again like they plan.

Saturday Service Group
(Just a few snap shots.)

Me and my little friend Natalie.

Amelie Horte on left from Canada.  She and her husband, Ben, will be here for 1 year.  Bolivian sister in middle.  Mexican sister visiting for 2 1/2 months.
There are always people coming and going to help out.  Which is great in helping our territory seeded but our congregation lacks watering.  I don't know how many people in the territory have told me that they had studied before and many have come to the meetings but then no one came back to visit them.  Our recent local needs was on doing return visits.  Then again at our pioneer meeting the CO gave the pioneers instructions to bring any extra pen and paper to give to our publisher partner to use to write down their calls.  Then we are to write down their call in our book, too, so that we can go and remind them to do their return visit.  Interesting huh?  I bought a call book when I got here and I have like 5 pages left in it.  There isn't a lack of interested people but the friends just have a fear of doing returns.  There is an average of 2 return visits per publisher per month.  I had 49 returns last month.  Hopefully all us pioneers can help them be more at ease.

~Coming soon....View of the new apt!~