Bolivia Adventures: Yotala

(In front of Kingdom Hall)

Off we go to Yotala. One of the isolated territories that is about 30 minutes outside of Sucre. This past Sunday all were excited about the little excursion. This was the group at 8:15 am. But as the meeting time was only at 8:00 am it was not the full group. Once we got to Yotala at 9:15 am our group grew to about 45.

With being such a large group and the town being quite small we quickly were able to flood the town square with witnesses.

The brothers and sisters were quickly assigned their partner and then we were assigned our territory overseer. Then straight to the door-to-door work.

It was a wonderful day. Even though we got a late start we just about worked all of the down town by noon. Once my congregation divides Yotala should get worked more frequently. Since I've been back in Bolivia I've started a couple of door step studies in Yotala using the new brochure that we got at the convention. That seems to be exactly what the people in this town need since a good number speak Spanish as their second language and/or have limited education.

Here are some pictures of other trips to Yotala:

This is how some regularly get to Yotala, on the back of a pick-up truck. It is a bit scary but fun.

This was taken just outside the town of Yotala. The senora is wearing the typical dress for these parts. Complete with sombrero for sun protection. The sun is sure strong here. I overheard a mother trying to convince her daughter to put on her hat. The mom said, "If you don't put on your hat you will start bleeding out of your head." I thought she was just exaggerating but who knows with so many weird beliefs she might have thought that it could really happen.

Can anyone guess what this is for?
I wish I could have zoomed in better. This shows three men digging a well. There was a whole dug 45 feet down with a man at the bottom carefully excavating the earth below and putting the dirt in a bucket which a two strong young men pulled up on their hand made pulley at the top. The pulley consisted of a garden hose and a couple of sticks. They have plans of digging 10 more meters down with the same set up. Even the Bolivian friends in the ministry were surprised to see this sight.