Update:)

Hey everyone, thought I would give you all a brief update. Things here are going good, we are getting ready for our big trip to Lethem next week. So this will probably be the last update until I come home, but we will see if anything exciting or funny happens. So since the congregation party not too much has happened. We are starting to get ready for Dani's departure in 2 weeks:( That is a piece of unhappy news to share. We will start with Saturday. So this last week was the week that the service overseer, who is Brother Hollenbeck, was visiting the service group we are assigned to. So we decided that we would work with the english group Saturday morning before heading off to our Bible studies. I was able to work with Sister Sandra Panchum. She is the first local sister to become a regular pioneer in the Brighton congregation. She is a single mother, her son is named Daniel. He is so sweet, he and I have a secret handshake that is not so secret anymore. Her story is really encouraging. She was married and just before she was baptized her husband left her. She has done so well for herself despite everything she has gone through. She is an amazing mother and is training her son to be a great brother.

So that morning when we arrived to meet for the service group I noticed a couple that I havent met before. After our meeting for service was finished I was able to meet them. I was so excited to hear that this couple is Kevin and Beena Chisolm! If some of you remember 3 years ago when I applied to come down here the first time they are the couple that I originally contacted about Guyana. I talked to them a few times and then once I was asked to wait for a while I didnt keep in touch. I was so happy to be able to meet them finally. Unfortunately I didnt get to talk to them very much because the Guyanese are very serious about taking off right after the service meeting is over.

The first house we went to Daniel gave his presentation and then his mother took over once the man had accepted the magazines. The man was very friendly and said he already had a Bible teach book but that he would love for Sandra to come back next week to discuss God's purpose for the earth. After that we went to the next house where a young woman was out with her family. Sandra introduced us all and then said," this is my friend Faith and she has an important message to share with you." I had not expected to actually do english service, I was under the impression we were doing deaf search along with the english service group. So startled I went into my presentation with Revelation 21:3,4 and show the book and ask her if I could come back next week to discuss what that scripture means. She accepted right away, so that is my first english study. The next 2 houses also accepted Bible studies. So for anybody who is reading this looking for a country that needs help with Bible studies in english or sign language, this is the country for you.

After that we went on our Bible studies. It was seeming to be the same old same old until we reached Rebecca's house. The son that she continues to talk about was there, let me tell you he lived up to his description. He came out and the first thing he said was my name is Jacob and I am christian. That is a great start let me tell you. Everytime I tried to start the study with Rebecca he would start talking to me. He pulled out the movie 2012 and told me that God was going to destroy the world then. So I was sick of his talking and said you know the Bible says that Jehovah alone knows when armageddon is going to happen, and who is man to say they know? At which point he said well I didnt really mean that. Then he moved on to healings done by pastors, at which point I told him the Bible says that spirit healings were included among the teachings of demons. Once again he said I didnt really mean that. Then finally he asked where the Kingdom Hall was and if he could go. So I told him where it was and gave him the times, we will see if he ever actually shows up. He is a tad wierd but it seems like maybe he might do well if the right person studied with him. You never know.


Then Sunday we had a great start to our day. My Bible study Abida has a very creepy husband, whos name I cant remember. Recently Abida has been coming to our house and just sitting around doing nothing except staring and giving one word answers to any of our questions. So we knew it was a matter of time before her husband came over. So yesterday morning as we were getting ready to walk out the door Dani sticks her head in the door and says umm Faith guess who is here? So I stepped outside to see her husband with no shoes on walking to our door. So after telling him that we were leaving we led him away from our door and he asked us for money! I had blocked out everything he said, apparently it is for a man who he works with, by the way he told us he didnt have a real job, has no money and no food for his family. But then said it was ok to wait until Friday to finish the discussion. So I am thinking that the money is for him, just a crazy thought.

Then after meeting we went over to Curtis and Shaundelle Bourne's house for a late lunch. They are so nice, and she is an amazing cook! She made fried chicken, and something called variety rice. It has a little bit of everything, it was delicious. They have 3 little boys and then their nephew is there all the time. I was so excited to be able to play hide and seek with them, it made me miss my little brothers even more than I already do. Before we left we played scrabble and I gave a lesson in chess. Abi is still working on it:) They sent us home with a chess set so the girls can practice.

Only day left to catch you up on is today. We went to the market, always a highlight of our week. You never realize how much food you eat until you have nothing in the house to eat! So once we arrived in Rose Hall which is where our market is, we set off for a store so Abi could buy foam for her matress. We bought it, and then Abi had to carry around a foam matress that was seriously the same height as her. It was quite a site, and yes we did take pictures. After that we did the normal shopping, but on our way out of the market there was a donkey tied up that looked extremely pathetic. So I decided to give him the rest of my banana. I had a little trouble giving it to him. There was a local man standing outside laughing at me. He yelled hold your hand out flat and he wont bite you. So I did what he said and the donkey ate it out of my hand! I really wanted to take him home with me. The animals here are so sad looking. You know in Winnie the Pooh the donkey, Eeore? Yes the donkeys all look like that, I think that if they could talk they would sound that way too. I want to take care of them all, its just not possible.

So we finally made it to our favorite place, Spready's! After the grocery shopping, we headed over to the bakery. I got my usual, chocolate cake and sprite. There is nothing like chocolate cake to make you feel good. It gives you the warm fuzzy feeling of home. I looked over and there was table of boys about 12 years old, just sitting there staring at us and laughing. Abi got up to go and wash her hands, at the same time a few of those little boys went over there too. As she walked by them, they made a funny face at her and she did so in return. She didnt know they would continue that for the rest of our trip. I looked over after everyone had sat back down after that and one of them was a little more brave than the others and came over. He asked me what my name is, so I told him and he pointed to one of the boys and said he likes you. Then he walked away really quickly it was funny. But then he came over and asked me where I am from, then continued coming over asking the rest of the girl's names. Eventually we all had a boy that liked us. So I decided it would be funny to go and sit with them, once I did they all looked scared and ran away. That was one of the funniest things that has happened here so far.

Well I think that is all I have to report for now. I will try to write again before I take off for Lethem, maybe something funny will happen before we take off. So until then!