tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83137612936662397242024-02-18T19:55:37.294-08:00"Taste and see that Jehovah is good"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-5277675110129111262013-06-29T09:27:00.001-07:002013-06-29T09:28:20.557-07:00The splitHey! So here's just a quick update about all the activity here in Santiago. We had the visit of our circuit overseer last week and the congregation officially split ! We now have the Villa Olga <div>EnglishCongregation as well as the Imbert English Congreagtion. Everyone was so happy to see that we finally accomplished the goal we had set out to do earlier this year. We enjoyed out last week being together and topped it off with a nice party on Saturday. We ate (sooooo much food ), we danced (not me ) and there were other activities like a pool, pool table and volleyball. This spot was completely secluded and BEAUTIFUL. We are excited to see some old friends returning , as well as some new ones we're meeting for the first time. For sure this will be an exciting next couple weeks!</div><div><br></div><div>Below you'll see pocket is alive and well! He just got a bath and he was eager to get back into the house. After that is a little snapshot of the area we had the party at. I'm telling you, this picture doesn't even do it justice! </div><div><br></div><div>We hope you are all doing well and think of you often. </div><div><br></div><div>Nos Vemos,</div><div>Aaron</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNxOH0ZAziWGb0sYD0DnSmi3yj5RlYn6_8Zkrn3EZC8VwSQbBILoqHvB0ZtmqA1lTCxtlqadA31U07Pv7MuvnwMuHOXkXkF2y-aKgtjIVXpsYGRHRvq-JtPXh7ag4ii_hYKANC-UV10Fs/s640/blogger-image-1671164317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNxOH0ZAziWGb0sYD0DnSmi3yj5RlYn6_8Zkrn3EZC8VwSQbBILoqHvB0ZtmqA1lTCxtlqadA31U07Pv7MuvnwMuHOXkXkF2y-aKgtjIVXpsYGRHRvq-JtPXh7ag4ii_hYKANC-UV10Fs/s640/blogger-image-1671164317.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7CKCXKH6D95OF7j-lJxvgHv9LjS5wXp7WV-8vtwSY7yibcvTR1z94j8SJ8Amng0FGeELOkKa3WWRYlryamfODQ6nZzpuCRjIMK8F9wmYHnZhkckHDQBr2pNZNsMohZhBuJuxk4Djn1Td/s640/blogger-image-7905161.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7CKCXKH6D95OF7j-lJxvgHv9LjS5wXp7WV-8vtwSY7yibcvTR1z94j8SJ8Amng0FGeELOkKa3WWRYlryamfODQ6nZzpuCRjIMK8F9wmYHnZhkckHDQBr2pNZNsMohZhBuJuxk4Djn1Td/s640/blogger-image-7905161.jpg"></a></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-41648431398930780942013-06-14T14:06:00.001-07:002013-06-14T14:07:25.003-07:00We're baaaaackHello friends! We hope all is well with you and we're happy to say that we're back in Dominican Republic. We really really REALLY enjoyed our visit with all of you. Honestly, I thought I'd want to return to DR IMMEDIATELY upon returning to the states. But the love, hospitality and warmth we felt from all of you was just incredible. I wanted to stay even longer! I'll give you a little recap of our trip. <div><br></div><div>Upon arriving Saturday , we were picked up by the Ingracias from the airport and they had us stay with them for 5 days. We enjoyed so much association and encouragement from seeing our friends again , as well as making new friends. We even met a brother who had been in DR when the English congregation was first starting here in Santiago. Wednesday morning we hopped on the ferry from Long Island and went over to Connecticut. From there on my mom went to Norwich to stay with her previous French congregation and I went to Groton to stay with my previous English congregation. I stayed with a couple , Matt and Ella , as well as their 4 cats , Roxy, Ena, Scritz and Jake. I renamed the cats Fat Cat (Roxy), <span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Other fat cat or That one</span>(Ena ) , Yellow Foot( Scritz) and White Foot (Jake). These cats were sooooo.... Fuffy. And they were just adorable. When Ella would call them for food , it was a cat stampede! I felt like Simba in the lion king when the buffalo stampede was coming at him. Scared. Alone. Begging for help. HAHA I was so grateful to Matt and Ella for letting me stay with them and we definitely had some great laughs. We had burrito babies together (see photo ) and really got to know each other better. The Groton congregation has truly grown over the last 9 months. I was so encouraged by the young ones who have grown spiritually ,as well as the 7 pioneers who are eagerly awaiting pioneer school this summer. The congregation had 36 who attended the pioneer meeting with the circuit overseer ! And in the past 9 months , 4 people were baptized. What I learned from this trip, or I should say what became more apparent, was that no matter where we are, no matter what capacity that we are serving in , no matter how much we are able to preach, WE ARE ALL SERVING WHERE THE NEED IS GREAT! </div><div><br></div><div>Here we are at the photo section. You'll see Fat Cat and Yellow Foot , some of the friends and then some scenery from back home. </div><div><br></div><div>Nos Vemos, </div><div>Aaron</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbX9etRobI15kDg0LY0g4ftXqn2JKmD_Kj_dfm07iXcmI0s6Pm-mqBC8M7g6kr-5PVTaR1JAubRpAE1geR4m0v8zegacfFin-NgSrHspRoBBBuiZdKtXRB7v0aymJpEdW1yGhm4tly2ACt/s640/blogger-image--735033118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbX9etRobI15kDg0LY0g4ftXqn2JKmD_Kj_dfm07iXcmI0s6Pm-mqBC8M7g6kr-5PVTaR1JAubRpAE1geR4m0v8zegacfFin-NgSrHspRoBBBuiZdKtXRB7v0aymJpEdW1yGhm4tly2ACt/s640/blogger-image--735033118.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkv54DWBjYKqdVM0BAHb7gzDI-ygvBz7pckha6xW1hlbcnhpqYtcpNjZ3sMfguvPED1RkVbrFX4ePWi07R1zdNgtLT9t_0R1cXUxljiFwz_VxL1CsEGNbbHgOihKUVsQNHBKUkZXuV-xJk/s640/blogger-image--248403248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I just wanted to make that very clear before I get started. <br />
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Hello friends!! We just got back home today from our convention and I'm telling you, it was amazing! The speakers were had were so great and the information was so timely. On Thursday morning a group of 30 from our congregation packed into a small guagua (like a minibus) and drove down to Santo Domingo to help with the cleaning of the assembly hall. It was so great seeing all the help! Even the small ones from various congregations were there to support us. Friday was a big emotional day because of some of the experiences we had. One in particular I wanted to share with you. <br />
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Our brother has many years of faithful service to Jehovah and many years serving here in the Dominican Republic. He was actually sent to start the English congregation up in Puerto Plata. So as you can guess many people know him and cherish him. He revealed to the audience that he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer and that he's not expected to survive more than a year. At this point tears were in everyone's eyes. He began to speak of how great of a privilege it had been to serve here and how many friends he had made over the years. He reassured the audience that his short term goals were destroyed , but his long term goal is still the same. The speaker then said "it's been a privilege to work along side you " and with that the brother turned to the audience and waves goodbye as he walked off stage. The audience had to be quieted because our clapping went on so long. This no longer was an interview , it was a goodbye. Our hearts were saddened to hear this but if you saw this brother , he kept his smile on and a happy composure. It was a powerful experience. <br />
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On sunday , a sister was interview about a loss she had suffered in 2010. Her daughter passed away from cancer. As she began to tell the experience she broke down. The brother started to tell he experience and then she suddenly gained enough composure to tell the rest of her story about how the friends were there for her and how she managed to keep strong and focused. As she ended she was weeping again and said "I want to be there to see my Gina again ". A sister came to comfort her on stage and the audience once again thundered with applause. I thought about this situation and I knew the Holy Spirit helped her. She became calm enough to deliver most of her experience and then began to cry right at the end. It's like her tears were held back. <br />
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Well friends as you can tell just by these two experiences , this was an emotion packed weekend and it was so encouraging for us all to be together. <br />
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We hope you all are doing well and look forward to seeing you soon! We come back to the states to visit this SATURDAY!!!!! I can't wait to see you all and hear how everyone is doing. I'm so excited!!! <br />
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We have a guest coming in tonight named Taijee. There's a really awesome story behind this and I'll tell you about it on the next post. But you'll be surprised to hear how this all worked out! <br />
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Below are some of the pictures of our vacation that meant to upload weeks ago. But I hope you enjoy them! <br />
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So John has still been so faithful in following us around as we preach! Alejandro and I wanted Herby to meet the dog and Herby HATED him! But John stayed by Herby's side. This dog is so faithful to us and we haven't even done anything for it. But I like him a lot. I feel as tho he would protect us if any bad dogs attacked at all. <br />
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We went on our vacation and it was so nice! I'll talk more about that in the next post and I'll post some pictures then as well. <br />
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Below you'll see Herby and his new best friend. Then Monica, my mom and I at the table. Lastly , pocket is alive and well! He just got a bath and needed to dry out !<br />
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I hope you friends are doing well and I'm so excited to see you soon! <br />
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Aaron<br />
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In less then two weeks a big group of us are going to lifestyles , a resort in Puerto Plata , for vacation! I am sooooooo excited! I realized that my Mom and I haven't had any down time since the last time we came to DR in 2012 ! So this will be nice to sit on the beach for a few days and soak up the rays. I'm gonna get so dark!! <br />
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Soon we have a new wave of visitors coming in. Graham returns as well as Mario! We're so excited to have them back with us because we need the help! Speaking on help, we just got a new couple in our hall and the husband is an elder! Also we had 4 new pioneers appointed so now we have 26 regular pioneers. But don't forget , we still need help! So please consider coming down to DR! <br />
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Every Sunday, Alejandro, Herby and I go preaching in Villa Magesterial after the meeting. Each week, this dog follows us around as we walk all over for our studies. He's always happy and wagging his tail. So we decided our friend needed a name. We thought for a while and couldn't think of one. Suddenly a man was walking in front of us and the dog freaked out and started to bark! He howled and barked until I called him back to us. From then on we've called him John, one of the "sons of thunder". <br />
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This is some of the barrios we preached in just last night!<br />
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It was a very windy day and poor Loudy lost her umbrella! The wind ripped it right off ! Of course we needed a picture!<br />
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Below you'll see this little lizard and it was puffing its mouth out! I thought of my little friend Logan who is in the states now. If you're reading this buddy, I'm still on the look out for lizards !<br />
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We hope you friends are doing well!! We fly back May 25th and we'll be visiting until June 10th. This is a shorter trip then we expected , but we didn't want to be gone from our assignment for too long. So hopefully we'll be able to see you all very soon .<br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-4621808635172819372013-04-05T17:50:00.001-07:002013-04-05T17:50:34.392-07:00Refining myself as a teacherErick is continuing to do so well in his studies! He continues to ask me every week if he can join me in the preaching work , so now we've really started taking steps in getting him ready to be a publisher. Through this whole process tho, I've seen many things in myself that I need to improve. One area is just being a friend , a better friend , for my students. I've seen that as you get closer to these ones , they reveal things to you that you would never even expect. Such as family problems or other things like this. I've seen that what I need to do is just make my self available WHENEVER I'm needed. I always thought that I was a good friend to my students , but now I've been trying to take a bigger interest in my student's personal lives. Not just being buddies, but now focusing on forming a brotherly relationship. I know this will help me especially as my students continue to progress. <br />
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This weekend is quite crazy! The ASL circuit has their circuit assembly , so we have 6 people staying in our house right now. No matter where I look as I type this up, there's someone there!!!! But it's nice getting to know these friends better. <br />
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It's crazy that's it's been 6 months since we left the states. Time has been flying and in just another month , we'll be back in the states for a short period of time. We look forward to seeing many of you and we hope we get to see you all! <br />
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I'm going to try to post more often! I apologize for the gaps. I've been trying to come up with new ideas so that the blog is more interesting! So bear with me during this transitioning phase. <br />
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Nos Vemos, <br />
AaronAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-57877169545769498382013-04-03T14:51:00.001-07:002013-04-03T14:51:21.236-07:00Hey friends!Hello!!!! First, let me apologize for not posting for so long. I've been a little busy with my students and life in general. But I promise I'll have a new post up here by Saturday , if not earlier. Everything has been going great! I have some exciting experiences for you and a couple new pictures. Once again I'm so sorry! <br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
AaronAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-4723442339654462982013-03-19T15:26:00.001-07:002013-03-19T15:26:02.384-07:00Memorial season!Friends I apologizing for not posting for so long! The campaign work has keeping us super busy! We have been in new territories lately and we've found a new group of English speakers ! The area is called Santa María and it's very rural. The animals just roam wherever they want and there's so many types! There's dogs, cows, horses and peacocks! It's been a nice change of scenery from the city. The campaign work this year has been a little difficult tho. We didn't receive our invitations for the memorial this year so all our invitation work has been by word of mouth! We got an emergency shipment of invitations but only enough for each publisher to have one! All we could do is show the invitation. BUT I JUST GOT WORD AS I WAS TYPING THIS! We received our invitations tonight!!!! We'll get to enjoy the campaign work now !!! This is so exciting ! <br />
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I've received some wonderful comments from you friends and I wanted to let you know how encouraging it is for my mom and I to read these! I'll be responding to you all very soon. Thank you so much for your wonderful comments friends! <br />
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Below are an assortment of pictures from our campaign work! I hope you enjoy. <br />
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We hope you friends are doing well and think about you often ! <br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
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Blown.Eric has been doing so well on his studies! He really gets the sense of what we are talking about and we've been using part of our study time to go over the watchtower so that he can have a comment prepared. This past Sunday, I invited Eric and a few others from the congregation over for lunch and a nice chance for Eric to get to know the congregation better. As we sat down Eric announced "I want to be a publisher!" My mind was blown! He told us all after that he wants to study the bible in English only and that he has begun preaching to his friends. I was in shock because I had no warning that any of this was gonna happen anytime soon! So we spent the rest of the lunch encouraging him to keep up his progress. Yesterday I had my mom accompany me on the study and we went over information about proper dress for the meetings and goals to set , such as joining the Theocratic Ministry School. We found out that Eric doesn't own any slacks or a suit, so we're working out a way to get a suit for him. I'm so excited for Eric because this is such an exciting time for him. Hopefully soon, he'll be able to identify himself with Jehovah's people and preach with us. I'm so grateful to Jehovah for letting me help Eric out and aid him in his progress. <br />
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On a sad note , many of the needgreaters who were visiting have left to go back home. This is my first time seeing a full "wave" of them come through. We got to know so many well and it hurt to see them go. But with Jehovah's help, they'll be back soon. On a happy note, our next wave of needgreaters are coming soon! And I'm ecstatic to be able to tell you that Graham is returning for a month and a half!!!! I'm so excited to have him back down here! <br />
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Below are some pictures of our friends who became more like family for us. <br />
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We hope you friends are doing well and think about you often. May is fast approaching so we'll be stateside in just a couple months. Can't wait to be able to talk with you in person!<br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
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On that note, the friends who have been leaving have studies and return visits that they need taken care of. So they've been handing them out to whoever is in need of studies or would be able to help their student. This is where my funny experience starts. So the other night I was on my way to a return visit and saw a young man named Eric who study with the Cornelius family. He was waiting outside the Spanish meeting and so I ran across the road to say hello. He's very shy so I always try to say hi to him. When I saw him his face lit up! He exclaimed "Cornelius is leaving! You are my teacher now !" You can imagine my shock at the statement because The Cornelius family never told me that they wanted me to study with Eric or anything about him. So I said "ok so I'll see you at our meeting tomorrow morning !" and let him go into the Spanish meeting that was about to start. The next morning he came to the meeting and sat with me. He even read a scripture during the watchtower study! After the meeting we got to talk more and Eric told me that he is studying in Spanish already but that he still wants more in English! So he told me that I should come by Wednesday at 9:30 for his study. He had set up this whole study on his own!!! It was so awesome. So I decided that instead of actually "studying" with him that we would consider the watchtower study for each Sunday and help him prepare a comment. That way I'm not getting in the way of his Spanish studies. Eric truly has the spark tho. He'll do Great things with what he's learning. I'm just looking forward to see him progress even more. <br />
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Below is a picture of the Cornelius family, mom and I. We were so sad to see them go. <br />
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We hope you friends are doing well. I know winter is killing you but know you always have an island getaway if you need a break. <br />
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Nos Vemos, <br />
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We've had such a large group at the meetings because of the group of Americans that came to support us. After the meeting, it was so loud I could barely hear myself think! I couldn't help but think what a LOUD shout of praise that was. <br />
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Hope you friends are doing well and we think of you often. <br />
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Nos Vemos ,<br />
Aaron Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-17940336564659870882013-02-11T10:36:00.001-08:002013-02-11T10:36:23.781-08:00Dominican Republic Zone Visit 2013Hello friends! Our preaching activity here in Santiago has increased even more! Why? Because we have a group of almost 20 people from the states all coming here to help support the Imbert English Group. It's been SO encouraging meeting these different ones. You have single ones, single parent families , and many other large families! All here to help us! We begged the master to send more workers and as always , Jehovah has provided for us. <br />
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Yesterday was the zone visit and I seriously was in spiritual overload! The way they delivered the zone visit to all of DR was interesting. Because we have so many language groups ranging from creole to Russian to Italian and so on, they needed to use a way for all these groups could have their own translations. By using the Internet , the transmission from Santo Domingo was sent simultaneously to all these groups! It was also recorded so that other congregations could see it later on that night. We were able to watch it live in our own Kingdom Hall! The attendance at that time went as followed :<br />
Spanish : 4,400 +<br />
Creole : 1478<br />
ASL: 821<br />
English : 358 <br />
Now these aren't the final numbers. We were told they'd be available soon. I was so happy that Rodnee and Leogan (another study of mine ) were in attendance with me! It was such an amazing event.<br />
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We were given some facts about Dominican Republic and the progress we've made so far. For example, five years ago there were only 28,000 publishers here in DR. But as of October 2012 we now have 35,535. An increase of over 7,000 people ! There have been 70 new congregations formed and 20 new salón del reinos built! Next, we talked about four goals the branch has for Dominican Republic. <br />
1. Preaching in places of greater need. We were told that 30% of our territory on the island isn't reached regularly or at all! The call has one again gone out for help reaching these smaller communities in the campo. <br />
2. In march the branch would like to have 20,000 auxiliary pioneers. This would mean that 6 out of every 10 people would be pioneers. Also we set a new goal for 7,000 regular pioneers. <br />
3. Learning a new language to speak to foreigners. We were reminded of Haitian , Chinese , Russians and Japanese. There are so many types of people we can find here and we want to know their language to be able to preach effectively. In Acts 2:4 it talks about the anointed ones speaking in tongues. It was pointed out to us that most of these people could have spoken Greek , yet Jehovah wanted these people to hear the message in their own tongue. So it's up to us here in DR to learn these new languages and find these ones so that they can learn of god. <br />
4. Conducting progressive bible studies. Right now there are over 70,000 bible studies being conducted. But the increase has been slow. So we were given four reminders. 1 Thessalonians 2:8 tells us that we need to impart our souls. So are we truly becoming friends to our students? Are they like children to us? Second, direct attention to Jehovah, Jesus and the organization using the new brochure. Also we could do this by binging experienced ones like elders with us. Third, help them understand the seriousness of the study. Our students must be prepared and we should be aware of when they need to be terminated if they aren't making progress. Last, finish both books and help them maintain their Christian course. <br />
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Below you'll see Adrean and Blake riding in the back of Mag's truck. Gotta get to these studies somehow. Haha next are picture of the zone visit ! The last one is Joseph(brother with the Chinese congregation ), myself, Leogan and Rodnee. <br />
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Take care friends and keep strong. I'm hearing scary reports about snow. We've been thinking about you all. <br />
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Nos Vemos, <br />
Aaron <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZGVh-YvvPKpXUSyGainayM78yOzKp7od45A_m7ZDN4dmUEO0qVqNWxPqT6Os2vO5YGL7eSOdYFRSxy7XX3TAjCLxGfySXDEmhm5t9wcW5C2en6mQBw60KE2_oNDqylx1RudpJ7sONeyA/s640/blogger-image-46474880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZGVh-YvvPKpXUSyGainayM78yOzKp7od45A_m7ZDN4dmUEO0qVqNWxPqT6Os2vO5YGL7eSOdYFRSxy7XX3TAjCLxGfySXDEmhm5t9wcW5C2en6mQBw60KE2_oNDqylx1RudpJ7sONeyA/s640/blogger-image-46474880.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y8rf4O9W1tduk6HvaQOjdTVFfytI1FkWGoO8DQxGPkTkt5jHmM2lc5igs9rOTKxYl3Hq6pxzG7Cmwivknl2OPRTCqwb1acVnNks0z6DbEeeEOz3GJJ0ahPoM5MTLEuEyHtFXgMSsi-PP/s640/blogger-image-1583582656.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4y8rf4O9W1tduk6HvaQOjdTVFfytI1FkWGoO8DQxGPkTkt5jHmM2lc5igs9rOTKxYl3Hq6pxzG7Cmwivknl2OPRTCqwb1acVnNks0z6DbEeeEOz3GJJ0ahPoM5MTLEuEyHtFXgMSsi-PP/s640/blogger-image-1583582656.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIo-2_zi4N0S8WBdenyIaYRqzj30nO593GKw6Fhu3hU-exfHHgFIOShY3W_3jvlzlZsx560AxWHbxzYM1YxEy7S2fMp_9XfmyvvrYiRftJKryN8ZQkht4mDrLIxHuyfZDcp2Tuycbv_pBg/s640/blogger-image--648905796.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIo-2_zi4N0S8WBdenyIaYRqzj30nO593GKw6Fhu3hU-exfHHgFIOShY3W_3jvlzlZsx560AxWHbxzYM1YxEy7S2fMp_9XfmyvvrYiRftJKryN8ZQkht4mDrLIxHuyfZDcp2Tuycbv_pBg/s640/blogger-image--648905796.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5yv1PoJzl1J9xO8TsQ_0opvFdc8l_Rf5S2zmdbtm0teO-G6OCUcxBJyEKQ7YG4_Kyvod-ofhgY5gAklJI-rxAqXrKR7esJvdcqkk2ahbeI-OxcBC8T9m_CZ5xkANFge7ydrXCvWkZ_Gh/s640/blogger-image--1665616124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF5yv1PoJzl1J9xO8TsQ_0opvFdc8l_Rf5S2zmdbtm0teO-G6OCUcxBJyEKQ7YG4_Kyvod-ofhgY5gAklJI-rxAqXrKR7esJvdcqkk2ahbeI-OxcBC8T9m_CZ5xkANFge7ydrXCvWkZ_Gh/s640/blogger-image--1665616124.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-7560648970442331722013-01-30T10:45:00.001-08:002013-01-30T10:54:53.481-08:00Casa De BaileyHello friends! It's a cold , rainy day here in Santiago so it's the perfect opportunity to update you all on what's been going on. I mentioned previously about the increase in response but I'll give a little more detail. Right now I'm conducting 7 bible studies with Haitians and Dominicans! So my week of activity usually goes something like this. <br />
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Monday: day off <br />
Tuesday : territory <br />
Wednesday : territory, RVS <br />
Thursdays : RVS <br />
Friday : Studies , RVS<br />
Saturday : Studies <br />
Sunday : Studies <br />
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I've found that Sunday preaching is so effective! Because most of my students are studying in the universities , they have the weekends off. So Sunday from 1-6 is prime time to find these guys at home. I know most of you know this feeling , but for me it's new. The feeling I'm talking about is when you're teaching a bible student about the hope that Jehovah has set before us. It's so amazing to see the look in their eyes , the spark, as if a firework has set off inside of them! It makes me fire up even more and I use this to make myself a more dynamic teacher. For example, I talked about James in a previous post and the study we had about death. Seeing his emotions as he began to realize he could see his mother again one day was so overwhelming! It made me want to help him even more to appreciate what Jehovah god has done and will do for us. Another student , Rodnee , has made great progress and is really making efforts at attending every Sunday meeting. I'm trying to imagine him soon on that platform giving his first talk. I'm so excited to see him progress. <br />
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We have a very faithful older couple leaving our congregation soon and so we had a nice gathering for them. We even put on the bible drama of Wise King Solomon. You'll see below Solomon and his three guards. Sister Duran and my mom did an amazing job with our costumes. <br />
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Our home is coming along now ! Below are just a few pictures of the living room and kitchen. <br />
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I hope you friends are doing well. Hearing your experiences from back home has been so encouraging. Please keep them coming! <br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
Aaron<br />
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P.s. at the bottom is our congregation. Sorry the picture isn't too clear, but we've been growing ! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rTYwmucl0T5-yzpbrhydekeCXDD7T301JLD5athcygA4T74Cr29V3VuV4w7InX4wP2Q_Ws9uf3pznX_eU_6uO69ZRwta7bbWYeRNMPXfTmWZT29LxuPU6-7ONSoQFEZMpdH6i1zTuhk4/s640/blogger-image-1455147165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_rTYwmucl0T5-yzpbrhydekeCXDD7T301JLD5athcygA4T74Cr29V3VuV4w7InX4wP2Q_Ws9uf3pznX_eU_6uO69ZRwta7bbWYeRNMPXfTmWZT29LxuPU6-7ONSoQFEZMpdH6i1zTuhk4/s640/blogger-image-1455147165.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFOnmLQNMIJTIsX54QfKTNX9vEDIz7EZ5BRouTPMfilB-n6nqMbMztt1Z1sXFE7OaaTBooGNYIeGKX6Oi76xv3b3WiyZ7kapjWqyocxrbB1zSGz5UNYEfU3Qnnj0b69T-F1fcZAPBmjBu/s640/blogger-image--2122772515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwFOnmLQNMIJTIsX54QfKTNX9vEDIz7EZ5BRouTPMfilB-n6nqMbMztt1Z1sXFE7OaaTBooGNYIeGKX6Oi76xv3b3WiyZ7kapjWqyocxrbB1zSGz5UNYEfU3Qnnj0b69T-F1fcZAPBmjBu/s640/blogger-image--2122772515.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYguaYwtGLj2xQRlaopxpjeXlujy-K5FZEhUUhZ1myom6h1OrjblaUy6-07IuyV_Sp51VKkxxE458yjx76N7QE8QRo6retc1gs_FvmlvgNNJLuMTQ1x6vm0UP6KmOz4q6iY4-YHcdLZKo/s640/blogger-image-1690566118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFYguaYwtGLj2xQRlaopxpjeXlujy-K5FZEhUUhZ1myom6h1OrjblaUy6-07IuyV_Sp51VKkxxE458yjx76N7QE8QRo6retc1gs_FvmlvgNNJLuMTQ1x6vm0UP6KmOz4q6iY4-YHcdLZKo/s640/blogger-image-1690566118.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ-U0iYQAPBAJdrdyfPAC_5FaafFpZpmdj1nV_db17fy4CekQXg4vz4OqtoGEewha3Qu-DeHg89bODug5sp5mau1xM8gGVUlqkcRIaubefwmXzo9rex96Jz_-fdcjWxJtUiu20jheAity/s640/blogger-image-190134036.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ-U0iYQAPBAJdrdyfPAC_5FaafFpZpmdj1nV_db17fy4CekQXg4vz4OqtoGEewha3Qu-DeHg89bODug5sp5mau1xM8gGVUlqkcRIaubefwmXzo9rex96Jz_-fdcjWxJtUiu20jheAity/s640/blogger-image-190134036.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmrFhxrYbXBsqb_NYS5o0UihZmlIzBWQ2HSYZesFI4mrB5Qz4yzJqsOep4hkrJoSGhcO9dsbpuNz92F9VAr0QoJqdHr2lDitdvrQ7VBGXdgthhJS-07n6G2qSweuRtMwcg2magfRilG4G/s640/blogger-image-1101584072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmrFhxrYbXBsqb_NYS5o0UihZmlIzBWQ2HSYZesFI4mrB5Qz4yzJqsOep4hkrJoSGhcO9dsbpuNz92F9VAr0QoJqdHr2lDitdvrQ7VBGXdgthhJS-07n6G2qSweuRtMwcg2magfRilG4G/s640/blogger-image-1101584072.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-54238273322957796672013-01-23T14:25:00.001-08:002013-01-23T14:25:07.894-08:00Goodbye Graham!So our friend Graham returned back to the States this past Saturday. He stated that this experience had shown him there was more to life then what he saw back home. I remember exactly what he feeling from my visit to Dominican Republic in October 2011. I think seeing the international brotherhood was an amazing experience as well as seeing what life is like outside of the United States. He was expressing desires to return soon , so maybe we'll have a new need greater in the Santiago English congregation! <br />
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So as I had mentioned before , the studies have been pouring in. But I just wanna share the experience of one for now. His name is Rodnee and originally he was contacted by a sister visiting from Texas. His initial questions were based around god's kingdom and what it was. Using the new brochure , Doing Jehovah's Will, we answered his questions and more! He continued to ask very good , deep questions such as "how do we know there are only 144,000 going to heaven ?" His answers were based on the bible and you could see that they were truly touching his heart. On his recent study he told me that he had told a friend of his all about what he was learning and now the friend wants to sit in on our study. Immediately he called his friend and within a few minutes , both of them were learning more about Jehovah's will for them! I'm constantly in awe by the response we face here because people are SO receptive. At times it can be overwhelming , but with a good schedule and plenty of rest, we make sure everyone has an opportunity to learn of what Jehovah has promised. Another thing about Rodnee is that he told me he wanted to know what we would be studying next week so that he could read and prepare the scriptures in advance!!!! THIS IS TOO EASY! Rodnee attended his first meeting this past Sunday and has expressed a desire to continue to attend. I'm excited to see how Rodnee will progress even further as he regularly associates with Jehovah's people. <br />
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Today , we preached in an area that needed to be indexed or in other words, we needed to take information down about the houses and then the languages of people living in those houses. While we were preaching we began to notice a dog following us. As we went to a door, she would sit and wait. Then once we moved on, she followed behind us. This dog seemed to share the attitude of a bible character. "For where you go I shall go" said Ruth at Ruth 1:16. So we decided that Ruth was a fitting name. Below you'll see a picture of our faithful friend. <br />
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On a side note, everything here has been truly great! We have settled into a nice routine and are starting to find some normalcy in life. See, since we had started moving in April , our lives had been pretty crazy. We then went from moving to living with other people for almost 3 months. So now that we have our own place , it's truly beginning to feel like home. Even saying that is giving me chills ! <br />
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I hope you guys are going well! Thank you so much for the emails and encouragement! You have no idea how much your words mean!<br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
Aaron <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwoa788axaTJKjCgpneakJVsq9GLvu50tF0CXVHLdckU3G117mOLigdf8px06Z5N5CINP01K0Vznt8ePHV9xgxcjxYV7S-nIIvnclv-AAfpbs_fAL9MfmmWvDBXTAJW_sUl6HqthkHAFM/s640/blogger-image-817248293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwoa788axaTJKjCgpneakJVsq9GLvu50tF0CXVHLdckU3G117mOLigdf8px06Z5N5CINP01K0Vznt8ePHV9xgxcjxYV7S-nIIvnclv-AAfpbs_fAL9MfmmWvDBXTAJW_sUl6HqthkHAFM/s640/blogger-image-817248293.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPJTj7wHV0WLMGhhrmtRrndSbvpgF-0Fl0kPmTuQCcIX8ucBMj-kocHqn0xrvQOq9mM5iRFPXJV4EBxPJmGIUiyE-EdmKuvUH7jjngw4-aeQ857wIWa_6QAkF-DBKgJHNgSzXjtIqu_KL/s640/blogger-image-769464163.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEPJTj7wHV0WLMGhhrmtRrndSbvpgF-0Fl0kPmTuQCcIX8ucBMj-kocHqn0xrvQOq9mM5iRFPXJV4EBxPJmGIUiyE-EdmKuvUH7jjngw4-aeQ857wIWa_6QAkF-DBKgJHNgSzXjtIqu_KL/s640/blogger-image-769464163.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-59834035745780906582013-01-18T09:51:00.001-08:002013-01-18T09:51:43.619-08:00Pictures for everybody !Well today is gonna be kinda a lazy post. I have so many pictures that you friends need to see! Tomorrow I'll fill you in on all the success we've been having. When I say we are starting a bible study nearly every day, I'm not exaggerating! It's been incredible! But today, we look at pictures. <br />
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First is the scenery section. Most of these pictures are from Jarabacoa. It was an amazing day with Jovita! We rode motoconchos all around the mountain. My mom tried her first motor concho ride too! It was so much fun! I even got to preach to my driver on the way. <br />
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Next is the fancy restaurant we went to that's up the mountain. It actually ROTATES so everyone can see the valley. The food was amazing and the company was even better. We met friends from La Vega sign language congregation and also met up with some other good friends of ours. <br />
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Last but not least is the crazy bunch of kids, myself included. We had so much fun! It was Laurine's (Jovita's niece) last day in the country before she went back home. But needless to say, we made it plenty entertaining. <br />
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Hope you friends enjoyed the pictures!<br />
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Nos Vemos, <br />
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The other day , Blake and I went to a bible study and it went so incredible! Blake did an awesome job conducting the study and handling his students questions. Afterwards we were going to get in the conchos to go back home but for some reason I felt like we should go to this juice place that I had just gone to. They have chinola and cereza there so it's the place to go when you need to get something sweet to drink. We headed over to the place to find out that it was closed. I was saying to Blake that we should go get a coke at the pharmacy and then some one approached us. The man says "what are you looking for ?" Yes. In English. It was like Jehovah sent us someone! We knew that Holy Spirit most likely moved us to go where Jehovah saw the need. It felt so good to have an experience like that. So we continued to the pharmacy and then Blake was saying how great the price were in there. I was looking around and saw someone smiling at this and I realized that he knew what we were saying! I immediately went up to him and he knew exactly who we were. Business territory here is so nice because people take time to listen. It's not rushed at all! We can take out the bible and actually discuss thins with them. So as we were leaving I held the door open for a younger man who in return said "thank you!" AGAIN IN ENGLISH!! We have a return visit set up for tomorrow afternoon! It's just been amazing to see Jehovah drawing people and even more amazing that we get the privilege of being used to find these ones. <br />
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So we've been working in a territory called Villa magisterial and we've been finding amazing responses in English! Many of these ones are young men who are studying at the local universities. One example is a young man named James. We found him yesterday morning and he was so responsive that we set up a return for this morning. My mom and I went and had the study with him! James wanted to know what happens at death. He never said why , but he was eager for answers. We went through the first 2 or 3 subheadings of chapter six in the bible teach book and showed him the true condition of the dead. He then revealed why he had the question. Last year James lost his mother to death. He said he had been told that god wanted his mom and that it was his will. But now he ha the answers that he had been searching for. I then pulled out the listen to god brochure and showed him the resurrection picture. I described to him the events occurring. Jehovah and Jesus calling these ones from death and the families and friends waiting for them. I asked James to imagine himself there waiting for his mother. "Imagine waving her over and being able to hug her again. " At this point I was starting to get emotional , as well a James. It was such an effective and heartfelt study ! I invited James to the meeting tomorrow and we are having another study in the afternoon! <br />
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Well friends besides that , all is well. Below are some pictures for you! First is our street sign. See, in DR if you want to change your street sign, you do. In this scenario , the people who live here on calle 10 decided that calle 1 was much more desired. So we'll just duct tape that thing up and BAM. Calle 1. Next was my interesting concho ride. There was a literal hole in the floor of the car. A hole. Next was my amazing hazelnut cappuccino at square one. It was. Delicious and only 85 pesos!!!! And lastly is my new friend and I. We saw this little guy in the road and couldn't pass up the chance to snap a photo with him. <br />
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We hope you friends are well! <br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
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Following the assembly, we were invited to a special gathering in La Vega, an area located outside of Santiago. It's up the mountain so the sights were gorgeous! When we arrived I looked around and saw that there were branch members there as well as missionaries and circuit overseers! I felt so small compared to these spiritual giants! But after chatting with them for a little but, I could easily see they were no different then anyone else there. After we all ate, there was time given to interview a Circuit Overseer and his wife from Canada. Their experiences about serving in the most northern parts of North America were amazing! They've been busy encouraging all the pioneer and with much success! Then a brother from the branch was interviewed for a bit about general things concerning need greaters. Also a sister who had been serving here in DR was interviewed about her experiences and how she's seen much growth in the ASL field over the years. It was such an amazing time!<br />
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Unfortunately I got a little food poisoning this weekend. No, it wasn't my mom's cooking (she'll kill me when she reads this). I was sick through Saturday night into late Monday. The friends helped me out so much tho! They gave me tablets of charcoal to calm my stomach. On Monday, Isabel gave me a drink that was basically just a whole lime squeezed into a glass with some water and honey. Thankfully I like sour things! This little concoction killed whatever was hurting me because within 2 hours of drinking that, my appetite was back with a vengeance. I commenced the feast of all feasts and then all was well again. <br />
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The preaching work has been booming friends! We need so much help ! Tomorrow I'll post up some of the experiences we've had just this week. It's easy to see Jehovah's guidance in our ministry and even easier to see how much he is handing out blessings. But there's even more for all of you friends too! We hope you'll consider joining us here in Dominican Republic. If it's for a week or a month , you will "taste and see that Jehovah is good. " If you'd like more information on coming to DR , my email is ensueno91@gmail.com. We'd love to share with you any answers we can provide to your questions! <br />
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Below is a family we met serving in Samana. This mom and son duo are doing great! After that is the lavender sunset in La vega. It was just gorgeous ! And lastly is another benefit of serving in DR : my cookies! If you come , you will eat to your hearts content! <br />
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Nos Vemos ,<br />
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outlines and demonstrations, but with a slant at those who are serving in a foreign country. For example , we get information on keeping our joy, just as anyone else does. But they'll add in points about staying here on the island. As well as things about keeping in mind why we are all here serving in DR. So it's even more encouraging because each talk has been prepared for us! My mom was able to have the privilege of having a demo on the pioneer meeting, as well as an interview on the assembly. She did awesome! <br />
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It's been awesome to be able to see all my friends from across the island as well. We have our last day of the assembly tomorrow so I'll fill you in on some outstanding points then. <br />
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O! And the friends who are staying with us are awesome. Jovita used to be a missionary and has been here in DR for years. She is so lively and awesome ! She brought her niece who is from Cali as well. And Aki, the brother from Japan, has been a MAJOR encouragement. He has been serving here in DR for some time now and he's been by himself. Tomorrow I'll try to get a group shot of everyone for you friends. <br />
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Below is Adrean , Graham and myself. Next is mom during her demo with Jenny. And last is the assembly hall with the mountains in the background. <br />
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We pray you all are doing well and think of you so often! Please take care. <br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
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The other night we were all treated out to dinner by a very kind brother
yesterday night. He was adamant that we get what we wanted and not to
worry about any of the expenses. So a group of about 15 of us went to
Square One , a very American restaurant , for our feast! We had so much
fun! To the right is Lenin, Hannah, Maria and myself . The next picture is Rina and Ambar. Ambar has such an amazing story all about how she came into the truth and it will be posted up here soon. I won't spoil any of it for you, but her story will make anyone cry. So keep your eyes open for it!<br />
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I had my first motorconcho ride today! Motorconchos are the motorcycle taxis . It was SO MUCH FUN!!! It was the driver, Herby and I on this small motorconcho. I was on the back of the bike with one hand on Herby's shoulder and my other hand wrapped around my bag and Herby's folder. I was nervous at first but it was awesome. I am definitely doing that again! My mom hates the idea , but it's a very common way of transportation so i have my excuse . <br />
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We're looking forward to our circuit assembly this weekend as well! We the have two guests coming in on Thursday from the capital. One is a young brother and the other is an older sister who has been in the full time service for sometime now. I'm sure that we'll really get to learn so much from these friends . For the Pocket fans, you'll see here that he's happy, healthy and lazy. A Pug/chihuahua mix getting to enjoy his senior years in the Caribbean. He's definitely enjoying the life. He's been losing weight too! He's finally at a healthy weight after all these years.<br />
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We hope you friends are doing well! I hear this winter is pretty awful. My heart goes out to all of you who are coated in snow.<br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
AaronAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-40402176044133803912012-12-26T11:07:00.001-08:002012-12-26T11:07:17.477-08:00Branching out to our new familyThe CO visit was so encouraging !!! I found out that it was brother Simon's first time ever serving with an English congregation , but his English was so good!! Each morning at the field service groups , he brought out something he wanted us to try. For example, one morning he stated that we were to use only our bibles at the door. Another day focused on starting studies right away and so on. All there methods proved very effective and many of us got results immediately. I was able to start a new study with a young man named Luis! He must be in his late teens. He was so great ! He came in from playing baseball to sit and talk. When we asked him questions, he didn't just recite an answer from the book. Instead, he thought about the information and have a heartfelt answer! I felt like this was different then any other study that I had conducted because of how much he wanted to learn. We went over the first few paragraphs of the first chapter in the Bible Teach book and I'm slated to return next Monday. <br />
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We've been having the friends over our new apartment lately. It's been nice because we can all relax and just get to know one another better. So one night we had some young ones over and we danced and sang. It was pretty loud once Adele was being sung. These girls LOVE Adele. Another night we had a large assortment of friends over. Two sisters from connecticut who are visiting for a little bit , two missionaries , and some other friends from our congregation and another Spanish hall. This night was SO enjoyable. Not only did we get to know these experienced publishers better , we sang kingdom songs like our life depended on it. We had 4 different languages present , so people were singing in French, Creole , Spanish and English. Regardless of the language, the praise to Jehovah was beautiful. The best part was the food tho! Shout out to my mom for rocking the barbecue chicken. I couldn't have enough of that stuff. <br />
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Below you'll see Graham, Mario, Herby and Adrean. After that is a noni tree!!! For all of you health freaks, this is what you're drinking!! Next is Teresa with Clara Luz. We were teaching her about god's kingdom and Jesus being king which is why she has a crown on. Lastly, you'll see that gangnam style has infected the farthest parts of the world! <br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
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We've been able to spend some time with friends visiting from the United States lately. This past Monday we all went to the beach and I was the one leading the whole group! I was nervous because it was my first time bringing a group outside of Santiago, so I was just hoping everything went well. We went to get the bus around 7 AM and then found out the first bus was going to leave at 8:15 so we were going to have to wait an hour. Aaron Bailey , failing before 7:30. That was just an amazing start. Haha BUT I saw a girl who was definitely American so I said to on of the sisters with us that she should go preach to her. The sister sat nearby her and began to study her Jeremiah book and the KM for this week. The girl came over immediately and was a witness too! She was visiting for two weeks and was on her way to Monte Cristo. After we all met (causing a little scene in the bus station ) a man came up and knew who we were right away. He said he was a pastor and commended us for the work we do here. A strong witness was given and suddenly we all felt better about showing up to the bus an hour early. <br />
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Sunday we had a speaking from bethel and he gave two talks that were so great. The last in particular was about the our spiritual diet and how important it is that we feed ourselves regularly. He even showed us some ways our brothers in some lands are getting their spiritual food where the watchtower and awake are not allowed. It was absolutely amazing. Jehovah really does make sure we all get our spiritual food. I was just in awe. As for this week, we have a visit from our circuit overseer. Brother Jones is at the school for the CO's in Paterson so we have Brother Simon. I'm not sure where he's from but he has a heavy accent, I think maybe Haitian. This brother is FULL of love. His talk tonight was about the progress our congregation has made as of late. We have 57 publishers, 18 hour average , 11 mags average and almost each publisher has at least one study. The brother was practically bursting with love! He made a really amazing point tho that I never thought of. During the great tribulation while we are being persecuted , we will still be preaching but our message will be different. It will be a judgement message and people will hate us for it. This really helped me understand why we are looking over the Jeremiah book as a congregation. We are being prepared to take the heat and we are also being reminded that Jehovah will always be there for us as he was with Jeremiah. I'm looking forward to our week of activity with him and my first pioneer meeting with the Santiago English congregation!! <br />
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Below are an assortment of pictures. First was our jam packed concho ride out in service. There are no words to express this picture. Next we have Graham and I doing the Gangnam style out in service. Don't tell Teresa , we did it while she wasn't watching. Next, we stopped back to the orphanage and visited the children again. The little girl in the picture has mental disabilities and she drooled... All over my back.... I looked to Teresa and Graham and was thankful that I was just drool , because it could be a lot worse then that. And the last picture is our beach day. In the picture next to Graham is Blake, a brother visiting from the states for 3 months. Behind us is Joel who is also visiting for three months. <br />
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We hope all you friends are doing well and think about you often. <br />
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Nos Vemos ,<br />
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Everything has been so crazy since we returned to DR so I'll try to lay out the major details as well as some nice experiences we've enjoyed. <br />
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First off , WE MOVED INTO OUR NEW APARTMENT!!!!! It's not grand , but it'll do. We have beds, a stove and a fridge. We've just recently installed wifi , which has been the primary reason as to why I haven't posted anything lately. Also it appears as tho we are going to have guests soon! A brother from Japan who is serving in the capital will be with us for the circuit assembly , as well as a sister who I don't know. We're looking forward to getting to know them both better. Being right across from the Kingdom Hall is awesome!! We just cross the road and I'm immediately at the service group! Now my laziness can enter a whole new level. <br />
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We rested for the first day after we arrived and then got to the preaching work ASAP! I brought Graham with me to the sign language group and we went along with Teresa and Esa to Clara Luz and Sarah , another deaf girl. It felt so great being able to use my sign language again! Teresa ten told me that she had a young boy that she wanted me to study with so we made plans to work with Teresa on Sunday morning and we were in for such a treat! Teresa brought us to an orphanage wher she visits a young blind girl. As we drove in , all the little children were waving at us and yelling "HOLA!" We ended up not just preaching to the blind girl but also about six other children. Using the Listen To God brochure , we all conducted studies with the children. Even Graham with his limited Spanish was able to study with a boy using the pictures. We are planning on go back to visit all of our new friends very soon. After that, we stopped in on the boy to Teresa would like me to study with. I know his sign name is a "K" but we don't know his full name because he has problems spelling. Regardless, he was very timid at first. But Teresa saw that he responds to drawing, so she had him draw the first pages of the Listen To God brochure. Soon after, we were showing him some new signs and having him imitate these. We know he will do well in his studies and I'm excited to be able to have a study in sign language!!! <br />
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We are continuing work on Clara Luz's book. She's been progressing so fast so we have to keep making more and more pages. This may seem easy, but the process is difficult. First, she's never been able to see the things we're teaching her about such as gambling , earthquakes and so on. So we have to make cut outs of foam or use objects to convey these ideas. For example, the subject of gambling. We use a card , a few pesos and some dice to put the idea in her head about what gambling is. That's just one thought. We have to convert the whole Listen To God brochure into this. While most of this work is done already, we are still making more lessons for Clara Luz. <br />
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Below are some pictures of our visit to the orphanage and Clara Luz , as well as our night working underneath the brutal dictator known only as ..... TERESA. Can't you see how mean she is by the picture. Haha<br />
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We are so happy to be back and in the action again as the work continues to grow ! We hope you friends are doing well and think of you all often. <br />
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I wanted to let you all know of something that really touched my mom and I as we visited the states. When we realized we would have to return for a time , my mom was very stressed because we have no home in States anymore and no vehicle to use as well. But a close friend of ours encouraged us to stand back and see what Jehovah would do for us. I remembered my friend , Graham , had offered us a place to stay previously when we were transitioning through homes. So I placed a call and immediately Graham's family said that we should stay with them for however long we needed to. Now that we had lodging , we needed a vehicle. Well as I was talking to Graham and asking if anyone had a spare car we could use, he told me that they had one and we were more then welcome to use it! It was amazing to see that in just a mere 5 minutes , all our problems had been solved and it was all because of our Christian brotherhood. The LaRose family offered us the mother-in-law apartment beneath their home which was furnished , had a kitchen and our own bathroom. As for the vehicle , we were allowed to use whichever van we wanted , even their brand new van. Just thinking about this whole experience over the past five weeks has really impressed on me that as brothers and sisters , we must show extraordinary love to one another. <br />
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As we got to know the LaRose family better, we became closer friends and were able to encourage one another. For example , one thing that I learned from Greg and Heather (Dad and Mom) was patience. They have three kids living in their house and they really are cultivating them in such a way that is sure to see results. Graham(son) was very kind in letting us take his car whenever we needed to , even when it inconvenienced himself . Tristram (son) was so encouraging because he had such a strong desire to comment at the meetings. His hand shot up and would get so excited! As for little Aubrey (obviously daughter ) , she gave her first comment and she would always say the cutest pray before she ate. I was really just so impressed with all of them and we look forward to spending more time with them next summer. <br />
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While we were disappointed that we had to return to the States, we were so encouraged by the many things we could experience. We saw many demonstrating of Christian love while helping out in disaster relief work and with the hospitality we were shown. We saw Jehovah's hand guiding us along as we met many Dominicans here and were able to give a witness to them. And finally we made new family and friends who we share so much in common with , all because of our God. <br />
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So now we return to DR and Graham will be returning with us!!! He'll be staying for six weeks , just enough time for the circuit assembly in January! This is his first time serving where the need is greater , so we're looking forward to the many blessings he'll receive as well as the experiences he'll enjoy. So it's time to get back to work!!! We are so excited and happy!!! <br />
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Here's a picture of Aubes(that's my name for her ) and another with Mom and Tristram. <br />
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We hope you friends are all doing well and we think of all of you often ! <br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
Aaron <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQN8NNQFyh7_y9i-hWp9yVBv0fwJRZrulfFmjVd95VFPJCEqResoliUt3LWDwa57PTdKu2_eeBdqQ2Dafj_y8JRBn1WjR8-2fOe1HRSFrdxSWE2VDSamo5K4xGDWY_9p0Q921OOJOLqTy/s640/blogger-image--780602780.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFQN8NNQFyh7_y9i-hWp9yVBv0fwJRZrulfFmjVd95VFPJCEqResoliUt3LWDwa57PTdKu2_eeBdqQ2Dafj_y8JRBn1WjR8-2fOe1HRSFrdxSWE2VDSamo5K4xGDWY_9p0Q921OOJOLqTy/s640/blogger-image--780602780.jpg" /></a></div> <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-t1DEDXzgSCpNXxkmBVY-eTJZU3ZfOhKDh8x1qkZBI0ti429UVDoIzOvlDkIq0kjJjslCZvpuMPQixaPIZLF6WMIXEfNsutcEI6G9xAnome1ZLhsw0sltWw7z5C6UTyDo6BU9fZC3FAu/s640/blogger-image-1960699320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-t1DEDXzgSCpNXxkmBVY-eTJZU3ZfOhKDh8x1qkZBI0ti429UVDoIzOvlDkIq0kjJjslCZvpuMPQixaPIZLF6WMIXEfNsutcEI6G9xAnome1ZLhsw0sltWw7z5C6UTyDo6BU9fZC3FAu/s640/blogger-image-1960699320.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com0John F. Kennedy International Airport Queens40.646345 -73.77598tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8313761293666239724.post-70936852412735031222012-11-26T13:51:00.001-08:002012-11-26T20:22:39.740-08:00AtaitaAfter a whole day of trying to understand technology , i have finally been able to make the singing in Swahili available for viewing. I love how the circuit overseer was harmonizing with everyone. It was an awesome experience and i hope you guys enjoy!!!<br />
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http://youtu.be/znJaodAOpas<br />
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O!!!! Last but not least, I finally fixed the problem with the comment section. I know some people were trying to leave comments but needed a google account to do so but now it's completely open to the public to leave comments ( or at least I think it is). Sorry for the inconvenience !!!<br />
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Nos Vemos,<br />
Aaron Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04445237062265407426noreply@blogger.com0