Hurricane Sandy

I'm sorry I haven't posted as much but the pat few days have been insane. We arrived at JFK on Saturday afternoon and we were feeling a tad bit depressed. Even tho we'll be back soon, it feels weird leaving our assignment. So we were waiting for some friends to pick us up and a woman approached my mom with a tract in her hand. It was our tract on family life!!! So my mom asked her where she got it and the woman said it was hers. Turns out this was a sister from Korea!!! She was there with her husband and they have lived in the United States for a year now. They were leaving the country to go to their new assignment out in Asia. We were so encouraged by the two of them for a few reasons. Here was another couple of need greaters who are reaching out to a territory that not many can go to. Also, the husband was learning English and trying so hard To use it. This made me think of my Spanish and how I need to use it more and more! With Jehovah's help its been progressing. Just this evening , we had our family worship night in Spanish! Using the daily text and the Greatest Teacher book, we're teaching ourselves Spanish. I'm so grateful that Jehovah is helping us do this.

We came back to the states just in time for hurricane sandy. I haven't really left this area too much, but from what I've heard , some areas nearby have heavy flooding and many tree down. It never ceases to amaze me how fast the branch acts. The day before the hurricane hit, I received an email from the RBC about how we new volunteers for any emergency electrical work that may occur due to the storm. Jehovah truly does look after his servants.

It's been nice to be back and the family we're staying with is more then hospitable. They've gone above and beyond the call of duty, making us feel so at home. Of course , just another wonderful benefit of having the biggest family in the world.

Below are some pictures of the brother and sister we met. Also , Gracie , the best dog in the world. We got bore and dressed her up, but to be honest I think she liked it.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

Chinola, comida , and beyond

Alright so today's post is about food , the second most important thing in my life! So food here is a little different then from back home. Besides the major cultural difference in foods, the quality of food here is different. Farmers don't use pesticides here so all our food is organic. You actually have to pay more money for processed food. We get to enjoy many fresh fruits and vegetables. Such as chinola(passion fruit ), naranja verde ( green oranges) , and aguacates (avocados). I'm not sure if you've tried fresh passion fruit before but it's really strange looking. Almost has mucus like texture. BUT this is my favorite fruit ever!!! It's sour and delicious! Then green oranges ( this is such an oxymoron ) are really good here. But because lemons don't grow on the island, we use green oranges instead because they have a very sour taste. I went to the missionary home near bye to visit some friends and they gave us this drink that was like lemonade, but made from the green oranges. Absolutely delicious! Now for avocados, they are HUGE!!!! It takes more then one sitting to eat it all. One thing we have do here is make our own meals. Because we can't trust the food from the street vendors, we eat home cooked meals all the time. O and don't even get me started on the juices (jugos). In the grocery stores they juice the fruit right in front of you! There are so many varieties!!! Chinola , piña , limón and so on. This is fresh organic juice! It's amazing! For snacks we like to make popcorn , kinda reminds us of home. Bella likes her popcorn with Parmesan cheese on it , which is delicious. I like to make mine a little different. These instructions are for stovetop popcorn too.

1.put half a cup of kernels into a pot and make sure you cover them with enough oil.

2.Let that bad boy pop up for a few minutes. Remove from stove and empty into a bowl.

3. Put a few table spoons of butter in the hot pan and squeeze half of a
fresh like into the melted butter.

4. Pour lime butter over popcorn and apply salt if necessary.

BAM (Yes i'm Emeril ). Lime popcorn is so good. So try it out and you won't be disappointed.

So if anything you want to learn from this post , please keep in mind these three phrases.
1. Me gusta jugo de chinola.
2. ¿Usted tiene jugo de chinola?
3. Yo quiero jugo de chinola.
If you know these three phrases, you will be happy forever in Dominican Republic.

So tomorrow we fly to the United States. We expect to stay for about. A month. So we are excited to see you friends.

This part is important so please excuse the all caps: PLEASE EMAIL ME FRIENDS! THERE ARE PEOPLE READING THIS BLOG WORLDWIDE AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!!! I looked at some stats and there are now viewers in Russia , Finland and even Japan!!! So please , I would love to hear from you! My email is : baileyap@ymail.com and my Skype is musicman2131. Tell me what you enjoy about the blog, what you'd like to see on the blog , etc.

Below are some pictures of our apartment which is bare. But soon it will be home.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

Preparing to come back home

So we plan on coming back home this Saturday ! I'm excited to see everyone and I hope we'll be able to stop in to visit most of you friends. We're still trying to figure out transportation but I'm sure Jehovah will make a way. I think that's something I've learned in all this. Jehovah ALWAYS makes a way. For example, we asked one family if we could stay with them for the month and immediately they agreed to it! It's amazing to see Jehovah's organization in action. The love we've been shown so far has been tremendous. Whether its support through emails or phone calls , it's definitely had an encouraging effect on us.

I'm going to try to post up more information about the country itself. Such as food, culture , etc. I know that some of you friends are reading this and wondering if you'd like to experience it. And I also know that in order to help you make that decision, I'm gonna have to post up more info about the life style here. So today I'm gonna focus on our daily routine.

Each morning our service group meets at 8:40. You may wonder why this is different from back home , but it's because of the heat. If we start early, we can beat the heat. So usually for service we work in areas surrounding the KH. This means we walk to most of the territories. And if its a little bit aways, then we either get into someone's car together or some of us take the conchos to the territory. Service will go to about 12 or 1 at the latest. The group then breaks off for siesta which lasts till 3. This time is really invaluable because we can eat, rest and rehydrate. Now the rest of the day depends on you and what you'd like to do with your time. I usually work in the afternoons , but there is a service group that meets at 2 across town that has been recently started. Also , many congregations meet around 4 or 5 again for evening witnessing. That's another thing different here too. Because night time can be very dangerous , our evening witnessing lasts till about 6. After that, you want to be on bible studies or at home. I like this schedule a lot because it gives you so much time to study. Back home, I could come up with ten million reasons why I didn't have time for personal study one day. But here, you HAVE the time, it's all about using it wisely. So that's pretty much it about the daily routine. Tomorrow , I'll try to get you friends some information about the most important thing, FOOD.

This random little picture is of an almond. Yes!!!! An almond! The fruit surrounding it is red and the nut is inside! One of the many cool thing in service is seeing all the different fruits in the trees.

We look forward to seeing you friends soon.

Nos vemos ,
Aaron

A new home! OUR home!

Bella came back home!!!!! It's so great to have her back. We've missed her so much. Today we took David and Ken to a huge center that sells gifts. Now the circumstances surrounding this was funny because Bella suggested going to La Sirena( our version of wallmart, but classier ) but she went with what we wanted and drove downtown to this center. We went in and I immediately went to this one stand that I had gone to before. Granted, my first and only visit there was a year ago, I knew they gave us good prices last time so I wanted to check it out. I'm looking around with mom for some bracelets, other trinkets and decorations. The woman at the stand comes up to me and asks me if I'm a Witness!! I said yes and she seemed very happy. So I asked her if she was and she replied no, but that she loves the witnesses. So we had a quick conversation about where I was serving and my background. By now the whole group was here at this woman's stand and she began giving us free little gifts!!! She was so nice so Bella witnessed to her and left her a tract. The woman would love to study but has a husband who opposes. So we'll see what happens with her, but just seeing her and her kindness helped me really envision her as out sister soon. So we soon realized that Jehovah had easily directed us to her. First, we went someone completely different for gifts. Second , out of the countless stores there , we immediately went RIGHT to that one. On the plus side, she gave us such a nice discount and MORE free gifts. I purchased a coconut that has been carved into a monkey play a guitar. I HAD to have it! I've named him Eduardo.

Today was a big day too because we got our own apartment !!!! It's on the fourth floor of a building directly across from the Kingdom Hall!!! Our balcony looks right out to the KH. It's a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom apartment. We get the keys tomorrow and plan on filling it with things before we leave for the States. Hopefully the whole Bed and breakfast thing will be up and running soon. Getting this apartment is a huge blessing because not only are we right across the road from the KH. We also live above two other witness families living in the same building. AND they're both in our congregation. So we look forward to settling in there soon.

We got the date of our zone visit !!!! It's February 10!! So friends , please , if you want to come visit February is the time !!! Everyone on the island is invited to attend , so we're all eagerly awaiting the date.

Below is me and Eduardo. Isn't he awesome. :)

We hope you friends are doing well and look forward to seeing you soon!

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

So we've got some news...

Today we went to Santo Domingo for the day with 2 goals in mind:

1.Going to immigration to complete out residency.
2. Visiting bethel.

So we went to immigration to finish everything up , but they said they couldn't accept our visas because tr consulate in Boston gave us TOURIST visas and not RESIDENCY visas!!! So what this means is that we will have to briefly return to the States and reapply for residency visas. This time we'll be going to the consulate in NYC, so hopefully it goes better. The trip should take no more then a month and most of that will be us waiting for the visas. So hopefully we'll be able to see most of you friends while we visit. We'll be using this time for the ministry work and also gathering some extra things we'll need for our new life here.

Bethel was AMAZING! The branch has 111 bethelites and the majority of the work her is shipping literature all over Dominican Republic and Haiti! The branch was absolutely gorgeous. The landscaping was cool to because apparently they was coral underneath the land. So the brothers used the coral for decorations and furniture. We met with the Branch Secretary , who really works along with the need greaters. He remember me and my mom from the letters they received for the brothers back home. I don't mean just names, actual details about our previous trips! He gave us really good pointers and advice as well as some encouragement.

So the pictures below are all the different parts of the branch. I would go into detail about them, but that would make up a whole blogpost! So I'll just let you check these out. There is a picture with the brothers and sister. The brothers are here from Sweden. They just arrived yesterday and they're going to serve here until June! The sisters were visiting from Virginia and North Carolina. It was a very nice chance to meet some mor rod the brothers and sisters.

Hope you friends are doing well and look forward to seeing you soon!

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

Beach day!!!

This weekend was pretty ordinary. Except Sunday I went to the meeting by myself because my mom went to the English meeting Saturday. So I'm finally starting to really feel at home here. Like I can get by on my own, I don't need an escort.

Monday was so nice out!!! We decided to head up north to the beaches for the day and were we in for a treat. The weather was amazing! The waves were HUGE! And the food was goooood. It was nice to take the day just to relax and associate with the brothers and sisters from our congregation. I fell asleep in the sun and got a huuuuuge sunburn. My skin is just hot. But shame on me for not wearing sunscreen. I had mofongo , a Dominican dish consisting of mashed plantains and meat. It was so good and the portions were huge! Of course I had to have a piña colada too! Fresh pineapple , carved out and filled with deliciousness.

Today we worked back in Villa Olga today, the territory in which our salón del reino (kh) is located. This territory is different , but still fruitful. Since there are groups at Imbert and Villa Olga which meet on Tuesday now, the service groups are smaller. But it gave a nice chance for us to work with some friends who we hadn't worked with before.

Tomorrow we head to the Capital for some residency stuff so I'll try to take pictures of it all. I've never been there before so I'm excited. I do know that we're going to bethel though and we'll stop in for lunch so I'm SUPER exited for that.

Below are just some random shots. Clouds, feet and pineapples. Pretty self explanatory there. :)

Hope you friends are doing well!

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

"... Well you are a missionary"

Every Friday morning and Tuesday evening , I'll be working along with Teresa in Sign language. It's really neat being able to work so closely with a missionary because she's training me how to be a missionary. I said that to her this morning and she said something that I never really thought of. ".... Well you are a missionary !" I guess I was think of myself more as a need greater. But in a way , Everyone who is serving here and in other lands could be considered missionaries. Teresa said Esa and I are to learn 20 new words in Spanish and ASL. I replied "o , that'll be easy since I know more then twenty signs and I can use Spanish (somewhat)". She then broke it to me. She meant 20 new signs and Spanish words a WEEK. She said that in the missionary book, that's one thing that they're required to do! So I guess I have a lot more studying to do now.

Teresa also extended a special invitation to Esa, Mom and myself. She asked us to go with her to the southern part of the island while she visits some friends. Now the cool things about this opportunity are : 1. We'll get to go to Haiti since its just a walk away , and that's where we will be preaching. 2. We'll get to go to some AMAZING beaches which will be soooo nice. 3. This kinda made me feel like Timothy. I'm bot sure exactly why, but accompanying Teresa somewhere and meeting her friends and all just feels so great and like such a privilege. I'm expecting some spiritual giants!

Tonight Teresa came over for popcorn and some drinks. We sang some kingdom melodies as I played on guitar and it was just a nice time to associate with others.

So anyways it's late and tomorrow we're gonna be working on inviting more to the meeting held on Saturdays now. So I'll have to cut this post short.

Below you'll see a view from my school. It's not much of a view but I like it for some reason.

We've been able to call some of you friends through Skype and I can't even begin to express thanks for the encouraging conversations. When I start think about home a little bit, it's nice to be able to make a phone call, chat with you guys and catch up for a bit. For those we're missing , I'm leaving little awkward voicemails for you.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

Goals for the 2013 service year!

Thursday is public witnessing day and we were BUSY!!!! We preached outside of one of the universities and we were blessed for our efforts! Adrean started 3 bible studies this morning and I was able to get a few return visits of my own. I was able to place 5 sets of magazines and 3 truth tracts! Using the truth tract here is so nice and easy. There's no rush for time really so you can ask questions, really digging for what the person truly feels on the matter. Opening the bible is expected here, so it's different from back home because to read a scripture sometimes felt like a feat in itself. After each conversation, we exchanged contact information and set up a return date. One man wants me to come back Saturday morning for more information! I invited a young man to the meeting tonight , texted him the time , and waited for him to show up, but he never did. Now I felt a little saddened by this but I figured something had come up. After the meeting I checked my phone and he had messaged me at 6:55 asking for a ride because it was pouring outside. Although I was mad at myself for not checking my phone before the meeting , it made me happy that this man WANTED to come still. He made the effort to ask for a ride! So I'm hoping we can work it out for this Sunday.

At the meeting tonight we ha a letter from the branch read about goals for the whole country. So for the year of 2013 the branch wants 3 main things done:
1. Each publisher should have at least one bible student. If we need help or assistance with this we can see the pioneers or the service overseer.
2. We want to hit 7,000 regular pioneers !
3. For the month of March 2013 , the branch wants us to have 20,000 auxiliary pioneers! So we have plenty of time to prepare for the activity ahead!

Below is a picture of brother Rigero and Nicol together as we sat down for a bit. Yes, they're seated on stumps , but that's what we do here so what're you gonna do.

We think of you all very often and hope you're doing well. It's been nice to call some of you , so if you see some number you don't recognize, PICK IT UP!!!! It may be me calling you over Skype.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

"Uhhhh.... Salludos "

Today I worked with the La Zurza Spanish congregation. Now my Spanish is coming along but I was by no means ready to preach in this language! Needless to say I was a mess! We went to Guandules and this was like a whole different world from the English territory. Everything was these cement alleyways so it was hot. There was little to no airflow , and people everywhere! BUT the response we got made it all worth it. People invited us in to talk and not one person refuse literature. I even gave a presentation in Spanish today!!!! It was all based off of the truth tract so I at least had a visual reference.

Esa, Armando and I continued to work with each other in the morning , stopping by to visit Armando's return visits and studies. Armando is pretty awesome. He takes time to study with all these little children and you know it's motivated by love. He was showing one of them Jehovah's name today in the bible and it was just such a nice thing to see. I was trying to think of how I could learn from him through our morning activities. What I think I could do is make more time for children in our territory. There are kids who are learning English so there's a huge field. Even right in my own classroom !

Today , David Rigero and his friend, Ken Nicol, arrived safely in Santiago. They're staying with us for the next 10 days I think so it'll be a nice opportunity to get to know each other better as we work together in the ministry!

Below you'll see some pictures of the territory we worked in. Also , a picture of Armando and Esa as we stopped for some jugo de chinola( passion fruit juice ).

We hope you friends are doing well and think about you often.

Nos vemos,
Aaron

A Facelift

Alright first off I'll just explain the new design and why I changed it. I wanted to make the blog more appealing but also I wanted the background to make sense as well. I could have done the waves or a beach. But this blog is about doing whatever Jehovah requires of us and that means doing wherever he wants me to. So that's why it's a picture of the globe and an airplane. Also if you check out the blog on your cellphone, it's formatted for mobile view with a theme based on maps. So check it out sometime!!! Also I wanted to let you know that the blog is being viewed very often!!! I have a way of checking where the blog is being viewed in the world and how often! So far it's at over 400 views and the too views for countries are United States , Dominican Republic , France and Germany!!! I have no idea how It made it overseas BUT it made me really happy to see that.

So the meeting Sunday had great results even with the meeting Saturday. We had 56 at our meeting and I forget the exact number on Saturday but it was over 80. So we definitely saw that Jehovah was blessing the efforts here.

Sunday I played a little solo gig at Paulette's house. I was super nervous but it was so much fun!! The friends sang so loud so it was very relaxed. We played songs by Adele, Coldplay, Lifehouse and more. It's really nice being part of this congregation. I love how its like a little family. Because we are so few , you HAVE to get to know everyone in the congregation. It gives a huge opportunity to widen out. I know I have lots I'll learn from these friends and all their experience.

Today out in service was a nice chance for me to widen out because I worked with a newer brother. He was just baptized at the past special assembly day. His name is Herbie and he's really encouraging. He speaks French , spanish, creole and English. Me and Herbie are always laughing at each other out in service. But besides the laughs, it's so clear to see the love he has for people in the territory. He feels so much empathy for these people and its a good example to follow. I got a new call today who lives nearby!!! He promised me he'd come to the meeting Sunday and wants a study. We exchanged numbers and all that so I can call him to remind him.

Class has been awesome lately. I've gotten into the swing of things and my students actually respect me. I'm enjoying it all so much! I just can't believe I'm teaching English. Like who woulda ever thought that would happen?!



Anyways, we miss you friends very much and think of you often. Again, please Skype us sometime! We would love to hear from you! My Skype is musicman2131 and my mom's is baileymk1.

Below are a couple goofy pictures. First is Candy and I just lazing around during siesta. And then at the bottom is Nigel and Herbie goofing off after the meeting while we help some friends move.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

The Big Day!!!

Yesterday was a great day in service. We continued the census work and found a lot of English speakers. The way we did this was by going to all the English schools in the city and asking if we could leave invitations and magazines. In about 10 minutes we had placed more then 20 magazines , and that was just in my group.

In the afternoon we were invited to have lunch with Brother and Sister Jones. Now first I have to say that Jenny Perez makes the best lasagna I have EVER had, and second, the experiences that were given by Brother and sister Jones were AMAZING. Things about what they learned in Gilead, how they supported and were strengthen by the refugees from Libya, and more! Also different questions were asked about bible topics. Such as why the Israelites were allowed to stay in captivity for so long. We left that lunch on fire with zeal and ready to get back into the field.

After I got out of work my mom and a sister in our congregation , Katherine, met me at the school because Katherine wanted to turn a call over to me. So we go to this call center were almost everyone speaks English and Katherine begins to invite people to the meeting. We asked a man to go and get the RV for us and he went up. It was taking a bit of time so we were going to leave , but just then the man who went up for us said the RV was coming down. So we waited and a group of people came out of the center, none of which were the person we were waiting for. But a woman walks by us and asks "testigos?" Come to find out, she's 18 and studying with her mom right now! She's applying changes to her life like with association and music and she is seeing the good results that come from doing so. We all left from there so encouraged ! The man never came out but we knew why we had gone (were sent) there. It's amazing cause just as we were about to leave before its as tho the angels were saying "no! Wait just one minute more!"

Today I was able to work with Cardon again. I love working with the younger ones because it reminds me of some of the young ones from back home. Cardon was showing me his Spanish skills at the door and I was impressed!! My Spanish is improving too ! I know this has GOT to be Jehovah became because I've never been great at Spanish before. Or maybe it's because I actually have to use Spanish everyday now. Either way, it's getting better.

The meeting was a huge success ! We had 84 in attendance!!! And these were people from another part of the city! While I wasn't able to attend because of work, my mom told me one of the men we invited from the call center yesterday came and a bible teach book was left with him. It's amazing to see this work being done because Jehovah is making sure EVERYONE has a chance to know him. I'm so happy to be able to be apart of this. And remember friends , you can too! We need the help now more then ever before !

We hope you are all doing well and think of you often.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

"This is circuit 24...."

Service today in Imbert was amazing again. We continue to find more and more English speakers who are living here and we hope to have good results for the meeting on Saturday. The territory is rougher then other parts of Santiago tho so the brothers are assigned to watch the sisters. It's priority above all else that we stay as a group because you can easily find yourself in a bad situation if not. But everything has worked great because the friends have stuck together. Not only are we preaching to English speakers tho, we also are finding many Haitians who speak creole and are able to witness to them as well.

The circuit overseer , Brother Jones, and his wife are really cool. They're down to earth and a really special couple. They've served in several different language fields and also in many places including Sierra Leone. Working out in service with them is such a pleasure and we can joke around about a lot of stuff. Sister Jones was preaching to a man in creole/French and he started to leave. She said "hey wait a minute , I'm not done talking yet !" It was hilarious! And the man stopped and kept listening until she said she was done.

The meeting tonight went like a normal meeting except for 20 minutes we had a special talk by Brother Jones which addresses several things. He gave commendation to us all for serving in a foreign language congregation and also gave pointers about how we can assist the brothers as we continue to do the census work. What stood out to me though was what he said we should be doing for you friends back home. That may sound a little funny but I'll explain. The English field is booming here. We need more help to e able to cover all our territory and so our responsibility is to inform you friend how much we need the help. I'm hoping my blog is conveying that I'm some sense , but we truly need more brothers and sisters to get this work done. He also said that going to the beach is nice and there is a time for that but we need to preach as well. So if you friends are stopping by Lifestyles anytime soon, Brother Jones says that at least 50% of your trip should be spent in service to Jehovah because you have to experience the preaching work!!! He says our motto now is "This is circuit 24 and we are here to PREACH. " So if any friends are interested in visiting the Dominican Republic , please email us and let us know! We'd be more then happy to help with plans as to where you can stay and things like that.

I apologize as well for there not being any pictures. It's not a good idea to pull out an iPhone in this territory tho so I'll try and sneak some pictures for you soon.

We hope you friends are doing well and think of you everyday.

Nos Vemos
Aaron

Circuit Overseer visit: Day 1

So yesterday was a fun day out in service. There's a new family visiting the congregation for 2 weeks. The Wood family is from Arizona and they're all really nice. I got to work with all of them yesterday ( along with some others) in the territory and speaking of territory , it was my first day leading my own group to our own section of the city. So I was just a liiiiitle bit nervous. But the friends helped out so it all went great. After we stopped for a lunch break I headed home. This may not sound very special , BUT , I'm able to find my way home. By myself. No help. I'm finally starting to get to know my way around here!

I started teaching my new class, Let's talk 3. This class is sooooo nice. I only have 7 students right now so I'm able to really work with them individually. I can tell its gonna be an easy class to teach. My day was just crazy tho. After I got out of work 5:30 , I went out for a study last night at 6 and then got home at 8.

Today was the first day of the circuit overseers visit. He's hilaaaaarious ! We were informed of the work that we have to do over this next year. The branch would like to form one more congregation and two more groups. The reason for this is because our congregation has the WHOLE city of Santiago. Right now we only cover about a quarter of it regularly. So we are going to be busy! The call went out to the Spanish congregation to help us look for more English speakers in the territory for this special week of activity. So we had even more support today, including a young blind who has learned English and loves to speak it. We spread out and immediately found results. I was able to talk to someone , read a scripture , invite him to the special meeting on Saturday and then get his number so I can see him tomorrow. Because we were halfway across town , I chose to stay in the territory thru siesta. A couple and I went for lunch and then rested a bit before we met back for the group. This afternoon , Cardon , one of the Wood's sons asked me to work out in service together. We had a great time but when we got into the territory it started POURING. Thankfully a man who saw our group of 11 huddled under umbrellas invited us into his house until the rain passed. This man didn't know us at all! But his teacher is a Jehovah's Witness!!!

All in all today was an amazing day out in service and I was very encouraged by everyone!!!

Below is a picture after the storm last night. I can't even begin to describe what it actually looked like because the picture doesn't even do it justice. It looked like the sky was on fire.

We hope you friends are doing well and think of you often.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron

Exciting news!

Class on Saturday went great! I think it was easier because I knew what to expect , so when I got in we went right to work. The students behave for the most part too. BUT they still make me laugh all the time. I mean the things that come out of their mouths are hilarious.

Sunday we got an exciting announcement at the meeting. The circuit overseer would be making a special visit to our congregation this week! But he wouldn't be working in the territory we normally work in. Se, lately we've been trying to form another English group in Santiago. The circuit overseer will be focusing on this part of the territory in hopes of establishing a new English group on the other side of the city. We won't have any special meeting on Tuesday. But on Thursday we will meet at our normal hall with a special talk about the work going on. Then on Saturday we will have the very first English meeting at Imbert Kingdom Hall!!!' So this is a very exciting time for everyone because we'll truly see how Jehovah is making the little one a mighty nation.

We've had some friends ask about the dogs so below us Candy and Pocket. They're both happy and healthy.

We hope you friends are doing well and we think about you often. We're getting leads on some houses so hopefully we will have somewhere soon where you can all come and visit.

Nos Vemos,
Aaron