"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