Las Monjas

Before I start with Las Monjas, we just had our C.O. visit. Our congregation of (now) 100 publishers had a new record of 204 at the Sunday meeting. The C.O. was overjoyed, as were all of us, but oyu can see form the pics that the kingdom hall is maxed out. Changes are coming...

As our friends will know, we regularly preach by bicycle. Some areas are off limits to preaching because they're private property, and so it is with Las Monjas - thousands of acres of coffee plantations and cattle fields.

The area is gorgeous, as you will see in the following pictures...

The group, which doesn't include me cus I'm taking the pic.

Ohoh. Soon after witnessing on our first house, a bad shift meant a broken chain. After that, a bad shift meant a damaged derailleur. From then on, no one was allowed to do bad shifts.

Evan was known ton me for several months, but the number of studies I had in the area prevented me from offering him one. Now that he has moved and is available a different day, this means another opportunity.
Evan, who is an evangelical, happily understood within minutes that Jesus cannot be God. He asked when I would return, and suggested I could phone him and give him notice, and he would call all his neighbors to come listen.

This is one of the better homes in the area.

 A highway! Cool!

This takes some explaining. My companion, Jorge, wanted to know how evangelicals do it. So I started hopping up and down, waving the musical instrument and repeating 'Amen' over and over again. He got the idea.

Beautifull areas, but with extreme poverty. Unfortunately, the poverty results from people choosing this way of life, making decisions at the moment with no thought to the future.

So, why was Aaron carrying his bike? He said something about it being easier, but honestly, none of us could figure it out.

Finally back, tired but happy, and with no broken bones! We'll be returning soon!

Before I start a little review of some of the best places we've been to, above you can see a bound bible  made in full leather with inlay by a local artist. It is gorgeous and unbelievably cheap, at only $50. Want to know more? Visit HERE

Highlights!

Now, for some of our fav pics, starting out with a trip to the ngäby assembly in Sagüi:

Crossing a river on our way to preach in a remote town in Caizan:

An native community deep in the mountain jungle straddling the border of Panama and Costa Rica. Although beautiful, the town below was plagued by child deaths due to Cholera and lack of common sense knowledge. Unfortunately, they had been taught by evangelicals that their cholera was actually evil spirits that had to be exorcised, but fortunately, they were amenable to our information on how to treat their water.

BELOW: Preaching and Memorial meeting in Quebradas Llanas

 Going to territories never worked before

 Cannibals...or possibly out coordinator and a friend

 No shame!

Sharing a meal with a call in La Esperanza...

Service car groups, Panama style

 Monday service group. No, really.

 Do electric winches work underwater? Luckily, I didn't need to find out. I crossed the river fine.