Wednesday Day 9

This week is whizzing right by. We met the group for service at 8:45am as arrangements are a minutes earlier with having the CO visit here. Our mission for the day was to obtain e-mails to better reach those seeking the truth but also prepare for Sunday, the holiday. I was put in a group with the two wives for the CO and sub CO in training, Esther and Lauren. We spent a good majority of our morning trying to return on homes where we had notes for an Unconfirmed English Speaker (UES). Esther and I were paired up to look for a woman Vivian. It led us on a wild goose chase, leading to a high rise office building, Schlumberger (they plan the construction of oil wells for the big companies that drill). Needless to say we did not find her, however, we were able to leave magazines with someone who did speak English, they did confirm that Vivian was on vacation and that is why we could not locate her. While Esther and I looked for her Lauren and Loles did other public witnessing in a fitness center. I learned the real meaning of informal or public witnessing working with them - always have your service bag with you no matter what!

Chad worked with Carlos Jr & Sr Alvarez along with the CO, David. They did territory searching for UES's. Along the way Chad found a dog that was barking a lot and as they walked away Carlos Sr grabbed Chad's leg giving him a good scare.

In the afternoon, Chad, Ryan, Candace, Fannie and I went to the Centro (Center of the City Market) and did public witnessing. As we went along asking for English speakers a young Japanese man approached me, Kosuke was his name. Apparently he is visiting Mexico with his friend who is doing some work for a month is a few different cities. He and is friend live in Australia though and don't speak much or any Spanish. He was happy just to speak English and of course was puzzled as to why a Gringo (or white person) was in Villahermosa. Asking him about the Bible and God he said he isn't sure. So I introduced myself, Fannie and asked for his name and his companion, then shared Psalms 83:18, what plainly states that God's name is Jehovah (in English). We talked about how we can get to know him by the Bible accounts helping us to build confidence in him. He accepted the latest magazines which talk about natural disasters and specifically about Japan. We exchanged e-mails to talk more about future events sharing Psalms 37:10, 11 on how God's kingdom will change conditions here on earth.

Chad spoke with a man born in the area, but now him, his wife, and 3 kids reside in Ohio. Although his family are devout Catholics, he doesn't have any desire for spiritual things. While Chad was talking to him, Candace called and told us she had found an eye Dr, who was a brother from Spanish. He was able to help Chad order contacts to be available in 2 days! :)

At 5:30pm we had the Pioneer meeting. How encouraging it is to be invited to share with the congregation, such encouragement based on 1 Thessalonians 5:19. We were all so tired after a long day we decided to get pizza to go nearby home.