Facts about Guyana and Brighton

From Left to Right: Hermicar, Trisha, me, Rosalee(C.O.'s wife), Shannon(C.O.), Dania and Amy.

Dear Family,

       Greetings from Guyana! I'm doing great down here. I've finally adjusted to the heat, and I am getting better at understanding the accent here. The ministry is awesome. Today I met two women in the ministry. Both of them picked out the last question on happiness in the 'Would You Like To Know The Truth?'. I was able to share two scirptures(one actually read a scripture for me) and made arrangements to go back next week.

      I was also able to work with Sister Panchum. She is one of the 11 pioneers in the Brighton Congregation. She was baptized in 2000 and had been associated with the truth 4 years before that. Before becoming a Witness, she was Hindu. She said she loved what she was learning. She is just another example of how the truth can set people free. 

     We also have the C.O. this week. Brother Shannon Rainny and his wife Rosalee. Brother Rainny gave an excellent talk on why we must keep on the watch. He said how we should be so appreciative of the faithful and discreet slave and its governing body providing food at the proper time. He compared Jehovah's Witnesses to Christindom. While Jehovah's people are constatnly keeping on the watch, Christindom is compared to the watchmen described at Isaiah 56:10 who are described as "blind", "speechless dogs", and "loving to slumber." Yes, how happy we can be that Jehovah keeps us on the watch! How can we show we appreciate this? By putting Jehovah's will first in our life. Satan uses 3 tactics to distract us; Spiritual Apathy, Spiritual Sleep, and our own Imperfect Flesh. Instead of caving into any of these three tactics, we should feel as John did in Revelation 22:20(I won't quote it, I'm gonna make you look it up :). 

     Let me tell you a little bit about Guyana and the Brighton Congregation. Guyana has 47 congregtions(including 1 foreign language). There is one area named Cado(i think that's how its spelled). In that area there is only 2 sisters(for a long time there was one) and one unbaptized publisher. Despite having no brothers, they continue to conduct meetings and preach! 

      The Brighton congregation is about 5 minutes from our house in Bushlot. It has about 50 publishers and 11 pioneers(like I mentioned earlier). 2 of the pioneers are in the ASL field(Trisha and Amy). We also have a missionary couple and 2 permanent need greater couples. So between the pioneers and the publishers, we have a wealth of expirence! 

       What else is going on? I'm learning how to cook(I know!). There's no McDonalds or Subway to go to if your hungry and don't feel like cooking. We do have a Chinese resturant down the street, but you can only eat so much Chinese. Monday is my day to cook. I'm going to make Honey Curry Chicken with rice and bora. Instead of telling you how it turns out, I'll let my roommates tell you.

       Besides the circuit overseer visit we also have a zone visit in February in Georgetown. We are going early so we can go to a local pool and go swimming! At the end of this month we are planning on taking a trip in the interior to preach with the congregation in Oregala. And in March we are planning on taking a trip to Suriname which is the neighboring country to Guyana. From what Meeka has told us, it sounds like a lot of fun!

     I hope you all are doing well, I miss you a lot! Please keep in touch!!