In February we had our Circuit Overseer Visit and Pioneer Meeting. The Circuit Overseer also had a substitute CO and they happen to have been serving here from Oregon, Mark and Tess Lange. We had the privilege of having them stay with us and really enjoyed getting to know them and hearing about their experiences of serving in Ecuador. I have to admit it was also nice to get a ride to all of the meetings, in fact we got so used to it we were late to every meeting for the next two weeks!!!
In our congregation we have about 16 pioneers and a couple of regular auxiliary pioneers, and about 50 publishers total! During the pioneer meeting it started to rain so hard that we could not hear Mark talking! We all had to move our chairs as close as possible to the stage so we could hear him.
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| Mark & Tess are in the back standing. |
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Most of our pioneers are single and have been in the truth about 2-3 years.
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We have such an awesome group pioneering, we all really have a good time together and to see the sacrifices our younger brothers and sisters make to be out in the ministry full time is really amazing! Many of them have given up higher education and work as fishermen making next to nothing for a daily wage and yet all of them have such a huge smile on their face every day!
What an awesome looking group!
ReplyDeleteHi guys! You don't know me, I found your blog when searching for information about Ecuador. Anyway I really enjoy reading your blogs and hearing about life down there. Very encouraging and cool!
ReplyDeleteI saw in this post that you had the CO stay at your home during one of his visits. That sounds like a nice experience. I was wondering how much the CO interacts with the host family (you guys) and if he does, how is that time in the evening and such spent? Just conversing, or playing games maybe, or something else? I was curious mainly because I was pondering over maybe doing something similar, and partly because I like hearing about how things are in other cultures.
Wishing you the best in your ministry in Ecuador, your brother from the USA,
Matt