Bible Studies

Today I took my new camera with me on one of Justin's Bible Studies. It is always important to ask here if you can take a picture of someone because the older generation can sometimes be supersticious, thinking a camera can steal there souls. So I asked Justin's study, Eustackio, if I could take a picture of him and his granddaughter. He said that was fine and asked to have a copy of the pictures. I thought the pictures came out very nice.
After that study we walked out to my two studies in the country. It was a long walk about 30 minutes in the hottest weather we have had all year. We had to stop half way a pick up a refreshing Coca-Cola. MMmmmm!This was our entertainment while we rested. He was entralled by us and stood at the tienda's gate watching us. He thought it was funny me taking all these pictures.
Here is a picture I took of "Martin" today after I had my study with Amparo. He was very interested in my camera and at one point grabbed it to lick it. LOL
The view from my study Glady's house. Amazing huh. Looks like snow on the mountains, but really it is the clouds. Looks like that everyday.

What a Month...

Well this month has been going very well service wise. I have now a total of 6 regular studies; 1 coming to the meeting on Sunday, another right next door and says she wants to study more then once a week, one with a young girl in our congregation, one with a lady out in the far country with a monkey, one near her that is super sweet and shy, and my last with a young boy reading the Bible Story book together. Justin has also been doing great this month. He has 5 regular studies. He is now also in charge of taking the service groups out on Thursday morning and Friday night. The moto has really been a great help with us getting to and from studies this month. It is funny because on the dirt roads we go slow enough that I can put my umbrella up to protect us from the sun. Service has been super enjoyable this month. The weather is perfect with few rainy days.

At the beginning of this month I got super sick for a week from eating some cheese from the Market. I forgot to Bleach it and thus got something. Justin took great care of me (it was a good thing I couldn't eat, because he can't cook :)). He bought me meds from the pharmacy for $2.oo for 5 days of pills. It really helped a lot. That week I could not go in service at all so I had to do some letter writing. Since there are no mail boxes here I changed the letter up a little from the Benefit book so that it would be able to be used when I put it in a door. I was able to keep my time going with this.

Well that is really all for now. Oh and I got my new Nikon D3000 this month. Still figuring it out. Good pictures to come. :)

More Pig Fun!

Recently we posted about a part of our territory that is just full of pigs. We were working close to that area again this past weekend as we heard pigs squealing at the top of their lungs. Here that could mean anything, the first thought that popped into Steph's mind was "oh my their cutting off their heads" and I concurred. After we realized what they were doing however, I decided it was safe to turn on the video. This was after the pigs calmed down a bit but you can see the wife and son helping the father collect the pigs in order to vaccinate them. These are the things that happen everywhere, just in Bolivia you get to see them first hand :) Enjoy!

P.S. My Spanish sounds super gringo and I'm sure I made some errors. I did get to leave him the latest magazines after he injects one of the pigs though. hehe

Vaccinating Pigs / La vacunación de los cerdos from Justin on Vimeo.

Preachin' In The Rain

Since nobody has cars here, when it rains we have to suck it up and keep it moving. What's truly incredible is the support for ministry even in in-climate weather and the positive attitude of the younger ones in the congregation. Here's Steph with her service partner and my service partner (brother and sister) this morning.

Preaching in a seldom worked Pueblo

Yesterday we had our first experience preaching in a seldom visited little pueblo called "La Angostura" The people who lived there were so welcoming and friendly. They pulled out chairs for us or invited us in. We went with some Missionary friends here and a need greater sister from Canada. After preaching all day we went to a local brother's vineyard here and picked our own grapes. Here's a few of the pictures from yesterdays excursion.

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