So much activity I have to divide it Into part 1 and 2.
Part 1- in the morning we all went to service! Group meets at 8:45 at a Kingdom Hall maybe 20minutes walking distance, but if someone were to ask me "how would you describe the congregation?" I would say "very zealous!" Our congregation is a huge supporter in service! And Sunday we had a pretty big group... not everyone could fit in the room some of us had to stand outside, and since we couldn't see everything (remember in sign we don't talk, its all visual so if you cant see your not going to understand anything)...Toni who could see copied all the signs so we could understand all the information Esteban, the brother taking out the group, was presenting. Toni was looking through the window and signing everything he saw.
Well being out in service Sunday was encouraging for me. I know that at our assembly they have announced at one point or another that our circuit needs to be a better supporter for Sunday service. I know personally for me sometimes Sunday service isn't part of my schedule, definitely I can work on that. But seeing my congregation here in the DR supporting Sunday service has really touched my heart, and we had so much success too! Sometimes I think to myself "man we came because we wanted to help and support a congregation here where the need is great, but those tables turned! We are the ones who feel that are receiving the help and support! We are receiving the encouragement!" Thanks to Jehovahs the encouragement has been mutual, but the brothers here some really don't understand how different it is in the states, even me now I think "how am I going to handle going back to reality?" I feel my home is here, not Texas. Even some of the group members who have already gone back home feel the same. I think these feelings only strengthen even more our desire to come back.
Continuing on with the day, after service and sister and her family invited us to eat lunch. They attend our congregation and her and her husband are deaf. Man what a walk! From the hall to her house we had to walk an hour! Keep in mind we were really tired! These past couple days have been non stop going out in service and being with brothers, plus we are only sleeping like 4-5 hours a night. So Sunday after walking all day in service and then an additional hour did make us tired! But thanks to Jehovah we arrived and became full of energy again!
Once we arrived the sister had everything ready! Omg what delicious food!!! Rice, salad, and chicken! All homemade! Yum!!! It was funny because again we were tired and since the sister and husband are deaf our only communication is signing, my arms were so tired! And we couldn't even think anymore haha. But the brother started giving us details of their circumstances and what they have been through. And once that started happening Jehovahs holy spirit came because we went from tired to full of energy in an instant! Thanks to Jehovah we were able to encourage the brother on certain things and discuss things he can do to get better. And I mean Jehovahs spirit was there because I'm not fluent in sign but in that conversation everything started coming naturally and smooth. Just like the Bible says that Jehovah puts the words we need to say in our mouth, well Jehovah does the same with our hands! We really enjoyed the time with them! They are so nice and lovely! They already made plans with us to come back and talk more, we would have stayed longer but we all had to get ready for the meeting at 4. We left their house at around 2:30, and man were we rushed! We took the train home but the train was having some issues so we had to wait, what would usually take us 15 min took us 30 minutes to get home!!!! We got home at 3!! We were in a super rush to get ready!!! Thanks to Jehovah we left on time and made the meeting on time! Ok time for Sunday Part 2!
