The Last 2 Days Have Been Awesome!! Again, of course :)

Wow!! I'm surprised I have a minute to write. We have been beyond busy!! I'm waiting in-line for the shower so I have a short while to write :)

Let me catch you interested ones up.. Currently my girls and I are staying at a sister's house near Dolega (it's between David and Boquete). That is where I am 'blogging' from.

So.. Yesterday started with us packing a bit more, and then going out in service in Volcan. Rochelle invited me to go on 3 of her studies that live in Bugaba, so Asa and I and she went. It was such a beautiful ride and I wish that we could stop every inch and take a picture..but we were going Down a mountain..ahhhh

Anyway.. We first went to a call of hers, Maria. Once we got there we saw her, her husband (holding their new baby) down at the river/stream that goes to the river, beside her house. She was washing clothes by hand because the water in that town had been not working for two days. I just love how hard working the Panamanians are and how adaptable they are. And they always, for the most part, keep a great attitude about life. Even if they don't have much. Anyway, Rochelle got down in the water with Maria to help her clean her clothes (I kinda just watched because she was on the last piece of clothing anyway). I was more interested in holding her baby :) hahaha Her name is Maria Victoria and she is now 2 months. She was sooo precious. I waited patiently-ish  to hold her, but once it was my turn I rocked her and snuggled with her and really enjoyed her :) awww, the joys of holding an innocent, sweet, beautiful baby..sigh..  Maria, the mom, her study went wonderfully. Too much good stuff to mention, I really am on a time limit and have already been on longer than I meant to be.. (It's after 11p)

Well then we went to another study, and she was just as moved by the truth. And after our great visit with her, we had a small lunch and then went to the final call. It was with two young girls that are sisters, who both speak very good English. They both made very thoughtful comments regarding what they were learning. I have pictures of their home and will get them posted soon.

When we left their home it was 3p. So then we made the nearly 1 hour drive up to Volcan, then I finished packing and cleaning the house (since we were leaving there for good).. and some friends picked us up at 430 so we could get to the meeting in David for the last talks for the CO there. Now remember, in David, tho there are 7 Spanish congregation, there is only 1 English 'group'. And last night there were actually 57 people there!! At least 10 of them were studies (we don't have an official number of the studies tho). It was such a great meeting. Very thought provoking!! We have sooo many goals to work on when we get back home and can't wait to start them!!

After the meeting we said a little bit of goodbyes.. but since we were relying on someone to take us to Angel's house we had to be super quick loading our stuff in a truck and practically running out the Kingdom Hall. So there wasn't much time for tears. Actually tho, when I went to tell Doug and Peggy goodbye I started crying. It was totally unplanned, of course, and caught me by surprise that I cried. They have been sooo loving and kind and it really is impressive to see their zeal for the ministry and for Jehovah and the local brothers/sisters. You would be sooo proud of them (as I am sure you already are:).  Well at Angel's we all chatted around for about an hour and then called it a night.

This morning we woke at 630a (at least I did- to go thru our stuff and pull out things for the day).. We all got ready by 8a and then had Family Worship together :) It was great. We each took turns practicing a presentation and that was really fun :) (I got to later use it in the ministry, yay!!) Then we each mentioned an instance of recent of where we could see Jehovah's hand in our lives. That was great to hear my girls say what they felt regarding Jehovah's dealings in our lives, and it made me tear up ;) After FW we caught a bus down to David for service with the CO.

My girls and I were invited to work with the CO and his wife (Shane & Misty) and we had a really enjoyable time!! My girls adore them and so do I. We went to my return visit and that's where I got to use the presentation. It went well and the wife of the house took the tract I was offering about Peace in the New World. All went great this morning in service, unfortunately no outstanding calls, but still we made some progress ourselves.

After service different friends met up with us and we went to Tumbarelis (sp?) for lunch. It was pretty good. I have to say the atmosphere is what really made the place nice. It was the nicest in looks of a restaurante I have been to in Panama. The food was decent, and prices were midranged..

After dinner we bused to Angel's and decided to nap for an hour before going to the brother, Paul's house for association with the friends, volleyball, and food. It was beyond!!! a great time!!! I have pics but will have to wait to post them until tomorrow or so.. I'd love to post them now but would have to dig out my SD computer adapter.. and I can barely move to type.. so .. :(

Anyway, at Paul's we laughed and played and danced and laughed some more and danced some more and played volleyball somemore.. You get the picture. My girls were saying how it was the BEST time!! Agreed. Words cannot express the happiness that you feel when you are having fun with the friends and everyone is loving each other as Jehovah made us to love. It was just beyond words.