Yeah!! We all made it home safely..yesterday.. For those of you who were expecting us home on the 5th of July (like my husband), well.. we missed our flight. Really. Ya ya I know that is c-r-a-z-y, but hey.. it's me. :) And too, I have a friend who is to blame too.. we both totally spaced it. Not the day, but the time...ish.. See the flight was a 2am flight on the 5th..and somewhere along the way I confused the day of the week. I kept telling myself to go to the airport Tues night (which was the night of the 5th) when I should have been thinking go Mon night.. Well, what's doen is done tho..and we met up with a sister in Panama City (who mind you how wonderful Jehovah's organization is) a sister whom we had never met.. and she put us up in her house from Wed til we left her house Fri night (for the airport). She was so happy to have us and treated us just like family, if not better :) haha She spoiled us American style (which was a detriment to my physique:) for a few days. But we had a great time just relaxing at her house and vegging out, and if you go to Panama made sure I give you her info and you will be blown away with this sister and her wonderfulness. You MUST meet her. I won't go on for now but I'm sure if I corner you in due time..you will get an earfull:)
Well after flying into FL, then driving home from Ft. Lauderdale to Kentucky.. we are now home as of yesterday at 330pm. It's great to be home with my son and hubby..and we've just been trying to take it slow-ish.. Still have been busy the last 24+ hours but with naps inbetween :)
My love to all!! I will post some pics from our last week soon. I am busy before sunrise and after sunset tomorrow, plus we have friends flying in to visit with us for a week starting tomorrow..soo..in between the craziness I would love to post some pics :)
All my love~
Monday, July 11, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
It's Already Thursday!!!
Wow!! So breifly catching you up.. We left eeeaaarrrlllyyy Wed morning to head over to the Bocas. (the Province is called Boca del Toro). On the bus there was a young couple and a friend of theirs.. We eventually got to witness to them (Harriette and I) and it was a great atmosphere. We didn't feel pushy (as sometimes we feel in the states..here it seems we have more confidence that Jah will work things out with the people we witness to.. I know he does in the states, just this trip has given us a chance to truly see that and put absolute faith in that:). Anyhow, eventually I offered them the mag's tho the boyfriend is more into Mother Nature (and he was the more outspoken one, so we knew what appealed to him...) Anyway, I turned the mag's over and showed the couple the article "Will humans ruin the earth?" And from that moment on til she had the mag's read, she was totally interesetd.
Long story short, I prayed that if it was the right time, that they would bring up religion (and that it wouldn't be me since of course we don't like to force feed our beliefs to people). And nothing more really got brought up so I kept the "What does the Bible really teach?" book at bay.. We kept it friendly and chatty the rest of the trip, and even ran in to them again on the boat taxi from Almirante to the Island (Island Colon). Funny enough yesterday evening after spliting paths with them, we ran in to them in a grocery store. We had decided that if we ran in to them we would invite them on a boat taxi tour we had set up (for the next day, the 1st of July-today). So we ran in to them and invited them for the trip and they accepted. After that, Harriette and I, decided that we wouldn't "preach" at them on the boat trip if they even showed up for it. And guess what?? They showed up for it!! And we all had such a greeeaaattt time!! It was wonderful and I really don't have time to go in to detail right this moment but please don't hesitate to ask me how that went. Aliah told me later that the girl, Courtney, asked her questions in private about our religion. And guess what.. after the trip together today, we said our goodbyes, thinking we won't see them again (they are due to leave Fri for David)..but on our way to dinner..we ran in to them AGAIN!!! At that point we invited them to come by tomorrow (and we will see if our spiritual conversation can be picked up from where it left off..if not, it will still be worth the try). So yeah!! It feels that we have made some progress tho we aren't officiallyout in service.
Also, yesterday when we arrived to the Bocas we all became hungry.. And guess who we saw in the first hour of being here?? Yes, two Brothers. They were in "wintessing" clothes and one is a special pioneer and the other is the CO for Spanish congreation. It was a real treat to run in to them!!
I should go for now..I keep falling asleep. Pics are going to have to wait:( Sorry
Long story short, I prayed that if it was the right time, that they would bring up religion (and that it wouldn't be me since of course we don't like to force feed our beliefs to people). And nothing more really got brought up so I kept the "What does the Bible really teach?" book at bay.. We kept it friendly and chatty the rest of the trip, and even ran in to them again on the boat taxi from Almirante to the Island (Island Colon). Funny enough yesterday evening after spliting paths with them, we ran in to them in a grocery store. We had decided that if we ran in to them we would invite them on a boat taxi tour we had set up (for the next day, the 1st of July-today). So we ran in to them and invited them for the trip and they accepted. After that, Harriette and I, decided that we wouldn't "preach" at them on the boat trip if they even showed up for it. And guess what?? They showed up for it!! And we all had such a greeeaaattt time!! It was wonderful and I really don't have time to go in to detail right this moment but please don't hesitate to ask me how that went. Aliah told me later that the girl, Courtney, asked her questions in private about our religion. And guess what.. after the trip together today, we said our goodbyes, thinking we won't see them again (they are due to leave Fri for David)..but on our way to dinner..we ran in to them AGAIN!!! At that point we invited them to come by tomorrow (and we will see if our spiritual conversation can be picked up from where it left off..if not, it will still be worth the try). So yeah!! It feels that we have made some progress tho we aren't officiallyout in service.
Also, yesterday when we arrived to the Bocas we all became hungry.. And guess who we saw in the first hour of being here?? Yes, two Brothers. They were in "wintessing" clothes and one is a special pioneer and the other is the CO for Spanish congreation. It was a real treat to run in to them!!
I should go for now..I keep falling asleep. Pics are going to have to wait:( Sorry
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