Scouting Out the Land

I got a sneak preview of the territory where I will be serving in a few months when our congregation went to help them with their sound equipment a few weeks ago.   

Getting closer!  Cool looking mountain...Will we get to climb it in service? :-(.

Traffic Jam

By the time we got there, everyone sitting in the back of the truck was completely covered covered in white dust.  I sorely regretted having lip gloss on since all the dirt caked on.  Bleh!

We were all twisted together in the back of the pickup along with the sound equipment and items we were taking to some of the friends.  The driver purposely swerved into every possible hole just to hear us scream as we went flying into the air only to slam back down as one, tangled group.  Thanks, Bob.

We made it !!

The sisters immediately got to work making lunch.  Yummy chicken salad.

The Kingdom Hall is really cute.  It's very tiny.  About the size of a small apartment in the States.

Outhouse on the side of the Hall.  You can see it out of the front window of the hall as you face the stage.  Something about that makes me feel really embarrassed to go to the bathroom during the meeting.

Cement floors, lots of windows.

Sink outside the out house

Piglet who snuck into the front yard to snack on the grass.

Glee working hard

Me, nervously listening to instructions.

Me, immediately dropping what he gave me to work on and trying to find it before he notices!

Mike check!  They work!  That's the elder in the congregation.  He's a funny guy.  We will be serving both a group and a congregation.

Listening to some of the stories of friends from our Hall whom are currently serving on the route.

Pancho translating.  I didn't get a picture of Brenton, our other brother serving there :-(

The local friends brought snacks for us!

Pretty flowers outside of the Hall

More of the friends who came to meet us.

Headed home