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Hi everybody,  March and April have been full of activity! 

First off, Memorial was quite lovely.  We had 123 in attendance in our 30 publisher Miskitu congregation. The Spanish had about 350+ I believe. Though none of my bible students showed up to ours, it was really encouraging to find out many did go to the Spanish.  

The weekend following memorial we had visitors from Bethel Mexico, A couple who stayed at our place, and 3 other brothers sans their wives.  They were all here to check out the site for the new translation department.  It is really exciting to read in the Yearbook how many translation departments are being moved from Bethel to the place where the language it mostly and originally spoken, ie. Miskitu in Puerto Cabezas.  To see that change firsthand is pretty neat.  The visit was quick but Oh so encouraging, we had them all over for dinner and coffee and for breakfast the next morning before their flight back to Mexico.  One of the brothers gave us girls a mini talk about two bible characters named Deborah and what they were remembered for and how they relate to us.  EL nombre Debora significa aveja, y lo relaciono con todo el duro trabajo que estamos haciendo.  It was really sweet.   They also explained all the work that encompasses the translation department.  It was SO interesting. We had tons of questions, or at least I didJ  Sunday early morning before they left we had toast and coffee and had a morning worship around our dinning room table with the 5 of them.  What a privilege! 

That Tuesday brother Felix the sub D.O, and wife sister Rita Diaz came to visit, along with Hugo and Margarita Hernandez, CO and wife.   We were the hosting congregation right before Circuit assembly. And we had the privilege of having the Diaz stay at our place and have the service group meetings on our front porch.  Pioneer meeting was awesome, as well as the Assembly.  Brothers from as far as Honduras came, and other towns along the way and up and down this Cost.  We met special pioneers and volunteer pioneers from different communities and got to preach with them throughout the week.  Thanks to Jehovah our interviews and demos and monologues all came out well.  Oh and I got to be the first aid departmentJ

The following Thursday, after much deliberation whether there would be an Assembly in Bonanza or not due to a block on the road, we made our way to Bonanza in 3 pick-up trucks.  The rest of the congregation left on bus Friday morning.  The block is caused by a strike that communities and bus drivers have in attempts to get a point across to authorities.  Many times no one is aware what point exactly, everyone is just very upset.  But someone mentioned that road conditions were among their complaints.  And boy are there terrible road conditions. Something like six hours on a mechanical bull while inhaling a big cloud of dirt.  But thanks to Jehovah we all arrived safely and the whole congregation arrived in time to enjoy the spiritual banquet prepared for us.    Bonanza is a quaint busy little city with paved roads and winding hills, green and fresh at night.  A mining town in a valley surrounded by mountains.  I really hope to visit again the next time I’m in the country.  We had a second pioneer meeting and Assembly, this time completely in Spanish, very refreshing.  Jessey and I gave our assignments again and I was again placed in the first aid department.  And there were no sick or injured on my shift;)

 I was so impressed by the hospitality of everyone.  We stayed down a bible students home, 10 of us, taking turns bathing and sharing the kitchen.  They were so wonderful to lend their home.  Other homes I heard were just as packed with all the visitors.   Sunday we were told another strike was starting Monday morning so the whole congregation was to leave right after the assembly.  So during lunch we raced home to pack our things.  The bus ride home was tiring but was such an adventure with the whole congregation. About an hour away from home is the River Wawa we have to cross via ferry.  And at night it’s extra exciting. The whole way I sat next to a young bible student who put me to shame with the amount of Canticos she had memorized.  We arrived home at 11pm, our hair crispy with dirt, and our eyes and teeth looking extra white in contrast to our dirty faces.  Good thing the next day was a Monday.   

This week was back to our studies and regular congregation activities. Brother Hiroki from Japan gave his first public talk yesturday.  He did great! even despite having laryngitis.   And this week I started 4 new bible studies in 3 days.  One lady who is Mayagna, another race and language around this coast.  Thankfully she knows Spanish.  In Bonanza an elder and his wife have been learning Mayagna, and a couple of their Mayagna students got baptized this past weekend.  Also our COBE and his wife are learning the language.  It’s a lot different from Miskitu.  I’m so impressed with all their efforts to keep learning for kingdom interests.  You’d think one foreign language would be plenty but they just keep at it.  Only in Jehovah’s organization do you find such motivation and dedication. 

Well, the adventure will be on pause as of June 1^st when I fly home after 9 months in the country.  I’ll try to write again before then and post some pictures.  Love you all, may Jehovah keep on blessing and taking care of you.

Juli