One of my studies this week shared with me a point he had learned from considering the day’s text from Examining the Scriptures Dailey. It made me feel good for a couple of reasons. 1.) He was making it a point to consider the text and comment each day. 2.) He was able to read something and discern how this was different from what he had formerly believed.
I went to Kaituma for the study this week. With all the dry weather we had been having the trip was very easy. The biggest problem was the dust when you would meet another vehicle. I was happy to see two new ones at the study. One was a brother of Caroline, and the other a cousin of Sharon’s. It was encouraging to see the attendance there showing a little increase.
Sister Garner is leaving us this coming Tuesday. When she had come, she said she intended to stay for ten months, but she has mentioned that her foot has started bothering her and she wants to get that taken care of. She had been in an automobile accident about a year ago and her foot had been badly injured. A couple of pins had been inserted to allow it to heal properly and they are3 starting to pain her, so she wants them removed. She had mentioned them to a doctor ln ‘town while she was there and mentioned she might be looking to get them removed while here in Guyana. He was from the states and told her that he would not advise having something like that done here. We will have to wait to see whether she returns once the operation is performed and the foot has healed.
She is a professional artist and has taken it upon herself to do a mural for the Kingdom Hall before she leaves. It will be a tropical scene depicting Jehovah’s New World. I am going to make a frame for it out of what else, but purpleheart. I am also working on a small table for the sisters to use when giving their talks on the Theocratic Ministry School. We have one but it is so low that it does not work well for them to put their bibles and their notes on. That too will be purpleheart.
I have completed the project of digging out beneath the Kingdom Hall. I did not find any gold, but I was able to completely fill in a swampy area on the west side of the property. I calculated that I moved about one hundred tons of material. One day soon we will have a work day to wash the mud from all the wood under the hall. When the hall is being built it was very muddy so all the material that had been used had a coating of mud. It hasn’t been of concern, but if we are going to hold the Memorial there, it will need to look more presentable. Then I will have to figure out what we will do for seating for the Memorial. We will carry all the benches down, but will need about the same amout of temporary seating as well. I have about six weeks to figure it out and set it up as the Memorial falls on March 30th this year.
It is starting to look like the Fischers may not be back in Guyana so soon. Gary had mentioned that he thinks it best that they schedule their time for being back in Canada for the warmer months since work is more available then as well as the fact that the cold weather takes a toll on their health. Therefore, rather than coming for just a few months and going back, they may wait to come until the fall and then stay for a longer period of time. Stephan had suggested that they should just plan on coming for fourteen or fifteen months, thereby putting them on the schedule they desired. We have however learned that Jonathan Brewster is planning on staying at least through Convention time (early August) so he will be here until we return. I may try to see if I can find a couple who would be available to come stay while we are out to help share the load. But then again, maybe by the time we leave, we will have had to demolish our living quarters to make room for all attending the meetings. As an indication of that possibility, last month set a new record for bible studies being conducted, eighty eight. Another outstanding figure from last’s month’s service report was the average time the publishers reported preaching, thirty three and a third hours!
This week’s pictures show the results of my labors under the Kingdom Hall. In the one you can see the area that was filled beside the Hall and the other one somewhat shows the underneath. The lighting wasn’t the best. I should have taken it earlier in the day when it wasn’t so contrasty, but I was busy working on two new benches, which have been completed, thank you.
When a person here is getting ready to leave, they say, “I’m going.” In Carib, that’s, “Ou sopa.”
