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Pioneer School!

We got back from pioneer school this past Friday night about 10:30.  It went really well!  Going in Spanish was a bit of a struggle, but we survived.  :-)  I wanted to share a few points with you all:
Someone has to have brain surgery and they go to the doctor on Thursday to have the […]

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More Changes

After a good hard look at our finances, Nathan and I have decided to come home after Pioneer School.  Our business hasn’t been doing well for a while now and we need to come home and work.  We hope to stick with our plan of buying a camper trailer to live in and getting back […]

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Changes

Some of you already know that Nathan and I have decided to move back to the US. For those of you who didn’t know, we are planning on coming back the end of December. This has been a really good experience for us and we definitely do NOT regretting coming here. We […]

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Special Assembly Day 2008

This past Sunday we had the privilege of going to the Special Assembly Day in Riobamba. I know that most, if not all, of you have already had this privilege. I wanted to share a few of my favorite stories/experiences:
There were 6 year old triplets in Kindergarten. Their teacher threw them a […]

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Updates

The American elder who has lived in Ecuador for about 8 years was appointed as an elder in our congregation last week, so we officially have two elders now!!  I didn’t realize that the Servant who moved here the same time as us was never appointed in our congregation, so we only have two Servants, […]

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Silly Signs

I thought you’d all get a kick out of these funny signs here. One is for a special parking spot at the Mall. It looks like it is for one-armed people, but it might actually be for pregnant women. The other is on the road to our town. Yes, it is […]

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C.O.’s Visit to Sign Language Group

The Sign Language group just had their C.O.’s visit.  Since they are a group, the visit is only three days.  Friday night we went to the Bookstudy.  Nathan said the opening prayer!  Joel and Marci are the names of the couple.  He is from Canada and she is from Alabama, but he’s lived here 14 […]

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Crazy Chinese!!!

We were in MegaMaxi (think Wal-Mart) this morning before the Sign Language bookstudy and I noticed that this very large man was staring at us. I told Nathan and we noticed that he was also following us! So we stopped and Nathan asked if he knew us. The man didn’t answer and […]

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New hobby

I am so excited to tell you all that I have been extended an incredible privilege!!! Tito asked me last night to take over the accounts while Stephanie is gone to Germany from May to November!! So, obviously I’m not going to be the Account’s Servant, because I’m not a Servant, but I […]

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Nathan’s first Sign Language talk!!!

Nathan gave his first Sign Language talk this past Wednesday. He did REALLY good if I do say so myself!
Love to all,
Jennifer

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