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Memorial

We had 169 at our Memorial this past Saturday!!! That’s pretty incredible considering we only have 40 publishers. Four times the publishers!!! Nathan and I were privileged to have three different bible studies in attendance. Two of whom have not been to a meeting before so that was pretty exciting.
Love and […]

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1 John 1:3

“that which we have seen and heard we are reporting also to you, that you too may be having a sharing with us.”
We had our Circuit Assembly this past weekend and I wanted to share a few experiences/illustrations with you:
An illustration about materialism: You want to cross from one mountain to the other […]

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The fair

Melissa came with us to the Sign language book study this past Sunday and I gave her a comment. She was very nervous, but did excellently! Also, one of the sisters from the group had a little baby girl. They haven’t decided on her name yet, but she’s a cutie. […]

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The New Adventures of Nathan and Jennifer!

OH MY GOODNESS! You guys are NOT going to believe this!!!
We found out that the Sign Language group has a “Sign Theocratic Ministry School” once a month. So, we decided we would start attending that. Tonight was our first one to attend. As soon as we got there and put […]

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Volcanic activity

We went on a picnic Monday so I wanted to give you a few pictures. We ate guniea pigs! That is SO gross!!! I don’t like them. They taste like fish. Nathan says I’m crazy. He liked them ok, but didn’t think they were great.
Also, the volcano that […]

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New member of the family

No, I’m NOT pregnant! I just forgot to tell you that a sister gave Nathan a RABBIT!!! She lives in our back yard. Her name is Sister.
Also, I’m attaching a video of Jael singing. It’s too hilarious. The first song she sings is in English. She is […]

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Something encouraging

I hate to tell you all this, but I have been a little discouraged lately. Marco (Nathan’s study) took a job as a security guard in Quito (two and a half hours from here) so he hasn’t studied or been to a meeting in a month. His daughter, Dayana, the one who joined to school […]

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2nd Meeting in Signs

See the videos here.
We went to our second Sign Language meeting this morning. We have decided that every other Sunday we will attend the Talk, Watchtower, and Book Study in Signs and every other Sunday we will just go to the Book Study. So, this morning we only attended the Book Study. […]

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New challenge

Nathan and I have decided to learn Ecuadorian Sign Language. At first, I thought I would just do it as a hobby, but then it turned in to a little more. Our elder (Tito) and his wife (Lety) have a son who is hearing impaired (Isaac). They received a letter about […]

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10 Yr. Wedding Anniversary

Our new congregation threw us a surprise Anniversary party last night!!! Isn’t that amazing? I mean, I know you guys would have done something special for us, but these people have only known us for 5 months! I’m sure it was Melissa’s idea, but still. She said most of the […]

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