Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Our Ministry Bears Much Fruit!


Pomelo, avocado, purple starfruit, and guava. Crystine, Tanya, Megan and I had such a wonderful morning!
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Purple Starfruit

Megan, Tanya and Crystine pick purple starfruit. It is, at the least, at two person job. Notice how Megan can actually catch the fruit as Tanya snips it from the tree. Crystine and I spotted the fruit in the tree and were good cheerleaders!
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Avocados

Tanya, the daredevil, climbs a board up a tree to get the two avocados hanging way above our heads! Crystine is her spotter!
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Inviting Everyone to the Memorial

Crystine is inviting some Chinese men that have never spoken with Witnesses before.
Sascha and Laurie are out on the first day to invite persons to the Memorial.
Tanya and Megan are out on the day of the Memorial.
Jeremiah is accompanied by Patti and Veronica.
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March 30

Forty were out in field service this morning, inviting persons to the Memorial tonight.
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Monday, March 29, 2010

Well, Hello Dolly!

You never know who you'll run into in Guam....This lovely sister is Dolly. Her son and daughter-in-law are serving where the need is greater in another congregation in Guam. She and her late husband, Gene, were in the circuit work for many years. In fact, Gene was one of the instructors in the first pioneer school class I attended. What a wonderful surprise this week!
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Ruth and Francis


Francis and Ruth had a 5 hour lay-over in Guam, so they stopped in for a few hours at our yearly pioneer meeting of all the pioneers in the circuit. They served for 14 years in Papua New Guinea. Now, they are serving where the need is greater in Palau. We got to know and love them while they were in Guam last year. Plus Ruth gives the BEST hugs!
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Our Adopted Family

Jeremiah just puts up with my picture-taking. This time, he chose not to smile for the camera, but laughs when the camera isn't pointed at him. Isn't that the way it goes!?

Alice and her seven boys have adopted us. We are thrilled!

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Circuit Assembly

Chuukese-speaking friends.
Visiting friends.
Dear friends.
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Circuit Assembly

Sister friends.
Married friends.
Cozy friends.
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Monday, March 15, 2010

Eziquiel

Eziquiel lives in a rural part of our territory, Yona (Jonya). Most cars can't go up the road to his house, so we park at the bottom and hike up the hill. Eziquiel was happy to find out God's name is Jehovah today.
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Getting Reaquainted

John has been happy to see Roque and his son Jadon. He studied a year ago and is now able to study again.
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Turn at the Carabao


Local area landmark....Carabao---Micronesian Waterbuffalo...except, they don't have red eyes, aren't gray or 15 feet tall. Other than that, it looks just like one!
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Friday, March 12, 2010

Pohnpei in Guam

Kaselehlie Julia! Julia grew up in Pohnpei. She is the sister of a young woman that Kaylene has been studying with. Julia asked for a Bible study this week.

Julia went to school with Audrey, one of the sisters that we met in Pohnpei. She knew most of the congregation in Pohnpei before they became Witnesses. She was so pleased to hear about her old acquaintences.

Maybe I will get to use my only real theocratic Ponapean sentence...Me melahr akan sohte ese mehkot...The dead don't know anything.

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Tsunami

We survived our 6.75 inch tsunami!
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The Girls

Mandy and Megan visiting with a young mother they hadn't been able to find home for a while. I love going in service with them and their mother, Kym, so I should be able to get a photo of their faces one day soon!
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Familiar Faces


We have been so happy to see our friends in Guam again. This is Nozomi. She is learning Chuukese and is helping out the Chuukese group. (I lost count on how many languages she knows, but I am very happy she speaks English!)
Her skirt speaks Ponapean. Each island has a distinctive style of skirt that I have yet to identify, but women from each island know where a skirt is from a mile away.
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Not Now Kato!

Kato is three. He and his parents are visiting from Japan. Isn't he a cutie pie!
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Sascha


Sascha is nine. This was her third talk in our congregation. (Her householder is Laurie. She and her husband have been at Guam Bethel for many years.) It was about the penalty for sin. Everyone clapped. Yes, it was that good!
She and her family moved her to help out our congregation. We are glad to be with them again.

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Deuce

Meet Sascha's six year old brother. The face says it ALL!
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