Monday Nights

This is right before Susan and Pete's study. The girls were expecting quite a group to show up! And a group usually does appear. Sasa, Susan and Pete's daughter, is on the left. Aureen is on the right. We begin studying between 5:30 and 6 pm in the light. By the time we leave, we are looking at each other through the dim light of one lone light bulb above their front door and slapping mosquitos off of each other. It brings a real since of togetherness! 

Sasa and Aureen love having their picture taken, looking at the picture in the camera to see how it turned out, then posing for another. We did this at least a bazillion times this evening!

You'll notice two people sitting in the distance behind the girls. That's Aureen's grandparents. Her grandmother, Mercy, joined us for part of the study this week. She and her husband are now having their own study. They make the fourth family that lives in these apartments to study with us. 

I thought we should mention that Sasa's unusual haircut is a self-styled masterpiece!

Sasa and Aureen were having their own Bible study while Susan and Pete's study was going on. We're not sure who was teaching who, but we are quite sure that they do not like snakes! They were squealing in 'terror' everytime they turned to this page.

On the pages that have food pictured on them, they pretend to give us all a bit of it. We've been fed manna, some of the fruit from the Promised Land, and a loaf and fish from Jesus.

Guam Taxi Service

We followed these kids down the street for a while. We can't believe they stayed up long enough for us to get the camera ready!

Special Assembly Day

Tetfi and her sister-in-law sent me outside to find Noel and John. They said they were visiting under a tree. This wasn't exactly what I was expecting to find! 

Noel was meditating on what he had heard during the morning session. He and John had a lively discussion during lunch. They could be heard conversing during the session too. Noel wants to make sure he is understanding the scriptures being read and what is being said. He's been studying for three weeks (that's about 9 or 10 times) and had attended one meeting prior to the assembly.  

Marbelta under a very cool tree. 

Making new friends...Tetfi, her sister-in-law, Erensia, and her daughter, Marbelta, enjoyed visiting a bit with Louise. She just got back from seeing elephants in Africa. They loved hearing one of her experiences there. 

Tetfina has been busy sharing with others what she's been learning. As a result, Erensia and her husband, Noel, have begun studying. Tetfina got to experience the joy of seeing someone she invited to the assembly attend with her.

MarJean and Jancy

Jancy's mom is studying with a sister in our congregation. These two girls have become fast friends. They are both so cheerful and love to smile. 

Ann, Megan and Kayelani 

Kevin, Adrian and Jimmy

Adrian spent an evening with us and the six boys when they were staying with us. He's their new best friend! 

Whenever we're trying to leave an assembly or a meeting, this is usually what we find MarJean doing. She loves to help out.

Sixpack

We got to spend four days and five nights with 'the boys' while their mom and oldest brother were away. We had a lot of fun together. We even made it (on time) to three meetings and three days of school. This picture was taken at the end of the last story on the last night. Yeah, they look ready to sleep!

Storytime with John is very exciting in it's question and answer format/fill in the blank format.

In the next pictures, the boys used rock-paper-scissors to choose the third story of the night--Samson! Everyone was thrilled!

Why the stunned look on many faces?! It's 6:30am. Kevin just arrived and the boys were on their way to school. We were all so happy to see each other!

Sometimes, It Takes Us A While.....

In the second photo, you'll notice a house in the background. John has a Bible student that lives there. He drives by a duplex on the same driveway to get to the student's home. A few weeks ago, we noticed a young man reading a very large book. We thought that maybe it was a Ponapean or Chuukese Bible, but didn't have time to stop to see. The next day, we went to pick up John's Bible student for the meeting. The young man was out there reading again. We were told the family is from Pohnpei. We couldn't stop to speak with him because we were on the way to the meeting. The next day, John and I went to his student's home. The young man was outside reading again. We approached him and asked if he enjoyed reading the Bible and if he found it hard to understand sometimes. He said yes, eagerly accepted a Bible study and has been studying regularly. The angels were probably relieved that we finally got the message!

While we were visiting with Gerald, his grandmother, Ermina stepped out and asked if we were Jehovah's Witnesses. We said yes. She burst into tears. A dear sister in Pohnpei, Ampelina, and Ermina's mother are sisters. Ampelina had shared some of the Bible's truth with Ermina. She was hoping to meet some Witnesses while she was visiting Guam. She returned to Pohnpei earlier this month with her very own copy of the Bible Teach book in her own language.

Camoflage Moth

This lovely moth is the size of the palm of my hand. It hung out on one of our steps for an entire afternoon.