Our hearts swell with emotion & appreciation

Another rainy day has gone by... Yesterday, it rained so hard it felt as if the roof could have ripped off. That wouldn't be so good since Dave, Pam & Lois live in the upstairs appartement. lol but seriously, there was a 4.3 earthquake that has hit the Honduras coast, near Guatamuela (mexico). It happened around 5h30pm last night, but we never felt it b/c we were playing games; spoons espacially being a loud and excitable game. So no one was hurt on the island, only a few glasses were broken and some gentleman's boat fell from the hanging dock thing (whatever we call those)...

Dave studies with this young man, only 16 yrs old, who has touched all our hearts. He lives with his father, does most of the house cleaning, makes meals, hand washes all their clothing and works for the garbage dump (which by the way comes pick up waste everyday). He is never missing from the meetings, rain or shine he comes even though it's a long walk to the KH. Can you imagine making such fine progress all alone in your family, at such a yound age? He's such a sweet heart, you just cannot help wanting him to know how big Jehovah's organization really is and that he will always have family in the truth. Something, I think we take for granted sometimes...

We are very glad we brought a few baby clothes to give to some very poor "calls". One humble family, in particular, have been rapping their 6 month old baby in a garbage bag to keep him warm (since it's been quite cold here lately).

There are also 2 other sisters on the island that we visited, but they are very sick and cannot make it to the KH. One of them (90yrs) sat on her porch and waited for us to come home from the meeting so that she could meet us.

Tomorrow Lois & I will have individual spanish lessons. We are really looking forward to it. Also, Pete & Dave are going to try to hook up the KH with a better sound system (well it's been not working for a while) and us girls will go clean it up, espacially the washroom outside in behind (the water has to be hooked up everytime someone wants to use it)!

What we've come to appreciate: Our KH buildings are a pure luxury and no matter where we are in the world, even as remote & isolated as here, if there is a good seed, Jehovah will make sure it grows.