Chris arrived Tuesday of this week. Unfortunately, the weather has been terrible the entire time. Tomorrow should be better.
On the bright side, though, he started a study his first time out in the ministry!
We have the convention upcoming next weekend. And the English convention is the weekend after that in Sao Paulo.
Stay tuned for pics...
Friday, September 3, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Pioneer School
For the past few weeks, I got to enjoy my first Pioneer Service School. Kickbutt!
The first Friday contianed my favorite section - regarding the New World Translation. It's really more than a Bible - it's a study tool. The footnotes alone are totally sweet. For example, when a verse is not in the text, the footnote will tell you why. It will list exactly which ancient manuscripts contain the verse (and more importantly) which do not. Usually the oldest of the manuscripts will not contain it. But it also tells you the date of the manuscripts and where it is housed, in case you want to see for yourself.
And that's just one little feature. The appendices are amazing. I have to spend some more time digging through them.
The food was unbelievable. Best two weeks of food in my life... so far! Time will fail me if I go on to mention all the dishes. Here is a sampling: lasagna, baked honey ham, fried chicken, barbecue beef brisket, hawaiian chicken, home-made bread and butter, collard greens, corn bread, and all manner of salads and vegetables.
And the desserts! Oh. My. Goodness. At least 3 types of cakes a day, along with fruit salad. One day a sister made this fantastic red velvet. Another day were miracle bars (also known as dream bars). Another day it was this chocolate cake with caramel, cream and toffee. Another was bread pudding complete with a warm whiskey sauce. Another was...
Ok, I better stop.
The first Friday contianed my favorite section - regarding the New World Translation. It's really more than a Bible - it's a study tool. The footnotes alone are totally sweet. For example, when a verse is not in the text, the footnote will tell you why. It will list exactly which ancient manuscripts contain the verse (and more importantly) which do not. Usually the oldest of the manuscripts will not contain it. But it also tells you the date of the manuscripts and where it is housed, in case you want to see for yourself.
And that's just one little feature. The appendices are amazing. I have to spend some more time digging through them.
The food was unbelievable. Best two weeks of food in my life... so far! Time will fail me if I go on to mention all the dishes. Here is a sampling: lasagna, baked honey ham, fried chicken, barbecue beef brisket, hawaiian chicken, home-made bread and butter, collard greens, corn bread, and all manner of salads and vegetables.
And the desserts! Oh. My. Goodness. At least 3 types of cakes a day, along with fruit salad. One day a sister made this fantastic red velvet. Another day were miracle bars (also known as dream bars). Another day it was this chocolate cake with caramel, cream and toffee. Another was bread pudding complete with a warm whiskey sauce. Another was...
Ok, I better stop.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Open House
Today was the first day of the Open House of our new Kingdom Hall on Tucuman!
During the past few weeks, we spent some time inviting many in the community to come see the new building and learn what goes on there. This included many government officials (Ministers of Finance, Justice, etc) as well as editors of major newspapers and presidents of other organizations here in the city.
Of course, the three-story building was built completely by volunteers and funded by volunteer donations. Yet, it is an impressive structure.
So today, we had many visitors coming to see the place. Inside, we had representatives of many of the language groups and congregations here (English, Korean, German, Russian, Portuguese, French, Sign Language and Spanish, of course) as well as banners describing the preaching work and history of Jehovah's Witnesses in Argentina.
We also had the showing of two videos. One is about how Jehovah's people stood firm in the face of Nazi assault by refusing to support Hitler in any way. For that, many were sent to concentration camps and killed.
On Sunday, we have the second day of the Open House as well as the dedication talk.
Pictures are soon to come...
During the past few weeks, we spent some time inviting many in the community to come see the new building and learn what goes on there. This included many government officials (Ministers of Finance, Justice, etc) as well as editors of major newspapers and presidents of other organizations here in the city.
Of course, the three-story building was built completely by volunteers and funded by volunteer donations. Yet, it is an impressive structure.
So today, we had many visitors coming to see the place. Inside, we had representatives of many of the language groups and congregations here (English, Korean, German, Russian, Portuguese, French, Sign Language and Spanish, of course) as well as banners describing the preaching work and history of Jehovah's Witnesses in Argentina.
We also had the showing of two videos. One is about how Jehovah's people stood firm in the face of Nazi assault by refusing to support Hitler in any way. For that, many were sent to concentration camps and killed.
On Sunday, we have the second day of the Open House as well as the dedication talk.
Pictures are soon to come...
Sunday, July 4, 2010
How It Should Have Ended
I stumbled upon this some time ago. Kinda funny if you have seen Iron Man...
How Iron Man Should Have Ended
How Iron Man Should Have Ended
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