Sept and October

Well, the convention post turned out to be longer than I thought so let me continue with our doings in this new post.  So, of course, we are very busy in the ministry and feel very happy to see several Bible students progress.  Both Alma and I have new students on the school and in the ministry.  In September we had our Spanish Convention.  The following photos are noteworthy because they were taken when the program had ended and everyone stayed where they were because of the unexpected rainstorm.  Normally, everyone leaves right way, so this was really cool

It looks sunny but really it was raining hard.  You can see why we enjoyed the Eng Convention so much with A/C, comfy seat and a roof!

However on Sunday there was almost 7,000 in attendance and there were 96 baptized. 

A week after the convention, Alma and I were invited to go camping with some friends from another congregation.  Alma couldn't go, but I wasn't going to let that stop me :) 

We loaded up Saturday night, got there late. We stayed overnight at a balneario (public swimming pool) which are very popular over here. We were not going to let nighttime darkness or cold water stop us from having fun in the pool. I did almost die of hypothermia...haha just kidding. NOT

  Night Swimming

 Food table

 Card Shark table.   Most everyone stayed up until 3am.  I have a picture of me the morning after...but it is kept in my secret files.....here is one of me and friends just before we left to go home.

Thanks for stopping by my blog...see you next time!!

English Convention August 19-21

Hello!!  Welcome Back :)

I know you have been dying to find out what I've been up to the last couple of months.  This post is for you!

Two weeks after my lovely trip to the beach, Alma and I went to the English Convention in Queretaro, Mexico which is a larger city than Aguascalientes and is about 4 hours away.  An American couple in Aguas took us in their car and on the way over we passed through San Miguel de Allende.  The following picture does NOT do it justice since it's beauty is at street level where you can soak in the details of the city.  When we went through I thought I was in Europe with the narrow, brick-lined streets.  I'll go again and bring back pictures, but here is the city from a higher vantage point. 

The first day of the assembly, I ran into a family from PA that I had not seen for 20 years!!  It was a very exciting reunion and how amazing to meet again in Mexico.  Small world when you are a witness :)

And here Alma and I are with some new friends:  Anri is from Japan and was our hotel roommate.  And two other sisters from Mexico. 

Being at the English Assembly in a non-English speaking country is exciting since you see people from all over the world.  We met witnesses from Canada, Australia, Guatemala, and South Africa.  Enjoy the other pictures....

A favorite spot to eat lunch and meet new people.

The lunch spot, now quite crowded and turned on it's side. lol

Queretaro downtown...very pretty