Stardate 2009.223

So, another day today in the TCI! It was pretty hot again today, but not to bad. Went out in service again, had one interesting call with a guy who believes in the Rapture. I spent over half an hour there on the first visit, and I'm goin back tomorrow and I suspect I'll be there for a long time. We also went to a girl thats studing, but had her Church lady there.... she basically just wanted to argue with us, definitely wont be going back there.

After service we had lunch at the Strombergs home, they're the Special Pioneer coupl

e on the island. Jason is from San Diego and was in Bethel for 16 years, and his wife Manuela was in Bethel for 12 years. From left to right, it was Josh, Jason's study Rinaldo, Robbie, me, Richie Bobb, and Jason. Rinaldo is from Peru and is giving his first talk next week. Jason and Manuela are in the Spanish Group.

Someone asked for some stats about the congregation's here. The English has about 65 publishers including the spanish. They have 3 elders and 6 or 7 servents (a few of which are in the Spanish group). They have 7 pioneers also, and the Average attendance is a little over 100. The French congregation is bigger, with over 80 publishers and an attendance over like 130 I think. The hall was built in 1996, but hopefully they will be getting a remodel soon.

On North Caicos there is an English congregation, and maybe a few groups, I'm not really sure. But they just got a brand new hall last year, that was funded and built by a brother with a construction company on the island, and it was dedicated just a few weeks ago.

So thats it, someone asked me to post up that info about the congregations, which I'm glad to do! So if anyone has any questions about life here on the island, feel free to leave it as a comment, or drop me an email. It's kinda sad, we only have a week left, but were making the most of it, have a number of meals planned at the friends homes, and there throwing a picnic for us after meeting on Sunday. Thanx for reading guys!