Monday, July 30, 2012

Back in the USA


    This is on our way home... In Mexico we took a morning and visited the Coba Ruins.    


This is the Puerto Morelos / Playa Del Carmen Norte Group that met up at the District Convention in Denver Colorado...    

 Some are from Colorado Springs (Spanish and English) Some are from Washington State...and us of course from Kansas.

What a Joy to be with our friends!


Here we are at the bottom of Coba... what a walk!! the Bridge behind us is stunningly beautiful and the waterfall is magnificent!!


We are so glad we took the morning to see Jehovahs beauty!                                              


This is one of the first things we saw when we got back home in Kanorado Kansas...

The ingenuity of people is just astonishing!!

What a sight!!



Look who we found!!!

Our good friends from Mexico!!

Ron and Sharon Sydenham from Washington State

Monday, May 14, 2012

New Puerto Morelos English Congregation!!

Puerto Morelos English congregation is official as of May 1, 2012.
There are now 3 congregations meeting in the hall: Mayan, Spanish and now ENGLISH!!

Our first Official meeting is to be on Saturday, the 19th at 4:30 pm.  We have been having the Watchtower in Simplified English since January but now we will have the full 2 hour meeting with public talks and our official night for the Theocratic Ministry School will be Tuesdays at 6:30.

We did not have a meeting here this week because we all were at the Special Zone Meeting in Cozumel!

We got the Watchtower at the Zone Meeting.



We are waiting in Line to get on the Ferry to take us to Cozumel for the Zone Visit...

I know I haven't written for awhile but service here has been awesome!

We have several studies that are thrilled to know what the bible really teaches and are progressing nicely.

Last year we hardly did any sight seeing,  this year we have done a few sight seeing things...here are some pictures of what we did locally.

Here is an abandoned resort...
it is huge and beautiful!

Someone said it is a hurricane disaster and due to red tape has not been able to rebuild or fix back up...it is beautiful, even empty.







Here was the theature.





 Girls and ....







                                                                                   Guys! 


Dinner in Playa Del Carmen at Oasis with
Larry and Lynn,
Micah and Barry, and
Lexi

We had shrimp, calamari and fish taco's...yum!
 Here we went to Akumal to see the turtles,  got off tract and did not see any turtles, but we had fun with the fish!










Here is Lynn on a study... Claudia is looking forward to the new world when she will get her lost leg back...


She plans on dancing when the music is played from the picture in the "Bible Teach" book showing paradise.

Her dream is to swim with sharks...she will in the new world!



We took a friend to the airport in Cancun...shut off the truck and it would not start again...the starter went out right then...oops...  Larry is under the truck replacing the starter...fortunately...Ron and Sasha were there to pick up Jonah and able to take the guys to a mechanic...us girls took the ADO home. The guys  ran across a man, a mechanic that they asked for directions from...he said he could fix our starter...we find out later (mags in his car) that he is a brother...he had just prayed to Jehovah for money that he needed for food and there we are...his brothers!!

We put on the fixed starter that got us by...and then bought a new one at Auto Zone the next day!! (as a spare)


While we were waiting us girls took pictures!!








Lynn and Lexi
 Lynn
Claudia De Dios (from Alabama) living in Puerto Morelos. She was taken to USA as a child, got Married there to Pio and now is back in Mexico to help where the need is great.
Lexi Baby


Micah Neher
Chris and Nancy Neher
Daunte Neher

Just after several hours snorkeling in Puerto Morelos!
This is the night we made plans to go to the Zone Meeting in Cozumel...

we are enjoying some Nachos made by Micah Neher...

Thank you Micah!!
They were delicious!!
 Here is Jonah in Red stripes, Sasha (Sharon), Lexi and Lynn.

We are at a congregation get together, just a little celebration for the start of our new congregation in english!!


 Food!!!  It didn't take Diego long to get in line!


 Karoke!!!

They are looking through the songs.



 The kids were outside with what started as
waterbaloons that escalated to water buckets and then the water hose...they were soaked!!





 Its Larry's time to sing!!


Micah Neher and Taylor Trone are singing the mens part and Marisol is singing the ladies part on Phantom of the Opera.
We are on the Ferry waiting to get going to Cozumel for the Zone Visit!!

Such a beautiful smile Lexi!!

Not all but most you can see are our brothers!!

 We are ordering breakfast in Cozumel...
There was something going on politically...we had
red shirts, pink shirts and green shirts running all around...we got out of there just as the big band was starting out...yes!!


This is the first seat we tried out...we move several times before we were set finally...we actually all sat somewhere far apart....interesting!!




I am here holding the program...we are soooo thankful we were one of the 8 congregations invited to go!! Can you see it on my face?


This is where Larry and I landed finally...see the big fan...do you see why?

There was an open side and fans ... no a/c.

It was all in Spanish...except Anthony Morris talk...
Fortunately we sat next to Marisol and she translated for us!!! Yay..

Thank you Marisol!!

Its only half full by this time!


Family Photo time!

Larry, Lynn and Lexi


Here are the monitors that were tied into Mexico city Bethel.


A little fun afterwards!!

Its just monkey business!!

Monday, March 26, 2012

This is the core of our congregation in Puerto Morelos.
Our first get together in Tim and Sues house

 Our first Congregation beach party!!
This is the Spanish and English in Puerto Morelos at the beach!
We are playing a game where you form a circle,
two people holding hands walk around one direction and if they try to break through your hands in the circle the two in the circle must run the other direction to try to beat the first couple back to the empty spot, very physical!!


My Kitty project! 

 We got this kitty on the road outside Tulum,  He was very rough,  just widdled by hand,  we got some sand paper and I have been softening his growl.

He is Very beautiful, pictures just dont do him justice, I will post pictures of him after I finish him and he is glossy.

dont ask how we got up there!  Lexi and I are at a door with a sister,  this lady has small children that are very agile and run up and down this with ease, there are no railings and one small slip would be disastrous.  For some reason here they think you should go 3 to a door, and yes my hair is getting blonder and so is Lexi's,  the sun does it wonders.




The sister started a study here this morning!!
 there are at least 3 washers up here and only 1 works!
 Larry is down below with his two other companions.
 This is where we buy our cooked chicken on a grill.  it is delicious.  Today tho it is our first stop in the ministry,  Gladys and her son Sammy are talking to a man waiting on a stump as we all pile out of our cars and start heading the direction we will work.
 This is a typical view of the ministry on the colonia side of Puerto Morelos.
 Again Larry with his companions,  yes people live in those areas that look undone! When they get the funds they will finish it, until then it is shelter!
A typical door starts out with "does anyone in the house speak english?"  if they do its Larrys door, if they dont the other brothers take turns talking.
 Things are alittle different here, we all get to the territory together and basically stay together, not for safety, its just the culture,  it does not scare the householder a bit when we are all in a group.
 This is a different day in the ministry, we are on the beach side.  Behind us is a beautiful fish gate.  It is welded pieces of iron... beautiful! No one home tho
Lexi is holding Tomico's daughter, she is going to the assembly today so Ron and Sharon are babysitting and Lex fell in love with her little girl, the feeling was mutual!
 Here is a view of the assembly hall in Merida.
 After dinner we went shopping (looking) and found a gem shop, we were thrilled to see this huge natural Amethist!  It is sooooo beautiful.
We are just a few blocks from the kingdom hall in Merida, ready for the pioneer meeting,  we met some sisters there staying in Isla Mueheras,  this is Cindy from Isla,  Sharon and Ron from Puerto Morelos, Lex, Larry and Lynn from Puerto Morelos.
 Need some fresh veggies? Sharon and Ron didnt think so... this was an interesting part of town.
Here is Cindy from Isla, and Lexi from Puerto Morelos, and Wendy staying in Isla
They are sitting at the breakfast area in our Hotel,
Deloras Alba in Merida for the assembly.  
 Sharon and Lexi on our walk through downtown Merida,  very interesting.... we just kept going, didnt want to stop for very long.
 Here we are at the "Let God's Name be Sanctified" assembly in Merida.  This is Ali, he is a bible study that came with us from Tulum.  The stage is beautiful, and yes this year we have air conditioning!!! Yay!
 This gives you an idea of how the assembly hall looks inside... the chairs are comfortable.  There are no lights, except on the stage and emergency lights.  What you see is skylights, and it lights it up nicely.













There are large monitors strategically positioned around the assembly hall so all can see the speaker and the expressions on his face clearly,  the are also used for the baptism,  each person is able to clearly be viewed from the monitors, also they are used for sign language.  Here they are being covered after the assembly.



Another view of the stage... beautiful.
 Here is an inside view of our hotel, it is an open courtyard with a canopy, the rooms are positioned around the outside... it is truly in the heart of the city... there is severe road construction and all the roads are one ways down town,  and our truck is large... it was interesting to say the least.  At night we thought it was Tokyo because of all the people... again interesting.
 Again inside the hotel lobby.

Larry and Bob from Playa Del Carmen Sur (South) in the Lobby.
A view of the swimming pool... our rooms were just behind the trees.  
 Here is Micah Neher as he stepped off the bus in Puerto Morelos...
 Here Micah is catching his first meal...
another first... first night walk on the beach...beautiful night!!
 Yum!!
at the beach... Larry is just getting up from his extreme crash... poor guy... they have a board that skims the water... it is interesting and very hard.




Lex and Micah are watching and waiting for their turn,   Pio is enjoying playing with his dog.




 Micah is just stepping on the moving board
 Here is Micah's first Mexican break... and we get those only because we are waiting for some in our group to get back... by the way... it is hot!

A welcomed break in the shade.
We just had to get one with Ron in the hat!!

This ones for you Sharon! :-)