Assembly, New People & Fun Times

So we have a new place we like to hang out on Mondays (our free day) and sometimes for our siestas. Its a dock that was built here not that long ago and the owners let us just hang out on it and jump off. The water is so clear you can see right to the bottem.

El Muelle

A starfish that we found

We were jokeing around that if Danielle gets burnt on her back one more time she is going to have a growth as big as the starfish.

Sunset

Then in the same week we had 4 new people move to Corn Island to help! This is Tim and Stephanie Gram from Australia ( walking from the airport) that will be here for around 6 months.

Jeremy Turek from Iowa with keys to the house he is renting a few months while he is here. Already he is schedualed for 5 of the next 8 public talks on Sunday- he is going to be pretty busy!

And Chrissy Acosta from Chicago area - we are so excited that she is going to be living with us hopefully until we leave!

Beach time with Chrissy

One of Chrissy's studies ( she already has like 5!!) gave us pounds and pounds of mangos - Yum!

Last week we had our Circut Assembly and Pioneer day. It was so exciting because we had so many of the publishers and studies attened. 29 in total which is a recored and a pretty good ratio for our hall of 10! This is a photo of Danielito and Margarita - it was Daniel's first assembly and boat trip.

Tim and Stephanie

Friends from Corn Island

Danielito slept a good part of the 8 hour boat ride to Blue Fields.

Our little boat the Rio Escondido

Stephanie Jeremy and Tim on the muelle in Blue Fields

Little Danielito made it!

Pioneer Day - Laura, Danielle and I had a demostration

Our fun pioneer group

The assembly was of course so refreshing! It was nice to see friends that we had met at the assembly before. - Xochilt and I

Chrissy and Danielle

La Angie

Danielito, Chrissy and I

Jeremy was asked to be an attendent - not bad after being in the country for 4 days!

The twins Kaci and Zaid

The Corn Island girls

Friends from Blue Fields

The Corn Island group - its so big!!

This couple is great - George and Heather. They are 22 and 23, just got marriend not that long ago and are serving as precusores especial in English in a far out area called Pearl Lagon. They are the only baptized people in thier group and besides them is one unbaptized publisher. They are not offically assigned to our assembly but snuck over to be with the brothers.

Fatima and I

Josue and Felix are in the sign language group in Blue Fields and translated alot of the parts for the deaf that attended.

Party at a friends house

Getting a ride in the back of a truck on the way home

We had some friends visiting us so we couldnt wait for the next boat which left in the middle of the next week so we flew home. 15 min in the air is so much easier then the 11 hours on the "mar bravo" that the other friends had to deal with - poor things everyone was throwing up and 7 times they thought the boat was going to flip over!

Home Sweet Home

Back home and out in service Chrissy found a baby monkey at a door out in service and they let her feed him with a bottle

Stephanie and Ambrosia out in service - Ambrosia leaves this monday - how fast 3 months go!

1st dinner at Jeremy's house with visiting friends which you'll see more of in the next post i think. Hope you are all doing well - later! -LF

A Day in Our Life

So for this blog we have taken a photo of almost everything we have done today just to show you what our everyday life is like here on Corn Island - enjoy

8:00 Danielle makes toast for breakfast

8:02 getting our stove ready

8:10 Yummy coconut bread toast...add a little peanutbutter and its so yummy and healthy!


8:11 our new thing here is shakes. all kinds this morning it is a coffee chocolate soy shake...it does the body good and wakes us up - just add some nescafe....


8:13 .....and a little hersheys syrup to taste

8:16 and blend it all up.....

8:18 and look at the effect it has :BEFORE

8:17 AFTER: an amazing awakening!

8:18 - Yum, just can't get enough!

8:19 so i have 2 glasses which is very dangerous considering there is no public restrooms on the island...

8:40 after our service meeting we write a few invitations in Miskito

8:41 Danielle writing in her best penmanship

8:55 Miskito men reading thier invites

9:18 Danielle and Laura preaching

9:30 Danielle really is talking to someone...although it doesnt look like it

9:37 and I am really paying attention...

9:40 another door, another invitation

9:46 me talking now

10:30ish Boli break - its like a homemade popsicle in a plastic bag - very refreshing!

10:30ish cold on a hot day

10:30ish - I must say i do love them

10:30ish Danielle like it so much she has a 2nd one

12:00 on our way home we hit a horriable Corn Island traffic jam

12:07 thank goodness it is cleared up pretty fast

12:15 to the store on our way home to buy ice so we can make more shakes tomorrow and the nice owner gave us yet another boli - probably because we looked to hot and sweaty. So that was 3 for Danielle in one morning - recored high

1:00 Miskito study with Xiomara

1:57 walk by Isaac and Laura having a study with Jaqualine

2:13 Miskito study with Madregal and Sara

3:37 quick break - crackers and fresca

4:15 study with Elena

5:27 study with Cari

6:13 almost dark and almost home, just crossing the pista ( airport runway) to get home

6:30ish it was a long day and our feet felt it - and looked it.... they are shod with the goodnews and dust

Well thats all for today folks - good night, LF

Fun in the sun

Well for this post we thought we would upload some photos of fun times at the beach. Even though we see the beach everyday we dont really go to play to often, but when we do really enjoy it! It is beautiful...

I love this one of Emily and Ambrosia

Emily really excited to be at the beach!!

Ambrosia, Emily and I on a lazy monday afternoon

Ambrosia looking cute at the playa



Emily and Alicia getting ready to go snorkeling

Emily and I on our way to the beach

Little Abel drawing another one of his famous self portraits

Abelito digging in the sand

Zaid, Emily and Abel

Zaid and Emily as sand mummies

Playing frisbee in the water

- The end of a good sunday afternoon playing at the beach

Thanks for looking at our photos and leaving little messages, it means alot and helps us keep going here on the island! We think of you all often - Lynette and the girls