Tears and Talks - Sunday, November 7, 2010

Well, the short version of today's activities can be summed up in the following picture. If you really want more details, continue reading after the picture!

Today Mario Sr. took the bus to the convention for his last week in the drama. He also got the bus home so we didn't see him until the evening. As you see in the above picture, travelling by bus is a rather exhausting experience. One that we never did get to enjoy on this visit.


We went to our meeting and a young brother from Nandaime gave a nice talk about loyalty. We were still eating breakfast when one of Magda's studies where I went on Thursday afternoon showed up, along with her mam. It was still an hour before the meeting! This was her first meeting, although she had already been to an assembly once. She commented and seemed to enjoy herself. Here we are together. Her name is Daliana and she's 7 years old!

I got rather choked up towards the end of the meeting, and then that final song we sang for the Watchtower this week didn't help! The words were very moving, and I couldn't sing the second verse at all! I sniffed my way through the concluding prayer. It was just so sad to think that this was our last meeting in El Crucero. We've really formed some lovely friendships while we've been down here with the congregation and their bible students.


After the meeting I went with Alexandra on a study. Then we all ate lunch together, squished around the table. Then we went to Nandaime and Charley gave the public talk down there. He did a very nice job. It was hotter there than it is in El Crucero but they had a large collection of fans in the hall so it wasn't too bad. 

We only stayed for the talk though because we thought we were picking Mario Sr. up. As it turned out he took the bus home as I mentioned earlier. But we stopped at a couple of spots on the way home to take pictures.

Then Wilmer, Patricia, Jacobi and Ethan came over with a pizza that Wilmer made. It was very tasty indeed. We had a really nice evening with them. The kids are really sweet and Wilmer and Patricia always have lots of interesting things to talk about. So, it was a lovely end to a bittersweet day!

So, just one more day left. We said our goodbyes to just about everyone today. We hope it won't be the last time we see them all though.