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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Circuit Assembly

If anyone is interested we now have Skype. Our ID is "Michael and Lara Alston". Sometimes our internet is too slow for Skype but we also have Yahoo Instant Messenger. Our ID is "Mykenlara04". If you would like to talk please let us know my email and we will log on if possible. Also remember, we are now 4 hours ahead of Oregon.

We had our assembly last weekend. It was held in a school in the town of New Amsterdam. Peak attendance on Sunday was nearly 1,000! There are 2 circuits in Guyana. It was a wonderful assembly (the same one given in Oregon earlier this year). The friends opened both mornings with loud and lively discussion and even louder singing. What a wonderful international brotherhood we are apart of!

As you can see, an assembly hall is badly needed in the country. The bathroom has no running water so you can just imagine how pleasant it was by the end of the day.

This is outside of the school. The main sitting area visible to the stage is not large enough so many are sitting in other classrooms (sitting at desks) around the school just listening.






This is the stage they made for the occasion. Pretty huh? The brother in the center of the picture is our new CO, Brother Rainee. Him and his wife were missionaries in Guyana before circuit work. They are very very nice and a huge blessing. We look forward to their visit (our first in Guyana) the beginning of Jan.



Here is the rest of that same room where the stage is. Find a seat!



From right to left: Chris Hayes ( need-greater elder in our cong), Melissa Coza (missionary sister from nearby cong), Kaylee Budden (special pioneer in ASL), sister on the stairs is Naomi Hayes (Chris' wife). Those are Guyanese brooms in their hands.


Michelle and Tom talking with 2 young sisters we met at the assembly. Very nice!
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1 comment:

  1. Gwen GriceFebruary 14, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    Hey Michael and Lara,

    Hadn't heard from you guys in a while. I am sure you are still extremely busy and enjoying your experiences. I wanted to try and tell you something new happening here but what can I say, everything pretty much is the same. I am really enjoying pioneering though. I have been trying to do 100 hrs. a month so that I can get ahead before summer comes; you see, I lke to play when the weather is nice and the days are longer.

    I got my letter for Pioneer school; that should be fun and I am really looking forward to it. Never thought I'd have that experience. If it is at all like the pioneer meeting we had in December, I'm going to love it. And it's in mega doses too.

    Ok, you guys take care and know that we all miss you here and enjoy hearing from you.

    Gwen

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