opportunities

We had our meeting last night. We ate chicken and chorizo burritos with black beans and guacamole. We sang some songs with guitar djembe, and shaker. And we talked about how different things in the book of Revelation match up. And we read a lot about being sons of God. And how believing in Jesus isn't enough to have life, or be "saved". We covered a lot in such a short time. Mina shared picture of the bread and wine. We read some scriptures about it too.

Last Friday we got a letter from Marisol, our Compassion child. She wrote in Spanish, I think, and in was translated (poorly) by the Compassion team. She also drew a picture of a house and what might be a vegetable garden. We're drafting a letter to send her soon.

Amanda is donating her kidney to her dad, my father-in-law, next Wednesday. I'm going to take off work that day so I can be there, even if I can't see either of them. Amanda asked Tony to be there. I think it's helpful, spiritually. It's so soon. I'm not worried but it makes me anxious. I'm more concerned for her than for my father-in-law. I think because not only has she been a friend for years, but having her over and growing spiritually with her, it makes me feel closer to her and care for her in a different (deeper) way.

We have also been in contact with some witnesses that feel similar to things as we do, not entirely. I will not name them or hint about them, because if anyone from my kingdom hall is spying, which they do(which by the way is unchristian) I will not help them. We hope to be able to be an encouragement to these ones, and they can encourage us as well.

One thing I'd like to know is, if an elder were reading my blog, why won't they disfellowship me? That's all.

Did I ever mention that Tony wrote a song? It is nice. It's called You Don't See (The Ugliness In Me).

I might go to my grandma's Saturday evening, depending on how they feel after driving two hours to see my uncle in prison. My aunt and uncle from Ohio are going with her. Sometime after this weekend Tony might go out of state to see a guy who recently got disfellowshipped just for the U.N. thing and he's feeling really lonely after going back to the hall and being shunned (how loving). And we're trying to get together with the "witnesses" we've talked with. We also are trying to help Greg's group maybe on the 28th to make food and take it to shelters. And help a lady near us who needs her windows fixed with weather stripping. Very full of possibilities. What blessings to be able to help people. This is way better than going door to door with magazines. We can actually help people now and maybe lead them to Jesus. What a true privilege.