So, here are a few things I thought you might like to know: Remember the photo of the Kingdom Hall sweeping? Well, this is not from the friends being careless, before you enter the hall door, you scrape your feet on a piece of metal between two small posts...you just can't get it all.
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| Pile of dirt below foot scraper outside Kingdom Hall door. |
Field service has an interesting twist..most people do not have an address. You get mail from a PO box. There are very few street signs, and sometimes no streets. For example, this path leads to more homes:
But for now he and Sheri are using their IPads and Goggle's GPS mapping to pin where a return visit is and then follow the blinking dot there [Go Goggle!]
So, when you find interest you generally get the person's cell number. Yes, even in Africa most people have cell phones that they fill with 'minutes'. (No cell plans) The nice thing about it here is that you are not charged minutes when receiving a call. So it cost's the return visit nothing to take your call and they are quick to give out their number.
And finally, an experience from Zanzibar. The resort had multiple beach areas and each had a 'guard' posted. Twelve hour shifts of just standing there...unless of course Jason and Sheri walk by with Swahili tracts. They were able to witness extensively to two of the guards and get their contact information for return visits. One guard spent 3 hours talking to them. He told them that he has been praying everyday to be able to find a new job so he can spend more time learning about God. He works 6am to 6pm 6 days a week. Plus he lives on the resort campus, so no chance for a witness to contact him..that is until now. Jason and Sheri pulled out their ipads with the Swahili teach book and asked him which question he wondered most. Since both his parents died when he was young he picked the chapter on 'What happens at death'. They started going through the chapter and he told them. "This may be small to you, but this very big for me. You have touched my plan" Then, to make a long story short, as we were driving to the airport on Sunday morning, Jason got a text. The gaurd was in StoneTown looking for the Kingdom Hall. Could Jason tell him what time the meeting started?
They are very excited to see how this progresses.
Well, that's all from me. We did our last day of Safari today and are heading back to Moshi in the morning. Thought you might like this one picture of something we saw in Ngorgoro Crater. And no Joel, we did not stand by him for the picture to prove that we were there..your going to have to take our word for it this time :)
