Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Hello everyone who is reading this blog! Things are happening here in Belize and there is much to report on. Carroll one of the students here joined the school two weeks ago and also became an unbaptized publisher! Dashan another student gave her first talk on the school last week and is now an unbaptized publisher! The work down here is so rewarding and we pray and hope that anyone having the circumstances try to serve where the need is greater and reap the rich blessings of Jehovah - Proverbs 10:22


This ones from Derrick:
"Things have been absolutely fantastic down here in Belize! We have had so many great experiences its hard to remember them all. There always seems to be somebody stopping you at the side of the street and asking, "Brother what's the latest from Jehovah"? And when you give them their new copies of the Awake and Watchtower you can count on the next time seeing them that they are sitting down reading the articles in a group or with their families, just amazing. I had a really neat experience a week ago, we were stopping to get some water and the owners son saw us and came out and asked us if we were the Bible People? I told him, "Yes we are, did you have a question?" He said, "Can you teach me a story from the Bible? I am a teacher for the school and I have never taught religion before but that's what I am teaching this year." I said "Of course, thats what we are here to do. How many kids are in the school?" He said, "About 300." I then went over the creative days with him and told him that would be a good first story, then said to him, "It would be a good idea to teach the kids with some pictures, so ill bring back a story book that you can have that teaches kids stories from the Bible." He said, "Really? That is exactly what I need!" So I brought him the book a few days later and he has been sharing with the kids and he says that they love the book!"

This one's from Keith:
"Life here in belize just seems to move a little bit slower. The relaxed atmosphere, plus a cool breeze, creates a great environment to catchup on reading and ponder over life and jehovah. It's sometimes noted that with all the hustle and bustle back in the states, we often forget about the little things, the small praises to jehovah that we sometimes miss. I got to thinking about the little things here in belize. The kids!! There are so many of them and they too are eager to learn about the bible. That brings me to tell you about a man named Winston and his kids. I found Winston in the door to door work. He is a single parent with two small kids that live at home. He really wants to live a good life and be a good father for his children. He doesn't drink or take drugs, rare to find, so we have of course began to study once a week, but i really felt that i needed to show a little more personal interest on this one. So i promised to bring a very special book for his kids named winston jr and nelson. I gave them the My Book of Bible Stories. I told Winston that he should read it to his kids before they go to sleep, just like my dad read it to me when i was a small kid. During our study Winston's youngest son nelson came home from school, ran up the stairs, and bolted threw the door. He had a big smile on his face a told me that he really liked the book i gave to them, then he hugged my leg. Sure was nice to see Jehovah's books bring a family closer to each other and to jehovah."

This one's from Kohlton:
"Here in Belize you are definitely not in the world's limelight, when you're in a strange town in a third world country far away from anything glamorous you realize that. However, there is a spiritual spotlight here, the spiritual progress of students and teachers is accelerated quite a bit. This comes to mind when you see students like carol make jumps such as becoming an unbaptized publisher and being on the school.

When Carol found out she was going to be joining the school and going in the ministry she came to our house and frantically told us. I really don't recall seeing someone be as excited as she was about anything else ever. She was indeed in red alert mode. It really shows the excitement that the truth can foster. I don't know if people simply don't have as many ties to the world here or what, but it seems as if the studies and deep biblical conversation come to you, wherever you are. Today I was terribly lost in the maze of flooded yards looking for a call. I managed to find a man who wants me to come to his work to study with him. Shortly thereafter a student named Babe questioned me about a few scriptures in revelation as he always does when I see him on the street. There is no lack of Biblical interest here, only a lack of teachers to quench such interest. There definitely is a spotlight of spiritual growth and interest here in Belize."

Monday, September 7, 2009



Hello everyone from back home! We miss you all and we hope everything is well wherever you are. Once again we hope that these experiences will encourage  you and help you to continue to serve Jehovah to the best of your abilities.

This ones from Derrick:
"I have a had couple more experiences that have happened since our last post. The first one is from a study named Robert (I talked about him some point in the blog, he was one of the guys that came up and asked for more magazines cause he finished reading the one he found on the ground) any-case we had a great study going over chapter 3 of the bible teach book. The chapter talks about Jehovah's Sovereignty and at the end of the study we were reviewing what we learned and I told him that this was a very important chapter and that what we learned today was one of the themes of the Bible, I told him that, "what we learned today is one of the most important things you can ever learn from the Bible. It's that Jehovah has the right to rule." His eyes lit up and he said, "One second!" He then stood up and went into his house, he came back outside and said, "I don't want to forget that." He then handed me a sharpie and a piece of wood and asked if I could write that down for him. I then wrote Jehovah Has The Right To Rule on the piece of wood and handed it back to him, I couldn't stop smiling. He then got up and grabbed a hammer and a nail and began to nail the piece of wood on his wall right as you open the door to his house. Robert said, "Now every-time I  come home i'll remember that Jehovah has the right to rule." 
Davis is another study that I found here in the territory when Seth was with me a couple of months ago. I have been telling him how important meetings are since our first study but I found him a week ago walking around and asked if he was going to make the meeting. He said, "I will be there. If I am not there this time then I will never be there." I thought to my self I guess its now or never for Davis. I told him that there would be a car here at 9:30 to pick him up for meeting (the meeting is about a 15min drive from where most of the studies live and none of them have cars) he said he would be waiting. Sunday came and I walked in to the meeting and couldn't find him so I figured he was not that interested in making the meeting after all especially since the car came back without him. Well right as the meeting started he came up the stairs and sat down, he managed to hitch a ride with someone heading this way and said he wasn't going to let satan stop him from coming to the meeting. He ended up loving the meetings and hopes to make it to more in the future. "   

This ones from Keith:
"It's been a few weeks now here in belize and life couldn't be any better. The group is progressing, individual studies are progressing, and Jehovah's spirit is becoming ever more present  and better known.  Despite the jaunts to the beach and the occasional late night card game, we have all been really busy planting seeds and developing the interest. Kholten and i are finding our groove with a handful of calls and studies to occupy our week. Everyday presents new experiences and faith strengthening conversations, but there was one man that stands out from these last couple of weeks. His name is Arnold.
His hunger for truth and cheer excitement just blows me away. He works at a local resort called Turtle INN, and within the property there is housing for some of the workers. This is where Arnold lives and on the step is where we study. He speaks english but his first language is spanish. It may seem like studying would be a challenge but we have made it quite easy. He uses a Spanish bible teach book and bible and we get along  just fine. When you have a great study it can brighten up your entire day, but with arnold, he brightens up the whole week. He asks great questions and when he learns something new his whole face lights up, he sits back, and thanks jehovah! I can't stress enough how excited he is about his studies, he has already read most of his book and he really wants to go to the meeting. I told him when and where but unfortunately he is scheduled to work. But this is what he said " IS OK! I GO FOR MY GOD AND I JUST TELL THEM THAT I GO!" He's really Excited! Truly If anyone just wants to they can "Taste and see that jehovah is good". (Ps 34:8) Helping people taste jehovah is a wonderful privilege."

This ones from Kohlton:
"Hello friends, hope everyone is well.  Clint's a new student here on the peninsula. He has an incredible appreciation for spiritual matters; he's always on the beach reading the magazines and his Bible.  He loves his studies, we've been averaging 2 hours a study. He accepts the Message from the Bible and will hopefully be making the meetings soon; all from studying with him for two weeks! He may be taking us in his boat to Monkey River to complete some territory there, so that would be excellent.
There’s another study that Derrick and I got to conduct the other evening, Babe & Olga.  They both give excellent comments and after only three months of studying Babe continues to say that “Soon ill be doing the same thing you guys do!” speaking about the ministry work. Olga owns a restaurant on the main street that she’s offered us to use for Sunday meetings; our first meeting there is on Sunday. What a witness it will be for our meetings to be in an open-air restaurant on the main road, where everyone can see! Physical time is certainly slowed here, people rarely know what time it is; but spiritual time is accelerated! People make great progress quickly, accepting the Truth in a heartfelt way. As you can see, even the students here help make Jehovah's Name vindicated." 


This is Daniel and Andrea they have been here for 3 years and Andrea got her skirt stuck in the bicycle chain heading to the service meeting.


Some of the territory we have here in Belize. The walk way is held up by bags of garbage.


Our congregation picnic that we had this last Sunday

Friday, August 21, 2009

So Seth, Timmy, and Brandon are back in the states and we got fresh new recruits here for Placencia. Keith and Kohlton arrived on the 11th of August and have already begun to fall in love with Belize and the territory. We all hope that you find some of these experiences encouraging and we hope that those who are able can join in serving where there is a greater need. Please feel free to share these experiences with anyone that may enjoy them.




This ones from Derrick:
"Well there is always something happening here in Placencia so i'll give a couple experiences. First is that one of the studies that was found in Seine Bight just joined the school and her name is Dashan, she is the first one to gain privileges besides Yvette (the only local publisher) so it is always exciting to see progress. The second one is Errol, he was one of Seth's studies that he left for me and we had a great study the other day, he had read the entire Bible Teach book and said he only had 2 question should we celebrate the sabbath and why we dont accept blood. He just couldn't see how we were willing to die because of blood, he said that living was more important because Jehovah gave us life. I asked him "Do you believe in worshipping idols?" he said, "No, the Bible says that we shouldn't." I then asked, "Do you believe in committing adultery?" he said, "No the Bible says not to do that either." I then asked him, "But what if someone put a gun to your head and told you to do those things, would you then?" he said with a smile on his face, "I see where your going with this, and no I hope that I wouldn't do those things." I then said, "Now we know that if it comes down to obeying Jehovah's commands we are willing to give up our lives for him so what we need to find out from the Bible is if Jehovah wants us to abstain from blood." He agreed. We got through 3/4 of the chapter and he then agreed with not accepting blood but admitted that if it was life or death that would be one of the most challenging decisions to make, he said that if it ever came up again (he accepted a blood transfusion before) that he hoped that he could have enough faith to make the right decision and then quoted what was said at Matthew 16:25. "

This ones from Kohlton:
"Hello from the south! I thought id just share a couple experiences that have encouraged us, in hopes that they may do the same for you. When I got here, Timmy DeMaio passed the torch on a study named DaVinci. He's about nine I'd say. Our first study (out of Learn From the Great Teacher) was going very well until we tried to go from paragraph seven to paragraph eight. All the sudden, DaVinci puts his head up and would not tell us why he refused to continue! So, after asking for a while, he said: "You no study like Timmy and Mr. Brandon." I asked 'why?'. He said "Timmy and Mr. Brandon look up every scripture!". Apparently I had missed looking up the cited scriptures, and he was not happy. From then on, on every study, we look up every set of scriptures no matter how long! It's very encouraging to know that even young ones can have such an appreciation for God's Word. It's a little discouraging that I need a nine year old to tell me what to do on my studies, but thats another subject. A few days later I was able to go on a study in Seine Bight with an elder named Dan Hartin; the study's name is Babe. When we arrived, Babes wife was not there, so Babe called someone to pick her up. While we waited there we had many Bible discussions. When his wife arrived, we begun the chapter and appendix on 1914. Both took notes diligently on the subject and by the end were able to explain it fairly well! Afterward we talked about the differences of sinning willfully and accidentally. When she learned the truth she exclaimed: "You have to go and tell people this! People have to know!". We proceeded to calm her by assuring her that we do tell people, every day! By the end we had been discussing with the family for 3 and one half hours!"

This ones from Keith:
"So now that we have had a chance to settle down into our new home here in placencia, we’ve been able to focus on the ministry work this last week and embark on the monumental task of cultivating the interest shown here. I got my first study while waiting for the bus. He called us over to say hi and asked if we were Jehovah's Witness and wanted to know if I knew a person that he knew. Of course I didn't, I just moved here. But he wanted to talk about the bible. I told him that I could talk with him every week if he wanted and then I gave him the bible teach book and asked where he lived. He told me where and when I could find him. Got my first bible study!! I’ve seen him a few times out and about but is working. Were going to shoot for Sunday to sit down and talk. It blows me away how there is still so many people out there that desire to learn the truth. The Harvest is truly great!
The other none local brothers and sisters have been a really big encouragement. Daniel and his wife are in there early 30's years old. There from Canada and they just got there residency for Belize. They have been here for about 3 years. Daniel, now an elder here, is a great influence and his zeal for the ministry is infectious. Although he has a lot of responsibility he wouldn’t change anything. It’s been up building to be around and whiteness a couple making the necessary sacrifices to serve Jehovah to the full. The local brothers are really eager to have a new place to meet. They have been meeting on Sundays at Daniel's house and traveling to Mango Creek which is an hours journey for their meetings during the week. But the brothers here are in the process of getting a bigger, local place to host both meetings in placencia. The place their looking at may need some fixing up but it will greatly help the spiritual progress of the students. Everyone is very excited to have a place that can fulfill the needs of the territory and allow for future expansion. With Jehovah’s holly spirit and blessing it will happen!"

Our new house


Seine Bight, where we do most of our witnessing


Outside brother and sister Katoose's house in Belize City

Friday, July 17, 2009

We want to send a warm christian greeting to all of our friends and family back home and also to all those who are reading the blog! We hope that some of these experiences are of an encouragement and do some up-building seeing as we need this all the more so as Jehovah's great day draws even closer! We hope that those who have the circumstances to do this rewarding work give it a try and to reap Jehovah's blessings, and for those who do not yet have the circumstances assure you that the work is speeding up in these last days! Now for some experiences!

This one is from Brandon

Hello friends from the north! We are having great experiences down here and we miss all of you very much. Omar I think has moved back to the states because hes no ware to be found and its been 3 weeks now, but definite seeds were planted! Carlton is doing exceptional and all can tell by his heartfelt comments during his study’s that he is serious and loves Jehovah! Carlton mentioned that he thought he has going to loose his Job but this did not seem to bother him in the slightest way, he said with a smile on his face “I know Jehovah provides even if I loose my Job.” Carlton Is now wanting to come to his first Sunday meeting! I also found a young deaf man about 17 years old, im so excited to meet with him again tomorrow! A brother told us “this is why the end has not come yet, look at the people, look at all the sincere interest!”



This one is for Seth

Hello, I miss everyone very much, and I’ve been hearing great things (Cameron). Gambeano has been under going some work so it’s been hard to catch him for his studies, but we have plans for tomorrow. That is the hardest part about our ministry, is trying to keep appointments with our studies, or possible studies. I was going back to someone who I had missed earlier in the week. His name is Justin and about the same age as me. At first I was kind of wondering about his interest because some youth don’t take us as seriously as the older ones do. I then mentioned to him when he wanted to try to study again, and he told me Tuesday next week. He then said “I was waiting for you the other day, but I never find you.” I apologized and explained to him that this time I will check back on him multiple times. I am excited to see him next week. Derrick and I passed by and saw one of Dan’s studies that we had gone on. He stopped us to tell us how much he appreciates the time we spend with him. (even though this particular man was one of the busiest in Placencia.) He said “I was talking to other ‘ministers’ and asked them about the resurrection. He had no clue! I told him how you gonna teach people if you don’t even know the basics!” “You guys”, he said, “Even a million thank yous wouldn’t make up for what you do!”

This ones from Derrick

Well the last couple of weeks have been amazing and the interest that we find is developing more and more every day. Julius the 7 year old boy that I study with is enjoying the study so much that he has decided to start to come to Sunday meetings and he told his mom he wants to raise his hand and comment like everyone else! I found another great call in Seine Bight or I guess I should say he found me. As we were working the doors he approached me and said he would like for me to come by and study the bible with him, I let him know that of course I would. I saw him next week and he brought what he called it his “bag of tools” I then asked if he has seen the Bible Teach book he then said yes and pulled it out of his “tool bag” he then began to pull out the Bible Teach book, the greatest man whoever lived, a revelation book, and the Daniel Prophecy book. I now began to think that he has studied before and he let me know he did. He then explained that he studied for a while and then just stopped because his wife passed away a year ago. I was very excited that he decided that he needed to come back and continue to work on his relationship with Jehovah.

Another cool experience that the whole group experienced had to do with another church youth group that came to Seine Bight for a couple of weeks. The territory we have in Seine Bight is very fresh and at first the thought of a youth group coming and doing volunteer work in the neighborhood (repairing houses, distributing food etc.) would have a negative effect on our ministry. But as the days went on as the youth group was here the comments we received from the locals were of a bit of a shock. Vincent a local said, “They come and they go, but they don’t teach you a thing from the Bible.” Another local stated, “There is a difference between you and them. They come for a few weeks out of the year and stay at a fancy resort. But you guys, you live life with us.” Another said this, “These people don’t gain our respect but you witnesses gain our respect.” Clearly an undisputable difference.


This ones from Tim,

The only word I can use to describe my trip so far is, AMAZING! My studies have continued to blossom and the experiences keep coming. Before coming to Belize I’ve only had one bible study and it only lasted about 2 weeks and only a handful of good calls. But since being here in Belize I’ve been conducting 4 bible studies and around 25 return visits. As a group we have 18 studies and around 100 return visits. Belize is definitely ripe for the harvesting we would say!
Two days ago I was on my study with Jimmy, a man that worked at a Resort on a stretch of land 4 miles from Placencia. Jimmy and the other employees that work at the resort were sent from Guatemala and other surrounding areas in Belize. Our studies are around 6pm at the work quarters for the Resort. The previous week I had sat down with jimmy and we had a great discussion on the dead. This time Brandon volunteered to come along with me and we had an amazing 2 hour study. During our study four fellow workers from the resort came and sat in on the study. Each of these men were extremely interested in our study. They all asked Brandon and I questions about the bible and were keenly interested in having bible studies. One man named Arnold was one of the most exciting and enthusiastic person I’ve ever met. Arnold was aware of Jehovah’s witnesses and knew of the book, What Does The Bible Really Teach? He asked about the book, and Brandon and I were amazed he even knew of the book. He then asked How much?!!!! How much?!!!! I told Arnold it was FREE! His face lit up soo bright and put his hand over his heart and expressed to us how much he had wanted this book and how he had finally met one of Jehovah’s Witnesses! Brandon and I were shocked at what we had just heard, and we were so happy to find these four workers yearning for the truth. We’re very excited to come back with 4 more bible teach books and to begin our studies!









Friday, July 3, 2009


We hope everyone is doing well, especially our moms (LOVE YOU MOMS)! Any-case now that you all know that we are mama's boys we wanted to write a few more experiences that happened the last couple of weeks. If you know anyone that might be encouraged by these experiences please send them the link so they can check it out! 



This ones from Derrick
"Our ministry is starting to develop and it is an amazing feeling! A couple of weeks ago we found some kids and chatted with them on their lunch break (we wrote it in the blog). Well Seth and I went back to see if they wanted to study but we could not find any of the kids so we decided to talk to the mother who we placed the abortion magazine with. She said she had some time to talk so she came outside and we showed her the Truth tract and she wanted to know where the dead were. We discussed it and shared Eccl. 9:5 and she concluded that the dead do not live after they die which to most people would make sense and bring some clarity and comfort. But she said with a frightened voice, "Then who are these people walking around at night?" There is a lot of spiritism in the area we are working so we have to explain to people that those are not their dead ancestors. I asked her are they spirits? She said yes. I then asked there are two types of spirits in the world do you know what they are? She said good and bad. I told her, "Yes and who are the good and bad ones in the Bible?" She said, "Angels and demons." I then said, " Thats correct, now do you think those people you heard or saw are angels or could they be demons?" She was able to figure it out. We then went over the chapter on spirit creatures in the bible teach book and she was so relived to find out that Jehovah and his angels are much more powerful than Satan and his demons. And that if she has any more problems in the future that she can pray to Jehovah for protection."




This one is from Tim
"The last few weeks in the ministry have been very productive and exciting. About 2 weeks ago Brandon and I met an older blind man named Martin in a town called Seine Bight. After explaining to him who we were, we shared with him the encouraging scripture at Isaiah 35:5 which talks about when the eyes of the blind ones will be opened and the ears of the deaf ones will be unstopped. Martin was very happy at hearing this scripture. During our discussion Martin would wipe away tears that had built up in his eyes. He then told us about when he was younger and able to see but when was 47 he lost his eyesight and the ability to see. After talking with him for a while we left and told him that we were going to return next week to discuss the bible and its promises. A week later Brandon and I returned and I was able to start a study with Martin from the Bible Teach Book. I would read to him and then ask him questions so he could express his thoughts about the subject. Martin had  very wise and surprisingly accurate answers to some of the questions. Brandon and I were both encouraged on how heartfelt martin was about the bible. I am excited to visit with Martin again next week! "

This one is from Seth
"There are a couple of youngsters that Derrick and I will be studying with.  They are 7, and 9 years old, and their mom is a bible study that attends the meetings.  When we went to set up the study Carol the Mom of the 9 year old was talking to us about Julius who can be quit the trouble maker.  She was explaining how he wasn't her son, that he was adopted, and that he had been through a lot.  Well most children here don't have your picture perfect childhood, so I wasn't to concerned about it.  Then she explained how rough it actually was for young Julius.  Not too long ago his father was murdered.  Julius'  Mom along with her brothers were the ones that had murdered his father.  We look forward to teaching the boys about Jehovah, and about a time when this system and the things that happen in it are a thing of the past.  In the United States for some reason, I can't get a bible study to save my life, but here I don't even have to ask.  While out in the ministry, their were nine local construction workers that wanted magazines.  We went and talked to them and one told me, "Ya man i've been waiting for you to come to my house and offer me a study.  I'm looking forward to it" I then made an appointment to try to find him this Saturday.  Then one man didn't agree with why we don't accept blood, due to a personal experience he had.  I then explained and read to him, Acts 15:28 that says to abstain from blood.  He wanted to argue with me for a while about the subject as I tried to explain to him that keeping God happy is more important then trying to save ourselves, because only he can give us life forever.  When we finished a spanish speaking man asked him to translate for him to me, "he say's he want's to know if he can become a Jehovah's witness."  I had never wanted to know spanish so much in my whole life!  We told him to keep reading the magazines and we would work on trying to find someone to contact him.  I have one regular study named Gambeano who say's he likes our studies, and he's feeling closer to God, and that it helps him not to go out and party at night. At the end of our study he then asked if he could study more than once a week, I suppose that wouldn't be a problem!  It's such an awesome thing to see seeds grow in people first hand!"

This one is from Brandon
"These past three weeks in the ministry, to say the least, have been a blessing! The territory is white for harvesting here in Belize! Omar (the fellow mentioned last time) came to his first meeting and watchtower study! And on average he studies three times a week. Omar mentioned that he appreciated the watchtower study and how it went in to so much detail about creation. Omar loved how it talked about the ants diligentness and how it applied to Christians today, he said 'ants are amazing, when an obstacle is in there way they always find a way around it, Jehovah's witnesses are the same way!' It is wonderful to see ones get a real sense of the truth. A man that I heard about wanted a study but trying for a week could never find him home. Carlton,  the name of this man finally found us! He heard that we were in town and quickly ran out his door, to his delight we were standing right out side on the street. He wanted the watchtower and awake we did not know at first who he was and its not uncommon for people to come up and request the magazines, we asked his name he said, 'its Carlton man!' Finally we found him! I asked him if he wanted to study he said "of course!" so we went straight to his house and began the study! Carlton is studying twice a week and is making progress he also requested a copy of the new world translation because his King James is to difficult to understand. We praise Jehovah for such a wonderful and productive ministry!"


Some kids enjoying the Watchtower and Awake magazines


These are called flap jacks a breakfast item here. They basically taste like sopiphias!


This is a typical lunch for us, chicken, coconut rice and beans.


This ones for the moms



Sunday, June 21, 2009



Hello Friends, Family, and the People of the United States,


We just wanted to say "hi" to everyone as well as tell some experiences.  So far our experience to Belize has been a blast...(if you take out brandon getting fried up like a piece of chicken by the sun, and we not knowing where to go the first couple of days for service meeting!)  We love and miss you all!

This one's from Derrick:

"house Seth and I found a couple of kids sitting on the hammock waiting for lunch (Most kids are in school but here they all come home for Lunch). We asked them if they liked to read and they replied “yes” so we handed them a tract and they said they would read it. We then asked them if they read the Bible and they replied, “Yes, and I pray every night.”  Seth asked, “If you could ask God one more question what would it be?” one of the kids said, “Why are their earthquakes?” (Many of the locals are worried since a small earthquake hit here a couple of weeks ago). We then got to explain the times we are living in and the hope of the new world and how we can get there, we probably shared at least 6 different scriptures with them. By the end of the conversation they wanted us to come by next week during their lunch so we can study the Bible Teach book with them. But before we left we wanted to talk to the mom, where we placed the abortion magazine with her, she told us that, “ I am going to read this, and when you come back next Wednesday if I have any questions I am going to ask you.” By this time we had been on the house for about 40 minutes, so in our first house that morning we started 4 bible studies! I thought it to be pretty remarkable that most kids down here have an appreciation for the Bible and respect it, they enjoy sitting down and listening to what the Bible has to say! JUST AWESOME!


This One's from Brandon
This is an experience about a man named Omar! Our first day out in the ministry we got lost a couldn't find our way to ware the service meeting was being held but we decided to do some informal witnessing. A kind man gave us a warm hello on the street, this man Omar was visiting Placencia because his father who lived here recently passed away and he was here for the funeral. We expressed to him that we understood what he was going through. I asked "Have you ever wondered why there is so much suffering in the world?"  He asked me "Well what are you r views?" I shared 1John 5:19 and contrasted that with 1John 4:8 explaining that its because of Satan that many suffer and not because of Jehovah who is our loving God. This touched his heart,  if you could have seen his face, it was full of appreciation. He said he admired what we were doing as young people and wished he was as focused, he also requested a bible. I gave him the bible teach book and assured him about getting his bible he said he would definitely read it! And he did. We ran in to him again on the street and he expressed to us that he agreed with what the bible teach book said about the condition of the dead. He though was discouraged about the immoral society here so we gave him the peaceful new world tract for encouragement. we Again ran in to him on the street he said "that information made so much sense!" That was the last time we would see Omar or so we thought. We herd that he moved. Today wile walking from the beach a week later from when we last seen Omar there he is walking right toward us!  We could not have been happier! I invited him to tomorrows public meeting and said he could also finally pick up his bible, He said "Ill definitely do that!" And all this time not once did we knock on his door! Omar is excited to learn more and im so happy that Jehovah is using us to help teach him!

This one's from Seth:

The Ministry is just so amazing out here that's it's so hard to think of all the experiences.  I have such a big urge to start bible studies, and this time in Belize I have to get them all from scratch, where as in Guyana a lot of them were handed down to me.  Once while Derrick and I were walking down the street, this man came down and started singing some church anthem and wanted me and Derrick to finish it.  Derrick said we don't know that one, and asked which church he went to and he replied "the Church of Christ."  We then got into the discussion of where the dead where and he told us they were burning in hell.  So then i asked him, "Does anything burn forever?"  He was confused by the question at first, so I illustrated it "if I were to take this magazine and burn it how long would it take?"  He replied, "not long".  He then got what i meant by the question.  I shared Eccl. 9:5 with him to show him just what the dead where doing, and brought him back to Revelation to show the resurrection hope.  I told him about meetings, and he said he would be there, so we shall see tomorrow.  We are slowly getting used to our new congregation, and we all gave them our letters from our home elders.  The elders were talking to me and Derrick and said that we may be getting parts.  Just after that I prayed to Jehovah saying  that if I got a part in the congregation that he'd give me his holy spirit to accomplish it like in guyana.  Minutes after that an elder came and asked if I would give a 10 min. service part in  about a month, so I am very excited and nervous, and happy that I can be used in the congregation.  We've met a new english friend named Lawrence who is also serving here and he will be staying with us for a little while. All of us are continuing to work on our tan, going from pasty white to white.  




This one's from Timmy

In just the first week and a half since being in Belize, I've grown so much in my appreciation for the ministry and Jehovah's remarkable Organization. Jehovah has certainly made his name known here in Placencia, where we are serving. Walking down the street the people here recognize us immediately as what they like to call "Jehovah's". We have already made many friend's with not only the congregation here in Placencia but also with many of the citizens. Service has never felt this rewarding to me ever in my life. I have been able to see Jehovah's spirit in action on a wide scale while serving here in Belize. I am treasuring every minute that I spend here, but I'm still anxiously waiting to see the expansion of my ministry here. I miss and love all of you back home.


We hope you have all enjoyed some of these experiences! We only wanted to share our personal favorites/thoughts but there are so many more great experiences that we didn't write down. We want to encourage anyone who has the circumstances to try and serve where the need is greater and experience this fulfilling and joyful work that Jehovah has allowed us to do in these last days. May Jehovah continue to bless all of your efforts if you do not have the circumstances to serve where the need is greater! 

Acts 16:9 - "Step over into Macedonia and help us" 


Seth, Derrick, Brandon, Tim



The pictures attached are a little random. The first one is Brandon's sun burn and sun blisters. The secound is Seth and I walking in our territory. Third we have Seth relaxing at the beach. The Fourth one is of all of us taking the boat to Thursday night meeting. And the last on is of our house.

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