English Circuit Assembly

Part of the English Buena Vista Group

This weekend was our English Circuit Assembly in San Jose. We left Friday morning because the English CO gave me permission to attend the Pioneer Meeting Friday Afternoon. Here I found out that there is now 5 English Congregations in Costa Rica and 3 groups. Five years ago there was one congregation with 44 publishers, now there is 250 publishers and 70 pioneers in English. This isn't counting the need greaters that come for a limited amount of time.

The NW very own Jeff Snethen gave a Bible reading on Saturday and a demonstration on Sunday, it was great to see him get used so much here in Costa Rica.

There was little over 500 in attendance both days and the English Circuit is the whole country. Then on Sunday our English CO Brother Barnett gave the "Needs of the Circuit" discourse. This was a very emotional talk for me. He talked about how many need greaters were in the audience and how much they appreciated all their efforts to help with the Foreign Language field of English. Then  he made a plea to everyone in the audience to find a way to stay permanent. He was very blunt by saying that English in Costa Rica had the greatest need of any language and that if the Buena Vista Group in Samara didn't get more support that it would be dissolved. He empathized that this area had very high potential and asked everyone to take it to Jehovah in prayer. He said "find a way" and Jehovah would bless your efforts. If you didn't know already, Buena Vista is the group we are a part of, and I was very teary eyed because I feel such a connection to this area and group. We talked to the CO after the program and told him we were in Buena Vista and he whole heartedly thanked us and the other families serving there. He asked if we took to heart his plea and we said we definitely would pray about it. Mom and Larry, perfect place to retire! At least for a year!!! So who knows what will happen, if it's here or somewhere else, we really want to see if we can make it happen, it would be an awesome experience.

Lunch Time

It definitely re inspired us about this area and English because we have had less support this time around. It was exactly what we needed to feel that our efforts were appreciated and needed and that English wasn't a waste of time. So I'll put it out there, who wants to join us?

dinner with new and old friends