Monday was awesome. Started off going out in the town of Bugaba. The ministry here is a little different. You usually don't go up to the door. The custom here is to stop at the gate and shout hello or Hola into the house. Then you wait for the householder to come out( sometimes this could be several minutes), then you ask if they speak English or know of anyone who does. Most don't, but we did have three very good conversations. After a very hot morning in the ministry, we headed down to a beach on the Pacific side, close to the Costa Rican border. We had a great afternoon jumping into the waves. Our "tour guide" for the afternoon was a sister named Freddie. She is a native panamanian who grew up in NY. Her Spanish speaking abilities were great to have around. We also met a Spanish brother and his 10 year old son, Jeremy. Jeremy just got baptized, is auxiliary pioneering this month, & has 2 bible studies. One of his studies attends the meetings and is in the school. We are going to try to work in the ministry with him one day. So the last few days we have been enjoying the ministry in different areas and meeting all kinds of interesting people. Many of the friends have amazing stories about their journey here. Hopefully we will have our own amazing journey when all is said and done. Thanks for checking in. We miss you all.
