Marathon Days (cont.)

Wednesday was once again a service day, Eric and I went with Michael B and Doug. We were in one of the nicer neighborhoods, and were getting mixed reactions. One man we gave the invitation to had been contacted by the Witnesses in Pakistan, and we had a good conversation with him. (I really enjoy working with Michael B. He's old enough to have had many good experiences and done many things in Jehovah's service, yet he's young enough to be able to still relate to. And he had the energy to do a lot in the ministry and at the meetings. -Eric) At one of the doors we found the car pictured(Audi R8 to those wondering, featured in the Ironman movies if you can't remember where you recognize it from.), quite a discovery if I do says so myself. (I say so myself too. -Eric) Stay tuned for an upcoming album dedicated to the automobile awesomeness we have observed over here. I went home after the morning, and there isn't much to report for the afternoon. Eric rushed in around 5:45 and ten minutes later we were out the door again. We barely caught our bus on the High Road, and took it north for a few miles. We got off to walk to the theatre, on the way I had a slight incident with stepping on a piece of glass that punctured my shoe. Not to worry though, not a massive amount of blood loss so we went on our way. (Through our combined medical training and experiences we deduced that a pint of blood loss isn't that bad. -Eric) We met the Ealing kids(I believe about 16 of us in total) at the theatre for the 6:50 showing of Toy Story 3. Everyone agreed it was a winner, its one of the better films I've seen lately. Afterwards we walked for 10 minutes to the proper bus stop, and had to wait another 10 for the bus. It was quite chilly but we survived. We went back to Joe's house for some snacks and video games. Finally around 11:30 we headed out, had to get back so we could have more fun the next day.

(Doug, Michael B, Blythe, and I were done with the ministry by about 12. So Michael dropped us off at Doug's house. I was going out in the afternoon but i wasn't supposed to meet Estera (yeah i was with her again) until 13:00. So after about an hour of chill time I headed out again and we ate at Morrison's for lunch. There we meet some other sisters who were just finishing up their morning so we ate with them for awhile. I was doing some quick research and note taking in preparation for a call that i wanted to do that afternoon. All the sisters for some reason kept teasing and messing with me so it was kind of hard but i think i got nicely prepared. And was able to squeeze in a couple comebacks too. There is a meeting for field service on Wednesday afternoons at 14:00 but it was only 13:30 so we did some quick calls then walked over to the sisters house that the meeting is held at. There was about 7 of us which was encouraging I'm sure because i heard that usually there is only 3 or so for the afternoon group. Guess who got to say prayer for the service group the second time that day. Me of course sillies. Its not my favorite thing to do because i think its a lot of pressure but its nice to be used and trusted to do those things so quickly over here. And i think Michael B and Doug enjoy making Blythe and I say them. After the meeting we headed out to do a study that Estera had. We realized though that she didn't have a head covering so i would need to do it. So on the way i had a crash course on what they were studying and what they had already done and talked about and different things Estera thought i should emphasize because they would be especially be good for the woman. When we got there her husband, who was very nice and friendly, let us in and we got to talk to him for a few minutes. I think he might be interested one day too. The woman then came in and her friend did too. We learned that her friend had been studying too and had attended a few meetings and she was wondering if she could sit in on the study with us. We of course said yes so the 4 of us had a little study. I rather enjoyed conducting and Estera did very well adding in things and saying them in different ways so the women understood things better. We discussed Jehovah's qualities and being able to draw close to Him and being able to be called "Jehovah's friend" just like Abraham. They thought that was amazing. The study and discussion went perfectly. They asked good questions and agreed with everything. It went so well that i wouldn't be surprised if they were attending the meetings soon. She said part of the reason they didn't go to church was because of such hypocrisy and people not getting along and hating each other. I hope that when she goes to the Kingdom Hall she can feel the love that we all have for each other. I have actually met many people that became Witnesses and were drawn to the truth simply from seeing the joy and love between the brothers and sisters and how they treated new ones. It wasn't really even about the beautiful hope we have for the future. Anyways after the study Estera and i were so happy to have just been apart of being able to teach the women a few things. Its amazing to think Jehovah and the angels might be specifically using us to teach a person. On the way back we realized we were walking really fast and skipping a little bit. Which was quite humorous. Afterwards we headed over to McDonald's. After another quick battle over who's paying again we had a few more milk shakes then went to do my call. They were busy so we weren't able to talk at all. We did some of Estera's calls then headed over to do some more territory. It was only a few flats so it was over quickly. But noticing the time i had to rush back home to make it to the movie so after saying goodbyes i hoofed it back home. It was definitely one of my favorite days of the summer so far. -Eric)