Weekends

We had a lovely visit by a visiting speaker and his wife from Tucson this past weekend, they brought along with them a dear dear Deaf sister that we met when Tony had the privelege of giving a talk in their congregation about a month ago.  This is the sister who has a bible student who is vietnamese and she shared with us such wonderful ideas on how to visually show different Biblical truths when you are struggling between two sign languages.  We were so excited to see her fabulous energy filling our small group on the East side.

We've been meeting seperately on Saturdays with our East side group now for quite a while and are seeing the hard work our brothers are going through to make adjustments and make our transitions smooth.  It is such a joy to be a part of our congregation I thank Jehovah every day for our beautiful brotherhood.

This weekend was also the Cirque Du Soleil's first time visiting El Paso with a fabulous performance of "Alegria"!  What a show!  Although we have seen it before everytime it seems some acts get switched out and there is always something new that I missed before.  The music from that show literally swarms through the air and into your veins.  Your heart feels as though it has beat so fast that it has completely stopped!  If you have never had the chance and it comes to your area, go!  There is no such thing as a bad seat in the place as the stage is in the center of everyone.  Some of the shows even have clowns that are Deaf so it adds an extra little hidden joy when you know this and you see them signing "I love you" at the end of night.

Yesterday, I spent a beautiful day in service with my Mum, Da, and Shayne.  Unfortunately, we weren't able to get any of our return visits and studies at home, but Jehovah made sure to keep us upbeat with just the fact that we were able to spend time together.  Soon we are going to start attending Spanish Meetings for the Watchtower and Public talk in order to get a grasp on Theocratic terms as even those who know fluent Spanish struggle with this.  And with most of our Bible Students having Spanish-Speaking family it is important that we can thoroughly explain to them what it is we are teaching their Deaf family.  So we are nervous but with Jehovah's help all things are possible!