MORE PREACHING!!!!

HERE THE WEATHER CAN CHANGE OVERNIGHT DURING THE RAINY SEASON. OFTEN LEAVING THE ROADS PRETTY MUDDY IN THE POOR PARTS OF TOWN. YOU GET USED TO IT FOR THE RESPONSE YOU GET FOR SERVICE. YOU JUST HAVE TO BE PREPARED AND DRESSED FOR IT. THE LITTLE KIDS DONT SEEM TO MIND. LAST WEEK WAS PACKED WITH ACTIVITY! THE MEMORIAL, AN ASSEMBLY( IN WHICH I ALSO TRAVLED WITH A BETHEL SPEAKER FRIEND OF MINE TO A TOWN CALLED BOMBAMARKA SO HE COULD GIVE 2 TALKS AT THEIR ASSEMBLY. WE HAD TO LEAVE AT 3 a.m TO GET THER AT 8:30 ON SOMETHING YOU REALLY COULDNT CALL A ROAD AND CLIMBED TO AN ELEVATION OF 14,500 FEET! WE THOUGHT WE HAD A ROUGH TREK UNTIL WE GOT THERE AND REALIZED THAT MANY HAD STARTED AT THE SAME TIME TO GET THERE FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY BUT WALIKING------ IN THE RAIN------AND MUD------FOUR 5 AND A HALF HOURS!!!! USUALLY THEY MEET UP WITH A FRIEND THEY KNOW IN THE TOWN AND SHOWER CHANGE AND SPEND THE NIGHT AND THE NEXT DAY THEY CONTINUE BACK HOME. I KEPT WONDERING IF I WOULD DO THE SAME TO MAKE IT TO AN ASSEMBLY DAY.......HUH???? WE ARE BECOMING BETTER TEACHERS HERE BECAUSE AT EVERY DOOR THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY LISTEN. AT MEMORIAL FOR EXAMPLE YOU PRETTY MUCH JUST HAVE TO QUADRUPLE THE PUBLISHERS WE HAVE IN THE CONGREGATIONS BACK HOME AND THAT WAS THE ATTENDANCE FOR THE LOCAL 6 CONGREGATIONS IN CAJAMARCA! FOR EXAMPLE THE SAN ROQUE CONGREGATION HAS 90 PUBLISHERS AND THEY HAD 562 IN ATTENDANCE. NOT BAD FOR A BODY OF 3 ELDERS. USUALLY THEY HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE STANDING UP FOR EACH MEETING. SO THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING QUICK AS FAR AS A SPLIT IS CONCERNED BUT THEY NEED ANOTHER ELDER SO THEY CA HAVE 2 AND 2. THAT IS THE NORM HERE!