panoramic view from the hill in service wednesday:
I've got a great new study named Silvia. The way I got her was because first Forrest studied with her brother. Then her brother moved to Lima to study a career so that was it. :( One day we saw his dad at the meeting. It turned out that now another brother was studying with him (the dad) and from that point on he's been coming to all the meetings. He told me about a month ago that his daughter, Silvia, would like me to study with her, because she was used to me and Forrest from us coming to study with her brother. She's 22 years old. We study in the father's little pharmacy because the mom is opposed, she's really Adventist. Silvia was raised as a 7th Day Adventist because her mom took her, but she quit at about 15 years old. So the first thing she wanted to know was if the Sabbath is for Christians. She's an interesting study because the common thing here for interested ones is that they just accept what you're saying without doubting, because they're humble, and they respect you as an authority coming to teach them how it is. So it's a little more of a struggle to get them to really prove the truth to themselves. Silvia on the other hand, while not being proud or argumentative, is very reserved, not quick to jump to a conclusion or decide. It's refreshing in a way, I have to prepare really well to give a solid convincing study. And she's great because she's really dependable about being there for the study, and she's already preparing for the study ahead of time.
We got our bus tickets to the convention! It's really close. And Tom and Chaffee will be here Tuesday. It looks like we will have visitors after our convention too, 3 people who are friends of friends, so that'll be fun.
