Special Treats

It's been another month full of activity! We received such a warm welcome in Vina. It was nice catching up with the friends there and getting our fill of English. We got to rest up too, going to the beach and relaxing a lot.
From there we headed back south to Coyhaique just in time for the special campaign for the memorial. We got to go to their pioneer meeting with the circuit and their 2-day assembly which were very encouraging. The protests got a little worse and then the government stepped in and started negotiations, so things have basically returned back to normal here. Corinne headed home right at the end of the month...was so nice having her here!
Vane and I had an extra special treat this last week. We got invited to travel south with some of the friends from Cochrane who had come up for the assembly. There were 2 history-making meetings we got to attend: the 1st memorial to be held in Tortel and the 1st public meeting to be held in Villa O' Higgins. At the memorial we went to 4 from the local territory came. One of them is a woman who basically already considers herself a witness...for years a friend of hers who receives the mags would send them to her and she would pray that the Witnesses would arrive to Tortel soon. At the special talk there were 10 who came from the local territory. We went with a group of special and regular pioneers who encouraged us to always trust in Jehovah to help take care of our needs and talked about the blessings they've seen as a result of serving where the need is great.
Now we are back in Coyhaique with Steph and Juan which is nice. Hope all is well for all of you!