Our adventure began at 3am. We all piled in a mini bus and headed to Linden. About 175 miles ish away. They are having a new kingdom hall built by the team. Guyana comes under the lands with limited resources team so there is a team of bro and sis who travel the length and breadth of guyana. So they needed food. Vital for a hard days work and survival in the guyana heat. Every cong was asked it they could come for a day and feed the "team".
We are the farthest cong away but we answered the call. So again 3am we left with a bus full. So what you see below is a blown out tire within an hour of our adventure. So out we came. And thanks to my Julie and Sam torch we had a great light to save the day. (for all that know about their gifts my pink gift came in very handy today too hehehe)
6 hours later we arrived. What a site for sore eyes and tired backs. The site was well on its way.
And yes this is the kitchen for the catering team and our water tanks. Recycled shipping barrels.
So the menu was crispy fried chicken, veggie rice and macaroni cheese with salad which in guyana compromises of cucumber and tomatoes. We made a
MMMMM that is a whole lot of chicken. 8 chickens of crispy fried chicken. And not one piece was left. We fed just under 50 people.
The brothers and sisters work so so hard in the hot sun every day and work along with the local congregation helping them with training. They wear hard hats and some of them have safety boots. But health and safety was alot of fun to see. Ouch. No UK RBC brothers look too carefully.
But we know the God we worship so with His holy spirit and blessing the work gets done with as we all know happy smiling faces all around.
All 3 of our local elders were there volunteering which is a great reflection of the spirit of my cong here. So lennox was on chicken duty whisking the eggs into a frenzy. Satish was the smoothie man and then the rice mixer. And the shades were for a little extra style. And narish - well he is our welder. Look at his health and safety dad. Nice one eh. So he worked all day long. Then after our long journey home had to wake up at 2am to go to work. Such a self sacrificing spirit.
Our happy team after a 6 hour bus ride and 7 hours of cooking all your see is happy smiling faces.
But then we all got back in the bus and fatigue kicked in and our elders showed true brotherly love for each other. So they got closer and closer and then .............................
So again another 6 hour drive back home and we arrived back in skeldon for about 11pm. All tired and happy but so many laughs back and forth the whole journey home. So the brothers and sisters got fed for one more day and tomorrow is another day. And the privilege of another congregation.
So sunday I was planning on studying with shan and dolly but our group was on the list for speaker hospitality so my little bible study group the 3 of us became about 15 bro and sis piling into my flat. We had a great time. I had coke as you can see so that was great. Shan found a friend with labron and my pooh. Put it this way I had to wash my pooh after their game.
Speaking of coke I want to share a little funny from a talk by one of our other elders last week. It was about happy families and marriage and he said sometimes you marry your wife and she looks like a 26 ounce coke bottle then.....................................
After a few years of marriage she can look like a 2 litre plastic coke bottle
We kind of didnt stop laughing for about 5 minutes which is alot in a 30 minute talk. Thought you would find it funny too...............
So what a great weekend I have had. Bit sleep deprived but had a whole lot of fun.
Miss you all and for all on RBC projects have fun and stay safe and our team can come and cook for you anytime. We are used to long journeys.
Love
Me
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