Memorial in Esteli

As we all know, our most important meeting of the year, the Commemoration of Jesus' Death, passed over a week ago.  It was my first time taking part in a Memorial in a different country and in a different language than English.  April has been one of the most exciting months of service here in Esteli.  The campaign was great, and once the Memorial date arrived, on the 17th, we had a really nice amount in attendance.

We had 236 in attendance.  The entire hall and both back rooms were filled up, and we had about twenty late-comers that sat outside and looked in through the windows... Our sister congregation, Centenario, had 230... making the entire hall between the two congregations, 466... This was one of the big reasons for staying in Nicaragua throughout April.  

Forgive the horrible, blurry pictures... my camera decided to not work that night, and almost every picture came out horrendous... Here we have, The Vaquedanos, The Manzenares, and the Provchys.  The brother that gave our talk, Jaime Provchy, was in Bethel, and now he is serving in a Mosquito language congregation in Managua.

Our congregation, Esteli Central, waiting patiently outside for Centenario to finish their Memorial.  Everyone came super early, so it got crowded outside really fast.

Fidencio... whom I've started to call padre.  It isn't uncommon for a younger individual to address a patriarch or matriarch figure as padre or madre... haha...

Took a picture of these two punksters in our hall... on the left is little Edgar Arauz, and the other is Abrahan.

Another stupid, blurry picture... but it's all I've got... after the memorial, there's Abrahan, me, Reinaldo Lagos, Felix Espinoza, Clint Cherepa, and Bismark Rojas...

That wraps it up for the Memorial, and basically the rest of the month of April... I have a few more ideas for posts and some other things to talk about, but there won't be a whole lot more... it's hard to imagine I only have 3 weeks left... it's a strange feeling.  

What's there to look forward to for these next three weeks?... well, right now I'm awaiting the arrival of the Three M's, which will be revealed later... and we have the CO visit starting in the first week in May, the last one felt like an eternity ago, which was only back in November...

That's all for now...