DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
|
FUTURE ENGLISH NEEDGREATER ASSEMBLIES S pecial Day: Dec. 17, 2006:
Santo Domingo Assembly Hall Santo Domingo (next to the Branch) Two-Day: March 24 & 25, 2007: Santiago Assembly Hall Villa Gonzalez , Santiago
NEW SIGN LANGUAGE GROUP SAN JOSE DE OCOA Sept. 2006 - Good news! As of Sept. 1, San José de Ocoa now has an official Sign Language Group! SAMANÁ LAND FOR NEW KINGDOM HALL July 2006 - After receiving approval from the Branch for the purchase of land for building a new Kingdom Hall in Samaná & after taking appropriate steps to secure the land, problems arose and the land is no longer available for purchase !
To accommodate more of the many interested ones, the roof of the Kingdom Hall was extended into a very attractive walkway-terrace to accommodate some 30 more brothers and sisters for meetings & a better sound system was installed for the brothers in attendance sitting in this outside overflow area. For further overflow beyond the new walkway-terrace, brothers stand or sit on steps going up to the KH (& under umbrellas when it is raining). Despite all the problems of trying to find land to build and meeting in such a crowded little place, the congregation continues to flourish and grow both in numbers and in enthusiasm for the ministry. SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE June 2006 - Mari, our young needgreater sister from Japan, who attended the Sign Language course in July sponsored by the Dominican Branch, has now left Samaná & is serving where there is a great need is a sign language congregation in Santiago! ENGLISH NEEDGREATER ASSEMBLY April 29-30, 2006 - A total of 450 missionaries, special pioneers and need-greaters from all around the world met together at the Santiago Assembly Hall to enjoy encouraging talks on how to improve our ministry serving in a foreign country, along with excellent counsel on the importance of manifesting the new personality in serving under difficult circumstances, & how to keep "filling ourselves up" spiritually as "our lives are being poured out as a drink offering" in our service to Jehovah in a country where nothing is easy!
|
Excellent counsel was given on taking care of ourselves not only spiritually, but physically, "so as to present our- selves as a "living sacrifice" not an ill or dead one" & we were cautioned to watch our social gatherings & dress in order to set a good example for local brothers & ones we preach to--always keeping focused on why we are in the country! Encouraging experiences were related & information given about the great need not only in Spanish, but in Chinese, Creole, and Sign Language congregations & groups. NOVEMBER 2005 - WEDDING
Jaime (Jim) McLeod and Donna Klein were married in Massachusetts in November and are now presently serving in Jaime's special pioneer assignment in the Dominican Republic. ROMANCE IN THE AIR July 2005 - Jaime (Jim) McLeod is now engaged to a lovely pioneer sister, Donna Klein, who is presently serving where the need is great in a Portuguese congregation in Massachusetts, USA. Wedding will take place in Massachusetts, in November. Plans are to return to Jaime's special pioneer assignment in Dominican Republic. NEXT SCHEDULED ENGLISH NEEDGREATER ASSEMBLY ! September 25, 2005 One Day Assembly Villa Gonzalez, Santiago
(Although, there are no English speaking congregations in the Dominican Republic, the Branch very lovingly provides an English assembly twice a year for those serving where the need is great here. DISTRICT CONVENTION FOR SAMANÁ July 29, 30, 31, 2005 CIRCUIT OVERSEER'S VISIT: August 9-14, 2005
UPDATE: MEETINGS IN SAMANÁ: LAND FOR NEW KINGDOM HALL IN SAMANÁ': May 2005 -The Branch has just approved the purchase of land for building a new Kingdom Hall in Samaná! The building committee had a meeting on Saturday, May 21st. |
HOME
