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Thursday, May 20th, 2010This assembly was particularly special for me, because not only was Jessica able to attend her first pioneer day, she was also interviewed, and we gave a part together where I was a school counselor pressuring her to go to college. That was a lot of fun for both of us, and especially timely, as [...]
The Suhy Family Gets Bigger!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010No silly, we’re not having a baby. Joe and Adi already did that! Here’s our new nephew Oliver Moses, born back in Dec of 2009. Anton and I finally met him when we flew up to welcome the newest member of the Suhy family, Amanda. Mike, Anton’s little bro, and Amanda got married April 24th [...]
Santiago ASL Hopes to Split!
Thursday, May 20th, 2010In a previous post I mentioned a lot of the growth happening in the ASL field in the Dominican Republic. At the assembly they announced that there are 6 locations where there is no group, but they have started interpreting meetings and hope to become groups soon. One of those is being held right here [...]
From the Congregation
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010In addition to a new set of special pioneers, we got a new ministry, Teresa Smith, and a new regular pioneer, David Porter. Here are their smiling faces:
Here are some other shots of members of our congregation:
A Taste of our Ministry
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Anyone who has had the chance to come and visit us knows what a need there is here. Well, we have just had our ASL Circuit Assembly, and we attended the English Circuit Assembly and have some interesting facts to share with you about the preaching of God’s Kingdom in the Dominican Republic.
There are now [...]
Our Kingdom Hall
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Not sure if I’ve ever posted a shot of our Kingdom Hall before… there are two actual auditoriums, one upstairs and one downstairs. There are also two attached apartments where two traveling overseers live with their wives.
Still working on the street…
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010It’ll be done someday… but until then, we’re just going to keep taking these crazy pictures!
Visiting ASL in Grand Rapids
Saturday, May 15th, 2010While in Michigan we took the opportunity to head out to Grand Rapids and visit Sarah and Isaac and their little sign language group. We got in Friday night and hit the ground running! Anton gave the talk Saturday morning, then we had the privilege to watch the ASL class’ graduation ceremony, and even speak [...]
Mom Gives DR a Third Chance
Monday, April 19th, 2010Well, with how good last year’s trip went, how could my mom not want to return? The first time Mom came it rained and we walked for miles and took rides in over crowded cars. I think the whole experience overwhelmed her a bit. Not the type to give up, she made a second trip [...]
Memorial at Santiago Sign Language
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Just a quick post about our Memorial – there were 139 in attendance with 79 deaf. For a congregation of 55 publishers, I’d say we didn’t do too shabby. Anton and I enjoyed having a number of students there, including the mom of one of Anton’s students, Angela, who has started studying with me in [...]
Terping at El Pino Hospital
Monday, February 15th, 2010A couple Saturdays after the Haiti quake Anton and I were asked to go down to a hospital outside the city of La Vega where 7 of our Haitian brothers and sisters had been taken to receive treatment. They were desperately short on interpreters and the brother in charge new I spoke a bit of [...]
Dominican Republic Gets a Zone Visit
Saturday, January 30th, 2010In the wake of the Haiti quake the entire Dominican Republic gathered at 5 different locations to have a Zone Visit. The speakers were at the assembly hall in Santo Domingo, and we were connected via Satellite. One group was at the assembly hall in Villa Gonzalez, we were at the baseball stadium in Santiago, [...]
December 2009 Pioneer Meeting
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Check out this handsome group of pioneers from the Santiago Sign Language Congregation! (Not everyone is in this shot – I think total we are 19 pioneers, 2 special pioneers and 1 missionary.)
Our Cute Neighbor Kid
Thursday, November 19th, 2009I just had to share this cute snapshot I got of the little neighbor boy. Anton and I live in a “parte atras,” so we aren’t right out on the main road. There is a large metal door that opens to a hallway that leads to our house. Right when you open the door you [...]
La Vega Talk and Pool Party
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009Anton and I traveled with Maria and Jess down to La Vega where Ron and Diana Thrasher are now serving as special pioneers for a talk that Anton gave at their congregation.
The La Vega hall is pretty cool… lots of young deaf women doing very cool things. After the talk we went with a group [...]
New Special Pioneers!
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009With Ron and Diana Thrasher getting reassigned to La Vega ::sniff, sniff:: we anxiously awaited hearing who would be coming to our hall. We were told that starting in October Ricardo and Walezka Lugo, a Dominican couple who had been previously serving in San Fransisco de Macoris would be coming to our hall. Ricardo’s niece, [...]
ASL District Convention in Santo Domingo
Saturday, September 19th, 2009So, after Anton and I got back from enjoying the DC in Michigan, we had about a week to get things set for our own District Convention in the Dominican Republic. This year it was our turn to travel down to the assembly hall in Santo Domingo, which is about 2.5 hours away, instead of [...]
First ASL District Convention in Belleville, Michigan
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Thanks to some great family and friends, Anton and I were able to go up to Michigan at the start of August to enjoy the first ASL District Convention held in Michigan. The program was awesome, and the best part was all we had to do was sit and listen!
Well, at least that was all [...]
Tree Fences – True Dominican Genius
Friday, July 10th, 2009What better way to build a fence then by using untreated wood that can take root and eventually give you a full tree barrier? These kinds of “fences” are all over the Dominican Republic, and I just think they are so neat, I had to share these photos with you.
You can find these fences [...]
Spanglish at its Finest!
Friday, July 10th, 2009This building, at first glance, is just like any other building you may see in the Dominican Republic. Meters on the wall, curtains held back from the breeze by the window slats, an old coat of paint, and writing painted directly on the wall.
The white writing to the right of the window states that the building [...]