Georgetown

Hello everyone! So sorry for the delay...here is what has been going on. We made a trip to Georgetown (the capital) last week and stayed for a long weekend. It was really nice to have the opportunity to really get to know Georgetown.Most of our trips there we go to the different stores for groceries and then head home.On Sunday Kurt gave the talk at the Sign Language meeting. It was very refreshing to be in an all ASL meeting. A few things that we noticed about the group there were soooo many deaf. I felt like I was back in Brooklyn. :0) Also the skill level there was very high. I was very impressed! Having a deaf school nearby does wonders. The friends were very warm and friendly and so happy to see us. We made a lot of new friends and are very excited about seeing them all at the upcoming District Convention.

While in Georgetown we received some bad news. The Government here in Guyana denied our request for an extension to stay, past our initial allowance of 3 months. So we decided that we are going to leave Guyana in 2 weeks and stay a week in Suriname. This is a neighboring country; they speak Dutch and have their own Sign Language. For those of you that are curious about their Sign Language you can see the “Would you like to know more about the truth” Dvd in Suriname Sign Language on Watchtower.org. So while we are there we plan on visiting the congregation and the Branch. Right now our future here in Guyana is very uncertain with the Government's refusal of an extension. Our length of the stay is all dependent on what they give us when we re-enter the country. So please continue to pray for us we really appreciate all of your support.

Now on to fun things ;0) While we were in Georgetown we got to go the Pegasus Hotel. This is a fancy hotel that caters to foreigners.We went there for dinner while our hosts Don and Sarah Campbell went to a wedding. So the hotel is really nice and the food was pretty good. I had a Cheeseburger and Fries and Kurt got a steak sandwich and fries. Let me tell you that cheeseburger was heavenly LOL ;0) Next time we are going to swim in the pool it looked so nice and clean. The pools in Linden are too dirty to swim in.

Hope you all are well. Love Kurt and Cat