Thoughts of Happiness

Hay y’all! This is Cassie. Mom asked me to temporarily add one blog- mostly filled with happy thoughts and adventures, so here goes!

We had gotten the privilege to experience one of the best spots for service in Liberia. There is a college that teaches English, and that has allowed us to come in and be a part of their program. What they do is study the Bible teach book with each student, allowing them to practice their reading in English, and conversational words, but at the same time learning the truth. Last Saturday we went, and had a lovely study with a 20 year old girl, who seemed shy at first, but had gotten all the main points at the end. It was an absolutely awesome feeling to have when after reading bits and pieces of the Sermon on the Mount(we were studying the 2nd chapter in the book-Bible, book from God-) and after asking her the benefits of that sermon, she recited from memory what we had just read, and truly agreed with it. Her heartfelt expressions made our whole day.

We have also been able to preach in this little beach side town we are staying in. You can literally walk from one end to the other in 15 minutes, but yesterday Dad and I chose instead to go up the mountain a bit. And this is all walking my friends. So we go up and up, and there are a lot of million dollar homes perfectly situated to look over the Pacific Ocean- beautiful, but a bit hermit like. They have gates and intercoms, and they don’t like company. Many had their maids come tell us that there were no English speakers, but we didn’t give up that easily- we just preached to the maids in Spanish instead. The congregation in Spanish doesn’t come up here that often because it is so far away, so they don’t mind us doing that. And they are the most receptive.

Other then preaching, we have been having a lovely time with the hall here. Their spirit and warmness has helped us immensely. Their zeal for the ministry is one to be admired. We have to give a shout out to a special couple who have shown us extreme love, the Loesch’s from Minnesota. They have come as need greater, and they themselves have gone through many problems in their stay here. But they still have opened their arms and have taken us to the meetings, ate dinner with us, laughed at Tiff’s hilarious crab-bite story, and worried about our future here. A true fulfillment of  Proverbs 17:17.

We can never complain. Right now I am writing to you while sipping on coffee, looking out over the Pacific Ocean, in a 4,000 dollar a week house, just a few minutes walk from an amazing beach. Most grateful we are though is for the lessons we have learned in patience and reliance on Jehovah. Only by these trials can we truly strengthen our endurance. I loved 1 Peter-2 Peter, and all the wonderful counsel provided there. But I have already filled this page righteously, so I will sign off and again pass the torch to Mom. She has more hilarious stories then I do.

Shout out before I go to Abel and Vivian- We love and miss you guys- as well as Tracey and Jeremias- always a joy to read your comments- and our wonderful family in Nevada, Thank you for all your help and love.

I love everyone else immensely too, but there is just not enough space! Virtual hugs and kisses,

Cassie