Our New Schedule

We have been able to start a schedule.  It's working out great for us.
We are very,very busy spiritually so our weeks are FLYING!

We have set service days, set days off and we pretty much stick to it.  That way everyone knows what to expect and it just goes smoother!

So here is our schedule:

• Monday- All of the needgreaters in Puerto take Monday off to run errands, get housework     done, and prepare for the rest of the weeks needs. We also have Family Worship and a Spanish Lesson that evening.

• Tuesday - We go in service (or as they call it here "preaching") most of the day. The group meets at our house for the service meeting.

• Wednesday - We have scheduled off to work at our secular jobs

• Thursday - We go in service for the morning (Brandon has a bible study in the morning and sometimes I go with Rita to her study in the afternoon) Then we have the Congregation Bible Study in English and the rest of the meeting in Spanish.

• Friday- We go in Service for right now but, as our work picks up this will likely become a work day.

• Saturday- We go in service in the morning (Brandon has two bible studies, and I have one in the morning) Then we go for the English Watchtower Study and once a month we have a visiting speaker.  It is a real highlight for us all!

• Sunday- We all REST!!!  It is quickly becoming a scheduled BEACH DAY!!!!

Here are some pics from the last couple of weeks of our new daily life!

This is a bible study Rita is conducting that Rayah and I went with her on.

After an hour Rayah was finally getting past her shyness!

This is Rita's study's little girl. She is very sweet!

This is on a bible study who has the funniest parrot. 

 As she talked to him he went crazy and started flailing about his cage. 

 It was great entertainment!

                                                                                         Rayah got to pet her first chicky! (reluctantly of course)

In our free time relaxing and goofing around.....

Excited kiddos we're having hamburger, hotdogs, french fries (still in the oven at time of pic) and salad for dinner!

In David there is a Burger King and the kids love playing on the playground wearing their crowns!

A Bates Family Tradition of Arm Wrestling Daddy!

He was saying "You're going down PUNK!!!!" =)

The kids are SO tough they always seem to beat Daddy but, it's usually pretty close!  =)