Howdy! As Bro. Forney would say. It's been a couple of weeks almost, so we'll get you up to date.


There is something new coming to your congregation real soon, but it will have to be a surprise! Sorry!


The Carpet project we have going on right now where we are working, is in the 30 Columbia Heights Office Building. The 7th & 8th floors to start with. Right now we are preparing the 8th floor. This includes 30 pillars that had carpet on them and need to have all the glue removed! That's been fun, Ha!Ha! Then there's 51 rolls of carpet to be installed, just on one floor. Plenty to do that's for sure.


As far as the last three weeks we did the 2nd floor of 90 Sands, and it turned out beautiful as you can see in the pictures. Oh, that's right we told you about the brother from Spain Branch that came to learn some particulars on installing carpets in corridors and matching the patterns. This is unusual since at that branch and several others they mainly have ceramic tile. His name is Salvador Granados, and he and his wife have been serving at the Spain branch for about 13 years.


Also, on November 2 it was the day of the New York City Marathon, it was 26 miles and ran [literally] right thorough our territory we couldn't help but see many of the runners . Since at that point of the race was between the 8th and 11th mile mark then it was interesting to see many articles of clothing along the side of the street, why you might ask?

Well, as is outlined @ Hebrews 12:1, regarding a runner in a race who 'throws off every weight' that might hinder him, and in keeping endurance.

Then there were all the people on the sidelines cheering them on, holding up signs , banging drums to a beat so that runners could keep a pace. It was really exhilarating to see the determination on all their faces.

It brought to my mind how we feel when we haven't seen someone for a long time, a brother/sister serving Jehovah for many years, and they're still hanging in there, still in the race! And, we cheer one another on and encourage each other to keep going despite any hardships, or obstacles we may have to endure.

We too, must not tire out as we get ever closer to the end of this system-of-things, and cheer one another on all the way to the finish line.

Hope everyone is doing well.



In our congregation here, we were able to cover all of the territory during the campaign. The approximately 60 publishers normally cover the territory every 3 weeks. Not only did we do door-to-door, but also street work and letter writing, which helped us to stay busy. The 12 regular pioneers had to be ingenuitive, which helped to keep everyone in the congregation encouraged. We also had the visit of the Circuit Overseer, Theodore & Mary Braeboy during the campaign, and we got to work in the ministry with them.

We also have been assigned to a different book study for the last approximately 6 weeks until the change in the first of the year.

Send us any experiences you may have had during the campaign as we would enjoy them and would like to share them with the brothers & sisters here at Bethel and the Pratt congregation that we are a part of while we are here.



Hope to be sharing more real soon.



Till then take care

With Love

Vince & Capri