INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION '09

After three days on a bus we have arrived back to Belize! Neither of us have butts anymore, but that’s okay there was plenty to go round before.

I will try very hard over the next few emails to describe the wonder that was the International Convention of Jehovahs Witnesses 2009, "Keep on the Watch".

This experience gave true meaning to the term, "you just had to be there".

Dave and I have never been to an International before and of course we would choose the biggest one in the world to attend. Attendance started out at approx 80,000 on the Thursday and Friday. Then Saturday it jumped to 100,000 then on Sunday we had a peak of 115,000!!!!!!! Wow we were absolutely blown away! The count was done in the afternoon when a number of people had left. Looking at the morning season we think there must have easily been over 120,000 as there were no spare seats and they were bringing out cardboard boxes for people to sit on as there were no more seats.

Everything went smoothly except for the swarm of bees that decided to take up residents around the main speakers podium! At first they sprayed them with a fire extinguisher to frighten them away, which worked for a short time. However those bees did not want to be removed from their new home among the beautiful flowers the brothers bought in to decorate the stage. They came back and as you watched the huge monitor of the speaker you could see they flying all around him. Finally they were to dangerous and started stinging people around the speaker, the guy that was filming etc. One person was taken away on a stretcher and the program was stopped while they got rid of the bees for good. Local firemen came in and dealt with them. The program then carried on as normal and all was well.

So anyway, I’m jumping all over here so let me start at the welcome we received at the Bethal Assembly Hall on the Tuesday. That will be the next blog for ya all. Please be patient with me, as usual I have come home sick so am doing my best.
Love ya all!