Renewing Contact

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 Carol took a photo at sunrise today, while I was still asleep. The clouds and the colors were unusual and well worth capturing in a photo ...

The pink sea was a curious sight.

Back on February 1st I wrote of a taxi driver who had studied with Witnesses off and on for some time and who accepted my invitation to come to our English meeting. I planned to keep in contact by calling him for taxi service when we needed it but I learned his boss sold the older taxi he was driving and planned to supply him a new one, but he would receive it only in early March. I decided to invite him for lunch at a restaurant not far from where he lives in Zihuatanejo. A few days ago he accepted and we fixed the time for today.

Carol and I photographed each
other on the van/bus to
Zihuatanejo.

We met at the restaurant owned by Witnesses and our taxi driver friend knew them. A key purpose of the lunch was to listen to his story and see what could be done to encourage him. His story is a long and complicated one, but the main gist is that he's had disappointing experiences with certain immature persons but is now attending meetings in an area where things are in fact going better for him.And we were glad to learn this.

It was good to see he is determined to progress and hopes to be baptized soon. We conversed for nearly three hours. Restaurants here do not give you your bill until you ask for it, and you are always welcome to stay at your table here until the rooster crows. Scriptures came up frequently in our discussion and we saw our friend knew the verses well.

We hope to see more of him before we leave.

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