Santiago, Chile
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Watch the wave at an international convention! (High Resolution) (3 MB)
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The peak attendance was on Sunday afternoon - little over 107,000, close to 1,200 were baptized.
There were 5,000 delegates - 3,000 from the states.
Each day a branch overseer would relay experiences from their country (in English).
The whole convention experience was incredible! The first day of the convention we were greeted with a huge reception line. The brothers and sisters gave us gifts and lots of hugs and kisses. Chile doesn't have many black people or blonde sisters, so lets just say if you were one or the other you were attacked. One black brother in our group was surrounded by little kids who wanted to feel his head.......couldn't help but smile. On Friday I was walking to get my boxed lunch and there were several brothers and sisters singing kingdom songs. In the middle of all of this there was deaf ones signing and the other brothers and sister were singing for them.On Sunday after the convention had ended the brothers and sister kept singing Kingdom songs for 45 min . After the 1st verse the whole stadium was unified in singing. Tears of joy filled everyone's eyes. As we leaving brothers and sister lined up for at least 3 miles waving , and holding up signs that read "see you in paradise".What a wonderful privilege it is to part of a united brotherhood where language of mouth doesn't matter just language of truth!
Jillian Brewin, USA
One experience that stood out to me was from Uruguay. A 5 year old boy noticed that his neighbor seemed very sad since his wife died. The little boy decided on his own to walk over and give the neighbor the tract on "Comfort for the Depressed". The man was so impressed with the tract and the interest of the little boy that he called to talk with the father. A bible study was started and the man is now baptized!
Matt.21:16 "out of the mouth of babes"
Another experience came from Ecuador. In Ecuador they have a large Indian population, many of them live in isolated areas. One man found 4 magazines in the wall of his house. With those 4 mags he determined that it was necessary for him to attend meetings. He eventually crossed the mountain and went to the local Kingdom Hall. Within a short period of time 15 people became interested in what he was learning and they would visit his house for bible discussion. Now this man is a Brother and there is now a congregation in that area!
Comments
I just think its really funnny to see the wave at an international convenion. I wouldnt have believed it if i didnt see it for myself.
Posted by: itzjerm | January 19, 2004 09:15 PM
I was in the Convention too. I made many friend over there. But I want to keep on making friends who belong to the Organisation.
Posted by: jorge zuñiga | September 17, 2006 11:57 AM