Breakfast Business Meeting ........ Practical Matters in the Work of the Kingdom

We started the day with a discussion over breakfast about the practical matters surrounding the work of the kingdom here in Ecuador. It was a prep for the coming Skype meeting with Jon Bloomquist on Saturday February 28.

Present at the meeting were Milton Martinez, Teodoro Hernandez, Cesar Hernandez, Edgar Martinez, Avis Lampi, Paulus Mikkola and Walt Lampi. We reviewed some items likely to surface in the coming meeting.

Business breakfast: (l-r) Edgar, Cesar, Teodoro, Milton

 

Paulus helps make a point.

 

Discussed were:

1. The meeting on February 28 is scheduled for 9:00am sharp. Everyone should arrive at 8:30am for coffee.
2. A power point presentation containing one possible organizational model and authored by Jon will be viewed and narrated by Jon via Skype.
3. A point of contact needs to be established for Ecuador. Someone who will in turn communicate with the points of contact in the respective congregations.
4. For ease of paying for the cost of services, transportation, etc an account needs to be set up to receive funds from the LLC and from which to pay for invoices.
5. A reimbursement form will be translated to Spanish by Paulus and Lisbeth Mikkola to facilitate the payment of invoices.
6. Scheduling and scheduling changes. Some examples of why schedules are difficult to make and sometime change were given by Milton.
a. The indigenous sometime don't have rides to get to the services.
b. The indigenous community is close knit and leader orientated. The leader can call for a community work project to be done and if someone doesn't come they must pay the leader $20.
c. At times other community activities such as elections or meetings are scheduled that interfere with services. Attendance is then light at the services.
c. In Salinas the factory women are involved with outside organizations such as volunteers from foreign countries or within Ecuador. They often are in meetings in different cities.

The discussion was thoughtful, hopeful and productive.

Walt and Avis