So what’s happened over the last few weeks. Well at the end of October, we were privallaged to attend the circuit assembly in english in San Felix. What a privallage to sit and hear missionaries with upto 40 years of experience give some amazing talks. And it was so heart warming to see some of [...]
October 19, 2010
Venezuela, a hot, expensive, dangerous country. Why would anyone want to return there after just four months? Can it really be worth it? Let’s see if you are still asking that question when you get to the end. Things didn’t start easy for us. At 3am, we were welcomed to gatwick airport by a not [...]
June 8, 2010
So its over a week since we returned to cold England, time for an update. First, let me share a few more experiences with you. Its quite something to see people of all ages show their interest in the bible. In one of the communities we started a study with a 17 year old. Every [...]
April 14, 2010
I apologise for the big delay for this email, things have been busy. First the memorial. The Tumeremo congregation here organised five different memorials, three in spanish and two in english, and thus there was a lot of work to be done. They were held at schools, community centres and auditoriums, so you can imagine [...]
March 20, 2010
A very warm hello to everyone, it’s time for another update. If you missed the last, you can find them at http://thesyke.com/category/venezuela/ . So the last update left you in Puerto Ordaz. We spent a week there, witnessing along with the San Felix English congregation. One of the brothers there who is 17, started pioneering [...]
March 7, 2010
Hey all, thought it might just be time for another update. If any of you missed the last, you can find it at http://thesyke.com/hola-de-venezuela/ . So monday evening was bethel family worship where the bethel family get together in the kingdom hall and discusses the watchtower. It was in spanish so only understood bits, but [...]
March 1, 2010
Hi All, Here’s the much promised update. Yesterday, over 24 hours after leaving Leicester we landed in tropical Venezuela. What a relief it was to see David and Jim, two brothers from the Venezuelan bethel, as people charged towards us to offer us various things (in Spanish). These brothers really put themselves out, traveling over [...]
February 5, 2010
With my trip to Venezuela just over three weeks away, I have started looking into video art, especially where it is linked to travel. The challenge of such shooting is looking past the obvious, and finding the true soul of the city, sometimes the little hidden quirks that you won’t find in the travel brochure. [...]
December 8, 2010