First Meeting in Zihuatanejo

As we prepared to leave for the meeting I happened to look down from our eleventh floor window and noticed a man and woman walking toward the front gates of the complex. He wore a white shirt and had a shoulder bag. I wondered if they were also Witnesses going to the meeting.

When we arrived at the street where we normally catch a bus we encountered this couple. They had just flagged a taxi. I asked, "Are you going to the same meeting we are?" Not only were they, but they were taking a taxi to avoid the hustle-bustle of a bus since the brother was scheduled to be the speaker. So we shared the taxi ride and got to know them a little, Ken and Lynn from B.C. We asked if they knew our buddy in Nanaimo, Bill Milliken. True to the oft repeated consistency of our experience last year, they did. Every soul we meet here from B.C. knows Bill. I'm beginning to think B.C. stands for Bill's Country.

At the hall we got to meet many couples we had associated with last year, all back again for a month or two. I would guess there were about 50 or 60 in attendance with about half being visitors and all being remarkably robust singers. These people sing the paint off the walls.

The meeting was absolutely enjoyable except for the fact that the air-conditioning was set to Arctic. It was a *very* warm day today but let's not get carried away with the air-conditioning, huh? Carol and I were ready to wriggle our way to the interior of the penguin pack for warmth but there were no penguins. Probably too cold for them.

After the meeting we went to a restaurant in Ixtapa where I had an unforgettably wonderful Aztec Soup last year, discovered a day before we left. I had been looking forward to another bowl ever since arriving in Mexico. They have a new chef now and although the Aztec Soup is still excellent, it achieves only about 87.3% of what the previous chef concocted.

One couple we know, and met again at the Hall, is staying for a month in the unit that is one floor directly below us. If they need to borrow a cup of sugar I'll be able to lower it on a string over the edge of our balcony.

I didn't take any photos today so I thought I'd check on Google Images for "Kingdom Hall, Zihuatanejo, Mexico," just in case I found one. Well, I did. And it was the first photo shown. I wondered who the person might be in the preview thumbnail. I post it below ...