Death

It is official. At 1:37 pm Sunday afternoon the PA county sheriffs office reported the death of five smelly guys. There was a large storm that moved though the area while they were passing through the mountains. They caught a slight wet spot and were sent flying over the side of a thousand foot cliff. It is estimated that they were making a video about a recent trip to the Jehovah's witnesses headquarters. The family's have yet to make a statement.

Weather

So this might be the last time you hear from us. We are on our way home, but an ominous storm is looming in PA. We will be high in the mountains with thousand foot drop offs on either side when the storm strikes. We will keep you posted and let you know if we die. Please pray for us.

Day 4

Today was a really big day for us.  We started by eating breakfast with the family at 7, and then headed out to New York City for the day.  We were able to enjoy the Woman and the seed tour in the Metropolitan art museum in Manhattan.  Our tour guide happened to be a brother from Bethel named Daniel who has only been in New York for 6 months.  He did a really good job of explaining the difficult topics and linking all the connections together in an organized way.  One of the highlights was seeing a statue that was over 3000 years old.  Scientists believe it was created only a few years after Adam died and that it survived the flood.  It is possible that it is the first pagan sculpture ever made in the history of mankind.  After the awesome tour we headed out to tour the city.  We started it off right by getting stuck in crazy New York traffic for a good hour.  We parked near Brooklyn Bethel and then walked over the Brooklyn bridge to Manhattan.  We walked Broadway to China town and then were able to get some shopping done in Soho.  This little area of New York has to be one of the coolest.  We ate dinner at Bar 89, and then we shopped the Ugg store, J Crew, Armani, Sunglass Hut, Burberry, Prada and other awesome stores.  We saw two Ferrari's, Maserati's, Vipers, and lots of other cool cars.  We then headed over to Chelsea market and walked around and continued to shop and eat awesome food.  We finished everything off with a crazy subway ride across the city back to Brooklyn and then we had a rowdy car ride back to Paterson.  All in all it was an awesome last day and a great way to end a fabulous trip.  Tomorrow we begin the long journey back home.

Day three pictures

These are pictures that we took from the Paterson Tour on Friday.  We were able to see the entire Paterson complex which included the auditorium, Gilead, School for Branch committee members and traveling overseers and there wives.  We were privileged to see the Audio and Video department and the power plant.  History
was made when the first cupcakes in Bethel history were served for lunch on Friday.  Payton also set a record by drinking out of all the Bethel water fountains in one day.  We were able to finish the day off with a Bethel gathering and we were able to meet some really awesome people.  

Day 3

Day three was a truly amazing day at the Paterson branch. Unfortunately there is a lack of Internet access here at Paterson Bethel so I will be unable to write a lengthy post from my computer. What I can tell you is that Paterson is the personal favorite for the group. It is very similar to a college campus. The scenery is unbelievable with perfectly manicured lawns giving way to sprawling mountains covered in lush, dense forest. We were able to spend time with some truly incredible Bethelites including Siebert's sister and the Tibus twins. We also saw brother Herd roaming the halls. In our short time here at Bethel we have all ready enjoyed so many great experiences. Here at Bethel you come to appreciate Jehovah's organization so much more. Tomorrow we will try to post pictures and more comments from my computer. I gotta go to bed now because we're doing a sightseeing run around the campus tomorrow morning at 6. Goodnight.

Day 2

After arriving in Clearfield late last night around 11:30, we got up at 5:30 this morning and headed for Wallkill.  We drove for 5 hours in dense, fog covered mountains and eventually arrived at Watchtower Farms around 11:45, just in time for lunch.  We were treated to ham sandwiches, corn on the cob, and potato salad for lunch, with fruit for dessert.  After, we received a quick private tour with one of Siebert's few friends, Skip.  He was able to show us private offices that house machines that test the durability of the different bound publications.  Unfortunately we are sworn to silence and cannot say anything more about the awesome publications we saw that no one else knows about.  After that brief tour we took the regular tour around the whole Bethel property.  We had an awesome 23 year old tour guide named Tony.  He really made the tour that much better with his great personality and excellent stories.  We were partnered up with a Large Mexican family that was very kind.  We were able to see all the binding rooms and printing machines and we have pictures above.  Siebert was even able to describe some of the machines and processes to the group.  Once we said our goodbyes we headed for the nice town of Fishkill, about an hour east of Wallkill.  We unfortunately were unable to get two rooms, so we are sharing a sweet.  Five smelly dudes with a smelly bathroom in a tiny area equals disaster.  After our hotel chilling, we went to an awesome but greasy Go-cart track.  We spent the big money and got 24 laps of racing!  After we wiped ourselves down with sanitation wipes, we stuffed ourselves with New York style pizza.  We then hit up Cold Stone and we were served by unkind women.  After, we rolled home to the hotel, we listened to and danced to Justin Bieber and Call me Maybe.

Fun Facts of the day:
One paper roll weights one ton
The organization saves $500,000 a year by recycling paper
18,000 Flyers from the back of Watchtowers are sent in every month for bible studies and bible teach books