Jan. 14th, 2013
Today was pretty much a wasted day. We started out with a meeting with the Service Center Manager and that was good. But we didn’t get to cover the things we really needed to talk about and he is so busy that we never saw him again. Things will slow down in a couple of weeks but right now it is really hectic! After that meeting we were meeting Tara and going to see the man we will be working with in the FM group and then drive out to a village to get some pictures of a water stand and tank. Tara got caught in a meeting that she couldn’t get out of while we waited around for 2 and ½ hours!!! By then the man we wanted to see had gone to lunch and it was raining cats and dogs. That took care of driving out to take pictures.
We spent a little time in the Service Center trying to pull up the internet but it was spotty because of the weather. There is a Cyclone headed this way and there are warnings out for the island. People are stocking up on food, etc. but we weren’t going to drive into town in rain and wind that severe. We haven’t been here long enough to really have any kind of storage, but we will be working on that SOON! By late afternoon the storm had been down graded to a severe tropical storm, although the outer islands were still in the main path and could get hit pretty hard. I was able to get a few posts up on the Blog. With Kimi’s help I was able to post a picture and hopefully when the internet is more stable I can get some more on.
We had FHE tonight. The Tongan couple that work in the temple did the lesson and it was all about the temple. They did a beautiful job. I LOVE THE TEMPLE!! There was a sad part though. One of the couples that we are serving with, the Johnstons, will be going home this Friday. They have been here 11 months. She is the mission nurse. His daughter is having some problems, they didn’t tell us what, and they felt that they needed to be with her. We will miss them, they are wonderful people.
