Thurs.
We took Ana Ika out to visit water projects this morning. We went to see two that we have had requests for and then two more that were done 6 or 7 years ago. When Elder Colson comes next week we want to take him to see some of the projects that were done by the church years ago, so we are checking to see where they are and what they look like. We are also making arrangements for the water masters and village leaders to meet with us when we come again in two weeks. It was an amazing experience in many ways. First, because Ana can work magic. She didn’t know where the water tanks were in these villages, so she just had us stop and she would go talk to someone and find out who the water master was. Twice we discovered that it was the very man she was talking to. Then we would take him with us or follow him to the water tank where we could have a look at the pump and ask him questions about how it is working. Some were in great condition and had been well cared for, others were in pretty bad shape. I took pictures and wrote up a little report about each one. We gathered some valuable information for our return trip.
Ana and I decided that when we do this again tomorrow we are wearing pants and better shoes. We were walking through long weeds and mud in our best clothes.
In the afternoon I tried again to get some things done on the computer but with no success. We were going to the temple tonight but President Tukuafu asked us to represent him at a baptism down town. When we arrived we found out that he was scheduled to speak, so Alan had to put something together FAST! He did a great job and the Spirit was strong as he spoke. We couldn’t understand what the Stake President said in his talk after Alan’s but he referred to “Elder Webb” 4 times, so they must have been thinking about the same things. I was proud of Alan. It’s hard to do such an important talk on such short notice. 5 young people were baptized. It was a wonderful thing to be there and witness such a special event in their lives. Another tender mercy in our behalf.
