Tonga!

Jan. 2nd, 2013

We didn’t have to hurry today, we had a meeting with the Mission President at 10:00. We can walk to the Mission Office in about 7 or 8 minutes if the gate by our house is unlocked. We are finding out that that is not reliable, so we have to leave a little early just in case. Our meeting with the president was very nice. He is a wonderful man. Very humble and very kind. He told us what he wanted us to do for the mission as far as checking the missionary apartments and keeping them supplied with what the missionaries need. The man that did it before us was a plumber and Alan was a little concerned about not being able to fix things, but President said “forget about that, you don’t have to fix anything. We have an FM group for that.” He said that he didn’t want to force us to do this job. He said, “I want you to be happy!” But, the truth is, we need a mission car and in order to quality for one, we have to have a job in the mission. We really need a truck for our humanitarian work so it will all work out. Besides, we want to stay busy. All this waiting around for the holidays to be over has about driven us crazy!
This afternoon we went into town with Tara to get a driver’s license for Alan. The line was so long that we will have to go back in tomorrow morning. We can’t get the truck until we get a license. Tara took us to several stores and showed us the best place to buy meat, bread and cheese. She is really a go getter and she knows how to get things done. We aren’t sure how we are going to get along with out her and so far there is no one to replace her.
While we were gone today someone came to fix our oven. The FM group fixes problems in the missionary houses. They have a master key. You have to be VERY CAREFUL here what you leave out. Alan left his glasses on the counter in the kitchen. When we came home they were upside down and he NEVER leaves them like that. Everyone knows how Alan feel about anyone touching his glasses. He won’t leave them out again! A lesson learned.