Jan. 3rd, 2013
We went in to get Alan’s driver’s license today. It is a pretty simple process. You show them your American driver’s license, pay them $60.00, they take your picture, print the license and you are on your way. You have to buy a new one every year so I am waiting until June to get mine. I really don’t want to drive here very much. Driving on the left hand side of the road is still a little intimidating to me and the truck will have a stick shift which I haven’t driven since we got married. I’ll have to practice.
We also went to the hospital today for the first time. It is a lot like the hospitals in Ukraine, only a little bigger. I don’t want to get sick here. We took some crutches into Sione, the physical therapist. He works with us in the distribution of wheel chairs, crutches and walkers. We supply them and he fits them to the patients. He works in one room with basically no equipment and what he has is in really sad shape. It about broke my heart!
As we were leaving the hospital we saw another man named Sione. He has been trying to get a water tank and stand for his village. Tara knew about him but there is no paper work in the office about his project. It was a tender mercy that we ran into him. Now he can come in and fill out more paper work and we can try to help him. I know Heavenly Father put us together.
Andrew, the technical manager from the service center is trying to get a phone for us. Hopefully by the weekend we will have some of the things we need to be more self sufficient. We are moving ahead in baby steps! After talking to Andrew we stopped at a hamburger place to have lunch. It wasn’t bad. We had two cheese burgers, one order of fries and two drinks for about $10.00. That’s a bargain!
We went to the temple with some of the other senior couples tonight. On Thursday nights they have an English session at 7:00. It will be good to be able to go often. The Distribution Center here has just been remodeled and they don’t have it fully stocked yet, so we had to rent our clothes. My dress was so big that I could have fit in it twice. Tongan sizes are a little different. It will be fun to be an extra small size for awhile. The temple is beautiful and it was a wonderful evening.
