Wed.
Alan paid for dinner last night. He didn’t sleep well at all. He just can’t eat that late at night, especially that much food.
We had a conference call with the Halversens in New Zealand today. They trained us on our way to Tonga. It was good to talk to them again. They just wanted to check in on us, answer any questions we might have and help us in any way that they could. They are going to call us once a month which will be good. We were able to explain the internet problem to them and they offered to help us by writing up our projects on CHAS for us so we can get them done. That will be great!!
We left work a little early so we could go to the airport and pick up the new Mission Nurse. Her plane was an hour late but she finally arrived, safe and sound. I admire her already. Coming over here all alone would take great faith. Now she has to try to find these missionaries who live all over the island, and there are no addresses. It will be a real challenge until she gets familiar with things. We know the young missionaries will be glad to help her. She came out of Utah, where it has been so beastly cold, into this humidity and heat. It will be a hard adjustment for awhile. We didn’t get to spend much time with her but she seems like a fun and energetic person. It will be fun to get to know her.
The church is the same all over the world. I went to our Relief Society Presidency meeting tonight and it lasted two and a half hours! We got a lot done and had a good time doing it, but I was exhausted by the time I got home. It was a long day.
