Friday, April 5thWe went into the office this morning to finish up the training that the Colson’s wanted to do. Alan went with Elder Colson to the company who will provide the tank and stand for our project, just to take a look at what we will be buying. Alan has talked to the head of the company on the phone and they were both very impressed with him and his knowledge. He is a good partner to work with. If he does a good job we will continue to use him in the future.
Elder Colson sent in his report supporting the project and we heard back from Ty Johnson, who is over all the water projects for the church throughout the world. He said, ”Great project!! Let’s get it going.” Steve Stebbings, our Area Welfare Manager, wrote, “This looks like a great project, let’s get right on it.” ……..I cried. Then because I was crying, Sister Colson started to cry and then Elder Colson really knew how much this project means to us. I never dreamed that I would get so attached to these people and this work so quickly. We have put our hearts and souls into this project and we love the people it will be helping. We still have more approvals to get before it is passed but when Salt Lake and Ty Johnson are behind it the chances are good it will go through. Just the same, we will continue to pray about it.
We left early so that we could get back to Liahona for lunch. The Colson’s needed to finish packing and then we took them to the airport at 2.00. When we got there we discovered that we were the only ones there. The flight had been delayed and because the internet is so bad, the message that was sent to the Colson’s didn’t ever come up on their computer. It is a 35 minute drive to the airport so we got a number to call and check before we headed out again.
Their new flight was scheduled to leave at 10:30 so we took them to our house. I fixed some spaghetti for dinner and we had a nice visit. We went over to the school to check their email and sure enough, the flight had been delayed even further and wouldn’t leave until 1:00am! We decided to take them to the beach to watch the sunset and we were able to see a beautiful one. I took some movies that turned out great but I don’t think I can get them on the blog. That is very frustrating for me. I really wish the kids could see what we are seeing.
We were all exhausted by the time we left for the airport at 10:30pm. Alan and I don’t stay up that late and we had had a huge week. We got them safely there and checked in and then we headed back home to bed. It was a long day … a long week…and we are exhausted!!~
