Wednesday, April 24th
Happy Birthday David!!!! Anyway it is his birthday here, but not in Hawaii.
We stopped in Havelu on our way into work. The sisters that live in that village didn’t have any water this morning. They have been having trouble for the last week but every time the FM men go there they say that the water is working fine. We went to check on it today and the FM met us there. It was just like our TV, when no one was there the water pump wouldn’t work and as soon as someone came to fix it, it worked. Today we saw it when it wasn’t working and sadly the FM said that they don’t know if it can be repaired. If not it will cost about $1, 000 to replace it. We are praying someone can fix it!
Today we celebrated Elder Bean’s birthday. It really isn’t until tomorrow, but tomorrow is a holiday so the office will be closed. We went out to lunch as a welfare team. There is a place close to our office that is called Waves. It is the first time we have eaten there and it was really good. Alan had a fish burger and it was made with a real slice of fresh tuna. He was in heaven. I had a penni made with ham, cheese, pineapple, onion and tomatoes. YUMMY. They also have good French fries and diet coke. It doesn’t get much better than that. Then we went back to the office and had cake and ice cream that Sister Bean had brought.
We headed back to Liahona because we had another Zone Conference to speak at today and it was in a village not far from where we live. We always ask if there is anything we can do for the missionaries when we talk and today two elders said yes. They have a RAT in their MQ. One of them woke up last night and the rat was on his face!!!!!!! He flipped it off and it landed on his companion who went ballistic. I can relate to that! They really wanted some help so Alan spent the afternoon getting some traps for them.
I made some chocolate chip cookies this afternoon. Elder Bean likes them and I will take him some tomorrow on his real birthday. We took a nice long walk to end the day. I’m worried about Alan now. His leg is bothering him again. We thought we had that taken care of before we left but he has had trouble with it off and on the whole time we have been here. He wants to go see the Chinese Master ….. Good luck with that!!!
