Wednesday, March 27thWe went into the office for a little while to check email and pick up a few things and then we were out to see more projects. We are doing a lot of driving and we will be doing the same thing all next week. Alan was a little discouraged when we stopped for gas this morning and it is now up to $2.98 a liter! Our Mission President told him yesterday to charge one tank full a month to the mission, since we do so much driving for the mission. That will help a lot!
We weren’t very successful today, we only saw one project. We had a hard time finding people home. We went to one village and met the wife of a member of the Stake Presidency. He was at work so we waited there for him to come home and take us to the water tanks. They are very poor people and we watched his little children playing outside as we waited. They have a dog that just had puppies, 9 of them. It seems that every dog in Tonga is pregnant right now. They run wild so there are dogs everywhere. Most people have 6 or 7 of them and they all look like they are starving. Anyway, the mother dog was nursing her puppies and they were so cute trying to get some milk. When she had finished, one of the little girls went over, laid down and started to nurse from the mother dog --- and the dog let her!! It was the saddest thing I have ever seen. I don’t know if I was cut out for a humanitarian mission. It is tearing my heart in all sorts of directions.
We were able to have a great visit with Cade tonight. He had a fun birthday, centered around soccer and he seems to be doing great! We were thrilled that he wanted the picture of the temple of Tonga that we sent home awhile ago, so his mother printed it for him. He is preparing for a mission one day and with those pictures in his room it will help to keep him headed in the right direction. We are so proud of our grandchildren!
Tiffany told us that Greg called to wish him a happy birthday. She was surprised that he would remember but we weren’t. They were after all, good buddies in the pre-existence! That plus the fact that he has the family calendar with Cade’s picture on today.
