Tonga!

Wednesday, May 8^th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAKE!!

It turned out to be a little frustrating for me today. It came up on CHAS that our project has been approved by the DTA and the Area Presidency. I was yelling and jumping up and down and there was no one to celebrate with me. It was so sad! Our project is now in SLC with 3 more levels of approval to pass before we can do anything. We won’t really party until it is all signed, sealed and delivered!

We left the office a little early to meet Ana Ika and go through the emergency container that is here in Tonga. It hasn’t been updated for years and we are worried about what might be inside of it and what condition it is in. If we had a disaster we would need to have it fully stocked with supplies. We were just about home when she called and had to cancel because she was tied up in a meeting. We will do it next week.

Then the missionaries called and needed mattresses. President Tukuafu is such a man of faith! We ordered these mattresses weeks ago and they have never come in. This morning the store called and said that they had come. The new missionaries come in today and now here they are, just in time. President keeps telling us, “Have faith, this is the Lord’s work.” I love that man. I want to live my life with that much faith.

The next problem was, Alan had just loaded the back of the truck so he would be ready to go do the MQs and then he had to unload everything so he could go to the airport and pick up new missionaries and all of their luggage. We went to the mission office and I asked the young elders to help him unload the truck. They were great and it made it easy. When he got back they loaded it up again so he is ready to go tomorrow.

While Alan made the airport run, I stayed home and made bread and chocolate chip cookies. We only have enough wheat for one more loaf of bread. We have got to find out where the Cahoons bought that flour! I also made chicken and rice for dinner. Yum!!
It was another full day!