Tonga!

Monday, May 27^th
 We had two of the computer specialists in our office all morning trying to make things work. I really think we are beyond help. Although it is especially frustrating when things won’t work -- then the specialists show up and they do work -- and as soon as they are gone they won’t work again. I often wonder if they think we are all crazy. We had some of that going on today but they also saw some of the problems first hand. We are grateful for any help they can give us. Today they also worked to make sure that everyone is hooked up with the new printer. We do have a wonderful printer! It’s not all bad.

We stopped in town to check on some missionary supplies and ran into Sione Tonga, the water project man. He had been looking for me to tell me that his aunt, who used to be in our ward before she went to America, had just passed away. I was so sad to hear that. We celebrated her 80^th birthday before she left. She had a bad fall one night and suffered a lot of pain on her left side after that. She flew to California to be with her daughter and I guess they took her straight from the airport to the hospital. She was full of cancer. She was the sweetest lady. I will miss her but I am glad that she made it to America. She has always wanted to be buried by her husband and he is buried in Arizona. Now that will be possible.

This afternoon at Liahona there was a meeting in the small conference room which meant that I had no where to go to get my work done. Howard, the Service Center Manager is in New Zealand so I went to see Verna, his assistant to ask for an office at Liahona. We know that the Fellows had internet access in their office and since they went home it is vacant. We have got to have a place to go! She said she would call the school principal and see if we can use that space.

Family Home Evening was torture for me! Elder and Sister Bean were in charge and they gave us a SPELLING TEST! I hate spelling tests and I especially hate spell-offs. I hated them when I was in school and I still hate them, mainly because I never was good at spelling. It is especially embarrassing when people know that you are an English teacher and then find out that you don’t spell well. The test tonight was on words from the Scriptures, and there were some doozies! Thankfully I didn’t come in last, there are also other seniors here who are very successful people, who don’t spell well. Alan did great and he ended up in the spell-off. He didn’t win, but he got a prize so I was proud of him. He can represent us well in spelling competitions.