Saturday, June 15th

Yesterday was a very stressful day, running all over this island trying to get things set up with the military people. They didn’t give us a schedule of where they were going to be or how much help they would need. They should have had a woman in charge, it could have been done so much better! Anyway, by the end of the day Alan’s leg was killing him and he was nerved up over the whole day. We are responsible to see that things go smoothly with this ship and they aren’t making it easy! Alan didn’t sleep well last night and this morning he just sat down and his back went out. He was in a lot of pain and he had a very bad day! I gave him some medicine and sent him back to bed.

Sister Mitchell and I drove out to the village clinics to check on the missionaries and to make sure that all of the needs were being met. We took more pictures and really had a good time. We also went down town and did some grocery shopping.

When we got home a couple of the senior missionaries had stopped by for different reasons and they found out that Alan was not doing well. Elder Szoka and Elder Bean came over this evening and gave him a blessing. I was so grateful! He just won’t ask for one and he really needed one. It was beautiful and the Lord truly knows Alan. He was told to use wisdom and go slowly, not to over do and to do everything in moderation. Hopefully that will sink in and he will follow the counsel and get better.

I did the laundry this morning so I was able to iron tonight and get everything ready for next week. It will be a big week! Alan is really frustrated, it is such a bad time for him to feel so awful.

Dr. Williams, the dentist who is working here now, came over and brought Alan some Aleve to take. He said that it works well on back problems. Alan took two and hopefully he will sleep better tonight.