Monday, August 28, 2017
We celebrated Hermana Poncio, Presidente Poncio and Elder
Diaz birthdays today in our office meeting. Sister Bell and I brought a
cheesecake and the Elders brought flowers and candy. (We miss the Lees because
they always remembered and brought the goodies).
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
We spent the day at home. Sister Bell washed 28 sheets
from the Sister Leaders house. That was about 4 loads of wash. She had to wash
a load and then hang them on the line. By the time the second load was done,
the sheets on the line were dry… it was a hot day. Fortunately, it didn’t begin
raining until she was done… a tender mercy.
I had plenty of catch-up computer work to do. We were
busy most of the day… but I did get a short nap in this afternoon, after lunch.
It was very needed.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Today was a work day at the Sister’s house. Sister Bell
and I went over this morning. They had gotten several items from the Lee’s
house, such as a refrigerator, stove, washing machine, several tables and
chairs. We set up the frig in their kitchen and the washing machine in the
back.
Sister Bell got her haircut this afternoon, while I ran
errands. We then made a pass by the office and then home. I was a light day.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
We started the day at the car dealer, getting a bed cover
and roll bar installed on our truck. It will be nice to be able to put things in
the back and keep them dry. My only worry, is that thieves might cut the
cover just to see if there is anything in the bed.
We then went to the distribution center and paid our
rent. Then home for lunch (I had corn dogs while Sister Bell had a ham
sandwich). Fatima had come this morning so our home was clean. I have been
trying to stop the little ants from coming in the house. I sprayed yesterday in
one area. The ants stopped coming in that spot, but we found that they came in
another area and made a different route to the kitchen. I sprayed at that
entrance point, and at least for a few hours, it seemed to work.
We went to the office for a couple of hours so we have
access to the printer. I finished and sent out our weekly medical newsletter
about pink eye. We have been inundated with missionaries with pink eye the past
three weeks. The south mission has had a lot of problems with this as well.
While at the office, I had Elder Adams take my picture with the truck (above)….
And of course, he took a selfie.
Friday, September 1, 2017
Today has become moving furniture day. I picked up a bed
and bedframe from the sister’s house yesterday and delivered it to Reparto
Shick this morning. One of their bed frames was broken and the mattress was
really old. I then got a haircut. After I was leaving I got a message from the
Elders in La Fuente that they have bedbugs. So I went over and verified that in
fact they do have bedbugs. They got rid of their mattresses and I brought them
two new mattresses (I made another trip to the sister’s house). I gave them
instructions on how to clean their house and then gave them insecticide to use.
I had to get two new bedframes, as their bedframes were broken. The missionaries
must jump on their beds as that is the third bedframe today that was broken.
They also needed two new fans. Missionaries can be very hard on the equipment
in their homes.
We went out to eat with the Helbergs. We went to a good
Chinese restaurant. We had an enjoyable visit.
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Happy Birthday, Meena
Sister Bell taught Maria Clara her piano lesson. While
she was teaching, I sat on the front porch with President and Hermana Cruz.
During the conversation, I came away with two new assignments. The first is to
get white shirt and tie for a nephew that is going to be married and baptized
at the end of the month. The other assignment is to help Yasser learn what an
Elder Quorum president does.
We drove to Pueblo Nuevo next. We dropped off some
packages and then stopped by Maybelline’s house to let her try on some clothes
that the sister missionaries left. She found several skirts and tops. I have
never seen her in a dress. She told me that doesn’t own a dress (and can’t
afford buying one).
President Alaniz was very excited about the new sign
outside the chapel. It is made of Brazilian Marble. L to r: Natalia, the RS
President, Sister Bell and President Alaniz.
Sunday, September 3, 2017
I went to sleep last night wondering where we should go
to church this morning. I was leaning toward La Trinidad, but this morning I
could only think of Condega, and specifically thinking of Rosa. Rosa is a young
single mother who got cross wise with another member. To not create conflicts,
she began going to Church in Esteli, but has not gone to either church for
several weeks. Today, the Church meeting location was being moved to the Elders
house and rumor was that Rosa would return to the Condega group today. I really
wanted to greet her. So we decided to go to Condega. We got to the church
early. The missionaries, Elder Espinosa and Elder Perez and turned their house
into a nice meeting building. They had moved all the furniture out of the
living room and put up chairs. They put sheets between the living room and the
dining/kitchen. They moved from the front bedroom to the rear bedroom so that
the front room could be another meeting room and cleaned the bathroom. They had
a whiteboard in the front with “Bienvenidos” written on it and the hymn listed
below. We were really impressed.
Their house is on the highway, but they have a literal
jungle in front, which shields the house and some of the noise.
We took Elder Espinosa to get a couple of investigators
(4 came, 2 mothers with their daughters). While we were out we stopped by a member’s
house to invite her to Church (she had an excuse) but after we left she called
Rosa and told her we were in town and were going to attend Church. When Rosa heard
this, she got dressed and came to Church (she said she wasn’t coming until she
heard we were here). We gave her big hugs and welcomed her. The Lord prompted
us to come to Condega, for Rosa. He must love her a lot…. We sure do.
Elder Espinosa held a primary while we had the other
meetings. That was the first primary in Condega. There were 20 people there
including the 4 investigators. Their usual attendance has been about 10.
We then headed for Trinidad. We taught Hermana Dania and
Wendy the third Temple Preparation class. They are preparing to go to the
temple in December. These members have a lot of desire to go to the temple, but
it is very difficult for them to come up with the $35 to go, plus they have to
purchase garments, temple clothes, sometimes new clothes that they can wear
with garments and food. Not an easy task for these poor people. But they have
great faith that things will work out and sacrifice a lot to go.
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