04 October 2007 – Thursday
Regular morning with exercise, etc. and reading from the Kitab Mormon. The destruction of another Lamanite army, the start of the Gadianton robbers, and the unusual experiences of the group that moved Northward to get away from the contentions that were starting among the Nephites.
At the office for a while to get some things ready for English Class and to try and get the copier to work. Got the first done but the copier is kaput for now. We later took it into the mission office to have Hendra take a look at it. Hopefully we will have it back for the IEC. Mary practice the piano. I called all the couples in Central Java and asked what I could bring them from Jakarta.
At the mission home I picked up what I could and ordered the rest. It is easy for us to bring their supplies with us when we come in for training. I ate from BYU and heard that Elder Walker went down there and asked them to give him what Elder Pier orders. Elder Walker is a brave soul – as is Sister Walker. After lunch Mary taught her English class for the staff.
I talked with Elder Subandriyo about PEF and he showed me the latest letter from the lawyers – of course there are a few more changes of the changes so I imagine it will go back to bank and they will suggest a couple of changes to the changes of the changes…etc. But sooner or later PEF will be approved and we will move forward.
After Mary’s lesson we headed for Tangerang. We stopped by the mall there and visited the office supply store to find the poster board Mary has been wanting. She found out from sister Autin that it would probably be in rolls and so it was. She also bought a large piece of styrofoam for tacking out her crocheting. After that we bought some donuts for the missionaries and students.
The district meeting was OK – even with a translator we do not get very involved in what is going on. Elder Peate is a good translator but the real inter-play is lost. The work remains slow in Tangerang and it does not seem to going anywhere. But the missionaries continue to work hard and have hopes for the future. I imagine there are many parts of the world where the work is slow and the missionaries must have patience.
It seemed like we would just have the missionaries and Sam at our English class, but Agus’ family arrived and then some of the seminary class came. So we ended up with about our normal mix. I introduced some new opposites and we played the matching game – since we started a little late, this took most of the time. The donuts and cookies we brought were enjoyed by all. Due to the IE class we will not be back for a month.
When we got back to the apartment we packed for our trip to Solo tomorrow.